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Have you ever wondered why the Church is in a state of confusion today? Bella Dodd a former Communist leader explains why. Speaking as a former high ranking official of the American Communist Party, Mrs. [Bella] Dodd said: "In the 1930s we put eleven hundred men into the priesthood in order to destroy the Church from within." The idea was for these men to be ordained and progress to positions of influence and authority as Monsignors and Bishops. A dozen years before Vatican II she stated that: "Right now they are in the highest places in the Church” — where they were working to bring about change in order to weaken the Church's effectiveness against Communism. She also said that these changes would be so drastic that "you will not recognise the Catholic Church." The whole idea was to destroy, not the institution of the Church, but rather the Faith of the people, and even use the institution of the Church, if possible, to destroy the Faith throu...

Author Therese C. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Santu%C3%A1rio_de_F%C3%A1tima_(3)_-_Jul_2008.jpg News from WAF England and Wales: - "This year the Church celebrates the Centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatim a, Portugal. To mark this great event, the World Apostolate of Fatima England and Wales (WAF), is arranging for the National Pilgrim Statue with the Relics of the seers Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta to travel around Wales and England. On Saturday 6th May 2017 the Statue and Relics will be welcomed to St David’s Cathedral, Cardiff for the 10.00am Mass and will remain at the Cathedral until the Vigil Mass (5.30pm) and be present for the Sunday Morning Choral Mass (11.00am). On the Saturday, the Rosary and devotions will take place together with veneration of the Relics and enrolment into the Brown Scapular. At 3.00pm on Sunday 6th May, it is hoped that a procession with the Statue will take place from the Cathedral on Charles Street ...

Young Catholic Adults N ational weekend  at Douai Abbey 20th-22nd OCTOBER 2017. Featuring Fr. Lawrence Lew OP., and Canon Poucin ICKSP.   BOOKING NOW OPEN! To book see:-    https://v1.bookwhen.com/youngcatholicadults-douai2017

There will be a High Mass (EF form) at Downside Abbey on 17 th June at 11am.   For extra details see:- https://www.facebook.com/events/1655317694776682/.

Youngcatholicadults-latestnews.blogspot.co.uk/ hit 100,000 page views on Good Friday! See below:- Tag: 100,000 page views!

  Raphael - Source: wikicommons:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrocefissioneRaffaello.jpg The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Mark  "When the sixth hour came, there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour,and at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani? which means, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?*1 Hearing this, some of those who stood by said, Why, he is calling upon Elias.And thereupon one of them ran off to fill a sponge with vinegar, and fixed it on a rod, and offered to let him drink; Wait, he said, Let us see whether Elias is to come and save him.Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and yielded up his spirit. And the veil of the temple was torn this way and that, from the top to the bottom.The centurion who stood in front of him, perceiving that he so yielded up his spirit with a cry, said, No doubt but this was the Son of God." *1 Ps. 21.2.

Taken from Fr. Z's wdtprs :- "QUAERITUR : I know, to make a good confession, we need to confess mortal sins and the number of times we committed the sins. But I am often confused about whether a sin I committed is mortal or not . So I just go ahead and confess the sins along with the number, whether it is mortal or venial. Is it necessary for a good confession, as opposed to simply preferable, to come up with *which ones* are mortal and *which ones* are venial ? Nowadays, I simply preface my confession with something like “I have a hard time discerning if a sin is mortal or venial, so I just confess them indiscriminately”. Is that good practice ? The priests I confessed to have never inquired any further. And if it is necessary, do I have to mention the sins with the appropriate qualification in my next confession ? It sounds to me as if you are doing just fine.  Don’t worry.   Your practice of simply confessing the sins you identify by kind and number is great....

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ commons/e/e9/Benediktusmedaille_2.JPG from: http://www.stpeterslist.com 1. The Story of St. Benedict From Fisheaters : St. Benedict of Nursia, Italy (A.D. 480-543), the twin brother of St. Scholastica, is considered to be By Nheyob - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index. php?curid=40027470 the Father of Western monasticism, and his “Rule of St. Benedict” came to be the basis of organization for many religious orders (his own Order has its cradle at Monte Cassino, Italy, about 80 miles South of Rome). At any rate, in order to understand the symbolism of the Medal, you must know of this event in St. Benedict’s life: he’d been living as a hermit in a cave for three years, famous for his holiness, when a religious community came to him after the death of their abbot and asked Benedict to take over. Some of the “monks” didn’t like this plan and attempted to kill him with poisoned bread and wine. Just as St. J...

Mary's Dowry Productions have a new DVD and film trailer for 'JACINTA OF FATIMA' : both are available today, they state:- " As the church celebrates the Year of Fatima in 2017, we are pleased to be able to present a new biographical, prayerful and thought-provoking film on the life of the youngest of the three seers - Jacinta Marto. Available now on DVD through our online shops worldwide. A wonderful way to share her story and the message of Fatima." To buy this DVD see:- http://www.marysdowryproductions.org/shop/

Wednesday 5th Apr at 7pm - Low Mass , Feria in Passion Week with a comm. of St. Vincent Ferrer (EF)   at St. Gregory's Church, Cheltenham (GL50 3PR), preceeded by a Rosary and confessions - the Rosary and the serving are organised by Cheltenham Young Catholic Adults. Saturday 22nd Apr - 7pm Social -  (text 07908105787 for more details) *Please note the Wednesday EF Mass is normally  on the first Wednesday of the month. Tags: Cheltenham Young Catholic Adults,  Old Rite Mass, Social.

 From Vatican Radio : In a letter approved by Pope Francis, Cardinal Gerhard Müller says, “The Holy Father . . . has decided to authorize Local Ordinaries the possibility to grant faculties for the celebration of marriages of faithful who follow the pastoral activity of the Society.” The Pope's decision adopts a proposal by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, both of which are headed by Cardinal Müller. The new provisions are part of a number of ongoing meetings and initiatives aimed at bringing the Society into full communion; Cardinal Müller’s letter mentions specifically the recent decision of Pope Francis to grant all priests of the Society the faculty to validly administer the Sacrament of Penance to the faithful in order “to ensure the validity and liceity of the Sacrament and allay any concerns on the part of the faithful.” The grant of faculties for the celebration of marriage is subject to several provisio...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACardinal_Robert_Sarah.JPG By François-Régis Salefran (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The Catholic Herald is reporting Cardinal Sarah’s excellent message to a liturgical conference in Herzogenrath, Germany, it states: - “In a message to a liturgical conference in Herzogenrath, Germany, translated for Catholic World Report by Michael J Miller , Cardinal Sarah praised Vatican II’s document on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. But he said the Council had been followed by a “serious crisis of faith, not only at the level of the Christian faithful but also and especially among many priests and bishops”. The cardinal, who is Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, said the “crisis” was particularly visible in the way the Mass has been understood and celebrated. He argued that many Catholics had neglected “sacred silence”, and gestures such as kneeling which express revere...