Page 1: Petition text: loss of daily Mass and related devotions following proposed re-alignment of parish boundaries; much fund-raising done for the Church; Rural nature of Downham Market parish would make it difficult for a priest based at Swaffham. Hence request the Bishop reverse the decision affecting Downham parish
Page 2: 1 copy of petition names - column 1 35 names; column 2 32 names
side 1: "A Warning / from / Peter Simple / of the Daily Telegraph / and an Amplification"
side 2: Article "Sign" by Peter Simple, reproduced from the Daily Telegraph, 16 March 1976
sides 3/4: "An amplification - from one of the faithful" by Margaret S Kenworthy-Browne
Documentation
Bishop's OfficeDocumentation
Bishop's OfficeDocumentation
Bishop's OfficeSpeech by Bishop Clark on the reality of faith within a Christian church both divided and united. Whatever the doctrinal differences or theological complexities, "... tonight is a night to remember our commitment to Christ...". "The dialogue between Christian churches is a pilgrim's dialogue."
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)1 large image (Bishop Clark in foreground; young persons beside and behind him) taken at gates of Notre Dame School in Surrey Street, Norwich. 3 column inches of text.
Unknown1 large image of children from St Thomas More Middle School gathered around the East Anglia banner.
2 columns of text
Note on Mass of Thanksgiving and attendance by church leaders in Norwich
Catholic Herald[undated; unattributed]
A short history from 1850 to 1986; interchurch movement with Bishop Clark as leader
[undated; unattributed] 4 columns
Sub-heading: "Catholics and council shocked".
"The re-organisation of Gorleston High School is back in the melting pot after the Bishop of Norwich rejected a plan for a joint church school." Some background to the project provided
very short note about Bishop Clark's message for Lent
Eastern Evening News (1882-)Image of Bishop Clark with Bishop Escaler of the Philippines visiting Norfolk on the 25th anniversary of CAFOD. Said Mass at St John the Baptist, preached at Thetford, held a question and answer session.
UnknownArticle describing the visit and quoting from the Cardinal.
Eastern Daily PressUEA Newsletter - pg 4 image of Cardinal Hume on UEA campus - no article
University of East AngliaCommenting that Kinnock has fallen into "the all-too easy trap of treating Christians as something rather quaint and amusing, the butt of cheap puns. And cheap is very much the tone of Mr Kinnock's attack."
The leader suggests the time is right for a reform of antiquated blasphemy laws - being unworkable. Perhaps Christians should turn the other cheek?
The trial [G Achilli v Dr John Henry Newman, 1852] expenses are upwards of £7,500 of which £2,000 have been promised. This is an appeal for donations towards these costs.
manuscript annotation "The Collection at Cossey amounted to £3"
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
210: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, Faculties, S. Peter's Pence, Propagation of the Faith, Remittance of Moneys
211-221: Advent Pastoral letter - Evil Literature, Supervision, Good Books, Circulation, Catholic Newspapers, Diocesan Magazine, Mission Fund
Lent and Holy Week; we are a cause of suffering to each other
(suggestion to priest: preface reading out the letter with the Bishop's personal words provided)