Sub-heading: "Heritage - Church extension wins council's design award" Photo: Exterior view of entrance to Wymondham Church Text: Wymondham RC church wins South Norfolk's annual design award for 2002. Fr Jennings & Tom O'Connor received a plaque and certificate at the awards ceremony. Certificates presented to architect Paul Lucas (Real Architecture, Wymondham) and Steve Brock (Bluestone Plc, Norwich)
Editorial begins: "The Labour party is revelling the new found confidence of an Opposition which is at last recovering from its third successive electoral defeat. The consequent euphoria, however, has led its leader to stray from the paths of accepted invective." It suggests that Mr Kinnock will not suffer the fate of Salman Rushdie but an apology is in order.
Picture: Bell in foreground, Fr Peter Rollings to left "Ego sum Gabriel" (I am Gabriel) 2.5 hundredweight, was hoisted into place after its blessing by Fr Peter Rollings of Our lady of Sudbury parish which had donated the bell.
Subhead: "Cheap and nasty mud-slinging" Bishop of East Anglia wrote to Neil Kinnock complaining that he has abused Catholic beliefs in a speech at the Labour party's Red Rose rally in Birmingham.
Photograph taken at North East corner of Cathedral site. Text on reverse: "Fr. Kevin Fox SJ blessing Brownies' trefoil rosebed Aug 1984" Accompanying document: "2nd Norwich Brownie Pack has presented eight "Peace" rose bushes to the St John's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Norwich to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the Brownie Guides. The Pack collected the money from the sale of sweets at their weekly meetings and persuaded two fathers to dig the trefoil-shaped flower bed at the cathedral. A service of dedication and blessing was conducted by Fr Kevin Fox, and held after the Rememberance Day Church Parade in which all Scout and Guide units from the cathedral took part."
Image - caption: "The Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Peter Smith, cuts first sod of new Catholic primary school to be built at Gorleston." The £1 million development of a new school to replace St Mary's School starts with the Bishop lifting the first sod from the ground. Head teacher, Peter Cleary, and the chairman of board of governors, John Holmes, observe with contractors. Albion Road site future uncertain as permission to develop it has been refused. Manuscript annotation: Speech bubble from Bishop "Right! That's the last we'll see of Alan. Now where do you want the time capsule buried?"
[undated] Article by Donald Hilton. "The reader's columns of the EDP have shown that some Protestants were not only unenthusiastic about the visit but were critical that any Free Church minister should be involved." Generally critical article about the stances of the Roman Catholic Church but considers Catholics to be sisters and brothers in Christ.
Picture 1: Interior Picture 2: exterior Text: £1.3 million new church, the Church of the Annunciation. Replaces a 50 yr old temporary church. Quotes from Fr Noel Wynn (Shrine Director), Fr Michael Simison (Parish priest), Keith Catten (JS Hay, constructors)
EDP 20-8-1975; letter; Status of Downham: RC protest EDP 21-8-1975; article; Downham Catholics fight to keep traditional Mass; image of mother and daughter with petition for the Bishop Daily Mail 25-8-1975; article; Pop goes Communion with paper cups and Co-op sliced / The Watchfield faithful get a taste of religion; 3 images - Sister Verity on drums / Bishop of Reading on stage / Communion in a paper cup Guardian 25-8-1975; letters; Mass revolt of the Catholic Loyalists Unknown 26-8-1975; letter; Traditional Mass? Universe 29-8-1975; article; "Latin" priest supporters plan demo The Times 29-8-1975; article; Bishop's warning on priest offering Mass in old form Sunday Times 31-8-1975; article; Latin lovers in protest; image Fr Baker Sunday Times 31-8-1975; article; Priest in Mass protest; 2 images - procession; Fr Baker The Observer 31-8-1975; article; This rite is not wrong say 300 Catholics; image of Fr Baker The Times 3-9-1975; letters; The Tridentine Mass Catholic Herald 5-9-1975; letters; End wrangles of amateur liturgists Catholic Herald 5-9-1975; article; Latin protest "cause of distress"; cartoon EDP 8-9-1975; letters; Downham Mass EDP 9-9-1975; article; Priest "refuses to see Bishop" EDP 11-9-1975; letters; Downham Mass EDP 11-9-1975; article; Downham priest asked to resign Guardian 12-9-1975; article; Priest says he is hounded The Universe 12-9-1975; article; Fr Baker won't meet Bishop Grant The Times 12-9-1975; article; Canon law to be used to remove priest The Guardian 13-9-1975; article; Latin mass takes to road The Times 13-9-1975; letters; The traditional Mass The Sunday Telegraph 14-9-1975; letters; Tridentine Mass and Anglican voluntary principle The Guardian 14-9-1975; article; "Sensual" girls at Sunday mass The Times 15-9-1975; article; Knives are out for Roman Catholic dissidents EDP 17-9-1975; letters; Downham Mass The Times 18-9-1975; letter; The traditional Mass The Times 19-9-1975; article; Bishop's aim "to make new Mass available to all" The Times 19-9-1975; article; Bringing the church to the people EDP 19-9-1975; article; Bishop on his duty over the new mass The Times 22-9-1975; letters; The traditional Mass The Times 22-9-1975; letter; Catholic traditionalists EDP 22-9-1975; letter Downham Mass EDP 30-9-1975; letter Downham Mass Sunday Express 31-8-1975; article; Catholics march to banned Mass Unknown undated; letters; Downham Catholics and their Mass The Sunday Times 31-8-1975; article; Latin lovers in protest EDP 1-9-1975; article; Procession backs Downham priest; 2 images: procession; Fr Baker The Telegraph 1-9-1975; "Liturgical bingo" of English Mass Lynn News & Advertiser 2-9-1975; article; Catholics on the March / Downham Mass dispute grows; 2 images: procession; Fr Baker EDP 2-9-1975; letter; Downham Mass EDP 4-9-1975; letters; Downham Mass EDP 6-9-1975; letter; Downham Mass The Times 9-9-1975; re-typed by unknown; article; [Bishop Grant statement] Catholic Herald 12-9-1975; article; Guarding against false gods EDP 18-9-1975; letter; Downham Mass The Guardian 20-9-1975; [photocopy] article; Church militant EDP 23-9-1975; letter; Downham Mass The Times 26-9-1975; letter; The traditional Mass Catholic Herald 26-9-1975; article; Bishop Grant on Downham Market issue Lynn News & Advertiser 10-10-1975; letters; In support of Fr Baker / And against.. The Telegraph 21-11-1975; [photocopy] article; Bad Marks for Latin Evening News 30-6-1976; article; Rebel priest opens centre for Mass in city The Journal 2-7-1976; article; Catholic Bishop hits at old Mass rebels; 2 images: Fr Baker; Bishop Clark Cambridge Evening News 9-7-1976; letter; EDP 17-7-1976; letter; Mass EDP 19-7-1976; letter; In reply to Fr Baker EDP 12-11-1976; article; Disused shop setting for Downham Mass EDP 14-7-1976; letter; Mass: rebel priest "follows ruling" EDP 15-11-1976; [reprint] article; Rebel Archbishop's "Woolies" mass; 2 images: Archbishop Lefebvre; Archbishop Lefebvre and Fr Baker
"Papal envoy Archbishop Luigi Barbarito brought with him the devotion of the Pope when he visited the Roman Catholic national shrine at Walsingham on Wednesday." Various individuals met the envoy when at the shrine.
Sub-head "Just the Job". 2 columns 160mm facing colour photo of Fr Brown (155mm x 210mm) in front of the reredos in Wymondham church. Article on Fr Brown - background and current job and its requirements. Byline Colin Chinery (see https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2007/news/newspaper-s-voice-retires/ accessed 26-5-2019)
Cutting 1: "Priest criticises 'too big' church"; 1 image ("Fr Andrew Morley in Dersingham's new Roman Catholic Church."); 3 columns of text; 154x207mm; (Local Free Paper) Cutting 2: "New Church too big, says priest"; 1 image ("Fr Andrew Morley"); 3 columns of text; 121x129;mm; EDP
