Image of PACE May June 1976 - Page 1 - First Bishop for the new Diocese of East Anglia
Pastoral letter on the theme of sin and reconciliation.
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)[Letter found in the Encyclical]
"Dear Fr Peacock, The dog cart will do very well. I shall arrive on Saturday at 4.30. I am willing to dine on Sat. at Mrs Sander's [?] if the dinner do [sic] not interfere with confession work. I will hear confessions on Sat. 8 to 9. I will say the first Mass on Sunday at 8.30. You need not erect a throne. Yr in J.C. +Arthur B of Npton"
Bishop's heraldry on cover
Anglicans received into Catholic Church i East Anglia; approval of Holy See for some to become Catholic priests; married men and celibacy; not same situation as Catholic priests who left to be married - not accepted to become married after being ordained; be generous; pray for vocations
Story1:
"Anglia: Bishop Alan Hopes made a special visit to the Italian community of the Working Sisters of Nazareth recently in between two Confirmations in the parishes of All Souls and St Luke's in Peterborough, and enjoyed some fine Italian cooking from Sr Letizia while he was there." Story continues.
Image caption "Bishop Alan, left to right, are Sr Raffaella, Sr-Letizia, Sr Erika"
Story2:
"St Mary's in Thetford celebrated Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath for those who had made the ultimate sacrifice in conflict." Story continues.
Image caption "Pictured is the wreath from St Mary's in Thetford."
Story3: "Anglia: Fr Paul Vincent OCD from St Mark's, Ipswich, recently completed a Masters Degree at Birkbeck College in the University of London." Story continues.
Image of Fr Paul Vincent
"A deacon who will soon serve in Norwich has been ordained a priest at a mass at the city's St John the Baptist Cathedral". Story continues
image caption: "Fr Michael Smith with the Rt Rev Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia, outside the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich"
"On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Bishop Peter Collins celebrated a Mass at St John's Cathedral, Norwich, with the anointing of the sick. Fr Alan Hodgson, the Dean of the Cathedral, and other priests joined the bishop for the annual event, which this year took place on 11th February. Daniel Justin led a range of music. and there were refreshments afterwords in the Cathedral Narthex." Story continues
2 images: anointing parishioners
"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
preparation for lent; Reconciliation sacrament - "New Rite of Penance". Archbishop Dwyer's message [not present] - giving to CAFOD; Priests' Education Fund - To train 5 or 6 priests at £1,000 per annum each man.
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)"Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, made a special visit to the National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady in Walsingham on Monday, 12th June as part of celebrations to blessed to mark the 15th anniversary of his Episcopal ordination." Story continues.
image 1 caption: "From left: Bishop Peter Collins, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía and Bishop Emeritus Alan Hopes."
image 2: procession
"For the third time in two months, the Pope has given permission for a former Anglican priest to be ordained as a Catholic priest." Comment from Peter Cornwall, one of the earlier priests referred to. Comment by the author on celibacy in the priesthood.
The Independent"Canon Peter Collins was ordained as the fifth Bishop of East Anglia at St John's Cathedral in Norwich on 14th December, before a congregation of up to 1,100 people including Cardinal Vincent Nichols, over 20 bishops, and civic and ecumenical guests." Story continues
image 1: Bishop Alan Hopes hold us the Bible
image 2: Bible is suspended over Bishop Peter's head
"Parents may be baptising their children to improve their chances of landing places at a high-performing Catholic school, its leaders have admitted." story continues.
2 images caption: "Notre Dame High School. Inset, Bishop of East Anglia the Rt Rev Alan Hopes"
The good Shepherd knows his sheep. The Bishop declares that from 2nd Sunday after Easter ("Bonus Pastor Sunday") he will start a Visitation which will remain open until he declares it closed. "The Bishop will therefore diligently visit the Church, the Presbytery, the Schools, the Cemetery and everything therein contained, and will examine the sacred vessels and furniture, the Altars, tabernacles, and whatever belongs to the worship of God or the administration of the sacraments." Visitation will be announced and confirmations should be arranged for then.
To the clergy: have ready two sheets of foolscap containing - a return for 1958 of Marriages, Baptisms, Conversions, Easter Communions, Deaths; list of details of mass obligations; List of all documents relating to the Mission; Statement of Mission . School property; Account of all debts and liabilities; Mission 1958 income/expenditure balance sheet; same for Schools; exact inventory of Church, Sacristy, House and Schools.
"There have been joyous scenes at Sacred Heart Parish, St Ives, this summer as more than 30 young people celebrated either their First Communion or Confirmation." Story continues.
image 1: gathering of children before the altar
Our Cathedral celebrates 100 years; 2 to be ordained - the first nine years; 6 seminarians; need vocations from within the diocese; Jesus the Good Shepherd
Evans, Michael Charles Rev MTh (1951-2011)Pg 2-5: Pastoral Letter - Baptism; Christianity; darkness/evil in the world; St Christopher (American "Christophers") ; 39 students in seminaries
Pg 6-21: Ecclesiastical Fund, 1954 - table listing named donations within each parish
Pg 22: Notices
Pg 23: A Prayer for Priests; A Short Indulgenced Ejaculation
Pg 2-6: Pastoral Letter - Need 6 priests per year, 36 in seminary, 21 in Colleges; Ordination; schisms; China - Peking; John XXIII
Pg 7: Notices
Pg 8-27: Ecclesiastical Fund, 1958 - table listing named donations within each parish
Pg 28: A Prayer for Priests; A Short Indulgenced Ejaculation
Meeting with the clergy gave the opportunity for the renewal of missionary faculties and withdrawal of those not granted in writing.
Difficult question of the Sacrament of Marriage and how many decrees relating to this are not widely known. Clandestine marriages were addressed through decree form the Council of Trent and has been promulgated many Catholic countries [lists them] and not others including England. There are problems in parishes where clandestine [mixed] marriages are now an impediment because of the decree. There follows a set of arguments quoting passages in Latin citing authorities dating back to at least 1683. Specific extract form the Bishop of Southwark to his clergy dated 1 November 1855.
Advises on the form or request for a dispensation in marriage, especially being satisfied that certain pre-conditions have been met.
Form 1 - Application for Dispensation for a mixed marriage [in Latin]
Form 2 - Application for a Dispensation in the case of diriment impediment, when both parties are Catholics [in Latin]
Form 3 - Application for a Dispensation in the case of diriment impediment, when one of the parties is not Catholic[in Latin]
pg 10 [60] includes manuscript notes.
Christmas; this year different - violence, longing for peace; surrounded by sin; awareness of the forgiveness of God; grace of Redemption; need for response, need to repent; Pope in Synod in Rome - "The dimension of penance is missing in Christian Communities"; Advent is the time to fill this void; witness to those in despair; become a "fasting people" - penance, sacrifice, forgive; Reconciliation & absolution
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)