Just to say that 11am Mass this morning has had to be cancelled. Sorry for the short notice ..read more

Shia LaBeouf takes the part of Padre Pio in a new film about the saint. He has become a Catholic through it. Not much good news at the minute but this is worth watching especially from 11 minutes in ..read more

Just to say that this Thursday we are having a Solemn High MAss for COrpus Christi, followed by a procession with the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction at 7pm. Here is a photo from a previous occasion ..read more

In the absence of much else happening here`s the first in a series of documents found lying around the sacristy and office for which no place has yet been found in the filing system. Interesting to see St Joseph`s was one of the big hitters in 1942 contributing £11. St Augustine`s, Darlington wins by a mile with £31! surprised to see Coundon on £26 ..read more

Thought it was worthwhile reminding ourselves of what archbishop Roche had to say in 2015 about the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite ..read more

This is a well-researched piece by the BBC World Service on the current state of the Latin Mass which is well worth listening to. Click here to listen ..read more

Solemn High Mass in St Cuthbert`s chapel, Ushaw College at 11am on Saturday 23rd October to mark the 25th anniversary of the Rudgate Singers. Please tell the staff on the admissions desk that you are only attending Mass. If you would like to visit the college after Mass you will need to pay the £9 day visit admission ..read more

So asked Juvenal in hs sixth satire; who will guard the guards, which has come to be used to ask to whom are those in power accountable? Well to God of course but also to their subjects. Although the pope canot be judged by any earthly court the sensus fidelium is always to be considered and bad papal laws can find themselves ignored by the faithful. I`m still in shock over Traditionis Custodes. Silly really as it was clear as day that pope Francis loathes the traditional Catholic world. So why did he reach out to the SSPX, giving them faculties so their confessions and marriages would be vali ..read more

So the motu proprio altering Summorum Pontificum came out today as predicted. It makes grim reading. Permission for the Latin Mass has to be sought from one`s bishop again. Fortunately we will have no problems in this diocese with bishop Robert Byrne. In fact he has already been in touch wih the celebrants of the EF in this diocese. The restriction on not allowing Mass in parish churces takes us back to Quattuor Abhinc Annos of 1984 which said the same but alllowed exceptions. Most diocees in this county only have parish churches. In this diocese it would mean Ushaw would be the only option.Ho ..read more

While we wait for the new document on Summorum Pontificum here is something truly extraordinary. Canon Edwards has a new Mass setting although as he says we might recognise the tunes ..read more