Upgrading the memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham to a Feast in England

Mgr. Philip Moger, the Rector of the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady, Walsingham responds:

“I am delighted that the Holy See has been petitioned by the Bishops’ Conference to upgrade the memoria of Our Lady of Walsingham to a feast. Clearly, both at the national shrine and in the diocese of East Anglia, 24th September is already an Important feast, but having it as a feast nationally will help make the message of Our Lady’s Annunciation, and the 11thc shrine at Walsingham which honours it, even more significant for our country.”

Upgrading the memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham to a Feast in England

The Bishops’ Conference asks the Department for Christian Life and Worship to prepare the necessary texts and other materials

to petition the Dicastery for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments to grant

the recognitio for the memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham to be celebrated as a feast in England.

Note: The memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham is celebrated on 24 September.