Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday, 18 April 2025

Relic of the Holy Cross Pilgrimage


Earlier this evening I watched the livestream of the opening liturgy of the Latin Mass Society’s Jubilee Year Pilgrimage of the Relic of the Holy Cross. This was at the exquisitely restored shrine church of Corpus Christi Maiden Lane.

Following Stations of the Cross there was a Solemn Procession and Benediction of the Holy Cross, followed by individual veneration. The relic will then travel northwards and visit cities, towns, villages and traditional pilgrimage  sites through the year. This national pilgrimage is taking place as the Latin Mass Society celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. The principal intentions are for the good estate of the Catholic Church and for the conversion of England and Wales.

Details of the route and liturgies can be seen on the official website holycross2025.org


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