Consecration of England and Wales to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Saturday 18th February

[Kate Jackson]

Dear Fellow Crusaders,

I'm made up, chuffed to beans, spinning on a top AKA happy.  I just  heard that Cardinal Nichols of the gay and lesbian SOHO Masses..... (Archbishop Nichols said today that, while the Masses will stop, pastoral care of the community will continue at the Jesuit Farm Street church in Mayfair on Sunday evenings.).... is going to  consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary! God uses the most damaged tools to show forth his glory.

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/01/02/archbishop-nichols-...

http://www.worldfatima-englandwales.org.uk/whatsnew.html

[Cathleen]

Wow! That is something. Thank you for letting us know, Kate.

[David Kaftal]

I couldn't find any reference to the event in either of the linked-to articles, but I did find it at www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/01/18/cardinal-nichols-to-crown-...

The article doesn't say anything about consecrating Russia, though, only England.

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http://www.worldfatima-englandwales.org.uk/pdfs/npvs-westminster.pdf

Here is the schedule for the Consecration. Unfortunately I can't go to Westminster on that weekend as I am going to the Shrine of Walsingham (this is where an earlier consecration took place of England to Our Lady). However the relics of Blessed Jacinta and Francisco; along with the Fatima statue will be travelling during this year to different parts of the UK. I hope to attend one of those dates. What a blessing for us during this centenary year!

I have been reading up on why England is known as Our Lady's Dowry. Here is what I found.

http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/dowry_walsingham.html 

"There is a tradition that the title 'Dowry of Mary' goes back to Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066). This may well be true, but there is no historical documentation to support it. There is no doubt, however, about the deep devotion to Our Lady that existed in medieval England and the dedication rests on this foundation.

The first documentary evidence for the title was found in a painting which used to hang in the English College in Rome, which showed Richard II (1377 - 1399) and his consort kneeling before Our Lady and offering England to her. He holds a parchment with a latin inscription:'This is your dowry, O pious Virgin'. Perhaps the painting portrayed the King presenting England to Our Lady as her Dowry in Westminster Abbey in 1381.

At the same time (1399) Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to his suffragan bishops:

"The contemplation of the great mystery of the Incarnation has drawn all Christian nations to venerate her from whom came the first beginnings of our redemption. But we English, being the servants of her special inheritance and her own dowry, as we are commonly called, ought to surpass others in the fervour of our praises and devotions."

So the title of England as 'The Dowry of Mary' was definitely in use by the end of the fourteenth century, but Archbishop Arundel's letter seems to indicate that at the time of his writing it was already in common use, indicating an earlier origin."

This is a nice documentary of Our Lady of Walsingham if anyone is interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59-3CS5xPw

[35nd93pnh50uu]

I'm so glad to hear those dreadful Soho Masses are going to stop Kate! Thank you for letting us know. 

[Flavia Talladen Schott]

Great! Superb! Wonderful! We keep on praying that all will follow.

 Ave Maria!

Thanks for sharing! 

[Flavia Talladen Schott]

thanks for sharing, esp. the video on Our Lady of Walsingham.. It's a piece of Catholic history every Catholic should know.
Sunny-Gem said:

http://www.worldfatima-englandwales.org.uk/pdfs/npvs-westminster.pdf

Here is the schedule for the Consecration. Unfortunately I can't go to Westminster on that weekend as I am going to the Shrine of Walsingham (this is where an earlier consecration took place of England to Our Lady). However the relics of Blessed Jacinta and Francisco; along with the Fatima statue will be travelling during this year to different parts of the UK. I hope to attend one of those dates. What a blessing for us during this centenary year!

I have been reading up on why England is known as Our Lady's Dowry. Here is what I found.

http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/dowry_walsingham.html 

"There is a tradition that the title 'Dowry of Mary' goes back to Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066). This may well be true, but there is no historical documentation to support it. There is no doubt, however, about the deep devotion to Our Lady that existed in medieval England and the dedication rests on this foundation.

The first documentary evidence for the title was found in a painting which used to hang in the English College in Rome, which showed Richard II (1377 - 1399) and his consort kneeling before Our Lady and offering England to her. He holds a parchment with a latin inscription:'This is your dowry, O pious Virgin'. Perhaps the painting portrayed the King presenting England to Our Lady as her Dowry in Westminster Abbey in 1381.

At the same time (1399) Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to his suffragan bishops:

"The contemplation of the great mystery of the Incarnation has drawn all Christian nations to venerate her from whom came the first beginnings of our redemption. But we English, being the servants of her special inheritance and her own dowry, as we are commonly called, ought to surpass others in the fervour of our praises and devotions."

So the title of England as 'The Dowry of Mary' was definitely in use by the end of the fourteenth century, but Archbishop Arundel's letter seems to indicate that at the time of his writing it was already in common use, indicating an earlier origin."

This is a nice documentary of Our Lady of Walsingham if anyone is interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59-3CS5xPw

[Kate Jackson]

Sorry ...such a bad typo - He is of course consecrating England and Wales to the Immaculate Heart - no mention of Russia!!!