Jubilee!
Shrine Pilgrimage Weekend: February 1st & 2nd, 2020
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, the Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter is celebrating a Jubilee Year, from November 3rd, 2019 until September 27th, 2020 (the liturgical commemoration of Our Lady of Walsingham). The Holy Father has granted a Plenary Indulgence to all the faithful who make a “pious visit” to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham at our Cathedral in Houston, Texas throughout the Jubilee Year.
Bishop Lopes explains the Jubilee this way:
A Jubilee is a privileged time to give thanks to God for the graces we have received, to strengthen awareness of the Ordinariate and its mission, and to look forward with hope to the task of building up the Church that still stands before us.
A biblical understanding of Jubilee is intimately tied to an experience of God’s mercy. For this reason, I am particularly pleased that the Holy Father has granted a Plenary Indulgence for the celebration of our anniversary. The Jubilee Indulgence is granted on any day throughout the year to one who makes a pious visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston.
This celebration along with the special concession of the Plenary Indulgence attached to our Cathedral and Shrine give us the opportunity to deepen our dedication to Our Lady of Walsingham as a privileged expression of our English patrimony. The Cathedral staff has organized four Shrine Pilgrimage Weekends throughout the year, adding special events, liturgies, and receptions specifically geared towards the faithful of the Ordinariate
Our weekend is February 1st & 2nd, 2020, that Sunday being the Feast of the Presentation (“Candlemas”) and the anniversary of Bishop Lopes’ ordination to the episcopate.
You are invited to join Fr Allen and your brothers and sisters from Corpus Christi in Houston for this moment of grace at your Cathedral! Pilgrims are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements (see below for details).
The schedule for the weekend will be:
Saturday, February 1
12.00 Noon - Welcoming Mass at the Shrine
1.00 PM - Box Lunch and Ordinariate Speaker
2.00 - 4.00PM - Pilgrimage Tours
6.30PM - Solemn Choral Evensong on the Vigil of the Presentation
7.30PM - Reception in Great Hall
Sunday, February 2
9.45AM - Adult Forum
11.15AM - Pontifical Mass of the Presentation
The Cathedral & Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is located at 7809 Shadyvilla Lane, Houston, Texas 77055. Flights into either Hobby Airport (HOU) or Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) are equally convenient. Hotels nearby the Cathedral include the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express, among others. Please contact Fr Allen for more information.