of the Blessed Sacrament
LITURGICAL DIARY 2027 for Filofax
LITURGICAL DIARY 2027 for Filofax
CBS is pleased to offer the CBS Liturgical Diary 2027 for Filofax, personal size (170mm x 90mm)
Week to view
The Universal Calendar, from Advent Sunday 2026 to December 31, 2027
- Each day’s liturgical observance is noted
- Plan ahead for 2028 one month per page
- also contains blank pages for notes
£23
(includes £2 p&p)
GRANTS TO THE WALSINGHAM YOUTH PILGRIMAGE
For several years the CBS has made a series of grants both to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and to individual parishes to help reduce the cost of taking young people to this Pilgrimage. We welcome applications from parishes hoping to take young people to the 2026 pilgrimage which takes place 3-7 August. There is an application form available on the Shrine’s website https://www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk/ypsupport/ or direct from the CBS https://confraternity.org.uk/grant-application/. The application deadline is Tuesday 5 May 2026 for formal approval by Trustees later that month.
Fr Peter Edwards, Secretary General
The Confraternity’s Council General
As notified in the latest Quarterly, this year’s Council-General takes place on TUESDAY 27th OCTOBER. However, the venue will NOT be the new CCLA offices in Westminster as detailed there, but at St Andrew’s Church, Holborn (5 St Andrew St, London EC4A 3AF).
The meeting will begin at 11.30 am in The Court House where the Bishop of Fulham will speak to the Council-General about the invitation made earlier this year to CBS (along with other Catholic Charities) to affiliate with The Society. Mass will be celebrated at 12.30 pm and lunch will follow around 1.00 pm. The formal Council-General will meet in The Court Room at 2.00 pm and should conclude 3.30/4.00 pm.
The Council-General (in effect the AGM of CBS) consists of all Officers, District Superiors, and a Lay Representative from each District who has been appointed by members of the District or, failing that, by the District Superior. Lay Representatives have observer status. Travel costs are fully reimbursed.
The papers for the Council-General will be sent out very soon to District Superiors and to any Lay Representatives who have notified their attendance. Those who cannot attend in person but who wish to do so online may do so via Teams. Details of this will be made available nearer the time.
It is essential that those attending should indicate this as soon as possible to Mrs Mary Bashford at confraternityblessedsacrament@gmail.com Last year’s provision of lunch proved inadequate because some members came who had not indicated their attendance! So, please inform Mrs Bashford of your intention of coming in good time OR send apologies. Also, if you cannot be present but wish to attend online via Teams, please let Mrs Bashford know. Thank you.
CBS was founded in 1862 as part of the Catholic Revival in the Church of England. Its aim was to be, first of all, a confraternity (brotherhood) of men and women praying and working for a greater devotion to Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.
Today it is no longer confined to England alone but has spread to many places within the Anglican Communion of churches, especially in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and parts of Africa. There is a separate, self-governing CBS in the USA.
Wherever possible members of CBS meet together in local Wards for prayer, worship and mutual support under the guidance of a priest as Ward Superior. We honour Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament in other ways too: Mass said daily, Holy Hours are prayed, and Benediction is celebrated regularly in many of our churches.
There is an increasing emphasis on mission in CBS’s work: “We have a Gospel to proclaim”, says the famous hymn, and there are many ways to proclaim it in Word and Sacrament.We need more priests to celebrate Mass, but we also need to promote the mission of the Church through the whole people of God by equipping them (you) for service.
Please pray for our work for, at heart we remain a devotional society, focussing on Christ’s very own gift to us of His Body, the Blessed Sacrament, the sacrament of Unity.
