It seems like a year has gone by since we mentioned the opening of the apostolate of the Institute of Christ the King in New Brighton (Diocese of Shrewsbury, England) - it has been actually over one year since it was first reported by us, on March 15, 2011, with an update on May 30, 2011.
We are quite happy to notice the official opening of the Shrine Church of Ss Peter and Paul and St Philomena as a church dedicated mostly to the Traditional Roman Rite this Saturday, with a High Mass, and the presence of the local Ordinary at the throne, as well as a special papally granted plenary indulgence - several images available at Offerimus Tibi Domine.
We say "mostly" because, when the arrangements were approved last November, the Diocesan spokesman had this to say: “The members of the Institute will work in close collaboration with Father Philip Moor, the parish priest of the Parish of the Holy Apostles and Martyrs, since it is the wish of Bishop Davies that this shrine church will express the harmony between the two usages of the one Roman Rite." It is a great event that must be heartily celebrated; we hope it is the seed for the eventual establishment of a personal chaplaincy or parish, as envisaged by Summorum Pontificum, Art. 10 - there is still not one single example of the application of this article in the United Kingdom.
