9 in attendance [note: first time names provided of meeting attendees]
Walsingham Pilgrimage - programme awaited; coach to be booked; Mr Smith to do posters
Quiet Day - contact Fr Elias; November date
Ecumenical Centre - churches to be viewed on 20 April at 3pm
AOB - Statue to be made of oak and be hollow; letter of thanks to Mr Mellamphy; Ecumenical Society of BVM requested a talk about the Guild - July 4 at Tolleshunt Knight.

Side 1: "Annual Pilgrimage Walk 5th September 1989"; image; "Theme: Seekers after Truth"
Side 2 & 3 : Itinerary
Side 4: Prayer; Blessing; image

Page 1: "Commemorating and celebrating the procession ordered by His Grace, Cardinal Wolsey, which took place on the same day in 1528 Our Lady's Eve exactly four hundred and fifty one years ago"; "Unity through Grace" prayer
Pages 2&3: Itinerary -
Page 4: Walk/shrine history

8 in attendance, 1 apology
Situation Report
Trust & Companies
Events Committee - short programme of events listed
Video - aspects discussed. Mr Mellamphy to enquire
Admin/Accs - Tax code incorrect in some cases
International Connections
Membership Scheme - next meeting
AOB - Speakers; Projects; Agenda; BBC Quiz; RAF Cheque; St Nicholas' use; Mr Sparks; Viability

Revision of Leaflet - final draft accepted; professional production (in blue ink) for better impact; Mr Mellamphy contacted to do a line drawing
Pilgrimage Walk - secretary to publicise the event; discussion on other arrangements
AOB - Covenant Players had offered do a play (for £60 + board) on any topic - will contact the for later; bequest offer

Proposed Ecumenical centre - viability of having a centre and a shrine; St Peter's church considered for Maritime Museum could house a Theological Museum and a shrine?
Leaflet - Ipswich Typing Bureau - quality & cost for the leaflet
Pilgrimage Walk - numbers down on last year; poor support from Catholic clergy; not enough preparation
Day of Recollection - theme discussion; lunch arrangements as for last year
AOB - Mr Smith's book; Mr Mellamphy almost completed prototype statue

Subscriptions - Subscription to £2; Newsletter to £3
Bishop and Clergy Support - Fr McBride & Dr Heley met; Bishop will support shrine in principal but not financially; advised that the Guild look very carefully at any hire contract
AGM - general arrangements
AOB - membership drive; Walsingham Pilgrimage date; completed statue to be brought by Mr Mellamphy to the March meeting and talk about his visit to Nettuno; CTS leaflet opportunity; view the redundant churches with new committee after the AGM

Revision of Leaflet - Final drafting given to Dr Heley and Mr Sime
Letter to the Bishops - decided against sending a letter; need to establish the venture first; examine other ventures for lessons; need to obtain backing from influential people on the ecclesiastic sphere
AOB - Fr Woodgate date of 23 November accepted for the quiet day

Treasurer's Report - £211 in credit but 4 accounts to be settled
Pilgrimage Walk - Catholic priests reluctant
Statue - being worked on by Mr Mellamphy
The Medallion - lowest price is 60p + VAT for 1,000; too much for the Guild - seek alternatives

Leaflet - ready this week
The Statue - model completed in clay; final version to be in wood
[Meetings - discussion on nature of meetings during the coming year; Fr McBride will talk to the Bishop about the Guild and explain that it is not in competition with Walsingham - will also establish nature of Catholic clergy support]
Day of Recollection - organised; hire the school
AOB - programme for next year; meeting venues; speakers; Mr Sime leaving Ipswich and resigning as Treasurer

9 in attendance
Quiet Day - Awaiting confirmation from Fr Elias
Ecumenical Centre - unhelpful letter from Canon Millett of St Giles about the Ecumenical Centre - to obtain report in "Church in Suffolk" instead
AOB - Pilgrimage Walk - insurance cover, similar programme to that of last year, additional detail provided; successful talk to the Ecumenical Society of the BVM; chase up subscription payment

9 in attendance
Quiet Day - Fr Elias to conduct in November
Ecumenical Centre - churches visited; St Stephen's to be a Drama Centre; St Nicholas available; sub-committee to consider the Centre: Mrs Christine Johnson, Dr M M Heley, Mrs Stella Sanderson, Miss R McCormack; Centre formed in Norwich - details to be obtained
Walsingham Pilgrimage - 14 signed up; rather full event - bring Mass forward to 12 noon; cost defrayed by Mrs Sanderson
AOB - cost of hiring halls

6 in attendance
Pilgrimage Walk - 100 attended the Walk
Quiet Day - discussed
Ecumenical Centre - Ecumenical centre in Norwich is a literature centre; St Matthew's (Fletcher Centre) is successful; visit to Norwich suggested to see how the latter operates.
AOB - Rosary meeting at St Mary's, Guild invited

Prayer
Medallion / Prayer Card - 2 designs considered
Format of Day of Recollection - St Mary's school as venue; Dr Heley to contact
Publicity Sub-committee - not necessary; Mr Smith / Secretary to make contacts
Ecumenical Office of BV Mary - 2 copies acquired; being revised
Publicity - included in library's list of events
Meeting notices - on headed paper
Statue - measurements from the statue in Italy; statue design to be English in appearance and style; not a copy
Speakers
AOB - raised garden removal failed; plaque to be repositioned to be accessible to visitors

6 in attendance
Day of Recollection - Fr Elias replaced by Fr Desmond OFM at short notice; day went well
Ecumenical Centre - nothing further to report
Statue - Ready by March 1987; appeal for funds to pay for it
Programme for 1987 - detailed
AOB - condition of plaque in Lady Lane commemorating the Shrine of Our Lady of Ipswich; Mr Smith to investigate replacement

7 in attendance
Party June 22 - St Pancras Hall booked; arrangements discussed
Plaque - Position of plaque unknown following death of Mr Stanley Smith; Mr Mellamphy sorting through Guild papers; add inscription to memory of Mr Smith to plaque when replacement acquired.
Pilgrimage Walk - date to be set
Nov/Dec meeting - still awaiting Fr Elias
AOB - Dr Heley elected as president; John Gummer MP has offer Guild help; St Nicholas Church

6 in attendance
Pilgrimage Walk - arrangement discussion
Future programme - some revisions ; Nov/Dec meeting - still awaiting Fr Elias
Plaque - Mr Mellamphy to sent report
AOB - invite John Gummer MP to Pilgrimage Walk

8 in attendance
Day of Recollection - Fr Elias no communication
Plaque - Mr Mellamphy - new plaque in bronze £2000; fund for this is £200
Pilgrimage Walk - a good one this year
St Nicholas - part of Historic Trust now; discuss with them

Two pages addressing in outline:
Provisional Timetable
Other possibilities
Other activities
Requisites
Budget
Personnel
Preparation before the day
preparation on the Saturday morning

Paper by Secretary (Miss M Newell) for Leaders of Workshops for Advent Courses:
Aims of day
Possible themes
Format of the day
Workshops - suggested titles/topics