First open assembly; 2,300 attended; open for any to attend and express their views.
UnknownStory 1: "Lottery windfall helps St Mary's mend leaking roof"
"St Mary's parish in Great Yarmouth has received a grant of £148,598 from the National Lottery Heritage for repairs to a leaking roof." Story continues.
Image of church roof with scaffolding
Story 2: "Diocese takes stock of architectural heritage"
"A comprehensive architectural and historical review of Catholic churches across the diocese of East
Anglia has been published online as part of the major Taking Stock project. Taking Stock is an architectural and historical review of Catholic churches and chapels in England and Wales. The project is a partnership between the Patrimony Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, individual dioceses, and Historic England." Story continues.
Image caption: "Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge."
Story 3: "Diss parishioners celebrate their heroic saint's feast day"
"Parishioners in Diss gathered on 1st February for a virtual celebration of the feast day of St Henry Morse, known as 'The Priest of the Plague'. Judith Tooth reports. " Story continues.
images caption: "Fr Alex Anaman outside the church and below, an etching of St Henry Morse which hangs in the church."
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
110: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Papal Documents (accompany [not present] this Pastoral Letter: 1. The Decree on First Communion, 2. "Professio fidei Tridentinae"),
111-129: Advent Pastoral letter: Social Question, Leo XIII social policy, plea for non-interference, competence of the Church, position, City of God, No abdication, alleged failure of Catholicism as a social force, the Catholic Social Guild, non-Catholic movements; Northampton Dicesan Mission Fund: missions in March, Bletcheley, Brantham, Dunstable - church consecrations in Slough, Bungay, Sherringham - completed fabric and planned opening for St John's Norwich - new mass centres at Stoke Holy Cross, Chalfont St Peter.
130: Report and Statistics, S. Peter's Pence, Association for the Propagation of the Faith (Rev Francis Ross, Organizing Secretary.)
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
734: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Midnight Mass, Duplication, Peter's Pence, Teachers' Superannuation Fund, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
735-743: Advent Pastoral letter - steady progress being made for the Poor Mission Fund; Olney has a new chapel, Weston Underwood a new presbytery, Stowmarket a new presbytery, High Fen (nr Wisbech) Fr Page needs alms to erect a small chapel for the large Irish colony. Thanks the unknown good lady building at her own expense the church at Lowestoft.
745: "Prayer at the beginning of the year" - 40 day indulgence when said on the first day and first Sunday of the year
"It was a joyful occasion when, for the first time in two years, the people of St Michael's in Huntingdon were able to gather to celebrate their feast day." story continues.
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"Representatives of all the parishes in the Diocese of East Anglia twinned with parishes in the Battambang Prefecture in Cambodia met face-to-face for the first time since lockdown at St Mary and St Wulstan." Story continues
1 image: group of parishioners
Letter: signed by Bishop Cuthbert (chairman of the Universities Board); maintenance of Chaplains or Lecturers of service to Catholic students at Oxford and Cambridge. Appeal for funds to meet £700-800 expense of the two chaplaincies.
Instructions: "Instructions to the Parents, Superiors & Directors of Catholic Laymen who desire to study in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge" signed by Cardinal Vaughan and all the Bishops of the Archdiocese of Westminster.
letter requesting numerous petitions to be sent to Houses of Parliament regarding Education proposals. Particular concern about Oxford and Cambridge Universities "and their special dangers to faith and morals".
Riddell, Arthur George Rev (1836-1907)"The desire to learn about God has been the glue bonding an RCIA group at Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge. Mgr Eugène Harkness reports. Here at Our Lady of The Assumption and The English Martyrs, Cambridge, we have turned to the use of Zoom for our weekly sessions of instruction for the RCIA programme." Story continues
Image: screen image of 9 participants in an on-line meeting. Caption: "Pictured above is one of TCIA sessions at Our Lady and the English Martyrs""
"Young people in Cambridge are sustaining a social life through lockdown thanks to the Song School at Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs. Julia Caddick and Mgr Eugène Harkness report. Our junior choir rehearsals started back in September. We rehearse online via Zoom once a seek for 40 minutes (the duration of a seven vear-old's concentration span on-line so the experts say)." Story continues.
Image: group of choristers
"A first-ever Cantonese Mass has taken place in Sawston following the arrival of a number of Catholies in the area from Hong Kong. Dominic chung reports. As many as 58 Cantonese-speaking Catholics and their friends, took part in a Mass celebrated by Canon John Minh at our Lady of lourdes Sawston (OLOL), on 7th April. Though he does not speak or read the language, Canon John Minh celebrated entirely in Cantonese, which he learned in record time using phonetics." Story continues.
image caption: "The Cantonese congregation outside OLOL in Sawston with Canon John Minh."
"The Cantonese Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes Sawston, St John Fisher Cambourne and Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, Cambridge joined together in an uplifting Solemn Cantonese Mass on Saturday 9th July, to commemorate the 120 Martyrs of China." Story continues.
image 1: group gathered before the altar
Covering letter from Cardinal John Simeoni & the Archbishop of Tyre for a letter (translated into English) from the Sacred Congregation of the Propegation of the Faith declaring that Catholics should be dissuaded from sending their sons to Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
"His Eminence Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo of East Timor recently visited Catholic communities in Peterborough and Cambridge", story continues
image 1: group with Cardinal
"Retired diocese of East Anglia priest, Fr John Fowler, has died after more than 60 years of ministry in the Catholic and Anglican churches. John was ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church for the Diocese of East Anglia by Bishop Peter Smith on the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, 24th September, 1999, at the Church of St Etheldreda's, Ely." Story continues.
image 1: Fr Fowler
"Held at different churches, it is a great opportunity to meet old friends and new and especially encouraging for those who otherwise would not be able to attend." (Article continues...). Image of Beryl and Cathy
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)Meeting to discuss a plan. Fr Hypher: "It's not just a meeting - it's a fiesta at which we can pray, worship, discuss, meet friends ad join in social events and side-shows."
UnknownAssembly at St Bede's School in Cambridge on July 18 wherein the laity and clergy of the diocese of East Anglia will "attempt to solve the problem of a shortage of priests..."
Catholic Herald"Tens of thousands of Catholics watched live-streamed Masses in up to 17 churches across the Diocese of East Anglia over Easter, after churches were closed to physical congregations due to Covid-19 restrictions." Story continues
image captioned: "Live-streaming of Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich has been wonderfully well-received, says Bishop Alan Hopes (right) [image insert]: "To know that so many people have been watching and have received reassurance and hope in this difficult time is a source of grate blessing..'"
images of Fr David Bagstaff, Fr Luke Goymour, Canon Eugene Harkness
"Fr Dennis Finbow, a retired priest of served in parishes in Peterborough the diocese of East Anglia, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after he was convicted for three historic (non-recent) child sexual abuse offences. The sentence was passed down at Cambridge Crown Court and follows his conviction at Huntingdon Crown on 31st January." Story continues.
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