Glenys reported 22 people at Solemn Mass on Sunday 15th June,
following a local publicity campaign instigated by members of the congregation. Five people from the local Novus Ordo Church came for the first time and two older ladies were in tears because they never thought that they would hear the Old Mass again! Now they will! Thank you GOD – and thank you all in Treorchy!
The Rhondda Mass on Friday,June 20th was attended by 17 Faithful, including three who had driven over from Six Bells. It was the Feast of Pope Saint Silverius who died in Prison in 537 by order of the Empress Theodocia for resisting heresy. What is new! Father Flynn preached on the Epistle of the Day from St. Jude the Apostle: Patience and Faithfulness to the Truths we have received. “Be mindful of the words spoken before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ who told you that in the last time should come mockers, walking according to their own desires..”  

The Bishop Metropolitan, with the approval of Bishop Dunlavey, the Clergy and the Chapter, has decided that the Feast of Our Lady of Penrhys will from July this year be kept permanently on the Sunday which is nearest to July 17th – the actual Feast Day. This year it is Sunday, July 20th. This rule is of Obligation in all our British Missions but need not be kept in Bohemia.
“Penrhys” is of course the Welsh part of Bishop Anthony’s Episcopal Title. The Propers of the Mass are of Sancta Maria in Porticu and are in the Missal. In the Rhondda there will be Solemn Mass at 11am followed by a special Summer Lunch and then the annual mountain walk to the Shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys for those fit enough to make the climb. Vespers and Rosary will take place at the Shrine and the day will end with Benediction back at Glenys’ and Dai’s house. Weather permitting, Mass will be sung in the garden.
Yes, Glenys, I know. I am forbidden from thanking you……The Shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys towers far above the Rhondda township of Penrhys and is thankfully free of all the vulgar commercial jingle-jangle of places like Walsingham, Lourdes and Fatima. May it always be so!  Penrhys is, in fact, one of the poorest places in Britain with an enormous rate of unemployment. Let us pray that Our Lady of Penrhys will bring the people of South Wales back to the Faith of their Fathers!   +Amen+

Solemn High Mass was at Hampstead at 7pm followed by the Blessing of the Lilies and Veneration of the Relics. There was a good congregation, though we missed those who were away on holiday.It was good to see one of our Anglican friends, Mrs Jill Casselton, in the congregation. Fr. Emilio was Deacon. Mass was followed by a champagne supper before we took  the floor for “The Lambeth Walk”!

The Mass on Saturday 28th June has yet to take place but Moira reported 15 people earlier in June on the 9th, Feast of Saint Columba. Dominic Quinn who is the eldest of Moira’s three sons kindly drove to Ystradgynlais to collect Father Flynn who is, if I dare say so, now becoming a fixture at Moira’s! But I happen to know a very welcome fixture! In August he is going with Moira and Desmond for a well deserved (and needed) two week holiday in Normandy, so the Welsh Masses will be curtailed, although Bishop Anthony will be in Cardiff and Ebbw Vale in August – dates not fixed yet.
The Patronal Solemn Mass at Rochdale is on Wednesday, July 9th at 1pm – Feast of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More. It will be followed by a celebration lunch to which the Manchester folk will contribute. We are delighted to learn that Moira, Desmond and our Rochdale people are planning an autumn visit to our South Wales Faithful, either to the Rhondda or to Abertillery – or maybe both!

Father Mark’s work in Grangetown and the Docks continues apace with a full programme of Sunday and weekday Masses. We are happy to announce that Mr. John Allen will be raised to the highest minor Order of Subdeacon in August, and that Mrs Helen Vassilakis will be admitted to the ancient Order of Deaconess at the same time when Bishop Anthony will be in South Wales. Both John and Helen had been “Eucharistic Ministers” within their previous Jurisdiction – a title not accepted within The ArchConfraternity. Helen’s work will be much enhanced by this official appointment, not least her great ministry of counselling and sick visiting. We must stress that the ancient Order of Deaconess is strictly a lay Order, but an Order of great value within the Church. John’s Ordination as Subdeacon may well in time lead to his Ordination to the Diaconate. Please pray for John and Helen as they prepare to take on these new challenges in Christ’s Name and continue all the stirling work in Cardiff. God’s +Blessing on them both.

Canon Anson reports increased attendance at our two Friday Masses. We thank him heartily for all he does in Dundee and Angus. Bishop Anthony and Dame Della Edling will visit soon.

Mr.& Mrs Mistry;Jenny Rees;Rose Gothsch;Peggy&Charles White;George Hepworth;Angela King;Jillian Streeten;Shelley Breach;Linzee Hickox;Lesarian Purcell(Hampstead);Marie Jones;Ralph Tuck;Mavis Williams(Breconshire);
Meryl Lay(Bracknell);Richard & Heike Podger;Will Malyon(Canterbury);Valerie Crombie;Billy Robinson;Olive Almond;Vernon and Elsie Davies;Janina Harper;Malcolm Hall;Margaret Wyatt;Gertrude Perkin;Edith Barraskell;
Honey Coleman;(Southampton);Marie Dufekova;Father Bohuslav;Jan Graf;Eva Motlova;Jirina Starkova;;Hanna Malinova;Sonja Trpikova(Czech Missions);Naomi Jackson;Eileen Thomas;Tony Keane;Barbara Evans(Ebbw Vale) Lyndon Brain;Breda Williams(Cardiff);Nancy Phillips;Mr.Brynfil Taylor;Gordon Griffiths;Kate Haines;Mrs Evans;
Eileen Jones;Christine Tidey(Abertillery);Cissie Sweet;Jane Llewelyn;Howard Hillier;William Bard;Annie Hope;
Mrs Hopkins(Six Bells);Patrick&Irene Cornesh(Finchley);John & Mary Hart(Alton);Della Edling(Covent Garden);
Ena Wotherspoon;John Crouch;Mrs Grey(Oxford);Janet Girsman(St.Albans);Nigel & Brenda Dawson;Lisa & Kath  Mitchell;Joan Rawlins;(St.Pancras);Constance & Eric Harris(Winchester);Arthur Medrow;Tom Dale;Robin Bencard(Battersea);Peggy Witcombe(Blackwood,Monmouthshire);James Milton;Aidan Magner;Teresa Mitchell;
Betty Baker;Ann Mocatta(Worthing);Gerald Wilson;Tom Smith(Edinburgh););Betty Dawkins;Netta Piotrowska;
Hanna Mlodnicka;Diz Harford(Shepherds Bush);Eileen Conrad-Frankowska(Bath);Beryl Hickman(Southampton);
Christopher Biston(Norwich);Ross Fraser(Dundee);Isobel Hurgon(Carmarthenshire);Carys and Philip Day(Usk);
Gee Cayley;Sylvia Wynn(Hove);Noel Clarke(Huddersfield);Shirley Koster(Surbiton);Alan Feldman(West Ealing) Mr.Duncan(Evesham);Juliet Spicer(Edinburgh);Peter Casselton(Morden);John Smith;Nigel Bunce (Swindon)  Dorothy Unwin(Kilburn);Will Owen;Jon Paul Guiaullme;Anthony Gross (Chelsea);Tony Banks;Tim Beston;Tanya
Wolfman(Brighton);Mrs Pelbrough-Power (Huntingdon);Frank Raymond;Timmy Williams(Midhurst);Mrs Katie Dorran;Ben Catty(Finchley);Sister Tessa Fisk(Lindisfarne);Phillip & Mavis Boylan(Whitehaven,Cumbria);Gladys Target;Daisy Edwards(Rhondda);Ron Meehan(Cwm);Pat Wroe;Eric Bilton(Barnsley); Anna Protheroe;Mrs  Susie Shaw(Newcastle on Tyne);Bill Barnes(Cambridge); Kim Morgan;Ben Andrews(Cardiff) ;Allan Connaught;Cathy Bosworth(Northampton);Stephen Chester;Baby Charles Oldfield(Shepherds Bush);Mr&Mrs Ford(Dulwich);Grace  Withers;Phillip Clarke;Mary Molloy(Manchester);Norman Wybron(Ebbw Vale); Mair Llewelyn-Price(Cardigan);
Walter Beddows;Anne Greenhalgh(Peterborough);Herbert Buckingham(St.Albans);Mrs Joan Maunder(Portsmouth);
Zdena Vychodilova;Zdena Havlova(Chrudim/East Bohemia);Sister Pat Wade(Teddington);Paulette Ellis(Gospel Oak)
Vicky Carpenter(Hampstead);Countess Maryse-Antoinette de Goutiere; Helen Mango; June Stubbs(Westminster)
Bernard Phillips;Mrs Inack(Cardiff);Mrs Hanchett;Shane Paris; Mr. Moule(Gloucester); Mr. T. Allen(Essex).