28 MARCH 2011
Something special happened in York on Saturday. Hundreds of Catholics converged on this historic centre of northern Christianity to honour one of England’s bravest women in a quite extraordinary way. Thanks to the efforts of the Latin Mass Society, and with the kind permission of the Dean and Chapter, for the first time since the Reformation, a Traditional Latin Catholic Mass was celebrated at the High Altar of York Minster. The celebrant was Fr Stephen Maughan of the Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough.An estimated eight hundred people attended the Mass, which was part of the Latin Mass Society’s northern pilgrimage in honour of St Margaret Clitherow, the York wife, mother and martyr, who was executed under Elizabeth I for her Catholic Faith. This form of Mass, of course, was the same Mass that St Margaret would have attended in secret before being arrested and executed.
The Latin Mass Society had originally hoped to hold the Mass in the nearby Catholic parish church of St Wilfrid’s, but unfortunately this was unavailable. However, the authorities at the Minster made the LMS very welcome and the Dean,the Very Reverend Keith Jones, and Precentor, Canon Peter Moger, sat in choir during the Mass. Our grateful thanks to them and their staff for all their help.
More photos here
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