Secret Hiding Places by Michael Hodgetts – new edition

Posted on March 8, 2024 by vburke44

A new edition of Michael Hodgetts’ major work ‘Secret Hiding Places’ has been published, with the addition of many colour illustrations. The first edition of the book has been out of print for many years (only available second hand and overpriced). The new edition is available to MCHS members at a 15% discount on both the hard back and soft back versions. Simply follow the link below to order your copy at discount. This offer is also available to members of the English Catholic History Association.

Click here to order

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MCHS Visit to Rugeley and Colwich, Thursday 28 September 2023

Posted on August 31, 2023 by vburke44

THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
VISIT TO RUGELEY AND COLWICH, Staffordshire
11.00  Visit to the church of St Joseph and St Etheldreda led by Fr Peter Stonier
12.00  Mass
1.00    Buffet lunch at the Wolseley Arms
2.15    Visit to St Mary’s Abbey Colwich led by Gerard Wilcox
3.30    Tea and departure

Bookings with fee of £20 per person no later than 21 Sept 2023 (fee includes cost of buffet lunch)

Click here for the Booking Form
Click here for information on Rugeley and Colwich

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Saturday 30 September, 10am – 4pm, Birmingham Oratory: Hopkins Society Day

Posted on August 21, 2023 by vburke44

Gerard Manley Hopkins at the Birmingham Oratory

10:00am: Arrival and tea/coffee.
10:30am: ‘Revisiting ‘Inscape’ and ‘Instress’: an exploration of their origins’:
Lecture by Dr. Jill Robson, Hopkins Society UK.
12:00pm: Lunch at Café Rumi, 205 Hagley Road, Birmingham.
1:30pm: Visit to the Museum of Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman and the
Oratory Church.
2:30pm: ‘Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Idea of a University’:
Lecture by Philip Healy, Hopkins Society UK.
3:45pm: Tea/coffee and departure.

Click here for the full details and how to book

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Visit to Spetchley Park, Thursday 6 July 2023

Posted on June 7, 2023 by vburke44


Our next visit has been arranged for Thursday 6 July to Spetchley Park in Worcestershire, WR5 1RS.

Click here for the booking form
Click here for the lunch options
Click here for information on the Berkeley Family and All Saints parish church

When you return your booking form please also indicate what you would like to order for lunch so that I can send this on to the caterers at Spetchley in advance. But please DO NOT send any money in payment for lunch; this will be payable individually on the day.

Visitors to Spetchley do not normally have access to the house, which is a private residence. But Mr Henry Berkeley has kindly agreed that we can visit and celebrate Mass in the chapel in the house.

Please let me have your booking as soon as possible but no later than 1 July.
Many thanks, Vincent Burke

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Annual General Meeting, Erdington Abbey, BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday 17 May, 2pm

Posted on May 7, 2023 by St Paul Repository

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and talk by Elaine Joyce, Erdington Abbey, BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday 17 May, 2pm

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Reading Abbey – A Pilgrim Church – a new book by John Mullaney

Posted on April 19, 2023 by vburke44

John Mullaney has written a new book on Reading Abbey, the subject of many years research and a topic that many of our readers will know is dear to the hearts of both John and his wife, Lindsey. The book is available at a pre-publication price of £24.00. Click here for more details of the book and how to order a copy

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