Walsingham: Ancient liturgy to be prayed for first time since Reformation

'Walsingham's Darkest Hour: The King's Pleasure that the Priory should be dissolved.' is the title of a talk which will be given by Fr Michael Rear on Saturday 4 August 2018 . at Walsingham about the dissolution of the ancient Priory on its 480th anniversary.

The Talk is in the Orangery at the Anglican Shrine at 2pm, followed by Vespers of the Compassion of Our Lady in the Anglican Shrine Church at 3.30pm. At 4pm there will be a Procession through the Knights Gate into the Priory Grounds for an Act of Reparation for the dissolution. At 4.30pm a Procession will then take place from the Priory Grounds to the Elmham House Gardens where there will be Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

The Feast of the Compassion of Our Lady is a rare and beautiful Marian feast found only in the liturgies of medieval Walsingham. This will be the first time this Liturgy will have been prayed since the Reformation.