The Most Reverend Bishop Donald J Sanborn will be holding a conference in Durham on Sunday 22 December 2013.

Confessions at 12.30, Holy Mass at 1pm with conference afterwards. The location is:

Vane Tempest Hall,
Maynard's Row,
Gilesgate,
Durham
Co Durham
DH1 1QF

As you may know, His Lordship was ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1975.

Here is a link to his biographical information:

http://www.traditionalmass.org/priests/sanborn.php

I understand that His Lordship will be talking about the crisis in the Church, and will be taking questions.

Do you know what issues the conference is covering?

Here is an extract from Bishop Sanborn's  newsletter:-

Most Holy Trinity Seminary Newsletter - January 2014
My dear Catholic people,
During the month of December I traveled to England primarily to conduct the interview of a prospective seminarian from that country. I also managed, however, to give two conferences, one in London, and the other in the North, in the city of Durham.
My trip was not very successful. The prospective seminarian stood me up, even though he lived only twelve minutes away from where I was staying. In London, despite a good deal of internet publicity, I attracted only four people to the conference. Durham was a little better, with perhaps fifteen. I did manage to see some magnificent medieval cathedrals, those of Durham, York, and Lincoln. Although they are now pitifully in the hands of the Anglican heretics, they nevertheless continue to speak, by their grandeur and solemnity, the Catholicism which built them. From the point of view of sightseeing, my trip was very successful.
Why the poor showing in England? There are a number of reasons, I think. First, the Society of Saint Pius X has a very tight grip on the minds and lives of the traditional Catholics of England. It has thoroughly convinced them of the impossible formula that you must on the one hand recognize the Modernist “popes,” but at the same time resist them in practically all things, including those things in which the pope is the organ of the Church’s infallibility and indefectibility. The SSPX also has a grip on their lives inasmuch as it provides a full-service ecclesiastical life for them: Mass, priests, seminaries, schools, nuns, and many other activities. Families are so deeply involved with them that to step out of the SSPX is in many cases the equivalent of stepping out of the family. For this reason, they are afraid even to go and listen to what we are presenting, lest they be considered disloyal. This phenomenon is found not only in England, but nearly everywhere. In fact, it is only in the United States that the SSPX does not exercise such a heavy and exclusive influence.
The second reason for the low attendance is that most people are happy if they have a traditional Latin Mass. They really are not interested in anything beyond it. I will address this problem later.
The third reason is that it was a very bad day, particularly in London, inasmuch as it was the last Saturday before Christmas. Many were unable to come for reasons of Christmas preparations.
I am not daunted, however, by the setback. I remember saying Mass for very small groups back in 1975 and 1976 in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware. Perseverance is the key, and I am not about to step back from England. The English do need, however, to do some work on their side, in order to make it possible for one of our priests to serve them eventually.... <>