Saturday 4 April 2020
The Guardian Angels and Spiritual Communion
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News Archive
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2021
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September
- St Aelred's at the Shrine
- St Matthew
- Hortus conclusus
- Feast of our Cardinal
- St Crux
- The Special Daughter of the Roman Church
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 18th September
- Mystery Sonatas
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Hail, O Cross, our only Hope
- Our Cardinal on St John Chrysostom
- Furnished and prepared
- No sandwiches short of a picnic
- Pray the Rosary
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 11th September
- Musical Rosary: next Monday
- The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- St Anne's Church, Jerusalem
- Make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob
- Lunchtime concert
- St Cuthbert's Ring
- St Gregory the Great
- Floored
- Poisoned for faithfulness
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August
- The Martyrs' Holy Triumph
- The Pearl of York
- God is close to us
- Talking Heads - back soon
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 28th August
- St Margaret Clitherow pilgrimage
- Blessed Dominic Barberi, Apostle of England
- Youth Pilgrimage
- We ought to surpass all others in our praises and devotions to the Blessed Virgin
- Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy
- Our Lady of York: pray for our City
- Mass at Fountains Abbey
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 21st August
- Bishop Bagshawe and Our Lady of York
- Our Lady of York - this Sunday
- More bees
- A bee, hard at work in our lavender
- More House Website
- Our Lady's Assumption
- Flower Power
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 14th August
- Forthcoming events
- St Jane Frances de Chantal
- Our Cardinal's anniversary
- San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- Sicut lilium
- Back to school
- Blessed Nicholas Postgate
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 7th August
- Transfiguration
- Dedication of St Mary Major
- The greatest gift
- Undercoat
- "Repair My House"
- Happy Yorkshire Day!
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July
- Sant'Ignazio
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 31st July
- "For they refreshed my spirit as well as yours."
- Choral Scholarships 2021-2
- Oratory 'JustGiving' is up and swimming
- Au revoir
- Holy Annie, God's Granny
- ¡Buen Camino!
- On pilgrimage
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 24th July
- Our life, our sweetness, and our hope
- Pippo Buono
- As confident as is the falcon's flight
- Look down from heaven, Holy Father
- The Shrine is open again
- And you will be like a watered garden
- I have loved the beauty of Thy House
- Remember, O Virgin Mother, to speak good things before God's face on our behalf
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 17th July
- "Upcycling"
- Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur
- Ahead of the Game
- Robert Aske
- My flesh is real food
- The Upper Room
- The Chinese Martyrs
- Pediludium venit in domum suam
- Ite ad Ioseph
- Licensed to Swim
- This is the gate of heaven!
- When I am weak then I am strong
- San Tommaso in Parione
- Pardon and Peace
- July: Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus
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June
- Mass intentions for the weeks beginning Saturday, 3rd July and Saturday 10th July
- Which came first?
- Tu es Petrus
- Cardinal Baronius and the Bronze Statue
- Chicken Parmesan
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
- June - Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 26 June
- He must increase, I must decrease
- The hard sell
- Merrily in Heaven
- O Aloysi!
- The Lord is the strength of His people
- York Panorama
- They do not sow or reap
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 19th June
- Be prepared
- The Lord looks down from Heaven
- Make disciples of all nations
- What can we say the kingdom of God is like?
- Behold the birds of the air
- Before the eyes of all Israel
- The Lord has made known his salvation
- Planted in the house of the Lord they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Night Watch
- The Immaculate Heart of Mary
- The Forty Hours have begun
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 12th June
- They shall see the glory of the Lord
- Lights, camera, action
- The name of the Lord is a strong tower
- A quiet pilgrimage to the shrine of St William
- Saint William - pray for York
- The blessing of Moses
- Now we see through a glass darkly
- Sing forth, O Zion
- Saint Boniface
- The Lord in Duncombe Place
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 5th June
- Sit at my right hand
- Containing in Itself all Sweetness
- Domine salvam fac reginam nostram
- Adoremus
- The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come
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May
- Give ear, O heavens, that I may speak
- Trinity Monday
- On the mountains of Judea
- Holy, holy, holy
- And they were all gathered in one place
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 29th May
- Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur
- Amphibious tenants sought
- Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
- Look down from heaven, Holy Father
- Covid-proof, environmentally-sustainable plates
- Rain: the perfect weather for an English Garden Party
- Ready for St Philip's Day
- "Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will"
- Be strong and of good courage
- Day set on Rome
- True sons of Philip
- Come, Holy Spirit
- Look down from heaven, Father dear
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning 22nd May
- Salvete Flores Martyrum!
- Dear Father Philip! Holy Sire!
- Philip, on thee the glowing ray
- Saint Philip! I have never known a saint as I know thee
- Open wide the doors to Christ!
- Choose Life!
- On northern coasts
- The novena begins
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 15th May
- Come, Holy Spirit
- Twenty years ago...
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 8th May
- The hidden things belong to the Lord our God
- The Spirit of Saint Francis
- Oratory School Vacancy
- Our Easter Flowers....
- Easter flowers
- If you do not heed
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 1st May
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April
- Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 24th April
- My father was a wandering Aramean
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 17th April
- Requiem Mass for the Duke of Edinburgh
- Mass intentions for the week beginning, Saturday, 10th April
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 3rd April
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March
- The Easter Triduum
- Flower Power
- You shall not forget
- Mgr Boleslaw Zabludowski
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 27th March
- Remember what the Lord did to Miriam
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 20th March
- Deuteronomy Chapter 23
- Chaplaincy of the University of York
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 13th March
- First Holy Communion Classes
- Neither do I condemn you
- Holy Week & Easter
- Novena to St Joseph
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Saturday, 6th March
- The Consequences of Jealousy
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February
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 28th February
- The laws of warfare
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday 21st February
- Good fences make good neighbours
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 14th February
- A Prophet shall I raise up for them
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 7th February
- When you choose a King
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January
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 31 January
- The place God will choose
- DIY abortion - make your voice heard...
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 24th January
- Remember that you were slaves in Egypt
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 17th January
- 2021 Talking Heads begins
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 10th January
- Epiphany Celebrations...
- Public Worship Continues
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 3rd January
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September
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2020
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December
- Christ is born for us!
- The last Talking Heads for the Year of the Word
- Be it done unto me according to Thy Word
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 20th December
- Chapter Twelve of Deuteronomy
- An unusual idea for a present
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 13th December
- A Christmas Message from Mary's Meals
- Mince Pie Victors
- I set before you a Blessing and a Curse
- This week’s newsletter
- Deuteronomy 10
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November
- The great Mince Pie Pageant
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 29th November
- Public Masses to begin again, and preparing for the Immaculate Conception
- The Molten Calf
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 22nd November
- Mass during Lockdown
- Man does not live on bread alone
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 15th November
- Prayers for Sister Teresa
- Bar Convent Christmas Angels
- God's Peculiar People
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 8th November
- Hear, O Israel
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October
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 1st November
- Vatican extends November Plenary Indulgence for 2020
- The Ten Commandments
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 25th October
- Another week, another newsletter
- National Rosary Rally
- Deuteronomy Chapter 4
- Newsletter for Sunday 18th October
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 18th October
- Og the King of Bashan
- Newsletter for this week
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 11th October
- Moses: the final lap
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 4th October
- This week's newsletter
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September
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning 27th September
- Receiving Holy Communion
- Live Streaming is back
- Virtual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham
- Information Forms
- This Week's Newsletter
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 20th September.
- Brother Gabriel
- Livestream Masses and Vespers
- The Newsletter is Back!
- Musical News
- Br Adam's Leave of Absence
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August
- The York Salve Regina
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 23rd August.
- Live Streamed Ordination Mass
- No Rosary Devotions in August and September
- Br Henry's Ordination to the Priesthood
- Solemnity of the Assumption
- A Good News Story
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 9th August
- Talking Heads - Back in the Autumn
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July
- Mass intentions list for the week beginning Sunday, 2nd August
- The Cities of Refuge
- Mass intentions list for the week beginning Sunday, 26th July
- Maps and names
- Mass Intentions list for the week beginning Sunday, 19th July
- Dedication of St Wilfrid’s Church
- Getting lost in the Wilderness
- Archbishop of York's Pilgrimage to St Margaret's Shrine
- Mass Intentions for the Week Beginning Sunday, 12th July
- Transjordania
- Open for Business
- Mass Intentions list for the week beginning Sunday, 5th July
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June
- Public Worship Starts Again
- Smiting the Midianites
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 28th June
- Numbers Chapter 30
- Solemnity Timetable
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 21st June
- Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
- More Sacrifices in the Book of Numbers
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 14th June
- York Oratory Church of St Wilfrid to reopen
- Urbi et orbi
- Talking Heads and Luminous
- Solemnity of Corpus Christi
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 7 June
- Very Rev. Jonathan Robinson RIP
- More Talking Heads
- A Missing Mass Intention
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May
- Mass Intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 31st May
- St Philip's Day
- Streamed Mass Times
- YOTV Mass Schedule Changes
- Mass intentions for the week beginning Sunday, 24th May
- Cooking by Numbers
- Click here for the York Oratory YouTube Channel
- Mass Intentions from Sunday, 17th May
- Br Henry's Ordination Postponed
- Confessions
- Solemnity of the Ascension
- Vorsprung durch Technik
- Talking Heads: the latest episode
- Blessed John Rochester and Blessed James Walworth
- Mass Intentions from Sunday, 10th May
- Bells for V.E. Day
- This morning's sermon
- Talking Heads
- Mass Intentions from Sunday, 3rd May
- Happy Feast of St Joseph
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April
- Mass Intentions List
- Bells for the Queen's Birthday
- Divine Mercy Sunday Service
- Mass Intentions List
- Please Subscribe!
- Film for Divine Mercy Sunday
- At the Lamb's High Feast we sing
- Easter Pastoral Letter
- Easter Bells
- Mass Intentions
- Maundy Thursday - Mass, Holy Hour and Compline
- Easter Clergy Offering
- Children's Stations of the Cross
- The Guardian Angels and Spiritual Communion
- Spiritual Preparation for Holy Week and Easter
- Holy Week Service Times
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March
- Home Altars
- Novena to St Thérèse
- Rededication of England
- Stations of the Cross
- Technical Difficulties
- The Rededication - Play your part
- Church Closed
- Temporary Timetable
- Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church - Pray for us
- No Public Masses at St Wilfrid's, St Joseph's or the Shrine
- The voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away....
- Talking Heads
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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December
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2017
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December
- The Solemnity of the Epiphany
- Christmas Services at St Joseph's and St Wilfrid's
- A Meditation for Christmas Eve
- This morning's Rorate Mass
- Carol Service - Tonight
- Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
- Crib Service for Children
- Rorate Mass
- Do we have to go to Mass twice this Christmas?
- We now have a Facebook page...
- Oratorian Procurator to be Auxiliary Bishop of Brownsville
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June
- "Adoremus" - Eucharistic Congress 2018
- Prayer for York
- Minnie Vinnies
- Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- Visit of Fr Felix Selden
- Fallen Scaffolding
- First Holy Communions
- Prayer for York
- Micklegate Singers in St Wilfrid's
- Solemnity of Corpus Christi
- Music for June
- Confirmation Mass
- Postcards from Bournemouth!
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May
- Solemn EF Mass for the old Solemnity of the Ascension
- The Bishop of Portsmouth announces the new Oratory in Bournemouth
- Music for May
- Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
- Ordinariate Use Mass in St Wilfrid's
- Easter Pilgrims
- Br Adam welcomes a wedding couple!
- Fatima Centenary First Saturday Devotions
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December
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2016
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December
- Some dates for 2017
- Thank you
- Christmas Service Times at St Wilfrid's and St Joseph's
- Christmas Nativity Service
- The St Wilfrid's views we often miss
- Inspiring words for Christmas
- Preparations for Christmas
- St Wilfrid's Christmas Carol Service
- Preparing in Silence
- Music at Mass and Benediction
- Christmas Service Times at Saint Wilfrid's & Saint Joseph's
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- ▼ October
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June
- York before St Wilfrid's
- Recent Trips and Visitors
- St Wilfrid's Garden Open
- Tessa's Birthday
- Parish Visit to North Wales
- Music on Sunday
- York Minster Mystery Plays
- Canon Ryan's Golden Jubilee Celebration
- Queen's Birthday Party in Oxford
- Music for the Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen
- Concert in Church
- Religious Research Project
- Music at St Wilfrid's
- Dominican 8th Centenary Celebration in York
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May
- St Philip's Day in Oxford
- Confirmation visit to Bradford Friars
- Benediction in Our Lady's Month
- Parish First Holy Communions
- Corpus Christi Mass and Procession
- St Philip's Day and Corpus Christi
- A day in the life of a novice
- Parents and toddlers enjoy the spring sunshine
- Two new Oratories in Formation in the UK
- Disabled stairlift back in action
- Confirmation Group Visit
- Dominican Celebration
- Old Solemnity of the Ascension
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December
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2015
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December
- York Floods
- Christmas Services at St Wilfrid's and St Joseph's
- Christmas Carol Service
- Travelling Reliquary Bust of St Philip
- Pictures from the Rorate Mass
- Rorate Mass - Dawn Mass in Advent
- Getting ready for the Jubilee of Mercy
- Christmas Service Times at St Wilfrid's and St Joseph's
- Carol Service at St Wilfrid's
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December
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2014
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August
- Words, words, words!
- Evangelium Course - discover the faith or enrich it
- Pilgrims to St Margaret Clitherow
- Feast of St Margaret Clitherow
- Nature red in tooth and claw...
- The Royal Dragoon Guards parade in front of St Wilfrid's
- Work on the roof begins
- Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady
- Commemoration of the Start of the Great War
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2013
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November
- Day of Prayer for Syria
- Vespers of St Cecilia
- Confirmations
- Vespers of St Cecilia at St Wilfrid's
- St Wilfrid's School Christmas Fayre
- Closing Mass for the Year of Faith
- Extraordinary Synod on the Family 2014
- Collection for the Philippines
- Vocations Evening in York
- Oratorians in York — The First Week
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