A Catholic and I&A member from London writes:
A little update for our readers, and the wider world, who may have been wondering about the activities of Integrity & Action members in London. We may have been silent of late, but we have not been inactive.
Throughout Lent, many I&A members turned out to support the efforts of the “40 Days For Life” campaign, outside the Headquarters of BPAS in Bedford Square, London. Although not a uniquely “I&A” event, the campaign was worthy of our support. It drew Catholics from across the capital and beyond, saying the rosary, holding placards and images of Our Lady, and offering help to people entering the building. It was also, as it happens, a good opportunity for I&A members to reach out to the more serious members of the modern Catholic parishes. Information about Tradition and the Traditional Latin Mass were exchanged, and a lot of interest shown by those whom we found ourselves along side, although the fact that I&A members very often found themselves in the majority can perhaps be taken as tragic evidence of the lack of militancy or fervour within many Catholic parishes .
Although it ended on Palm Sunday, the “40 Days for Life” campaign in London was generally successful in two important ways. Firstly in that it brought about several turnarounds by pregnant women who were on their way in to “abort” their infant in the womb – each one an innocent life saved, and potentially a soul too, only one of which would be more than enough justification and reward for our efforts. Secondly it raised the issue of abortion with the media, and brought it back into the public spotlight, when many of our politicians and media would doubtless prefer that the bloody murder carries on unnoticed and unremarked. Any effort to bring the Satanic horror of abortion back into the public consciousness is surely not a wasted effort. God help our country.
Parallel with this, I&A members have also been taking part in a peaceful demonstration outside a Catholic parish church in central London, the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Gregory, in Warwick Street, Soho. For those who do not know, this church is the bi-weekly seen of an abomination and an outrage against Almighty God. Dubbed the “gay rights Mass” or the “homo Mass,” this is advertised as being for “...gay, bisexual, and transgendered Catholics” - and is pointedly not for the purpose of preaching the message the Gospel, of chastity or of obedience to God's law. Indeed, it is infamous for being a place where these unfortunate, confused people are encouraged in their “lifestyle,” where much homosexual flirting (and worse) takes place openly in the pews, and “gay marriages” are blessed by the the priest (there is not a resident parish priest, but several visiting priests who say Mass there on a rota). The people who go there were once described by a visiting journalist as “openly, boldly homosexual”. Since we always stay outside, we cannot personally say what happens inside the church. But if we tell you that the first two people to arrive last week were unmistakably men wearing ladies dresses and makeup, perhaps that will give you a general idea.
This abominable “event” (forgive the euphemism, but what can one call it?) was set up four years ago by the then Archbishop Primate of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, and has been consistently supported and defended by his successor, Vincent Nichols, who is on record as saying words to the effect that the people who have any kind of a problem with this “gay Mass” are the ones who really need converting. When even the official face of the Catholic Church will not
Once again, credit for the idea of organising a peaceful Rosary demonstration outside the site of this abomination cannot go to I&A. For years now a small group of elderly Catholics, notably Mrs Daphne McLeod, have been keeping a silent witness to the truth when nobody else will. We usually more than double their numbers with our attendance, but this is still not enough.
That is why Integrity&Action calls upon all Catholics who are serious about the Faith to join us every 1st and 3rd Sunday, at 5pm, in Warwick Street, Soho, London. Please email us for further information.
If the thought of praying the Rosary on the street, in full public view, and sometimes enduring the jeers and even threats of passers-by makes some Catholics shrink back in fear (which is a natural reaction, after all), then we must remember that God will not be mocked. Who will make reparation for these outrages if not us? God help our country. Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us.
