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The '''Guild of Our Lady of Ransom''' is a [[charity]] based in [[England]], which was founded in 1877 for the conversion to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic faith]] of the people of [[England and Wales]], the welcoming of Catholics who have lapsed from the practice of their faith, and for the praying for those who have died who have no-one to pray for them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} The Guild of our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.guild-ransom.co.uk/about |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.guild-ransom.co.uk |language=EN}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
The '''Guild of Our Lady of Ransom''' is a [[charity]] based in [[England]], which was founded in 1877 for the conversion to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic faith]] of the people of [[England and Wales]], the welcoming of Catholics who have lapsed from the practice of their faith, and for the praying for those who have died who have no-one to pray for them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} The Guild of our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.guild-ransom.co.uk/about |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.guild-ransom.co.uk |language=EN}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom - Charity 232716 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/232716 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Charity Commission Register of Charities |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
In 1886, the Catholic priest, The Reverend Fr Philip Fletcher (1848–1928) established a ''Union of Intercession for the Conversion of England.'' Fletcher was a graduate of [[Exeter College, Oxford]] and was curate at St Bartholomew's Church, [[Brighton]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Corcoran |first=James Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ApPNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA372&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=Promise of the Second Spring in England |last2=Ryan |first2=Patrick John |last3=Prendergast |first3=Edmond Francis |date=1891 |journal=The American Catholic Quarterly Review |pages=372-3 |language=en}}</ref> One of Fletcher's friends was the Catholic barrister and orator, Lister Drummond (1856–1916), who was a grandson of [[Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale|Thomas Lister, 2nd Lord Ribblesdale]] and a descendant of the [[Jacobite Rebellion|Jacobite rebel]], [[William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beard |first=Madeleine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0QMhCme7JcC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA207&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=Faith and Fortune |date=1997 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |isbn=978-0-85244-392-7 |pages=207-8 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1886, the Catholic priest, The Reverend Fr Philip Fletcher (1848–1928) established a ''Union of Intercession for the Conversion of England.'' Fletcher was a graduate of [[Exeter College, Oxford]] and was curate at St Bartholomew's Church, [[Brighton]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Corcoran |first=James Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ApPNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA372&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=Promise of the Second Spring in England |last2=Ryan |first2=Patrick John |last3=Prendergast |first3=Edmond Francis |date=1891 |journal=The American Catholic Quarterly Review |pages=372-3 |language=en}}</ref> One of Fletcher's friends was the Catholic barrister and orator, Lister Drummond (1856–1916), who was a grandson of [[Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale|Thomas Lister, 2nd Lord Ribblesdale]] and a descendant of the [[Jacobite Rebellion|Jacobite rebel]], [[William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beard |first=Madeleine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0QMhCme7JcC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA207&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=Faith and Fortune |date=1997 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |isbn=978-0-85244-392-7 |pages=207-8 |language=en}}</ref>


A year later, on 29 November 1887, Fletcher and Drummond established the ''Guild of Our Lady of Ransom'' to involve Catholics in evangelisation, in the restoration of those who have lapsed from the practice of their faith, and in prayers for the forgotten dead.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hodson |first=Charles E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPpFAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA846&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=Toluca |date=1892 |journal=New Catholic World |pages=846 |publisher=Paulist Press |language=en}}</ref> Thousands of Catholics enrolled, including the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinals]] [[Henry Edward Manning]] and [[Herbert Vaughan]], [[Archbishop of Westminster|Archbishops of Westminster]], and [[Saint]] [[John Henry Newman]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kent |first=Henry Charles |date=1893 |title=A People’s Ransom |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Catholic_World/pA4XAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&pg=PA699&printsec=frontcover |journal=Catholic World |volume=334-336 |pages=690-705}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Fletcher |first=Philip |title=Recollections of a Ransomer |publisher=Sands |year=1928 |location=London |oclc=3210912 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Recollections_of_a_Ransomer/oPIOAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=The%20Guild%20of%20Our%20Lady%20of%20Ransom |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bogle |first=Joanna |date=2008-04-03 |title=Our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/our-lady-of-ransom |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Crisis Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.thecatholicdirectory.co.uk/places/our-lady-of-ransom/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=The Catholic Directory |language=en-US}}</ref> It was registered as a charity in 1965.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom - Charity 232716 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/232716 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Charity Commission Register of Charities |language=en-GB}}</ref>
A year later, on 29 November 1887, Fletcher and Drummond established the ''Guild of Our Lady of Ransom'' to involve Catholics in evangelisation, in the restoration of those who have lapsed from the practice of their faith, and in prayers for the forgotten dead.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hodson |first=Charles E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPpFAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA846&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=Toluca |date=1892 |journal=New Catholic World |pages=846 |publisher=Paulist Press |language=en}}</ref>


The Guild took two medieval orders as its model: the [[Trinitarians]] and the [[Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy|Mercedarians]]. It was dedicated to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Our Lady]], [[Pope Gregory I|St Gregory]] and the English Martyrs and took as its prayer as that of the Blessed [[Henry Heath (martyr)|Henry Heath]] on the scaffold at [[Tyburn]] in 1643: "Jesu convert England, have mercy on this country".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Hurlock |first=Kathryn |date=2021 |title=The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c.1890–1914 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-catholic-history/article/guild-of-our-lady-of-ransom-and-pilgrimage-in-england-and-wales-c-18901914/D2D3409FB0B6D9B7B443678B31E64183 |journal=British Catholic History |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=320 |doi=10.1017/bch.2021.5}}</ref>
The Guild took two medieval orders as its model: the [[Trinitarians]] and the [[Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy|Mercedarians]]. It was dedicated to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Our Lady]], [[Pope Gregory I|St Gregory]] and the English Martyrs and took as its prayer as that of the Blessed [[Henry Heath (martyr)|Henry Heath]] on the scaffold at [[Tyburn]] in 1643: "Jesu convert England, have mercy on this country".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kent |first=Henry Charles |date=1893 |title=A People’s Ransom |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Catholic_World/pA4XAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&pg=PA699&printsec=frontcover |journal=Catholic World |volume=334-336 |pages=690-705}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Hurlock |first=Kathryn |date=2021 |title=The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c.1890–1914 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-catholic-history/article/guild-of-our-lady-of-ransom-and-pilgrimage-in-england-and-wales-c-18901914/D2D3409FB0B6D9B7B443678B31E64183 |journal=British Catholic History |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=320 |doi=10.1017/bch.2021.5}}</ref> The Guild members (known as ''Ransomers'') were originally composed of White Cross (clerical), Red Cross (evangelical), and Blue Cross (supplicant) Ransomers.<ref name=":5" />


The Guild was recognised and blessed by [[Pope Leo XIII]] in 1900 who became its first President, and each Pope since then has served as President of the Guild.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} The Guild of our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.guild-ransom.co.uk/history |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.guild-ransom.co.uk |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vail |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |date=2004 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85244-603-4 |pages=114 |language=en}}</ref> The Guild's current Master is [[Monsignor|Mgr]] [[John Armitage (priest)|John Armitage]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-07-04 |title=Guild of Our Lady of Ransom appoints new Master |url=https://www.cbcew.org.uk/guild-of-our-lady-of-ransom-appoints-new-master/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=[[Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Thousands of Catholics enrolled in the Guild, including the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinals]] [[Henry Edward Manning]] and [[Herbert Vaughan]], [[Archbishop of Westminster|Archbishops of Westminster]], and [[Saint]] [[John Henry Newman]] (as White Cross Ransomers).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Fletcher |first=Philip |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Recollections_of_a_Ransomer/oPIOAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=The%20Guild%20of%20Our%20Lady%20of%20Ransom |title=Recollections of a Ransomer |publisher=Sands |year=1928 |location=London |language=en |oclc=3210912}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bogle |first=Joanna |date=2008-04-03 |title=Our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/our-lady-of-ransom |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Crisis Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.thecatholicdirectory.co.uk/places/our-lady-of-ransom/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=The Catholic Directory |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Guild was recognised and blessed by [[Pope Leo XIII]] in 1900 who became its first President, and each Pope since then has served as President of the Guild.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} The Guild of our Lady of Ransom |url=https://www.guild-ransom.co.uk/history |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.guild-ransom.co.uk |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vail |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |date=2004 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85244-603-4 |pages=114 |language=en}}</ref> It was registered as a charity in 1965.<ref name=":3" /> The Guild's current Master is [[Monsignor|Mgr]] [[John Armitage (priest)|John Armitage]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-07-04 |title=Guild of Our Lady of Ransom appoints new Master |url=https://www.cbcew.org.uk/guild-of-our-lady-of-ransom-appoints-new-master/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=[[Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Activities ==
== Activities ==
'''Pilgrimages'''
'''Pilgrimages'''


For many years, the Guild has organised pilgrimages for its members (known as ''Ransomers'') to sites of devotion overseas, including [[Marian devotions|Marian]] [[Shrine|shrines]] such as those at [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]] and [[Halle, Belgium|Halle]]. It organised an annual pilgrimage to York from 1892.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hurlock |first=Kathryn |date=2022-01-02 |title=Peace, Politics, and Piety: Catholic Pilgrimage in Wartime Europe, 1939–1945 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/07292473.2022.2021754 |journal=War & Society |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=36–52 |doi=10.1080/07292473.2022.2021754 |issn=0729-2473}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 1942 |title=Notes for Ransomers |work=[[Catholic Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 1941 |title=49th Annual Pilgrimage to York |work=[[Catholic Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 1941 |title=Notes for Ransomers |work=[[Catholic Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clapp-Itnyre |first=Alisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KDzBgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA159&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=“Perplext in Faith”: Essays on Victorian Beliefs and Doubts |last2=Melnyk |first2=Julie |date=2015-02-27 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4438-7589-9 |pages=158-61 |language=en}}</ref> It also the first public pilgrimage since the Reformation to the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham]] on 20 August 1897.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Catholic National Shrine |url=https://www.walsingham.org.uk/history/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady |language=en-GB}}</ref> It also arranged pilgrimages in the British Isles, such as to Glastonbury,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vail |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |date=2004 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85244-603-4 |pages=90 |language=en}}</ref> and sites at [[Canterbury Cathedral|Canterbury]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[Battle Abbey|Hastings]], [[St Winefride's Well|Holywell]], [[Padley Chapel|Padley]], [[Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, King's Lynn|King’s Lynn]], [[Our Lady of Westminster|Westminster]], [[Our Lady of Willesden|Willesden]], [[York Minster|York]], and [[Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham|Walsingham]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guild of Our Lady of Ransom – Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology |url=https://www.biblia.work/dictionaries/guild-of-our-lady-of-ransom/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vail |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |date=2004 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85244-603-4 |pages=115 |language=en}}</ref>
For many years, the Guild has organised pilgrimages for its Ransomers to sites of devotion overseas, including [[Marian devotions|Marian]] [[Shrine|shrines]] such as those at [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]] and [[Halle, Belgium|Halle]]. It organised an annual pilgrimage to York from 1892.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hurlock |first=Kathryn |date=2022-01-02 |title=Peace, Politics, and Piety: Catholic Pilgrimage in Wartime Europe, 1939–1945 |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/07292473.2022.2021754 |journal=War & Society |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=36–52 |doi=10.1080/07292473.2022.2021754 |issn=0729-2473}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 1942 |title=Notes for Ransomers |work=[[Catholic Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 1941 |title=49th Annual Pilgrimage to York |work=[[Catholic Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 1941 |title=Notes for Ransomers |work=[[Catholic Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Clapp-Itnyre |first=Alisa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KDzBgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA159&dq=The+Guild+of+Our+Lady+of+Ransom&hl=en |title=“Perplext in Faith”: Essays on Victorian Beliefs and Doubts |last2=Melnyk |first2=Julie |date=2015-02-27 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-4438-7589-9 |pages=158-61 |language=en}}</ref> It also the first public pilgrimage since the Reformation to the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham]] on 20 August 1897.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Catholic National Shrine |url=https://www.walsingham.org.uk/history/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady |language=en-GB}}</ref> It also arranged pilgrimages in the British Isles, such as to Glastonbury,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vail |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |date=2004 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85244-603-4 |pages=90 |language=en}}</ref> and sites at [[Canterbury Cathedral|Canterbury]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[Battle Abbey|Hastings]], [[St Winefride's Well|Holywell]], [[Padley Chapel|Padley]], [[Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, King's Lynn|King’s Lynn]], [[Our Lady of Westminster|Westminster]], [[Our Lady of Willesden|Willesden]], [[York Minster|York]], and [[Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham|Walsingham]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guild of Our Lady of Ransom – Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology |url=https://www.biblia.work/dictionaries/guild-of-our-lady-of-ransom/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vail |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyc9bPITKgC&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Shrines of Our Lady in England |date=2004 |publisher=Gracewing Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-85244-603-4 |pages=115 |language=en}}</ref>


In 2019, as part of the spiritual preparation for England’s re-dedication as the Dowry of Mary, the Guild and [[Our Lady of Walsingham]] organised a two-year Dowry Tour of England's Catholic Cathedrals, including [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral|Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral]], [[St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich|St John's Cathedral]], [[Norwich]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Staff |date=2018-04-09 |title=Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham to tour England |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/statue-of-our-lady-of-walsingham-to-tour-england/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=[[Catholic Herald]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Keith |date=2019-03-01 |title=Dowry Tour reaches St John's Cathedral in Norwich |url=https://www.rcdea.org.uk/dowry-tour-reaches-st-johns-cathedral-in-norwich/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Catholic Diocese Of East Anglia |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 2019, as part of the spiritual preparation for England’s re-dedication as the Dowry of Mary, the Guild and [[Our Lady of Walsingham]] organised a two-year Dowry Tour of England's Catholic Cathedrals, including [[Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral|Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral]], [[St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich|St John's Cathedral]], [[Norwich]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Staff |date=2018-04-09 |title=Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham to tour England |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/statue-of-our-lady-of-walsingham-to-tour-england/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=[[Catholic Herald]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Keith |date=2019-03-01 |title=Dowry Tour reaches St John's Cathedral in Norwich |url=https://www.rcdea.org.uk/dowry-tour-reaches-st-johns-cathedral-in-norwich/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Catholic Diocese Of East Anglia |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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Guild of Our Lady of Ransom
Formation29 November 1877; 147 years ago (1877-11-29)
Registration no.232716
Legal statusCharity
PurposeFurtherance of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
HeadquartersUK
Region served
England and Wales
Activities
  • Grants
  • Pilgrimages
  • Publications
President
His Holiness The Pope
Master
Mgr John Armitage
Website[1]

The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom is a charity based in England, which was founded in 1877 for the conversion to the Catholic faith of the people of England and Wales, the welcoming of Catholics who have lapsed from the practice of their faith, and for the praying for those who have died who have no-one to pray for them.[1][2]

History

In 1886, the Catholic priest, The Reverend Fr Philip Fletcher (1848–1928) established a Union of Intercession for the Conversion of England. Fletcher was a graduate of Exeter College, Oxford and was curate at St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton.[3] One of Fletcher's friends was the Catholic barrister and orator, Lister Drummond (1856–1916), who was a grandson of Thomas Lister, 2nd Lord Ribblesdale and a descendant of the Jacobite rebel, William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan.[4]

A year later, on 29 November 1887, Fletcher and Drummond established the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom to involve Catholics in evangelisation, in the restoration of those who have lapsed from the practice of their faith, and in prayers for the forgotten dead.[5]

The Guild took two medieval orders as its model: the Trinitarians and the Mercedarians. It was dedicated to Our Lady, St Gregory and the English Martyrs and took as its prayer as that of the Blessed Henry Heath on the scaffold at Tyburn in 1643: "Jesu convert England, have mercy on this country".[6][7] The Guild members (known as Ransomers) were originally composed of White Cross (clerical), Red Cross (evangelical), and Blue Cross (supplicant) Ransomers.[3]

Thousands of Catholics enrolled in the Guild, including the Cardinals Henry Edward Manning and Herbert Vaughan, Archbishops of Westminster, and Saint John Henry Newman (as White Cross Ransomers).[6][8][9][10]

The Guild was recognised and blessed by Pope Leo XIII in 1900 who became its first President, and each Pope since then has served as President of the Guild.[11][12] It was registered as a charity in 1965.[2] The Guild's current Master is Mgr John Armitage.[13]

Activities

Pilgrimages

For many years, the Guild has organised pilgrimages for its Ransomers to sites of devotion overseas, including Marian shrines such as those at Boulogne and Halle. It organised an annual pilgrimage to York from 1892.[14][15][16][17][18] It also the first public pilgrimage since the Reformation to the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham on 20 August 1897.[19] It also arranged pilgrimages in the British Isles, such as to Glastonbury,[20] and sites at Canterbury, Chelsea, Hastings, Holywell, Padley, King’s Lynn, Westminster, Willesden, York, and Walsingham.[6][8][7][21][22]

In 2019, as part of the spiritual preparation for England’s re-dedication as the Dowry of Mary, the Guild and Our Lady of Walsingham organised a two-year Dowry Tour of England's Catholic Cathedrals, including Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral, St John's Cathedral, Norwich.[23][24]

Ransom and Dowry Grants

The Guild organisation, supported by a network of members, offers grants to parishes and churches in England and Wales. With an emphasis on evangelisation, the Guild aims to enable parishes, ministries and individuals to promote Catholicism. It has two programmes: Ransom Grants and Dowry Grants.[25]

Ransom Grants support parishes which are in need of funding, and especially those which are working on evangelistic and formative projects.[25]

Dowry Grants support new and innovative works of evangelisation which promote the Catholic faith.[26]

Masters

Publications

The Guild has published various books and pamphlets over the decades, including the following titles:

General Pamphlets

Pilgrimage Pamphlets

Biographical Pamphlets

References

  1. ^ "About Us | The Guild of our Lady of Ransom". www.guild-ransom.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. ^ a b "The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom - Charity 232716". Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  3. ^ a b Corcoran, James Andrew; Ryan, Patrick John; Prendergast, Edmond Francis (1891). "Promise of the Second Spring in England". The American Catholic Quarterly Review: 372–3.
  4. ^ Beard, Madeleine (1997). Faith and Fortune. Gracewing Publishing. pp. 207–8. ISBN 978-0-85244-392-7.
  5. ^ Hodson, Charles E. (1892). "Toluca". New Catholic World. Paulist Press: 846.
  6. ^ a b c Kent, Henry Charles (1893). "A People's Ransom". Catholic World. 334–336: 690–705.
  7. ^ a b Hurlock, Kathryn (2021). "The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c.1890–1914". British Catholic History. 35 (3): 320. doi:10.1017/bch.2021.5.
  8. ^ a b Fletcher, Philip (1928). Recollections of a Ransomer. London: Sands. OCLC 3210912.
  9. ^ Bogle, Joanna (2008-04-03). "Our Lady of Ransom". Crisis Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  10. ^ "Our Lady of Ransom". The Catholic Directory. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
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