Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church, SSPX Preston

22/11/2025

Being a servant of Mary is a sure sign of predestination. Mary says, "I shall abide in the Lord’s inheritance." (Eccl 29:2) The "Lord’s inheritance" is the soul who offers Mary a place of repose. How many souls are in heaven only through Mary’s intercession! Mary has caused as many lights to shine in heaven as she has followers. Many saints would never be there without her. She is the mother of the Judge, so she can bring our eternal salvation to a happy conclusion. (St. Alphonsus Liguori)

From the Glories of Mary Being a servant of Mary is a sure sign of predestination. Mary says, “I shall abide in the Lord’s inheritance.” (Eccl 29:2) The

21/11/2025

Beautiful music, art, architecture and the finest craftsmanship play a crucial role in Catholic spirituality and formation for the simple reason that we were made by God as creatures of flesh and blood. It is a tragedy that high culture and popular culture have parted ways almost completely, and that the liturgy is no longer the driving force of culture, as it had been for well over a thousand years. (Dr. Peter Kwasniewski)

This interview first appeared in Calx Mariae issue 3 (Winter 2018) CALX MARIAE: Throughout history, the Church has sought out beautiful music, art,

20/11/2025

The election of a far-left candidate as mayor of America’s most influential city confirms the existence of strong polarisation within the United States. His election is not only a change of administration, but attests to the self-dissolution of a liberal culture that has not only shown itself incapable of confronting the enemies of the West but paves the way for them.

The election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York is an event of international significance, which deserves some consideration. The election of a

15/11/2025

Our Lady appeared to Pope John XXII and told him to make known that she releases all souls who wore the Carmelite scapular on the Saturday after their death. The Pope proclaimed this and five later popes have ratified his teaching. If we serve her with a special love, why not hope to go directly to heaven without even going to purgatory?

From the Glories of Mary Mary helps her followers in the prison of purgatory (where they cannot help themselves). “The pains of purgatory are called

14/11/2025

The question of mandatory celibacy for priests is less dogmatically charged than those of homosexuality and female ordination, discussed in the previous article, as celibacy is considered theologically to be a Church discipline and not a divine law. Nevertheless, the German position is radical here too, with calls for priests to be allowed to marry supported by about 75 percent of bishops.

This article follows The German rainbow church: are the majority of bishops heretical or in schism? (1) The question of mandatory celibacy for priests is

13/11/2025

Instead of legitimising homosexual behaviour, one should be moved by sincere compassion towards actively homosexual persons, so that they might be freed from such a spiritually and morally addicted existence, which makes them unhappy in the deepest depth of their soul. For these reasons, those who resist the moral and legal recognition of the practice of homosexuality are ultimately true benefactors of humanity.

The passing into law of a bill banning LGBT propaganda in Kazakhstan is causing uproar in Western media, but follows a 2024 petition by the Kazakhstan

08/11/2025

It is impossible for a soul faithful to Mary to be lost. This might seem exaggerated but I ask the reader to suspend judgment until he reads all I have to say. When I say “impossible to be lost”, I am speaking of souls with a sincere desire to amend their lives and who are faithful in devotion to Mary. It is morally impossible for these to be lost. Many saints and learned men have said the same thing.

From the Glories of Mary “After our exile, show us Jesus, the Fruit of your Womb” It is impossible for a soul faithful to Mary to be lost. This might seem

07/11/2025

My mother had just found out that her baby would be born deformed, very sick, and would not live for very long. I felt so sorry for my little brother — he would never be able to play or talk or laugh with us. I thought that it was so unfair that his body would be so broken. My mother said God is worth any price and that these sufferings would be my brother’s price to pay. My parents encouraged us to pray for a miracle but that God’s Will be done.

This story by Frances Grey first appeared in Catholic Home magazine (Winter 2025) with illustrations by David Lloyd. Catholic Home Magazine

06/11/2025

A rational observer cannot fail to notice the reemergence of subservience and blind obedience to authority in Germany (if ever it was really gone). The devil himself has been infiltrating the Church in Germany for decades, manoeuvring his accomplices into the position where they now are, at the levers of Catholic power in Germany: the bureaucrats in the vast apparatus and the majority of the bishops.

Look Who's Back (2012) is a novel by German author Timur Vermes taking a humorous look at the return of Adolf Hi**er. And lo and behold, the dictator is

23/08/2024

This week's Mass times

This week’s Mass times for the District of Great Britain and Scandinavia

22/04/2024

The magazine of the SSPX District of Great Britain

All articles from the District magazine, Ite Missa Est

04/02/2023

Have you seen all of these saints and images at Our Lady of Victories?