For the first time in 485 years, the Traditional Latin Mass will be offered on the feast of the English cardinal, bishop and martyr St John Fisher, in the cathedral where he lived and ministered for 31 years before he was martyred by Henry VIII.
The Mass, said according to the Missal of 1962, will be offered by Fr Thomas Lynch, parish priest of English Martyrs, Strood, at 12 noon on Saturday June 22, in the St Ithamar Chapel of Rochester Cathedral.
Fr Lynch said: “It will be an honour to offer the Holy Mass in the rite that St John Fisher would have said in his own cathedral. I also appreciate the goodwill of the cathedral staff for giving permission. It’s a particularly joyful moment as we thank God for the work of Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark, and welcome his successor Bishop John Wilson to our archdiocese.”
