Signed by Bishop Clark / Emmanuel Sullivan, Parish Priest, Clive Birch, Administrator of Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
The Lynford Monstrance, [property of the parish of St Thomas of Canterbury with Our Lady of Consolation and St Stephen (Brandon cum Lynford) shall be considered on indefinite loan to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Assuming prudent care and attention to its safety and security, exoneration to loanees for its loss/damage. Agree to respect ownership and right of use by the parish.

Fr Fears has the old travelling mission altar in his garage at the Brandon Presbytery. Offering it to the RCDEA Archives.

Request from Jonathan Salt to establish a branch of the Guild of St Stephen at St Peter and All Souls, Peterborough. First branch for both sexes in the Diocese. Rules of the Archconfraternity require that the Diocesan Bishop makes the request in writing to the Cardinal. The National Director (in Wembley) will arrange for the parchment to be written for the Cardinal's signature and approval.

States that the altar held by the Archives cannot be #3 but it is #4. But, how did it get from Downham Market to Brandon?

Having spoken to Fr Fears, Fr McCormack thinks that the folding altar is his 3rd version. He wonders how it came to be in the Brandon garage. At one time he gave it to Mr Eric St John-Foti who had bought a farm, restored it ("Hermitage Hall") and opened a museum there. A while later it was all sold but Fr McCormack was not contacted about this at the time.
He is known as "Mac2" as Fr McBride is also known as "Mac".

3 topics in this letter:

1. Southwold - Suggest that Fr Sloan get on with the repairs to the tower

2. Mildenhall - Tony Philpot's suggestion that a more permanent presence in Mildenhall i agreed. Place in housing estate instead of edge of town; a 50% grant fro New Missions Fund, about £20,000 - where to get the rest? Also, staffing - retired military chaplain? Consider a parish of Mildenhall and Brandon?

3. Lynford - what to do with it when [Fr] Flannery goes? Merge into parish for Mildenhall/./Brandon?

1 email; 4 URLs; 5 attachments

Fr Fears has two of the old travelling mission altars. Plan to bring them to the Archives on 27th October 2010.

Mrs Dora Cowton writes. Have received the photographs and will add them to the Travelling Mission notes already held. Provides dimensions for the altar with a description. Fr Fears cannot explain how the altar came to be in Brandon. The previous priest Fr Ivan Rudkin has died; Fr Antony Philpot was PP at Bury St Edmunds and served Brandon, which was also served from Newmarket where Fr Peter Leeming was one of the priests - should she write to them?

Mrs Dora Cowton writes. Have been given a travelling mission altar. Found in Brandon by Fr Fears. Plan to bring them to the Archives on 27th October 2010. Are there any contents that still exist and could be borrowed?