Saint Margaret Clitherow.
"The Pearl of York".
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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There will be a National Pilgrimage in honour of Saint Margaret Clitherow on Saturday, 4 May 2013, in York, England, commencing at 1330 hrs in Saint Wilfrid's Church, York.
For more information, please contact:
The Latin Mass Society, London (Tel: 020 7404 7284 ) www.lms.org.uk
or
E-Mail info@lms.org.uk
which carried information on the March 2011 Pigrimage.
Pilgrims are expected to converge on York, on Saturday 4 May 2013, to pay their respects to Saint Margaret Clitherow, a former resident of York, who was crushed to death rather than deny her Catholic faith. The pilgrimage is being organised by the Latin Mass Society, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of the Mass in its more traditional Latin form.
There will be a Solemn High Mass at Saint Wilfrid's Church, York, at 1.30pm. This will be followed at 3pm by a procession which will pass through The Shambles, where Margaret Clitherow lived, over Ouse Bridge, where she was executed, and finish up at the Church of the English Martyrs in Dalton Terrace, York. Benediction will be given there at around 4pm, followed by Veneration of the Relic of Margaret Clitherow, which is normally kept at the Bar Convent.
Margaret Clitherow, who is often referred to as the "Pearl of York", converted to Catholicism at the age of 18. She would also have been familiar with the Latin Mass, in its traditional form, as she harboured Priests at her home in The Shambles, where Mass was regularly said in that form. Indeed, it was for harbouring Priests that she was arrested and put to death in 1586 by crushing under a great weight of stones.
The Mass, on 4 May 2013, will have Liturgical Music provided by the Rudgate Singers www.rudgatesingers.co.uk
The Mass will be open to all, regardless of religious denomination, and no tickets are required. Similarly, it is hoped that the public will join in the Procession and attend Benediction at English Martyrs’ Church at 4p.m.
NOTES FOR EDITORS.
Information about the Latin Mass Society can be found at www.lms.org.uk
It is a Catholic organisation dedicated to the promotion of the Latin Mass in the form used universally by the Church prior to 1970. It is active throughout England and Wales.
Information about Saint Margaret Clitherow can be found on the internet on a Wikipedia site.
