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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Gerhard_Ludwig_M%C3%BCller.jpg   LUTHER? NOT A REFORM BUT A REVOLUTION by Gerhard L. M ü ller There is great confusion today when we talk about Luther, and it needs to be said clearly that from the point of view of dogmatic theology, from the point of view of the doctrine of the Church, it wasn’t a reform at all but rather a revolution, that is, a total change of the foundations of the Catholic Faith. It is not realistic to argue that [Luther’s] intention was only to fight against abuses of indulgences or the sins of the Renaissance Church. Abuses and evil actions have always existed in the Church, not only during the Renaissance, and they still exist today. We are the holy Church because of the God’s grace and the Sacraments, but all the men of the Church are sinners, they all need forgiveness, contrition, and repentance. This distinction is very important.  And in the book written by Luther in 1520, “ De captivitate Babylonica ecclesi...

The photos below show the Young Catholic Adults weekend 2017 - held with the assistance of the Scola Gregoriana of Cambridge. For more photographs click here . Sermon High Mass of the Douai Martyrs High Mass of the Douai Martyrs Marian Procession

From Andrea Torniella at http://www.lastampa.it:- Exactly one hundred years  have passed since the famous experience that took place during the last Marian apparition of  Fatima, on 13 October 1917 , when immediately after the three shepherdesses had seen Our Lady, a crowd of seventy thousand people flocked to the Cova from Iria during a violent rainstorm and witnessed the "miracle of the sun”, as they watched, with their naked eye, the  star that seemed to come closer, change color and dance around the sky . Several non-believers also witnessed that "miracle", such as the news-reporter of a professed secularist newspaper.  Now something similar seems to have happened in Benin City, Nigeria, on the occasion of the re-consecration of the country wanted by the bishops.  In communicating the decision, the bishops recalled that Nigeria is going through "a period marked by tensions, unrest and a general sense of despair and dissatisfaction". There are institutio...

" In the Ordinary Form calander (25th Oct) is the feast of the Martyrs of Wales (you can read a brief biography of the six of them here). Until the recent republication of the Missal, there were two feast of the English and Welsh Maryts commomorated - one in May and one in October for the forty cannonised in 1970. but these have now been conflated with all the others who were the beatified martyrs whose feast was kept in May. It seems a pity that we have only one feast to celebrate so many heroic stories but I see no reason why I can't celebrate a Votive Mass of the Wlesh Martyrs today (as it is a Feria). A great opportunity to pray for the conversion of both England and Wales back to the Faith of our Fathers and Mothers - something ever more needful in the world in which we live. In an era of closing churches and shrinking congregations, it would be good to hear more about converting our fellow citizens and even some strategies for calling back the lapsed.  These are in an ev...

On Arrival Please report to Douai Abbey reception and from there you will be able to get your key (or be directed to the cottages). For those arriving on Friday 20 th , the time of arrival is from 5-6pm onwards . The address for the Abbey is :- Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5TQ, England.   RG7 5TQ. The weekend ends at 2pm after lunch on Sunday 22 nd . Please Note Some of the rooms in the Guest House have been let out to the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge; they will be helping to make the weekend a success– (providing Gregorian Chant Workshops and the singing at Masses/Vesper/Compline). Photographs/recordings Feel free to take photos/make recordings (audio/video) including at the Masses and Marian Procession, please   email them to either ps99ddb@yahoo.co.uk or Margaret.barker@rocketmail.com after the weekend. Social An amount of non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks and nibbles will be available for at the socials. Please feel free to bring your own dr...

  A Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary of all connected to Young Catholic Adults:-                                               Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of men, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of Your Son on earth, we consecrate  all connected to the Young Catholic Adults association to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to You, all the people of our country and all the world. Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as You wish to accomplish Your designs in the world. O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and Queen of the World, rule ...

A Photograph Taken During the Miracle of the Sun in 1917   Tomorrow, on October 13th 1917, the greatest miracle of modern times took place at Fatima in Portugal, 70,000 people saw the "Miracle of the Sun." It was so incredible, even athiests could not deny it. The secular Lisbon paper O Dia , indicates: "The silver sun … was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of broken clouds. A cry went up from every mouth and the people fell on their knees on the muddy ground. … The light turned a beautiful blue as if it had come through the stained-glass windows of a cathedral and spread itself over the people who knelt with outstretched hands. The blue faded slowly and then the light seemed to pass through yellow glass. … People wept and prayed with uncovered heads in the presence of the miracle they had awaited. The seconds seemed like hours, so vivid were they." Donel Foley has an excellent detailed article on this miracle at the Catholic Herald, see:- http://www.catholich...

 Theme: Building small, more convinced communities (Pope Benedict XVI) Timetable for Young Catholic Adults  Douai Weekend 20-22nd Oct 2017 Friday  5-6pm Arrival 7pm Supper 8pm-8.30pm Rosary (church) or Chant Workshop (conference room) 8:40 Sung Compline after Workshop (Dominican Rite) 9pm: Social Saturday 8-9am Breakfast 9-9:40am - Chant Workshop (conference room) followed by Schola rehearsal (church) 11am: Votive High Mass of the Douai Martyrs (with exposition of relics of the Douai Martyrs) -   Roman Rite in the Parish Church  ( EF Gregorian Chant ) preceded by confessions 12.00pm: Marian Procession in honour of Our Lady of Fatima around the extensive grounds  of Douai Abbey, followed by enrolment into the Brown Scapular 1-2pm: Lunch 2-2.45pm: 1 st Talk – Canon Poucin – the community of the Institute of Christ the King (tbc) 3-4pm: Chant workshop [4-4.30pm: Chant rehearsal for Schola Gregoriana] 4.30-5.15pm 2 ...

A New Contemplative Religious House is announced for Inner City Preston http://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/a-new-contemplative-rel…/

St. Alban Roe From the Catholic Herald article authored by James Kelly:- To the Protestant establishment’s fury, exiled Benedictines kept popping up at crucial moments in history "A strange sight greeted those assembled at Tyburn one January morning in 1601. The executions of two Catholic priests – Mark Barkworth and the Jesuit, Roger Filcock – and one Catholic lay woman, Anne Line, were set to provide the day’s spectacle. First to be hanged was Anne Line, who had been sentenced to death for assisting Catholic clergy. Having watched her fate, Barkworth stepped forward, fully conscious of the butchery that awaited him for the treason of having been ordained a Catholic priest in mainland Europe. However, the gathered throng must have been momentarily taken aback, for Barkworth had somehow procured a Benedictine habit and was tonsured. Such an attire had not been worn in England since before Elizabeth I had ascended the throne more than 40 years earlier but there, before th...

Who were the Douai Martyrs? The blog http://supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.co.uk tells us more:- The Martyrs of Douai, 1577-1680 In the Archdiocese of Westminster in London, today is the feast of the  Martyrs of Douai College  which was transplanted from the Spanish Netherlands to London: The English College at Douai was established by William Allen, later Cardinal, on Michaelmas Day, 29th September, 1568. It offered an opportunity to form clergy for England in accordance with the system laid down by the Council of Trent.  Originally it was intended as a college home for exiles from England, a place where they could continue their studies in a way no longer possible for Catholics at the English Universities. In time Allen recognised its potential as a place for training clergy ready for the return to England when 'the new religion' had run its course. The new priests, however, proved unwilling to wait for that event and quickly Douai College found itself dedicated very l...