22 October, 2026
Annual Solemn Requiem Mass For The Fallen. Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London. Monday, 9 November 2026. 1830 hrs.
Annual Solemn Requiem Mass For The Fallen.
Corpus Christi Catholic Church,
Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7NB.
Monday, 9 November 2026,
1830 hrs.
The Catholic Military Association warmly invites Members
of the Armed Forces, Veterans, Emergency Services personnel, their families and friends, to attend its Annual Solemn Requiem Mass for The Fallen.
This beautiful and Prayerful occasion offers an opportunity
to remember all those who have Served their Country and
who have gone before us marked with the sign of Faith.
As Catholics, we recognise the Sacred Duty of Praying for
the Souls of the Faithful Departed, particularly those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of others.
This year’s Mass will once again feature the acclaimed Southwell Consort, whose music greatly enriches the Solemnity and Beauty of the Liturgy.
The Catholic Military Association also extends its
gratitude to The Latin Mass Society for its continued
support of this cherished annual event.
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The Web-Site of the Catholic Military Association can be found
The Web-Site of The Latin Mass Society can be found
Those who have attended in previous years will know it
to be one of the most moving and spiritually uplifting occasions of the Remembrance Season.
All are welcome to join in honouring The Fallen
and Praying for the repose of their Souls.
Event Details:
Annual Solemn Requiem Mass For The Fallen.
Monday, 9 November 2026.
1830 hrs.
Corpus Christi Catholic Church,
Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7NB.
United In Remembrance.
Whether wearing a Uniform, carrying Memories of Service,
or simply wishing to honour those who gave their lives for others, these two Requiem Masses (see, above, for
provide a powerful reminder that sacrifice is never forgotten.
In Prayer, Ceremony and fellowship, we remember
The Fallen, give thanks for their Service, and entrust them
to the Mercy of Almighty God.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends.” — John 15:13.
The Web-Site of Corpus Christi Catholic Church,
Maiden Lane, London, can be found
The 103rd Annual National Police Requiem Mass. At Westminster Cathedral, London, 3 November 2026. 1400 hrs.
Faith, Service And Sacrifice:
Honouring Those Who Gave Their All.
This November 2026, Members of the Policing and
Military communities will gather in Prayer, Remembrance, and Gratitude, for those who made the ultimate sacrifice
in service to others.
Two significant Requiem Masses in London will provide an opportunity to honour The Fallen, support The Bereaved,
and reflect on the enduring Vocation of Public Service.
103rd Annual National Police Requiem Mass.
Westminster Cathedral.
Tuesday 3 November 2026, 1400hrs.
Police Officers and Staff from across The United Kingdom
will join Serving and Retired Members of The Catholic
Police Guild at Westminster Cathedral for the
103rd Annual National Police Requiem Mass.
In a deeply moving act of remembrance, the National Police Roll of Honour, presented with the valued support of the Police Memorial Trust, will be placed before The High Altar, alongside Metropolitan Police male and female head-dress, a Police Cap representing the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and a wreath of Remembrance Poppies.
Together, these symbols will pay tribute to Officers
and Staff who have lost their lives in the service of others.
The Ceremonial Procession will be received at the
Great West Door of Westminster Cathedral by an
impressive assembly of Force Standards and Colour Parties.
Led by Serving Officers of the Catholic Police Guild, and accompanied by the Metropolitan Police Sovereign’s Colour Unit, Police Officers and Staff from Forces across the United Kingdom will advance with dignity across the Cathedral Piazza before entering the Mother Church of England and Wales for this Sacred Act of Prayer and Remembrance.
The National Police Requiem Mass remains a powerful expression of Faith, Gratitude and Remembrance, commending to God’s Mercy the Souls of departed colleagues, while Praying for the protection, courage, and vocation,
of all who continue to Serve today.
The Web-Site of The Catholic Police Guild can be found
“Diamonds And Rust”. Sung By: Joan Baez.
“Diamonds and Rust”.
Sung by: Joan Baez.
Available on YouTube
Why The Tick ?
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Check marks, or Ticks, are used to show something is correct.
The Tick ✔ comes from the letter V in the Latin word “Veritas,” which means “Truth”.
“If I Can’t Go In, Then Our Lady Has To Go In”. Priest Not Allowed By Police To Give The Last Rites To A Dying Man.
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England.
Picture Credit: Shalom World / YouTube
Illustration: LIFE SITE NEWS
U.K. Bishop pleads for Priests’ access
to crime scenes, after Catholic Politician
denied The Last Rites by Police.
This Article is re-printed from 2025.
This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
Bishop Mark Davies reacted to Essex Police preventing a Priest from ministering to MP Sir David Amess, after he was stabbed, saying that: “Every believing Catholic desires to hear Christ’s words of Pardon and Absolution for the last time.”
He said that The Last Rites should be recognised
as an Emergency Service, and Priests should be granted
access to crime scenes, in the wake of the murder
of Catholic MP Sir David Amess.
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury challenged the decision by Essex Police to bar a Priest from administering The Last Rites to the dying Sir David Amess, after the latter was stabbed to death in front of his Constituents on Friday 15 October 2021.
The Bishop argued that “every Catholic Christian hopes to receive The Sacraments and be accompanied by The Prayer of The Church in the final crisis of our lives”.
As news of the attack broke, a Catholic Priest, Fr. Jeffrey Woolnough, the Pastor of Saint Peter’s Catholic Church, in Eastwood, Essex, made his way to the crime scene in an attempt to administer The Last Rites to the dying MP.
Though a Police Officer relayed his request to enter the crime scene, the Priest was not granted access and led a Public Recitation of The Rosary, outside the Police cordon, instead.
“If I can’t go in, then Our Lady has to go in,”
the Priest told LifeSiteNews.
21 October, 2026
“Tyntesfield” And Its Chapel.
“Tyntesfield”, North Somerset, England.
First published in 1866 in The Builder magazine.
The central Clock Tower was demolished in 1935,
at the decision of Lady Wraxall, owing to dry rot.
Source: "Tyntesfield", National Trust Guide.
Scanned by User:Madmedea.
Author: Original artist unknown,
National Trust authored the guide.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The house is a Grade 1 Listed Building named after the Tynte Baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500.
The location was formerly that of a 16th-Century hunting lodge, which was used as a farmhouse until the Early-19th-Century.
In the 1830s, a Georgian mansion was built on the site, which was bought by English businessman William Gibbs, whose huge fortune came from guano used as fertiliser.
“Tyntesfield”.
Available on YouTube
Tyntesfield was purchased by The National Trust in June 2002, after a fund-raising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it would be open to the public.
The Chapel, built 1872–1877, is modelled on Sainte-Chapelle
in Paris. The Chapel was licensed for Family Services, used daily for Prayers, but was never Consecrated.
Photo: April 2018.
Source: Own work.
Author: Adrian Pingstone
(Wikimedia Commons)
The National Trust Web-Site for Tyntesfield can be found HERE
By the late 1700s, John Tynte owned what is now the Tyntesfield estate; at that time, the house was approached by an avenue of elm trees, planted after they were bequeathed in the 1678 will of Sir Charles Harbord to the people of Wraxall in memory of two boys he had apprenticed from the village.[5]
William and Blanche Gibbs and family at Tyntesfield.
Circa 1862 – 1863.
Source: “Tyntesfield”, National Trust Guide.
Scanned by User:Madmedea.
Author: Unknown photographer.
Author of the guide is The National Trust.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Tyntes had originally lived on the estate,[6][7] but, by the early 1800s, John had made Chelvey Court in Brockley his principal residence.[8] Tyntes Place was downgraded to a farmhouse and leased to John Vowles.[9]
In 1813, George Penrose Seymour of the adjoining Belmont estate purchased the property and gave it to his son, the Rev. George Turner Seymour.[5]
In 1843, the property was bought by businessman William Gibbs, who made his fortune in the family business, Antony Gibbs & Sons. From 1847, the firm had an effective monopoly in the import and marketing to Europe and North America of guano from Peru as a fertiliser.[12]
The firm’s profits from this trade were such that William Gibbs became the richest non-noble man in England.[14]
Throughout his life, William Gibbs and his wife Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey (known as Blanche), principally lived in London,[15] for the greater part of his marriage at 16 Hyde Park Gardens, which the family owned until Blanche’s death.[16]
But, as he travelled regularly on business to the Port of Bristol, he required a residence in the area; thus it was, in 1843, he came to buy Tyntes Place, which he subsequently renamed Tyntesfield.[16] Within a few years of making his purchase, Gibbs began a major programme of rebuilding and enlarging of the mansion.[17]
The architectural style selected for the rebuilding was a loose Gothic-Style, combining many forms and re-inventions of the Mediæval Style.
The choice of Gothic was influenced by William and Blanche Gibb’s Anglo-Catholic beliefs as followers of The Oxford Movement.[18]
This wing of The Anglican Church advocated the view set out in the architect Augustus Pugin’s 1836 book “Contrasts”, which argued for the revival of the Mediæval Gothic Style, and “a return to the Faith and the social structures of The Middle Ages”.[19]
The Oxford Movement, of which both Pugin and Gibbs were disciples, later took this philosophy a step further and claimed that The Gothic Style was the only architecture suitable for Christian Worship.[20]
Thus it became a symbolic display of Christian beliefs and lifestyle, and was embraced by devout Victorians such as Gibbs.[18]
The completion of the mansion’s Chapel further accentuated the building’s Mediæval Monastical air, so beloved by The Oxford Movement’s devotees.
When completed, the ecclesiastical design was re-inforced by a dominating square tower, with a steeply-pitched roof adorned by four tourelles, which was demolished in 1935.[21]
In 1813, George Penrose Seymour of the adjoining Belmont estate purchased the property and gave it to his son, the Rev. George Turner Seymour.[5]
The firm’s profits from this trade were such that William Gibbs became the richest non-noble man in England.[14]
Left to Right:
Library; Entrance Hall; Main House;
Bedroom Wing; Chapel.
Photo: 30 March 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Chilli Head
(Wikimedia Commons)
But, as he travelled regularly on business to the Port of Bristol, he required a residence in the area; thus it was, in 1843, he came to buy Tyntes Place, which he subsequently renamed Tyntesfield.[16] Within a few years of making his purchase, Gibbs began a major programme of rebuilding and enlarging of the mansion.[17]
The Tyntesfield Drawing Room.
Photographed in 1878 by Bedford Lemere.
Source: “Tyntesfield”, National Trust Guide.
Scanned by User:Madmedea.
Author: Bedford Lemere. Photographer.
The choice of Gothic was influenced by William and Blanche Gibb’s Anglo-Catholic beliefs as followers of The Oxford Movement.[18]
This wing of The Anglican Church advocated the view set out in the architect Augustus Pugin’s 1836 book “Contrasts”, which argued for the revival of the Mediæval Gothic Style, and “a return to the Faith and the social structures of The Middle Ages”.[19]
The Oxford Movement, of which both Pugin and Gibbs were disciples, later took this philosophy a step further and claimed that The Gothic Style was the only architecture suitable for Christian Worship.[20]
Thus it became a symbolic display of Christian beliefs and lifestyle, and was embraced by devout Victorians such as Gibbs.[18]
The completion of the mansion’s Chapel further accentuated the building’s Mediæval Monastical air, so beloved by The Oxford Movement’s devotees.
When completed, the ecclesiastical design was re-inforced by a dominating square tower, with a steeply-pitched roof adorned by four tourelles, which was demolished in 1935.[21]
Saint Ursula And Her Companions. Virgins. Martyrs. Feast Day 21 October. Red Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Ursula And Her Companions.
Virgins.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 21 October.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
English: Saint Ursula, in a 15th-Century fresco,
in Saint Jacob Church, Urtijëi, Val Gardena, Italy.
Deutsch: Die Heilige Ursula in einem Fresko
der Kirche St. Jakob in St. Ulrich in Gröden -
Brixner Schule 15. Jahrhundert.
Photo: 7 September 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wolfgang Moroder
(Wikimedia Commons)
"At Cologne, Germany", says The Roman Martyrology, "the birth in Heaven of Saint Ursula and her Holy Companions, who were massacred by The Huns, out of hatred for The Christian Religion and their Virginal purity. Several are buried in this City (Cologne)." This happened about 454 A.D.
Mass: Loquébar.
Collects: For Several Virgins Martyrs.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
It was recorded that Elizabeth of Schönau, Germany, experienced a vision that revealed to her The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and her Companions.
The Street in London, called Saint Mary Axe, is named after the Church of Saint Mary Axe, originally Dedicated to Saint Mary The Virgin, Saint Ursula and The 11,000 Virgins.
Saint Mary Axe was a Mediæval Church in The City of London. Its full name was Saint Mary, Saint Ursula And Her 11,000 Virgins, and it was also sometimes referred to as Saint Mary Pellipar. Its common name (also Saint Mary-[or Marie]-at-the-Axe) derives from the sign of an Axe over The East End of the Church. The Church's Patrons were The Skinners' Company.
Looking Northwards, up Saint Mary Axe Street, from Leadenhall Street, London. The gherkin-shaped skyscraper is officially named 30 Saint Mary Axe and is very close to the actual site of the Mediæval Church of Saint Mary Axe, whose full name was Saint Mary, Saint Ursula And Her 11,000 Virgins, which was demolished circa 1565.
Photo: 5 December 2010.
Source: 30, Saint Mary Axe.
Author: Aurelien Guichard, London.
(Wikimedia Commons)
However, a document dated to the early Reign of King Henry VIII , describes a Holy Relic held in the Church: “An Axe, one of the two that the eleven thousand Virgins were beheaded with”.
This refers to the legend that Saint Ursula, when returning to Britain from a Pilgrimage to Rome, accompanied by eleven thousand handmaidens, had refused to marry a Hunnish Chief and was executed along with her whole entourage on the site of modern Cologne, Germany, in about 451 AD.
The Mediæval Church in London was situated just North of Leadenhall Street, on a site now occupied by Fitzwilliam House. First mentioned as “Saint Mary Apud Ax”, it belonged for a time to the nearby Priory of Saint Helen's.
At the time of The Dissolution Of The Monasteries, it was still extant, but in decline, and, in 1562, it was offered to Spanish Protestant refugees as a place of worship. Three years later, however, it was unused and in a state of disrepair. Shortly afterwards, it was pulled down and its Parish was united with that of the neighbouring Saint Andrew Undershaft.
The Church gave its name to a Street of the same name, which links Leadenhall Street with Camomile Street and Houndsditch.
Number Thirty Saint Mary Axe was the location of The Baltic Exchange until it was destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1992; The Baltic Exchange is now located at Number Thirty-Eight Saint Mary Axe, just to the North of its former address. On the site of the old Baltic Exchange now stands 30, Saint Mary Axe, a skyscraper known colloquially as The Gherkin, because of its distinctive shape.
The Street of Saint Mary Axe was also the location of The Sorcerer’s Shop in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Operetta, The Sorcerer, which documents the former pronunciation “Simmery Axe”.
The Church that remains in the modern-day Saint Mary Axe is Saint Andrew Undershaft.
“Soul Of My Saviour”.
“Soul Of My Saviour”.
Available on YouTube
The Catholic Hymn “Soul of My Saviour” is based
on the 14th-Century Latin Prayer “Anima Christi”.
The English translation was effected by J. Hegarty,
and the Hymn tune was composed by Lorenzo Dobici.
It is a beautiful and timeless Hymn
often sung during Communion.
Saint Hilarion. Abbot. Feast Day 21 October. White Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Hilarion.
Abbot.
Feast Day 21 October.
Simple.
White Vestments.
English: Saint Hilarion Castle, Kyrenia, Cyprus.
Français: Château Saint Hilarion à Chypre.
Date: 17 September 2005 (original upload date).
Source: Atak
Author: Atak Kara.
(Wikimedia Commons)
After the era of Martyrs, to whom the Church had exclusively reserved the honours of Public Veneration, she began to raise to the Altars the Servants of God, who had distinguished themselves by their heroic virtues, although they had not won the glory of shedding their blood for Jesus Christ.
Saint Hilarion.
Available on YouTube
Saint Hilarion, in the East, and Saint Martin, in the West, are at the head of the List of Saints known as “Confessors”.
A native of Palestine, Saint Hilarion studied at Alexandria, and, desiring to embrace a more perfect life, he left all to follow Jesus (Gospel).
“The Temptation of Saint Hilarion”.
Artist: Octave Tassaert (1800–1874).
Date: Circa 1857.
Current location:
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada.
(Wikimedia Commons)
He heard of Saint Anthony’s holiness and went to see him in Egypt. The Saint kept him for two months in order to train him to a life of Penance and Contemplation. He then gave to this boy, of fifteen years of age, a hair-shirt and a garment made of skin, saying: “Persevere to the end, my son, and thy labour shall be rewarded by the delights of Heaven.”
The Monks would use The Night Stairs, descending from
their “Dormer’ (Sleeping Quarters), in order to say The Night Office (Matins and Lauds). [Editor: Night Stairs pre-empted the need for Monks to go outside during the night to reach the Church, which, in Mediæval times during Winter, could be extremely “bracing”.]
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Mass: Os justi (Of Abbots).
Commemoration: Saint Ursula, from the Collects Of Several Virgins, Martyrs.
“The Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.
Illustration: LOUVRE
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