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Official cover of Tales of the Old Church of Longmeanygate, 2025.
Tales of the Old Church of Longmeanygate is a 2025 publication created and published by the Cause for the Beatification of Irene Mary and Derrick Taylor headed by Cometan. The book is 62 pages long and includes a timeline of the major events in the life of Derrick and Irene Taylor that lead them to become early members of the Saint Pius V Association in the 1970s and establish an unauthorised Mass centre in their home on the outskirts of the town of Leyland in Lancashire from 1974 to 1978.
The short book was first published on 11th March 2025.
Book outline[]
Below is the official description of the book given by the publishers:
In 1973, the Taylor family of 222 Longmeanygate on the outskirts of Leyland joined the Saint Pius V Association under the Superiorship of Father Peter Morgan and funded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Mr Derrick Taylor and Mrs Irene Mary Taylor defied their bishop by hosting priests of the Saint Pius V Association at their home called the Leyland Mass Centre from 1974 to 1978 due to their belief that the Tridentine Rite of the Mass was the true Mass and must be celebrated in Latin despite changes implemented following the Second Vatican Council that allowed for the Mass to be celebrated in the vernacular and with the Mass streamlined under Pope Paul VI. However, their actions in the 1970s were preceded by a long series of events that steam from Mr and Mrs Taylor's childhoods which this book details and in many ways celebrates. This short book provides a timeline of the lives of Mr and Mrs Taylor, using illustrations wherever possible to explain and visualise the significant events (some of which were supernatural) that shaped their beliefs. Each of the illustrations included in this work were commissioned by Mr and Mrs Taylor's grandson Cometan and created by British artist David Young who has been explaining the Taylor's story in the form of illustrations over the last five years. This work is a testament to Mr and Mrs Taylor's dedication to the Latin Mass despite the ridicule they faced and using intimate details about their lives helps to explain why they made their decisions and took controversial action at different stages of their lives.
See also[]
- Catholic Conversion: An Interview with Derrick Taylor
- Light a Candle for Me
- The Lost Shrine of Irene Mary