Join us at St. Lawrence Church in Chestnut Hill on Tuesday evening at 7:30 PM for a Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This is a holy day of obligation and attending this Vigil Mass fulfills that obligation.

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, which includes the countries in the United Kingdom, was established in 2011 as the first of the Personal Ordinariates.

Members of this Ordinariate publish THE PORTAL monthly for those in the Personal Ordinariates of the Catholic Church, Anglicans who are interested in the Ordinariate, and all Catholic friends of the Ordinariates.

Click here to read the August 2018 edition of THE PORTAL on our sister community’s website. This month’s edition features:

• “What does the word ‘marriage’ mean in 2018?” by Ronald Crane
• “Freedom of speech v. hate speech in the UK,” a warning call by Joanna Bogle
• “Slithy Toves” by Snapdragon
• “A Visit to Kent” by Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane
• “Solidarity” by Fr Ashley Beck
• Thoughts on Newman: “The Psalter” by Revd Dr Stephen Morgan
• Anglican News: “CofE General Synod Report” by the Revd Paul Benfield
• “Well, she’s in the Customary!” Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane visit Kemsing in Kent to find out about St Edith of Wilton, a little known Saint
• News from the Ordinariate: “Eight new priests for the Ordinariate”
• “Like yeast that a woman took” by Br Robert Augustine
• “How you might support the Ordinariate Cause,” an interesting initiative reported by Simon Dennerly
• Aid to the Church in Need: “In Colombia and elsewhere, Christ ‘came to suffer for his people and with his people’” reported by Murcadha O Flaherty
• “Walsingham’s Darkest Hour” reported by Antonia Moffat
• “The National Memorial Arboretum” by Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane
• “Did ‘Humanae Vitae’ cause bitter division in the Church?” Geoffrey Kirk thinks not

The August issue of our parish paper features an article by Deacon Michael J. Connolly titled, “Pax Tecum.” As Deacon Connolly wrote, “So, as we consider August the month of peace, we may fairly ask what we mean with this commonly used and abused term peace.”

If you signed up to receive Contra Mundum by mail, you should receive your August issue soon. You can also read it here on our website as well as all of the back issues.

This issue also includes a sermon by Fr Bradford and articles and writings by noted contemporary and classic authors, as well as announcements of upcoming events and news and notes for our combined congregation and community:

• “Pax Tecum,” an article by the Revd Deacon Michael J. Connolly
• “On Salvation,” excerpt from the Declaration Dominus Iesus by Joseph Cardinal Ratzingerpublished by the CDF on August 6, 2000
• “How Things Work in the Kingdom,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford in St Theresa of Ávila Church, August 17, 2011
• “Trained to Detect a Person,” an article by the Revd Albert J. Byrne from the parish bulletin of The Cathedral of St Catherine of Siena, Allentown, PA
• “Dwelling in the Loftiest Citadel of Virtue,” an excerpt from a sermon on the Blessed Virgin Mary by St Amadeus of Lausanne (1110-59)
• “Recognizing Jesus” by St Basil (c.329-379), one of the Four Greek Doctors of the Church
• “A Prayer” from St Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Rd London
• “From a Bible Given to World War II Servicemen,” an inscription by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, organist Dong-Ill Shin will present an organ recital at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall, 192 Broadway, Methuen, Mass. The recital starts at 8:00 pm, with doors opening at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12.00.

Shin is the winner of the 20th Grand Prix de Chartres, and has been hailed as “one of the world’s most promising talents of his generation”. He made his debut at the age of 11 years with the Pusan Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mozart’s Concerto in D minor No. 20. He has received many awards and has several notable performances and recitals to date (Europe, Asia and North America).You can read more about him here.

Our own organist, Jim Reedy, promises it will be a spectacular evening. If you like listening to the organ during Mass and Evensong, then you won’t want to miss this! If interested, please let Corrine know.

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, which includes the countries in the United Kingdom, was established in 2011 as the first of the Personal Ordinariates.

Members of this Ordinariate publish THE PORTAL monthly for those in the Personal Ordinariates of the Catholic Church, Anglicans who are interested in the Ordinariate, and all Catholic friends of the Ordinariates.

Click here to read the July 2018 edition of THE PORTAL on our sister community’s website. This month’s edition features:

• “Will Burton has been looking at Catholic, and especially Ordinariate, blogs”
• “Railway Stations, Public Libraries, 19th Century Verse, and Evangelism,” destinations visited by Joanna Bogle
• “Of bile and comfort let us sing,”  Snapdragon muses on recent events
• “San Giorgio in Velabro, Rome,” Donato Tallo visits John Henry Newman’s Titular Church
• “The once great Cathedral, Monastery and Parish Church at Whithorn,” Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane tell of their visit to Galloway
• “Human Dignity” by Fr Ashley Beck
• “Beverley Minster, Blessed John Henry Newman, and the faith of Peter,” the Revd Dr Stephen Morgan puts them all together
• “The seal in the Confessional?” the Rev’d Paul Benfield explains it in the light of historic laws
• “Down by the mill,” Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane meet Fr Simon and Sarah Beveridge
• “News from the Ordinariate around the UK”
• “Iona, the Isle of Kings?” by Eliza Trebelcock
• “Goodness and mercy in the Valley of the Christians in Syria,” reported by Murcadha O Flaherty
• “Conscience before conformity,” book review by Fr Simon Ellis
• “Saint Conan’s Kirk — Loch Awe,” Eliza Trebelcock visits an oddity
• “Adventures in Prayer” by Dr Heather Ward OCDS

The July issue of our parish paper features an article by Fr. Bradford on “The Holy Name of Jesus.” If you signed up to receive Contra Mundum by mail, you should have received your July issue by now. You can also read it here on our website as well as all of the back issues.

This issue also includes a sermon by Fr Bradford and articles and writings by noted contemporary and classic authors, as well as announcements of upcoming events and news and notes for our combined congregation and community:

• “The Holy Name of Jesus” by Father Bradford
• “The Name That Must Be Proclaimed” by St Bernardino of Siena
• “God Chooses His Agents,” a sermon by Father Bradford
• “For Our Country,” a prayer by Reverend George Lyman Locke
• “The Visible Invisible,” an excerpt from Letters to a Young Catholic by George Weigel
• “The Precept of Courtesy” by Samuel Johnson
• “Fall from Grace” from a sermon by the Archbishop of Westminster
• “Thinking the Trinity” from a sermon by Austin Ferrar
• “A Royal and Priestly Nation” by Alcuin
• “Summer Vacation” by The Provost of the Brompton (London) Oratory

With Fr. Bradford away on Sundays, July 1st and 8th, Fr. Jurgen Liias will be our celebrant and preacher at our 11:30 am Sunday Masses. Please welcome Fr. Liias, known to us all.

Fr. Gaspar, the new pastor of St Lawrence Church, invited both communities of St Gregory the Great and St Athanasius to assist our host church in some much needed yard work on Saturday morning, June 23rd. Six of us joined together with St Mary’s and St Lawrence as well as the seminarians next door and then enjoyed a appetizing cookout together.

Photos from the day are available here.

Parishioner Pam Covert invites us to contribute to a Food Pantry by donating nonperishable items, such as canned goods and food products in heavy plastic containers. The drop off box is in front of the St Joseph statue at the west side entrance doors.

We pray a Rosary before Mass with an intention for those who will celebrate and serve our Mass that day. We meet in front of the Marian altar and begin at 10:55 am before the Sunday Mass, but you may join at any time. Extra Rosaries are available if needed.