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THE P RTAL October 2018 Page 18 Yorkshire Ordinariate Mass O n Saturday, September 15th, St Mary at the Cross (also known as Our Lady of Sorrows) saw the first Ordinariate mass to be celebrated in Leeds. The Dean of St Anne’s Cathedral in the city centre graciously welcomed some 50 participants from Bradford, Sheffield, Wakefield, York and Leeds itself. A visitor from the CofE asked to be received into the Catholic church. Fr David Stafford from Sheffield sang High Mass, assisted by John Tee of the York group and by Fr Robert Mercer CR who came over from Mirfield, and who preached on Newman’s motto, “Heart speaks to heart”. The next Yorkshire mass will be in St Joseph’s, Bradford, on Saturday, October 6th, organised by a potential group there. Pilgrimage to Haddington O n the same day as the Mass in Leads, Pilgrims from the Ordinariate in Scotland from Edinburgh, St Andrews, Dunfermline, Whithorn, Castle Douglas and Paisley visited the Shrine of Our Lady and the Three Kings in the Lauderdale Aisle within St Mary’s Parish Kirk in Haddington to the east of Edinburgh - see page 8. The day began with a tour of St Mary’s, the largest Parish Kirk in Scotland. This was followed by Solemn Mass according to Divine Worship in the Shrine Chapel which included the Reception and Confirmation of Barnabas Francis McPhail, a former Anglican Franciscan who has now found his home with the Ordinariate in Scotland and where he plans to continue living under the Franciscan Rule. It was a wonderful occasion and we assure him of our prayers. After lunch we returned to the Shrine Chapel of Our Lady and the Three Kings where we listened to an interview with the late Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale, recorded in 1998 about how he restored the Shrine. The day ended with us singing the Litany of the Saints which was followed by Benediction. Walsingham Ordinariate Mission T he Walsingham Ordinariate Mission is changing both its time of Sunday Mass and the location of its meeting. The Ordinariate Mass will continue to be on the first Sunday of each month, but will now be at 3pm. The location will change to the Dowry House Chapel, Dowry House Retreat, 47-49 High Street, Walsingham, Norfolk, NR22 6BZ. The exception is October, which will be on the second Sunday, 14th October. They are changing time and location to improve the pastoral and social time that they are able to spend together following the Mass. The Group is now pastored by Deacon Shaun Morrison [email protected] - 07880 600094. We wish them well. Ø