Parish Magazine ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MAIDSTONE

AUGUST 2020 50p

St Michael and All Angels’ is an Anglican parish,

affiliated through Forward in Faith to the Society of

St Wilfrid and St Hilda.

It is under the episcopal care of the Bishop of

Richborough in the diocese of Canterbury.

INSIDE

Fr Neil’s joy as the

church doors reopen

David Cleggett tells

the inside story of

‘twin’ east windows

Eleanor on the Vicar

our church never

had

Parish Priest (Associate Vicar):

Fr Neil Bryson SSC tel. 01622 721123

Reader Mrs Elizabeth Bryson tel. 01622 721123

Reader Dr Eleanor Relle tel. 01622 679551

Churchwarden Mrs Jessica O’Sullivan tel. 01622 727970

Hall bookings Mrs Heidi Elvers tel. 07825 741003

Wedding inquiries Fr Neil Bryson SSC tel. 01622 721123

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Cover picture: Pen and ink drawing by Catherine Garland

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August 2020

Dear Friends

“Is there no end in sight?”

We all wonder when we’ll see a termination of the restrictions on our

daily lives necessitated by the pandemic. We quickly adapted to the

lockdown, which is admirable. As restrictions eased, the lack of

absolute rules led some to ignore existing measures designed for our

own protection; but it’s easy to sit in judgment if you don’t live as a

family in a 17th-floor flat and haven’t been out for two months.

St Michael and All Angels’ Church

Tonbridge Road

MAIDSTONE

Kent ME16 8JS

You will frequently hear in our prayers of intercession a request for

the prayers of Jesus’ Mother, Comforter of the Afflicted, which are so

needed during this emergency; we bear in mind not only those who

have contracted the virus, but all those affected by it in a great many

ways, directly and indirectly.

We also pray for the Government, who are under great pressure to

manage the crisis: an unenviable task for which no MP had any

experience; again, it is easy to criticise them, which shows our own

lack of charity and understanding.

It was with great joy that we opened the church to the congregation

last month, who were at last able to receive Our Lord’s risen body in

Holy Communion. There are all sorts of rules and regulations that

everyone has to observe, but there seemed to be few problems in

compliance. We are continuing to stream the services so that people

who are unable to leave their homes can join in. The numbers of those

doing so remotely is unknown, but we are recording the number of

devices used to view each service, either live over the Internet or

afterwards on YouTube. For those who haven’t tried it yet, it’s easily

accessed by clicking on the hyperlink on the home page of our

website.

At present, again because of the crisis, it is not possible to have cover

from other clergy when I’m away on leave. You will very easily find

the hyperlink for Sunday Mass from the Shrine of Our Lady of

Walsingham as it is in the same place on our website as for Sunday

Mass. Additionally, you can attend the Shrine’s Youth Pilgrimage at

home from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August: details are here https://

www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk/the-shrine-2/the-youth-pilgrimage-

2/

Just think: no travel, no camping, no cost – a great way to experience this prodigious event!

This month sees the top feast of Our Lady: her assumption into

heaven. As a creature she could not, like her Son, ascend into heaven

by her own power. Instead, like Moses, Elijah and Enoch, she was

taken up into heaven, her body transformed into an indestructible

resurrection body. With all the saints in glory, she prays for us, for we

are all part of the one Body of Christ and, as St Paul teaches, “If one

member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is

honoured, all the members rejoice with it” (I Corinthians 12:26,

NKJV).

Here on earth, we rejoice with the saints – those who have made it to

heaven; they in turn “suffer” when we do by interceding for us. When

times are tough – as they are for so many at present – we can take

courage from the saints’ support: “Since we have such a huge crowd

of people of faith watching us from the grandstands, let us strip off

anything that slows us down or holds us back, and especially those

sins that wrap themselves so tightly around our feet and trip us up; and

let us run with patience the particular race that God has set before us.

Keep your eyes on Jesus, our leader and instructor.” (Hebrews 12:1-2,

The Living Bible)

Returning in glory

Our Lady’s Assumption is, in fact, an amazing model of what the

Church’s future will be: when Jesus returns in glory, those of us alive

will be caught up with him; those Christians who have died will be

raised from physical death; all of us will have transformed,

resurrection bodies.

You can read about this in I Thessalonians 4:15-18. This is the

Christian hope in the face of bodily death: we shall be raised

incorruptible, body, soul and spirit, and there we shall share forever

Christ’s resurrection life.

The stories of the saints are, of necessity, accounts of their lives on

earth. They are real people who, over 2,000 years, have experienced

everything we have. Why not turn to the back of this magazine and

look at the August calendar; then pick a saint listed there and look up

his or her details? God can do heroic works of virtue in you, too: ask

Him!

New saints added

New saints are being added all the time, for the Church never loses a

member by physical death. Did you know that a young computer

“geek” is on his way to sainthood? You can find out about Carlo

Acutis here:

https://aleteia.org/2016/12/03/computer-geek-takes-one-more-step-

toward-sainthood/

He was born in London in 1991 and died in Lombardy in 2006. In his

short life he made a huge impact by his holiness lived in everyday life.

He continues to make a difference by his Christian witness.

Here’s one astute quotation to spark your interest: “We are all born as

originals; many die as photocopies.” To return briefly to my opening

sentence, Carlo certainly believed there was an end in sight: “Do not

be afraid because with the Incarnation of Jesus, death becomes life,

and there’s no need to escape: in eternal life, something extraordinary

awaits us.”

That end is a new beginning where each day is better than the last and

goes on getting better and newer forever, guaranteed by our Saviour

Jesus Christ to all who yield Him their allegiance.

Fr Neil D. Bryson SSC

Associate Vicar

St Michael & All Angels’ Church

Sunday, August 9th is Mary Sumner Day. Mary, who died in 1921,

was the founder member of Mothers’ Union and the day is kept in her

memory.

Normally members prepare a flower arrangement in Church by the

MU Banner to celebrate this special day, but owing to Covid-19

restrictions we are unable to do this.

Can I suggest members place, at home, a small vase of flowers by a

lighted candle.

Below is the Mary Sumner Prayer. Please use on August 9th

All this day, O Lord

Let me touch as many lives as possible for thee;

And every life I touch, do thou by thy spirit quicken,

Whether through the word I speak,

The prayer I breathe,

Or the life I live

Amen

Mary Sumner and her husband George are buried in the graveyard at

Winchester Cathedral.

On Thursday, September 10th at 2pm we will hold an informal

meeting for members. Details nearer the time.

Daphne

JESSICA O’SULLIVAN

At the end of this month our churchwarden, Jessica O’Sullivan, will

be leaving us. She has been energetic and proactive in this post since

she was elected to it in April, 2018. She has a keen eye for things

needing to be done, rolls up her sleeves and gets on with them.

She has served on both Deanery and Diocesan Synods. Her late

husband David served with her on the PCC, starting in 2017. Jessica

has also been an effective Safeguarding Officer, and has been in

charge of floral arrangements.

I have relied on her to be on duty at weddings and funerals, tasks she

has carried out with diligence. The transparent figures of soldiers that

sit in the pews were given to the church by Jessica for the centenary of

the end of the First World War: simple but powerful witnesses to the

sacrifices of that conflict.

Air Training Corps

Jessica has lived in this area for many years; in one of those curious

examples of coincidence, she was an Air Training Corps Cadet in 40F

(Maidstone) Squadron, of which I am the current Chaplain.

Sadly, her mother died recently, and, added to the loss of her husband

last year, Jessica now wants a fresh start. She will be on holiday with

friends in the USA throughout the autumn: she wants to travel and

have new experiences. She is selling her house and will decide in due

course where she would like to live.

I conclude by expressing my personal thanks for all Jessica’s hard

work and commitment to St Michael & All Angels’. We wish her

every happiness for the future.

Fr Neil

2020 YOUTH PILGRIMAGE @ HOME

At the Shrine Church at Walsingham the clergy are continuing to

worship and pray, Mass is being live-streamed and annual events are

being made available online.

These events include the 2020 Y outh Pilgrimage @ Home from

Monday, August 3rd to Friday, August 7th. The programme begins at

7pm on Monday with a Welcome and First Visit with Priest

Administrator Fr Kevin Smith and Master of the Guardians Bishop

Philip North. Bible study sessions and music will feature and on

Tuesday evening there will be a Virtual Holy Mile Procession with

Rosary. The inspiration behind this year’s Youth Pilgrimage is Mary,

Queen of Creation.

Videos will be released daily and be available to watch again. You can

take part via: https://www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk

Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/3cPXl5e

Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/channels/youthpilgrimage

-Ed.

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AN ASSUMPTIONTIDE PRAYER

Looking online for a good prayer with which to mark the Feast of the

Assumption, I found a French prayer in praise of Mary, composed by

Pѐre Louis-Joseph Lebret (1897-1966), writes Eleanor.

Père Louis-Joseph was born into a fishing family in Brittany, saw

active service at sea during World War One, and then, as a Dominican

priest, worked to improve conditions of work and business for

fishermen worldwide, becoming a major contributor to the wave of

urgent thinking about world development after World War Two.

Finally, he acted as a consultant for the drafting of the 1967 papal

encyclical Populorum Progressio, which appeared after his death.

Here, in my translation, is Père Louis-Joseph’s prayer, which I think

has helped me to see more of the reality the Church expresses in its

teaching about the Assumption of our Lady.

O Virgin Mary, Mother of God,

you are the fulness of love,

the pure offering that kept nothing aside for itself,

you are the “Yes” that was never taken back,

the total response to Love that is infinite.

Because you recognised your total servanthood,

God has given you the perfect freedom of Love.

Because you were humility itself,

God has filled you with His glory.

Because you were faithfulness itself,

God has perfected His likeness in you.

Your death was a moment of inexpressible joy.

Your charity, at one stroke, pierced the veil

that yet separated you

from the One Who had kindled your heart into such ardent flame;

Your love blazed through into vision, face to face.

Père Louis-Joseph Lebret OP

Translation: Eleanor Relle.

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‘He who bore pain on the cross bears also the pain of all who will

suffer from this virus. He who rose again in glory guarantees that

hope and love will always triumph over fear and darkness. Nothing

can undermine that truth’

- Bishop Philip North

NEWS FROM THE GARDEN WORKING PARTY

The hedge before...

The GWP met on Saturday, July 25th to cut the hedge. This is always

a big job; it is a big hedge and has a habit of growing a lot during the

summer.

The “before” and “after” photographs taken by Tim show this clearly.

Despite a bit of rain, Martyn, Tim, Mike and Mary Trout and Mike

Codling persevered. Martyn and Mike Codling used petrol-driven

hedge trimmers and this worked so well that the other three could

hardly keep up with collecting the bits and piling them up tidily.

Normally we would have coffee and cake afterwards and relax with a

chat, but of course present times are not “normal”.

...and after

Apart from scheduled sessions,

some of our GWP members do

much needed work in the

churchyard at other times;

Martyn regularly cuts the grass

(there is a lot of that!) and Tim

fills the garden waste bins,

picks up litter and tends to the

flower bed.

Thanks to all their efforts the

churchyard looks well cared

for.

Doreen Martyn in the thick of it

TWO EAST WINDOWS

David Cleggett, who wrote the guide book to St Michael and All

Angels’, Maidstone, uncovers the story of a connection between

two very fine east windows many miles apart.

Clement Heaton (1824-82) founded his own stained-glass firm in

1852 and was joined by James Butler (1830-1913) in 1855. From

1859-61 they worked alongside Clayton and Bell.

Heaton and Butler were joined in 1862 by Robert Turnill Bayne (1837

-1915) as a full partner and sole designer. Bayne had previously

designed for Clayton and Bell. From their studio in Floral Street,

Covent Garden, now the Heaton, Butler and Bayne restaurant, stained-

glass windows found their way into churches in every corner of our

two islands and to the farthest lands of the Empire.

As Fr Bernard Wigan was wont to remark in his inimitable manner,

the productions of Heaton, Butler and Bayne were not always of the

highest quality, but on occasion the firm’s hack artists rose to the

challenge of a Bayne design. Two such windows are discussed here.

Had St Michael and All Angels’, Maidstone been built in accordance

with Mr Arthur (later Sir Arthur) Blomfield’s plans presented to the

members of the building committee on July 9th, 1874, the church

would have had a far more Tractarian appearance than it does.

Having in mind the site, aisles with pitched roofs would have

necessitated the nave being much narrower which would have

emphasised its height. The nave windows would have been arranged

more pleasingly than they are presently; but instead of the great five-

light east window seen today, there would have been three lancets.

This would have created a mysterious gloom in the manner so beloved

by the Tractarians. But it was not to be.

Lack of funds caused the church to be built much more cheaply than

Sir Arthur envisaged; he rather lost interest in the project and

submitted his plan for Christ Church, Epsom. This renders the nave

far too broad for Tractarian taste but did give the benefit of the large

five-light east window.

“...the Son of Man shall come

in His Glory and all His holy

Angels with Him...”

The window at Maidstone

(left)...

...and the window at Beetham,

Cumbria

(right)

R.T. Bayne’s first traced design for a Majestas is that created for the

church in Maidstone, installed and unveiled at Whitsuntide 1881, the

gift of Mr Frederick Scudamore of Manor House, a leading benefactor

of St Michael’s, as a memorial to his parents and an infant son.

The whole composition of Christ in Majesty, with the angel

trumpeters announcing the Last Judgement, is a splendid creation and

takes full advantage of the extremely large window. This was only

possible because of the less expensive building adopted.

Both designer and artist rose to the occasion and one may say that the

window was both finely conceived and executed.

Robert Bayne returned to the subject in the following year when the

firm was commissioned to install a memorial window commemorating

the life and ministry of the Revd William Hutton, Vicar of Beetham,

Westmoreland - now Cumbria - between 1844-81.

The Saxon period

St Michael and All Angels’, Beetham is an ancient foundation dating

back, in the lower tower, to the Saxon period. At that time, it is

thought that the church was dedicated to St Lioba, a dedication

changed at The Conquest.

Romanesque work survives in the nave arcades. Although the chancel

is lower than that at Maidstone, the east window is in proportion

thereto and is of five lights.

As the window is smaller there are some differences between the two

but a comparison of the windows in each church reveals the close

similarity of composition and arrangement.

The Alpha and Omega at Beetham are at the extreme edge of the

window above the main composition whereas at Maidstone the Alpha

and Omega, to the same design, are at right and left of the elaborate

throne on which Christ is enthroned in Majesty.

Robert Bayne was slightly self-indulgent. He would include his own

portrait in some of his windows. He does not appear at Maidstone but

he is one of the bearded kings in the Beetham commission.

In both windows St Michael with the flaming sword is central to the

composition as are the angels with the trumpets of the Last

Judgement. The heavenly host surrounding the Majestas is arranged in

the same manner in both windows. There are more similarities than

differences in the two commissions.

It is unfortunate that the archive of Heaton, Butler and Bayne was

destroyed with all the firm’s records when it ceased to trade in 1953.

The original partners’ sons continued the business after their deaths.

Had the archive survived it is not impossible that other examples of

this splendid concept would be found in other locations all over the

kingdom.

Keep your eyes open and be vigilant.

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BLESSING OF THE FISHERIES

Despite lockdown, Fr Mark Haldon-Jones and Fr David Goodburn

from St Peter’s Church, Folkestone were able to hold a brief service at

the harbour in June to mark the Blessing for another year,

commending all who earn their livelihood on the sea and remembering

those who have sacrificed their life on the water.

A VICAR ST MICHAEL’S NEVER HAD

The benefactor without whom St Michael and All Angels’, Maidstone,

would never have been built was Frederick Scudamore of the Manor

House, prominent local solicitor and Undersheriff of the county of

Kent. Despite his prominence, he is not today an easy person to

research.

His wife Frances, however, left a diary, now in the Kent Archives,

which gives glimpses – fascinating, entertaining, poignant, tantalising

– of the months that led up to the consecration of the church on

October 25th, 1876. As the building took shape there were periods of

anxiety as well as the satisfactions of taking successive visitors “to see

the church”, but on what must have been one major concern – who

should be its first incumbent – the diary is silent until, on August 3rd,

Mrs Scudamore records:

“Heard from Mr Roger Leigh inclosing Mr Wellesley-Wesley’s

recommendation of Mr Chas. Chase for St Michael’s.”

The Revd Louis Herbert Wellesley-Wesley was at that point reaching

the end of a curacy at Christ Church, St Leonards on Sea (a parish still

developing but conceived from the start as a product of the Oxford

Movement), and taking up an appointment as Vicar of Hatchford in

Surrey – a post that made him, in effect, domestic chaplain to the Earl

of Ellesmere, who owned the Hatchford Park estate. How much

weight Wellesley-Wesley’s recommendation would have carried in

itself is doubtful; however, Roger Leigh, who went on to become a

successful Conservative politician, was the owner not only of Barham

Court at Teston but also of a substantial property in Lancashire, and a

candidate for a Maidstone incumbency who had his indirect support

might well have had good prospects.

Nevertheless, on August 10th, 1876 there was a “Meeting of Church

trustees to see Mr Buckmaster”, and it was the Revd Edward

Buckmaster who duly became the first Vicar of St Michael’s. So who

was the unsuccessful candidate, why was he unsuccessful, and what

became of him?

Born in 1844, Charles Rose Chase initially seemed destined for a

military career. His father was a retired cavalry colonel, and he

himself was educated at Wellington College and went on to

Sandhurst. In 1861 he went to India with the 21st Hussars, but

resigned his commission in 1868 and returned to England.

During his years of service in India a Roman missal had come into

Chase’s possession, and this had become a source of personal

inspiration to him. He felt called to take Holy Orders in the Church of

England, and on his return, after a year at Oxford, he spent two years

at Salisbury theological college, and was ordained deacon by the

Bishop of Winchester in 1871.

There can be no doubt about the direction he intended his priestly

ministry to take; in 1870, as an ordinand, he had already joined the

Society of the Holy Cross (SSC), a congregation of Catholic-minded

Anglican clergy, united under a common Rule, whose object, in the

words of its founder Fr Charles Lowder, was “To defend and

strengthen the spiritual life of the clergy, to defend the faith of the

Church, and to carry on and aid Mission work both at home and

abroad”. Chase served his first curacy at Holy Trinity, Winchester,

built in 1853-4 to serve an expanding working-class population in the

city, and with a strong Catholic ethos which it retains to the present

day.

After an interval of ill-health, Chase proceeded in 1874 to a curacy at

the Bristol church of All Saints’, Clifton, under its controversial first

incumbent, Richard William Randall.

Randall had already been accused of “doctrine and ritual at once

unscriptural and disallowed by the Church of England” but Chase’s

arrival at All Saints’ coincided with the passing of the Public Worship

Regulation Act (1874), which was swiftly followed by prosecutions of

clergy (notably that of Fr Ridsdale SSC of St Peter’s, Folkestone, in

1875, against whom proceedings had previously been set in motion by

Archbishop Tait) over such matters as vestments, altar candles, wafer

bread and the mixed chalice at Holy Communion.

For a time it looked as if Randall too might be prosecuted. Meanwhile

a Bristol branch of SSC had come into being, and Chase became its

treasurer. It appears, perhaps significantly, that Fr Ridsdale was one of

very few SSC clergy in Kent at this time, and that SSC had no Kentish

local branches. The society had come to be regarded with increasing

public suspicion by the mid-1870s, and this suspicion was to be

excited further by a furore relating to a handbook for confessors,

circulated internally, which attracted the attention of the House of

Lords in 1877 and led to demands that the Society should be

disbanded.

Ecclesiastical turbulence

When Chase’s name reached the Scudamores, and presumably the

committee of trustees, as a possible candidate for the incumbency of

St Michael’s, there would have been much to think about. In some

respects, his face might have fitted. On the other hand, a new

clergyman who could readily be labelled as a ritualist might well have

aroused some local unease, and as a first-time incumbent in a new

church in Canterbury diocese, the trustees might have wondered if he

would have the political skills to survive. In addition, to appoint an

SSC priest with Chase’s background at this time of ecclesiastical

turbulence might even have appeared to Archbishop Tait as a

provocative act on their part.

Furthermore, from what we see of her in her diary, Mrs Scudamore at

least was level-headed as well as determined. One of her husband’s

cousins was The Revd William Edward Scudamore - Tractarian

scholar, author of many widely used devotional books, and founder, in

1855, of the All Hallows community of Sisters.

Spiritual roots

One suspects that her spiritual roots and those of her husband were in

the earlier stages of the Oxford Movement rather than in the more

explicit Anglo-Catholicism that developed from it.

She visited All Saints’, Margaret Street, on a trip to London; but she

attended church services all over Maidstone, though preferring to see

things done decently and in order, and to hear preaching faithful to the

teaching of the Church of England:

“Sissie [her daughter, another Frances] and I to Mission Service/

Mr Boys at All Saints at 4. No canonical 3 hymns, 2 extempore

prayers. Exposition on Union of Believers with Christ ignoring

the Church’s means of Union.”

The Scudamores were evidently on friendly and mutually supportive

terms with the Revd Henry Day French, Vicar of St Peter’s parish, out

of which the new St Michael’s parish was to be formed.

That a new parish was desirable, for demographic reasons, was clear;

that its worship should have a Tractarian flavour would have been

desirable at least to the Scudamores; but it would have seemed equally

desirable that it should sit comfortably alongside its neighbour,

particularly as St Michael’s parishioners would continue to send their

children to the existing St Peter’s school.

Since his appointment in 1874, French seems to have been taking St

Peter’s gently in a direction Mrs Scudamore approved of; on Easter

Day 1876 she writes:

“To St Peter’s. Mr French. Psalms chanted.”

Eleanor - To be continued

The life of Mrs Scudamore, illuminating the spiritual landscape of the

1870s, receives a wider audience with publication of an article by

Eleanor in the July/August edition of New Directions entitled Meeting

Mrs Scudamore. -Ed.

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GREETINGS FROM CLARE PARK BOWLS CLUB

I am pleased to announce that, despite not being able to play matches

for obvious reasons, roll-up sessions have been regularly attended at

Clare Park on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 2pm to

4.30pm since the beginning of June.

However, it has become clear that, had we not been forced by

circumstances to cancel what was an attractive fixture list with other

clubs, we would not have been able to fulfil many of those fixtures

because of lack of numbers. Every year, now, one or two of our

playing members have had to drop out for health or other reasons, and

have not always been replaced by new people.

We need new members, badly! The Council has put in a lot of time,

effort and money into making improvements to the Green and work is

still in progress on that front. It would be a great pity if that was to go

to waste. We recognise that Clare Park is situated in the middle of a

very diverse community; multi-cultural, multi-national and multi-

ethnic. Therefore, in order to survive, we need to reflect that diversity,

which I welcome.

We also recognise that we need to be flexible; so if days and times

above are not convenient for anyone who would otherwise be

interested, please email me on sinfieldjohn@hotmail.com or call me

on 01622 202482 or 07966 768 143 and we’ll try to arrange an

alternative time and date.

Bowls is a social game played by people of all ages. I took it up eight

years ago aged 65. The youngest person I have played against was

nine years old. The oldest is 92. All the matches we play are

“friendlies”.

Unfortunately, we have had to pull out of local leagues, but

reinstatement can be sought should the need arise in the future. It

would be nice to resurrect domestic competitions as well.

Like Cricket, Bowls is a game considered by many to be essentially

and eccentrically English; but that is not the case! It may look

incomprehensible to someone watching for the first time, but the

format is really quite straightforward. Please do not be bashful about

coming forward. Go on! Give it a go!

John Sinfield

29 Lower Fant Road

Chairman

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SEPTEMBER MAGAZINE

Thank you for your continued support of the Parish Magazine and for

contributions of articles and photographs. It can also be found online

at www.stmichaelallangels.org.uk

Items, including dates for diaries, for inclusion in the September issue

should be emailed to mchltrout472@gmail.com by Tuesday, August

25th.

ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS’

AUGUST 2020

Sung Mass and Sermon 10.30am Sundays

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2nd TRINITY 8

4th St John Mary Vianney (curé d’Ars), Patron Saint of Parish Priests,

185

5th St Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642

6th Transfiguration of the Lord

8th St Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221

9th TRINITY 9

10th St Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258

11th St Clare of Assisi, Virgin, Founder of the Poor Clares, 1253

14th St Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr at Auschwitz, 1941

16th ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

20th St Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153

22nd Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

23rd TRINITY 11

24th St Bartholomew, Apostle

27th St Monica, mother of St Augustine of Hippo, 387

28th St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Teacher of the Faith, 430

29th Beheading of St John the Baptist

30th TRINITY 12

31st St Aidan, Bishop

N.B. Holydays of Obligation are in BOLD BLOCK CAPITALS.