by Michael Forbes Smith
The First Roman Catholic Mass in Holy Trinity Church, Bosham, since the Reformation: 17th May 2025
The mission of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, set up by Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1888, is to support the Latin (ie Roman Catholic) Christians in the Holy Land and their Latin Patriarchate. However, the personal spiritual development of the knights and dames is also a central charism of the Order and we In the Southern Section of the England and Wales Lieutenancy organise masses and other events to this end.
Holy Trinity, Bosham, is the oldest Christian site in Sussex: when St Wilfrid visited in the 6th Century he found a Christian foundation already there. The tower and part of the chancel are Saxon
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