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Bishop sends on renewed faculties. Will visit on 15th June. Hopes Fr Dinley & Fr Riley keeping well "in this curious weather".

Accepts the duties of Extraordinary at Kirkley Cliff Convent [St Mary's Convent, Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft]. First meeting of Gt Yarmouth Education committee - shame no English Education Act in the same manner as the Education(Scotland) Act of 1918. Fr Thompson's many hobbies and related gear and appliances need assessing before putting aside for sale - hence his visit to Northampton will have to be delayed.
Manuscript annotation: "Ans: Sent faculty as Extraordinary for Lowestoft Convent. Don't expect to see you this side of Easter!".

Requests permission to use SJ Ordo when saying mass at the convent, on SJ Feast days. The fishing season is successful with many boys & girls coming from Donegal who put his own people to shame with their mass attendance.

Faculties as Extraordinary Confessor at Lowestoft Convent expire 2 March - renew? Three years since last Confirmation; invitation to visit on one of three dates in June. The violent gales of past three months have done little damage: bent weather vane on the church; a few slates from the roof of the presbytery. Hopes the bishop has completely recovered his normal health.

Now established at St John Stone's in Woodvale, Southport. Moving house has been a terrible headache; a bit lost in the new surroundings but now have time to write. Official appointments now vacant as a result of his leaving Yarmouth: Chairman of Governors, St Mary's School; Chaplain to new hospital, Gorleston; Confessor to Sisters of St Mary's Convent, Lowestoft; Governor of St Edmund's School, Gorleston; Chaplain to Knights of Saint Columba (KSC) Council 534, Yarmouth & Gorleston.

Permissions granted to Fr Patrick Dinley SJ:

1. To follow SJ Ordo for SJ feasts for Mass at Convent; 2. To give faculties to visiting SJ priests provided they hold them in their own Diocese; 3 visiting priests to say Mass in Convent; 4. Benediction two nights a week, each week; 5. deputise another priest as Extraordinary when needed.