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May 19, 2012

Prayer for the Pope

God our Father, Shepherd and Guide, look with love on Benedict, your servant, the pastor of your church. May his word and example inspire and guide the Church and may he and all those entrusted to his care come to the joy of everlasting life. Amen.

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Welcome: 12 May 2012

May is, traditionally, one of the two months of the year dedicated to Our Lady (October is the other one). This Sunday marks the anniversary (in 1913) of Our Lady’s first appearance to three young children at Fatima, a place which has become one of the best-known Marian shrines of modern times, second only to Lourdes. Other Marian shrines go back much earlier in time. Walsingham, to which a diocesan pilgrimage will be going on Sunday 17 June – see details below – goes back to the eleventh century. From 16 to 21 July there takes place the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes led by Bishop Malcolm. Further information is available from:
Tangney Tours (t: 01732 886666; e: info@tangney-tours.com)
or the Diocesan Pilgrimage Office (t: 07540 239319; e: admin@nottingham-lourdes.org.uk).

Pilgrimage Season

The Diocesan Pilgrimage Season begins this weekend. At midday on Saturday 5 May, Mass will be celebrated at Melwood (near Epworth) in honour of St. Augustine Webster, Prior of the Carthusian house there.

Tomorrow, there will be a pilgrimage to Beauvale (near Eastwood) in honour of two more Carthusian monks, Saints John Houghton and Robert Lawrence. All three – along with two other priests – were martyred on 4 May 1535, thus becoming the first martyrs of the English Reformation. More details of these pilgrimages can be found on the notice board in the porch.

The Knights of St. Columba are hoping to organise a coach for the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham which takes place on Sunday 17 June. Details to follow shortly.

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