"At the Christmas vigil Mass we listen to Matthew's account of how Joseph, the man of honour, was addressed in a dream by an angel of the Lord who said: 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit'", story continues
image 1 caption: "Bishop Peter Collins, fifth Bishop of East Anglia"
"At the Christmas vigil Mass we listen to Matthew's account of how Joseph, the man of honour, was addressed in a dream by an angel of the Lord who said: 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit'", story continues
image 1 caption: "Bishop Peter Collins, fifth Bishop of East Anglia"
"Actions speak louder than words was the message of the Bishop of East Anglia as he celebrated a Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich to show spiritual solidarity with front-line medical, care and voluntary workers across the country." Story continues.
Image caption: "The Bishop of East Anglia, Alan Hopes, celebrates last week's Mass for the NHS, carers and the sick, in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich. "
Poster text:
An evening at the George.
To the Sensible Inhabitants of the town of Northampton
My Friends,
A Performance took place on Tuesday Evening, at the George Hotel, in this Town, an Outline of which I proceed to lay before you, and to take your opinion on the same.
A vagabond Frenchman, who was lately kicked out of Aylesbury, and who has been for some weeks past parading his Mustachios in this Town, finding he could not deceive me by his impostures, has taken refuge under the wing of a Baptist Minister, with whom he is, I believe, at present picking up his crumbs; and to satisfy his own spite, and gratify his new friends, he thought well, on Tuesday Evening, to procure an Exhibition of Father Gavazzi, an Italian Priest, whom he brought down form London, to inveigh against the Corruptions of the Church of Rome, at Northampton.
A meeting having been duly called, the Mayor of the Town took the Chair; Gavazzi, with a Stranger or two, some preachers of the Town, and a Little Frenchman, appeared on the platform; and the room was filled with a large number of decently dressed Men and Women of the Town and Neighbourhood. The Performance commenced by a Person reading, in English, an outline of what was going to be done; when the Father rose, and with stentorian lungs, and violent gesticulations, poured forth a torrent of eloquent but unintelligible Italian. That the gaping audience might know when to express their approbation, a man in a distant part of the Room acted as Fugleman; and when he gave the signal, they stamped and clapped. After an hour and a half of most furious harangue, one whole sentence of which was not understood by one in fifty of the audience, a vote of thanks to the pious Father was proposed and seconded; and the Assembly broke up, highly delighted, edified, and instructed by what they had seen; and having spent a very agreeable evening at the George, returned to their homes, quite determined to hate and protest against Papists and Popery more than ever.
Such was the scene enacted in this Town, on Tuesday Evening, sanctioned by the presence of the Mayor, and a goodly muster of Clergy of most Denominations in the Town and Neighbourhood; --- a scene, I hesitate not to say, as ludicrous as any exhibited last week, on Boughton Green. A hash of the sane Dainty Dish may very likely be served up to the public, in the Mercury and Herald. On Saturday Morning; and every Pulpit in the Town will no doubt be made to ring, on Sunday, with a repetition (more or less effective) of the calumnious invectives of the pious Father.
But--- Men of Northampton, are these scenes to be repeated? Are the amenities of life, and the comfort of society, to be destroyed amongst us, be every Foreign Harlequin, brought here by Bigots, to make this Town a hot-bed of Intolerance, and to sow Discord and Religious Hate among Brethren? I believe and trust that you will answer, NO!
I am, your Friend and Fellow-Townsman +Wm. Wareing
Northampton, July 4th 1851
Latin Text [a translation below]:
Omnibus has visuris sautem et beneditionem in Domino.
Synodum dioecesanam hoc anno, Deo juvante habituri, ut SS Patrum instituta, praeceptaque sequamur; ne pereat fructus ille, quem ex ea capere omnes possumus, monemus in Dominio, ac poenis sacrorum Canonum, seu aliis ad arbitrium nostrum proponendis, jubemus in virtute Sanctae Obedientiae Ecclesia nostrae Cathedralis Canonicos omnesque etiam Regulares, curae animarum in Dioecesi nostra addictos, et quoscunque tam e Clero Saeculari quam Regulari, qui ratione Facultatum quas a nobis obtinent, vel ex alio aliquo titulo Synodo hujus Dioecesis interesse debent, die sexta mensis maii proximi in nostrum proCathedralem Ecclesiam sancti felicis convenire, neque vero pro se alios mittere; nisi qui legitima causa sint impediti, quam nobis probaverint. Volumus autem ut haec Synodi indictio affixa valvis proCathedralis ecclesiae perinde omnes, et singulos interesse debentes afficiat, ac si fuisset singulus singulatim intimata.
in Feriis Quintis ante Synodum a die 16 aprilis Missae de Spiritu Sancto fiant, vel Collecta dicatur, et in Dominicis ac Festis Diebus, Litaniae Sanctorum ante Missam recitentur.
Datum Northantoniae Die 19 Mensis Martii A. D. 1857
Rough Translation:
To all health and blessing in the Lord.
We will have a Diocesan Synod this year, with the help of God, so that we may follow the institutions and precepts of the Holy Fathers; lest that fruit be lost, which we all can take from it, we warn in the Dominion, and by the punishments of the sacred Canons, or by proposing to others at our discretion, we command, by virtue of Holy Obedience, the Canons of our Cathedral Church, and all the Regulars also, committed to the care of souls in our Diocese, and any both from the Secular and Regular Clergy, who, by reason of the Faculties which they obtain from us, or by reason of some other title, must attend the Synod of this Diocese, on the sixth of May next, in our pro-Cathedral Church of St. Felix, and not send others in their stead; except those who are hindered by a legitimate cause, which they have proved to us. This notice of Synod will be affixed to the gates of the Cathedral church, should equally affect all those who must attend, as if it had been intimated to each one individually.
On the Thursdays before the Synod from the 16th of April Masses on the Holy Spirit should be held, or the Collect said, and on Sundays and Feast Days, the Litany of the Saints should be recited before the Mass.
Given at Northampton on the 19th day of March, A. D. 1857
manuscript annotation on reverse: "The Synodal mass will be at 9. Each one should bring his cassock, surplis, biretta and praxis Synodi Diocesanes."
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)in Latin: call to the pro-Cathedral of St Felix at 9am on 10th May.
on reverse in manuscript: "For one month previously by order of the Bishop, the faithful are to be exhorted to pray for the abundant fruits of the Holy Ghost upon the Synod.
"From the Thursday after Low Sunday, inclusively, the votive Mass of the Holy Ghost, or the Collect of the same to be said each Thursday; and Sunday before Mass the Litany of the Saints."
The article begins: "The Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Clark, last night warned planners of the controversial final stage of the city's inner ring road."
Image: Bishop with headmistress (Sr Mary Cluderay) and pupils at the prizegiving at Notre Dame High School.
Bishop Peter Collins met with lay chaplains to Diocese of East Anglia Catholic secondary schools..." story continues.
image caption: "Bishop Peter with the diocesan lay chaplains"
"Bishop Alan Hopes has talked about his story of faith, his conversion to the Catholic Church and life as a bishop on the Ignite First Fridays YouTube show." Story continues.
Image caption: "Bishop Alan is pictured left with radio show host Ciaran Losasso"
Pg 2-6: New and Poor Missions Fund (£2,540 12s 2d); exceed 100,000 Catholics before long
Pg 7-10: Church Collections 1967 (Table with Parishes listed, heading: Diocesan Poor Missions (1966)); Individual donations
Article; 2 columns; 3 images - "Roman Catholic Bishop Alan Clark is back from his expedition to South America..."
Mentions in the article include: witnessing a terrorist bomb attack in Lima; baptism of a sick child; visits to settlements; aid sent by the Catholics of the diocese; Bp Clark's passion for Christian unity.
Image of PACE May June 1976 - Page 1 - First Bishop for the new Diocese of East Anglia
Image of PACE May June 1976 - article "Introducing the Bishop of East Anglia" (Alan Clark)
Image of PACE May June 1976 - Page 2 - article continuing from page 1. "A Very Special Day"
"Three young people from Sacred Heart and St Oswald parish in Peterborough were touched deeply when Fr Arockiya Seelan brought a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes to their home. Kavya, Aleema and Adriel describe the visit." Story continues.
Image showing statue on table with candles.
"A family fro St Edmund, King and Martyr parish in Bungay, Suffolk, have created a virtual chapel in their home as they join in Mass whiles self-isolating." Story continues.
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"CAFOD is inviting young people from East Anglia aged 18 to 230 to take part in its gap year programme, Step into the Gap..." Story continues.
Image caption: "Pictured left are five Step into the Gap volunteers in Cambodia."
"The desire to learn about God has been the glue bonding an RCIA group at Our Lady and English Martyrs in Cambridge. Mgr Eugene Harkness reports." Story continues.
image caption: "Pictures above is one of RCIA sessions at Our Lady and the English Martyrs"
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"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