Rosary Crusade!

 

Fr. Lew Returns!

The Rosary Crusade is pleased to announce that Fr. Lawrence Lew, Promoter General for the Holy Rosary for the Dominican Order, will once again lead the rosary for us and preach to us in the Brompton Oratory. Father has recently written an interesting book with meditations on the Rosary (pictured above) and published by the Catholic Truth Society. Do get a copy! Do join us for the Rosary Crusade this year on 14 October! Meet outside Westminster Cathedral at 1:45 pm.

The Crusade Approaches!

The Rosary Crusade is pleased to confirm that Fr. Julian Large, Provost of the London Oratory, will preach this year.  Fr. Large has preached twice previously at the Crusade and always has something appropriate to say.  After cancellation in 2020 and a reduced format last year, the Crusade returns in all its former glory.  We look forward to offering reparation in the month of the Holy Rosary.  Assemble from 1:45 pm outside Westminster Cathedral.  Procession will leave shortly after 2 pm.

Rosary Crusade 2021

Rosary Crusade passes Harrods

 After no Crusade in 2020, it was great to be back on the streets of London giving honour to the Queen of Heaven.  The Marian Franciscans led the rosary though the streets of the Capital to "drive evil out of the streets of London and fill the street with beautiful MARIAN flowers." (Fr. Philomeno).  Following the usual route from Westminster Cathedral to the Brompton Oratory, the Crusade of 1,100 souls sang and prayed in the warm autumn sunshine giving praise to God and His Blessed Mother.  Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe (Cong. Orat.) greeted Our Lady on the steps of the great Church and we prayed the Litany of Loreto, the Fatima prayers, and made our Consecration to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Following the lovely Fatima Hymn, Father gave a final blessing to conclude a lovely afternoon.  Next year, please God, we will be back inside the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary where we can better honour the Queen of Heaven and the "fruit of her womb",  Our Lord Jesus,  in the Blessed Sacrament.  

A Wonderful Initiative from Father Lew

 

Rosary Crusade Rises from the Dead!

 We are pleased to confirm that the Rosary Crusade will now take place on 9 October 2021!  We will have the lovely public procession in honour of Our Lady and recitation of the rosary enroute.  Due to concerns about the very large numbers in a confined space at the Oratory Church, there will be only a short ceremony outside the Church to conclude the Crusade and, sadly, no opportunity for scapular enrolment.  Please let everyone know as the time for advertising is very short!

  

Eucharistic Octave 11 to 19 September 2021

The Westminster Parishes of Maiden Lane, Warwick Street, Spanish Place and Farm Street with the Ukrainian Cathedral and the Order of Malta, invite you to a week of celebrations, centred on the Blessed Sacrament. With travel restrictions preventing many people from travelling to Hungary for the International Eucharistic Congress taking place in Budapest in September, the event will be marked in London with a week of Masses, Adoration and, to close the Octave, The Annual Corpus Christi Procession through the heart of London’s Regent Street from Warwick Street to Spanish Place. Further details can be found at www.catholiclondon.org.

NB:  We are hoping that the Rosary Crusade will proceed as usual this year on 9 October 2021, but this is subject to final confirmation from various authorities.