Triduum in Honour of St Gerard Majella...1726 - 2026...
Over the last few days, 7th - 9th October, we have been honouring St Gerard Majella CSsR with a Triduum in St Mary's Redemptorist Church in Clapham, London, SW4. This is to mark the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of St Gerard in Muro Lucano in 1726.
It was great to see the devotion of the people and the faith being so soundly expressed.
The days unfolded as follows,
Wednesday 7th October
Fr Richard Reid CSsR., Provincial, Presiding
Fr Caspar Simba Mukabva CSsR., Parish Priest, Preaching
Thursday 8th October
Fr Maurice O'Mahony CSsR., Rector, Presiding
Fr Royston Price CSsR., Missioner and Vocations Director
Friday 9th October
Abbot Hugh Allan O.Praem., Presiding and Preaching (Homily Below)
Fr Royston Price CSsR., to whom we owe a debt of gratitude as he has been the one travelling all over the country with these relics, marking the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of St Gerard Majella.
Fr Kevin Murray CSsR (a confrere visiting from the USA/Caribbean),
Abbot Hugh Allan, O.Praem., Canons Regular of Prémontré, Canonry of Peckham, Priory of Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham, SE15 1RH
Fr Richard Reid CSsR, Provincial Superior, Clapham, SW4 7AP
New chasuble with St Gerard on the back.
