The 2014 programme commenced In June, with the visit to St Anne’s Cathedral Leeds

Monsignor Philip Moger and the Cathedral staff warmly welcomed the Guardians at the Service of Reception; during the following week in Leeds, over 2000 pilgrims came to venerate the Relic Image, coming not only from the city but from the surrounding areas, with many different nationalities being rep-resented. As a result of the visit, the Prolife message was clearly

proclaimed, Our Lady of Guadalupe being the Protectress of the Unborn.

At the close of the visit Monsignor Philip said “It has been a moving and deeply spiritual experience for all who came to venerate and I am sure many Graces and Blessings will flow as a result of this visit”. The Service of Return was led by the Monsignor, with Father Michael Patey (from the Shrine) as co-celebrant.

During the stay in Leeds the Relic Image was

under the care of the Knights of St Columba (Province 5 Leeds) led by the Provincial Grand Knight Denis Bristow; he and his fellow Knights did a fantastic job as hosts, as a result of the visit, five Home Shrine Devotion groups have been established among Leeds’ families.

PHOTOS FROM THE LEEDS VISIT

Visit to Norwich 2

Portsmouth Cathedral visit

2-3

Father Roy 3

New Coordinator 4

Feast Day Mass Our Lady of Guadalupe

4

Youth 2000 Walsingham

4-5

ProLife Pilgrimage to Walsingham

5-6

Inside this issue:

The Miraculous Relic Image

A very busy year

2014 Pilgrimage Programme

The Shrine of Our Lady of

Guadalupe Newsletter

October 2014 Volume 1 Issue 3

The Miraculous Relic Image continued its pilgrimage with a visit to the Cathedral of St John the Baptist Norwich. Once again pilgrims travelled, from all over the Diocese of East Anglia including St Neots, Cambridge, Peterborough and Yarmouth plus a group of Carmelites from Aylesford Priory (Kent) . Well over a 1000 people came to the Cathedral and there were record sales of repository items! Once again, the Relic Image was under the watchful care of the

Knights of St Columba (Province 27 East Anglia) led by Chris Brookes (Provincial Grand Knight). As a result of the visit, four new Home Shrine groups were established within the Dio-cese and there were requests for the Relic Image to visit Peterbor-ough and Aylesford. Finally - the words of Fr James Walsh (Dean of the Cathedral) “This has been a spiritual and uplift-ing experience for us all and all who came to venerate Our Lady’s

Miraculous Relic Image and we hope to be blessed by a future visit in your busy programme of Pilgrimage.

Presentation of the picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Father James (Dean) and Chris Brookes (Grand Knight) to commemorate the visit.

St John the Baptist Cathedral Norwich

that several thousands of

pilgrims came to visit and vener-

ate the Relic Image; as a result, 8

Home Shrine groups were estab-

lished in the Diocese. The Knights

of Saint Columba (from Province

14) under the direction of the

Provincial Grand Knight Pat

O‘Donovan did their usual

brilliant work in Hosting, the

cooperation of Canon Dominic

and Fr James, along with

Cathedral staff, was much

appreciated.

Canon Dominic said “The faithful

of the Diocese came in great

numbers the feeling of peace and

spirituality that surrounded their

devotion gave us all great hope

that the Blessings and Graces

would remain as a beacon for the

faithful”.

Portsmouth Cathedral

The Miraculous Relic Image

visited St John’s Cathedral,

Portsmouth from Friday 5th

September until Thursday the

11th for our final visit of the 2014

programme.

The arrival of the Miraculous

Relic Image was greeted by over

200 people in the Cathedral

where a wonderful, spiritual

service took place with great

music. The Press were waiting to

interview the Guardians and to

take photographs and the event

was covered by local ITV news on

the Thursday night and again on

the Friday lunchtime.

Once again, pilgrims had trav-

elled long distances from

Plymouth, also from Newbury,

Bournemouth and Swindon to

name but a few. It is estimated

St John’s Cathedral Portsmouth

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Eight Home Shrine groups

were established

in the Diocese!

Portsmouth Pictures

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Father Roy Karakkattu has recently joined St Joseph’s Bedford as assistant Priest and one of his first jobs was to accept the position of Chaplin to the Guardians of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Fr Roy tells us about himself:

“I was born in Kerala, one of the tiny states in India. There are seven of us in the family and basically we engage our-selves in local agriculture.

After matriculation, I joined the congregation of the Missionaries of St Francis De Sales (MSFS). I had my Philosophical studies in

Suvidya College, which is in Bangalore and Bachelor degree under Bangalore University. Next destination was Pune to commence my Masters in Philosophy and later Theological studies. I was ordained a priest in the year 2005. As a priest, I worked among the tribal clans of North East India for six years, mainly in Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya. In 2011, I was appointed to Suvidya College, one of our Formation houses in Bangalore to teach Philosophy and train young seminarians. Having served

for three years there, I have come to England to do my Doctoral studies.”

Father Roy says he is looking forward to working with us in the service of Our Lady of Guadalupe and in promoting the Devotion.

Father Roy accepts position as new Chaplin to the

Guardians of Our Lady of Guadalupe

WELCOME Father Roy!

Miraculous Relic Image

visits

Youth 2000 Walsingham

ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH PRAYER FESTIVAL!

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children. She may be known to many of you through her work with the Diocesan Rosary Link. Donna will be working on developing the shrine based pro-gramme and assisting Andrew with the planning and delivery of the travelling pilgrimage pro-gramme for the Miraculous Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Earlier this year and with great pleasure the Guardians, with the approval of Canon Se-amus Keenan and endorsed by Bishop Peter, announced the appointment of the new Shrine Coordinator, Donna Gardner. Donna, who is married and lives in Welling-borough, is the mother of 4

Donna can be contacted by phone on 07940 228 227 or at guadalupebedford@gmail.com.

blessings and graces received during the successful visits of the Miraculous Relic Image on the Pilgrimage pro-gramme this year. We wish to acknowledge and to cele-brate before Our Blessed Mother the formal partner-ship between the Guardians and the Knights of Saint Co-lumba who acts as host for the visit to Cathedrals and churches we visit. During the Mass the Guardians and Home Shrine families, will

The Feast Day Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration will be held 7.30 pm at the Shrine in the Church of the Holy Child and St Joseph Bedford.

Once again our principal celebrant will be Bishop Peter Doyle. We will be joined by priests and guests who have come together from the Catholic Provinces of England and Wales.

At this Mass; we will offer up our thanks for the many

The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

renew their promises and commitment to the Devotion.

12 December

2014

Bishop

Peter Doyle

will celebrate

The Mass

New Shrine Coordinator

During the third week of August the Miraculous Relic Image spent 4 days with the 1200

young people who gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady, in Walsingham, Norfolk,

for the Youth 2000 Annual International Youth Prayer Festival. Our Lady of Guadalupe

is Patron of the Youth 2000 movement, young adults journeyed from various parts of

the country to the outdoor Festival held in fields around the National Shrine of Our

Lady. The programme included “international speakers, live music, workshops,

discussions, prayer, sports, social times, evening entertainment and loads more”. Eve

Farren Director of Youth 2000 said she had been impressed with the reverence and

devotion shown by those gathered in the huge circus type tent where the Miraculous

Relic Image was placed on the Central Dias for veneration.

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We are on the web!!

www.relicourladyofguadalupe.co.uk

Walsingham ProLife Pilgrimage Sept 2014

after which Bishop Davies

censed and venerated the

Miraculous Relic Image of

Our Lady of Guadalupe.

During the presentation of

the Gifts by members of the

congregation, the hymn “All

my hope on God is founded”

was sung.

Pro-Life supporters from all

over England &Wales

travelled to the National

Shrine of Our Lady,

Walsingham on Sunday 21

September.

The pilgrims arrived about

10 minutes before the start

of reciting the Angelus and

Mass. The Processional

hymn was the old favourite

“Praise, my soul, the King of

Heaven”

ProLife Pilgrimage

continued on next page!

the chilly and blustery

weather.

During Communion the

hymn, “Love is His word” was

sung. Following the blessing

and dismissal, “Praise we

our God with joy” was sung

as the recessional hymn.

In his homily, the Rt Rev Mark

Davies, the Bishop of

Shrewsbury, referred to the

importance of the family and

the sorrow of the disposable

society in which we live -

where food and unwanted

goods are discarded as are

vulnerable babies by abortion,

the old and vulnerable by

euthanasia and unwanted

children by trafficking. The

chapel of reconciliation was

packed to overflowing, many

pilgrims had to sit on the

benches outside and receive

Communion there in spite of

ProLife Pilgrimage

continued

Fr Jacob Hausmann (another

concelebrant who some of

you will remember from the

Mass for many ProLife

Organisations at St Joseph’s

and who hopes to be in

Bedford next May, Pat

Sammon (from Leeds),

Christopher & Margaret

Langley and other former

members of the now defunct

Luton Good Counsel. It was

also wonderful to meet other

Bedfordians, who had

travelled independently to Walsingham.

After Stations of the Cross and Benediction, some pilgrims then walked the Holy Mile (in

silence) to the Priory before boarding the homeward bound coaches. Although it had

been a long day, everyone found it to be spiritually uplifting and rewarding, thinking of

Mary, Mother of Evangelisation.

The relic Image attracted

a very large number of

pilgrims who wished to

venerate and pray to Our

Lady. Many old friends

took part in the Pilgrim-

age and it was delightful

to see Fr Jeremy Davies,

who was a concelebrant.