Fr D Morgan (Bishop's Secretary) provides a copy of the letter from Bishop Grant to Fr Baker, to be hand delivered by Fr Hammond. The Bishop had hoped that time would heal (the Code does not provide for a time limit to Fr Baker to reply). However, anxious by the activities of Fr Peter Morgan and the pastoral situation seemed to offer a way out without a rumpus.
Bishop's OfficeCompliments slip: Bishop Secretary: "Tony Sketch will arrange to deliver the enclosed - less the carbon - to all Downham Market parishioners when he distributes his invitations to the real Mass."
Page 1: letter to the congregation at Downham Market - explaining, now that the legal procedure is over, the sorrow he feels in acting against Fr Baker. Obedience to the Holy Father means accepting the changes away from the Tridentine Mass. Expects support for Fr Sketch. Notes of explanation included.
Page 2-3: Notes headed: "1. Your present position"; "2. The Missal of Pope Paul VI"; "3. The Bishop's dealings with Fr Baker"
Pg1: Prayer for Priests; a short prayer
Pg3: Fund at £9,815 12s 6d; Bp Clark & Bp Grant ordained 5 priests for the diocese; 24 seminary students; 17 accepted for diocese;
Pg4-18: Priests' Education and Diocesan Development Fund (Table by parish showing individual named donations)
Pg19: Notice
Pg20: handwrittwen notes [by priest for after reading the Bishop's letter?]