Sometimes email works in the oddest way. Like sending to spam anything it doesn't seem to like with an attachment. Here incredibly late, but inspiring none the less, is the news of the Portsmouth Mass :
28th
October 2013
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY
For Immediate Release
Bishop Philip Egan presides from the throne at High
Mass in the Extraordinary Form at Portsmouth Cathedral
Rt Rev Philip Egan, Bishop of
Portsmouth, presided from the throne at a High Mass in the Extraordinary Form,
organised by the Latin Mass Society, at Portsmouth Cathedral on Sunday, 27th
October.
The Traditional High Mass was the
first at the cathedral for four years and joins the weekly Sunday morning Low
Mass that has begun at Portsmouth’s mother church in recent weeks. Despite
warnings of dire weather conditions, the Mass was well attended.
The celebrant was Fr Phillip
Pennington Harris, and the deacon was Rev Stephen Morgan, both of Portsmouth
Diocese. The sub-deacon was Fr John Maunder of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of
Walsingham, based at St Agatha’s, Portsmouth. Music was provided by the Schola
Gregoriana of Cambridge, directed by Christopher Hodkinson.
During his homily, Bishop Egan
said that the Extraordinary Form of the Mass was welcome in Portsmouth Diocese
where people wished it to be celebrated, and should have a place amongst the
liturgical diversity of the diocese. He also highlighted the importance to the
Church’s liturgy in both forms of the Roman Rite of Gregorian Chant and the
Latin language. The bishop then spoke on the subject of the feast of Christ the
King, celebrated on that Sunday in the 1962 Calendar. When Pope Pius XI had
instituted it, it had been intended as a corrective to the rampant nationalism
seen in inter-war Italy. Today, said the bishop, it still has great relevance
as a corrective to the rise of secularism in our society.
After Mass, tea had been
organised by the LMS in the cathedral centre and Bishop Egan stayed to talk
with very many members of the congregation.
LMS General Manager, Mike Lord,
said: ‘We were delighted that Bishop Egan was able to join us on this great
occasion and were heartened by his words of welcome to those of us who are
attached to the Traditional Latin liturgy and by the bishop’s affirmation of
its legitimate place within the life of the Catholic Church. The annual High
Mass at Portsmouth Cathedral has been revived after several years and today’s
event has proved a great success and a very joyful occasion for all who
attended.’
For
further information, please contact Mike Lord, General Manager,
