Totus Tuus - To Jesus through Mary.

To impel the beauty of the new evangelization – this is the charism of the Heralds of the Gospel; Its founder, Monsignor João Dias explains."The Heralds of the Gospel is a private association of faithful with a very special charism based essentially on three points: the Eucharist, Mary and the Pope."

The Heralds of the Gospel are an International Association of the Faithful of Pontifical Right, the first to be established by the Holy See in the third millennium, during a ceremony which occurred during the feast of the Chair of St. Peter (February 22) in 2001.

The Heralds of the Gospel strive to be instruments of holiness in the Church by encouraging close unity between faith and life, and working to evangelize particularly through art and culture. Their apostolate, which differs depending upon the environments in which they work, gives pride of place to parish animation, evangelizing families, providing catechetical and cultural formation to young people, and disseminating religious Iiterature.



Friday 25 November 2011

Recent events for the Heralds UK






Here are some recent photos of Our Lady of the Rosary Group Mass at Streatham (London). Deacon Arthur with Priest celebrant-Fr. Dennis O.C.M.


Top photo: Deacon Arthur with catholic writer and journalist Joanna Boogle and Monsg. Keith Newton Ordinary of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.


Saturday 19 November 2011

Celebration of the FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING


Dear Friends

This Sunday, 20 November, the Church celebrates one of the biggest titles of Our Lord

CHRIST THE KING

You will certainly like to see the beautiful High Mass
that will be celebrated at the Church of our Seminar in
Brazil.

You can watch it direct on this link:

Further information about this great feast day on:

http://www.arautos.org.br/especial/10998/Cristo-Rei.html

Sunday, 20 November at 1 PM Uk time

You will not be disappointed
Your faithfully
Deacon Arthur, EP
Heralds of the Gospel

Friday 11 November 2011

Feast of St. Martin of Tours


Dear Friends
I thought you would like to know this famous story of one of the most popular saints of Europe. May God bless you

Deacon Arthur, EP Heralds of the Gospel



Feast of St. Martin of Tours

(316?-397)
On a bitterly cold day, Martin met a poor man, almost naked, trembling in the cold and begging from passersby at the city gate. Martin had nothing but his weapons and his clothes. He drew his sword, cut his cloak into two pieces, gave one to the beggar and wrapped himself in the other half. Some of the bystanders laughed at his now odd appearance; others were ashamed at not having relieved the man's misery.

That night in his sleep Martin saw Christ dressed in the half of the garment he had given away, and heard him say, "Martin, still a catechumen, has covered me with his garment."

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Treasures of Westminster Cathedral







From website of Westminster Cathedral: http://www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/treasures.php

Come and enjoy a new exhibition full of the Cathedral's most precious possessions.

See a display of rare ecclesiastical objects, vestments, chalices and sacred relics acquired by the Cathedral since its opening in 1903.

Learn the story of how the Cathedral was created and see one of the greatest architectural models in Britain.

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday: 9.30am to 5.00pm
Weekends: 9.30am to 6.00pm

Entry:

Adults £5.00
Concessions (Students & Seniors) £2.50
Family (2 adults and up to 4 children) £11.00
Group discounts available

Contact:

Tel: 020 7798 9096
Email: johndaly@rcdow.org.uk

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Happy Feast of All Saints

Painting by Fra Angelico  

Today is the day in which we ask through all the saints known and unknown to intercede for us. I will remember you all at Mass today. Through them we honour Christ, true God and true man, the Redeemer and Saviour of mankind, who through His Holy Mother Mary gave them all the graces they needed for them to be today in Heaven.

The earliest certain observance of a feast in honour of all the saints is an early fourth-century commemoration of "all the martyrs." In the early seventh century, after successive waves of invaders plundered the catacombs, Pope Boniface IV gathered up some 28 wagonloads of bones and reinterred them beneath the Pantheon, a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods. The pope rededicated the shrine as a Christian church. According to Venerable Bede, the pope intended "that the memory of all the saints might in the future be honoured in the place which had formerly been dedicated to the worship not of gods but of demons".

The Anglo-Saxon theologian Alcuin observed the feast on November 1 in 800, as did his friend Arno, Bishop of Salzburg. Rome finally adopted that date in the ninth century