Notes for an MC at Missa Cantata 15 Dec 2010 | 10:00 am

Although the form of Missa Cantata which is common in England and Wales is based on that of High Mass, there is another form which can served by two servers only who act much like as they would at a L...

The Apostle of Bedford 28 Oct 2010 | 04:19 am

Father John Priestley Warmoll single-handedly brought Catholicism back to Bedford in the nineteenth century. Jack Robbins calls him the Apostle of Bedford and has self-published a book on his life and...

Corpus Christi - Triumph Over Heresy 27 Oct 2010 | 06:08 am

An Augustinian prioress, a hermitess and an archdeacon, all living at Liege in the thirteenth century, are the people mainly responsible for the institution of the feast of Cor-pus Christi.Although th...

The Gordon Riots 24 Oct 2010 | 04:44 am

When I was a young man working in the City of London in the early 1950s, I would walk to Bank Underground Station at the end of the day's work. Often I would follow a detachment of Foot Guards marchin...

SERVING AT MISSA CANTATA ( Additional Notes) 1 Aug 2010 | 01:28 pm

SERVING AT MISSA CANTATA (The Torchbearers at Missa Cantata) 1 Aug 2010 | 01:11 pm

The Torchbearers at Missa Cantata Procession to altar When you are to be a Torchbearer walk with the other Torchbearers, not carrying your candle, immediately behind the Acolytes in the procession t...

SERVING AT MISSA CANTATA (The Acolytes at Missa Cantata) 1 Aug 2010 | 11:50 am

The Acolytes at Missa Cantata I have designated the two acolytes as First Acolyte and Second Acolyte although the rubrics make no distinction between the two. They are both responsible for ensuring t...

SERVING AT MISSA CANTATA (The Thurifer at Missa Cantata) 28 Jul 2010 | 06:11 am

The Thurifer at Missa Cantata General Hold the thurible by putting the little finger of the hand in with which you are carrying it through the ring on the top of the thurible and passing the thumb o...

SERVING AT MISSA CANTATA (The Mc at the Missa Cantata) 27 Jul 2010 | 04:51 am

The Mc at Missa Cantata It is the duty of the Mc to know what everyone else must do during the Mass and to direct them where direction is necessary. Before Mass assist the Celebrant to vest and orga...

SERVING AT MISSA CANTATA (The Asperges Ceremony) 27 Jul 2010 | 04:18 am

The Asperges Ceremony Preparation If on a Sunday, the Asperges Ceremony is to take place before the main Mass, the Celebrant does not put on his maniple or chasuble until after the Ceremony. He wear...