Narworth Castle- October 2022

A Sung Requiem Mass in the Old Rite was offered in the historic recusant chapel at Naworth Castle, near Brampton, Cumbria on Tuesday 25th October, by kind permission of the Hon Philip Howard. 

This was the first time that a Catholic Mass had been offered in the castle since about 1645. 

The Requiem Mass was offered by Fr Daniel Etienne for all deceased members of the Howard Family and all souls enrolled in the Cumbria Purgatorial Society (www.prayforsouls.uk). 

After Mass, Hon. Philip Howard showed the priest's hiding hole, leading by secret passages to other parts of the castle, which in penal times enabled escape from pursuivants. 

Andrew Plasom-Scott led the Schola in singing the propers. Justin and Emma Hoskins kindly provided tea afterwards at their home in Brampton.

Fr Etienne with the Hon. Philip Howard and the portrait of his martyr ancestor St Philip Howard.