Bible Study is offered at 10:15 AM every second and fourth Sunday in the left-hand Sacristy at Saint Lawrence Church.  Bring your Bible and try this friendly and informative discussion group.

We will be discussing the Book of Proverbs for the final series before the summer break:

• April 22 — Proverbs Chapters 1 – 9
• May 6 — Proverbs Chapters 10 – 22
• May 20 — Proverbs Chapters 23 – 31

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

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

• “It Is the Lord,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford
• “The Fundamental Proclamation of the Christian Faith,” a sermon delivered by Father Romanus Cessario, OP, Professor of Systematic Theology in St John Seminary, Brighton, and Senior Editor of Magnificat magazine.
• “What You Have to Decide,” an excerpt from In Soft Garments by Monsignor Ronald Knox (1888-1957), a convert and English Catholic priest, author, broadcaster on the BBC, and Chaplain at Oxford University
• “Saint Mark the Evangelist and Martyr,” an article from Athletes of God by Father Shirley C. Hughson, OHC (1867-1949), Superior of the Anglican Order of the Holy Cross
• “In the Joy of Meeting Again,” an excerpt from Mark: Meditations for a Community by Adrienne von Speyer, a Swiss Catholic, physician, and theologian
• “But the Father Favored Him,” a brief meditation by His Holiness Benedict XVI, part of a collection titled Holy Days
• “The Greatest Amnesty of All,” an excerpt from a lecture Sean Patrick Cardinal O’Malley, our Archbishop, delivered to the School of Theology and Ministry in Boston College titled The Eucharist and Our Formation as the People of the Church
• “A Table Blessing” attributed to Saint Athanasius
• “Easter,” a poem by George Herbert (1593-1633), among the finest poets of the Church of England
• “The Story That Ends Well” by Father Vincent Nagle, F.S.C.B., an author, guest preacher, and contributor to Magnificat magazine

To receive Contra Mundum by mail, please email Susan Russo, the editor, with your address.

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 April 2018 edition of THE PORTAL on our sister community’s website:

• “Tracking the Blogs” by Will Burton
• “Auntie’s Diary,” Joanna Bogle looks at Newman and Walsingham events in 2018
• “The Hollow Men” by Snapdragon
• “Palm Sunday or Easter Day?,” keeping Easter is explored by Fr Mark Woodruff
• “The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in 2018,” Ronald Crane discusses the challenges facing the Personal Ordinariates with the Ordinary, the Right Reverend Msgr Keith Newton
• “Catholic Social Teaching: The Old Testament” by Fr Ashley Beck
• “Thoughts on Newman: Newman on Resurrection” by Revd Dr Stephen Morgan
•  Book Review by Fr Simon Ellis of Priests in Uniform (Catholic chaplains to the British forces in the First World War)
• “The Shrine of St Augustine and the Ordinariate,” Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane visit Ramsgate
• “Nerve agents” by Dr Simon Cotton, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Birmingham and a member of the Ordinariate
• “Events in Salisbury” by Arnold Herron
• “Aid to the Church in Need: The Church in Haiti – giving light to those in darkness” reported by Murcadha O Flaherty 
• “Anglican News: Our Window in the CofE” by the Revd Paul Benfield

Fr. Bradford has encouraged us to take advantage of the opportunity for Bible Study offered at Saint Lawrence Church. The group meets every second and fourth Sunday at 10:15 in the left-hand Sacristy.

We will be studying the Book of Psalms on two Sundays, March 25th and April 8th.

Bring your Bible and check out this friendly and informative discussion group.

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham includes the United Kingdom. Established in 2011, it was the first of the Personal Ordinariates. A monthly magazine, THE PORTAL, is 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 view the March 2018 edition of THE PORTAL on our sister community’s website:

• Portal Comment: Will Burton reflects in “Trawling the Blogs”
• “Relationships and Education” by Joanna Bogle 
• “Huddon and Duddon and Daniel O’Leary” by Snapdragon 
• In “Catholic Liturgy is Diverse,” Fr Mark Woodruff outlines three Catholic Church traditions, Ordinariate, Byzantine, and Alexandrine 
• “Caritas Anchor House” by Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane 
• Catholic Social Teaching: “Claiming our Anglican  Patrimony” by Fr Ashley Beck 
• Thoughts on Newman: “Newman on Clarity” by Revd Dr Stephen Morgan
• The Portal Interview: “Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane meet Richard Hawker of The Friends of the Ordinariate”
• “Britain’s Second City”  Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane visit the Birmingham Group
• “Safety, Insurance, Prayer and Faith,” Donato Tallo on an issue raised by Bishop Philip Egan
• “Catholic Women of the Year”
• “Rosary on the Coast for Faith, Life & Peace in the British Isles” by Antonia Moffat
• Aid to the Church in Need: “The Church’s work in Iraq: ‘A story of life’” by Murcadha O Flaherty 
• Geoffrey Kirk wonders if it really is “… a ‘paradigm shift’”

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

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

• “Powers of Three” by the Reverend Deacon Michael J. Connolly who is incardinated as Archdeacon in the Armenian Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States and Canada
• “What It Means To Be With Jesus,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford in St Theresa of Ávila Church
• “Holy Oils and the Chrism Mass” from A Concord Pastor Comments
• “A Burning Bush” by Father Wilson, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and long-time friend of our congregation
• “The Gate of Our Final Loneliness” by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI who reigned as pope from 2005 to 2013.
• “Glory in the Cross of Christ,” an excerpt from Saint Cyril of Jerusalem’s famous Catechetical Lectures

Fr. Bradford has encouraged us to take advantage of the opportunity for Bible Study offered at Saint Lawrence Church. The group meets every second and fourth Sunday at 10:15 in the left-hand Sacristy. We are currently studying the Book of Job. The assignment for Sunday, February 25, covers Chapters 22 through 27.

Bring your Bible and try this friendly and informative discussion.

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

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

• “Candlemas: a Feast of Light,” an article by by the Provost, which appeared in The Oratory Parish Magazine, a publication of the Brompton (London) Oratory
• “The Father’s Answer Was Yes,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford in the Saint Gregory the Great Ordinariate Parish, Stoneham, Massachusetts on the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, February 22, 2016
• “Turning Government into God,” an article by G.K. Chesterton, which first appeared in the New York American on July 9, 1932
• “The Opportunities of Lent,” an excerpt from one of the 96 sermons of Saint Leo the Great that survive
• “No Christmas Carols in India,” an excerpt from an article published in the December 25, 2017 edition of The New York Times
• “Saint Anthony of Egypt” who lived from c.251-356; his feast day is January 17th, a Wednesday this year.

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham includes the United Kingdom. Established in 2011, it was the first of the Personal Ordinariates. A monthly magazine, THE PORTAL, is 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 view the February 2018 edition of THE PORTAL on our sister community’s website. This month’s edition includes:

• Will Burton explores “The Blogosphere”
• “The Biblical injunction to Rejoice!” by Joanna Bogle
• Snapdragon “Looks forward to Lent”
• “Ethiopia and its Churches” by Fr Mark Woodruff
• “The St Barnabas Society” by Fr Paul Martin
• “Catholic Social Teaching” by Fr Ashley Beck
• “Thoughts on Newman” by Revd Dr Stephen Morgan
• “Anglican News” by the Revd Paul Benfield
• Jackie Ottaway and Ronald Crane write about their visit to York, the newest Ordinariate group
• Fr Simon Heans’ book review of the The Oxford Handbook of the Oxford Movement
• “Today we are truly a united Church,” Murcadha O Flaherty writes of unity in the Syriac Catholic, Syriac Orthodox, and Chaldean Churches 
• An article about the First Ordinariate Lay Conference of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham to be held August 7^th to 9^th 2018 
• Notice of a Pilgrimage to Walsingham to be held June 23^rd 2018
• “Air-borne matrimony,”   Geoffrey Kirk has some questions

Saint Gregory the Great’s founding Verger, Kevin McDermott, will be Marcus Grodi’s guest on the EWTN program, The Journey Home, this Monday, January 22nd. Airing at 8 pm EST, the show repeats at 1 am on Tuesday and again the following Friday at 1 pm. The episode will appear online in about a week on both EWTN’s and The Coming Home’s websites; on the latter, it will be available in high-definition and it — like all other episodes — can be found by keyword search. Follow these links to the correct pages at EWTN and The Coming Home Network.