Sub-heading: "Heritage - Church extension wins council's design award"
Photo: Exterior view of entrance to Wymondham Church
Text: Wymondham RC church wins South Norfolk's annual design award for 2002. Fr Jennings & Tom O'Connor received a plaque and certificate at the awards ceremony. Certificates presented to architect Paul Lucas (Real Architecture, Wymondham) and Steve Brock (Bluestone Plc, Norwich)
"Anna Bayles, a 96-year-old dressmaker from St Thomas of Canterbury parish in Wymondham, has sent her latest consignment of clothing as gifts to Christian refugees in Jordan." story continues.
image1 captioned: "Anna with her latest creation and right, just some of the 700 items sent to the Holy Land"
image2 [see caption above]
"A great-grandmother from Wymondham is making hundreds of dresses for poor girls in Africa and Asia... " "Anna [Bayles] works each day in her 'factory' - the front room of her bungalow - where the walls are covered with photos of children wearing her beautiful products." Story continues.
Image of Anna Bayles; Image of Thai girls caption: "Left, pictured in her 'factory' in Wymondham with some of her dresses and (above) some Thai girls wearing the dresses she has made. She uses second-hand pillow cases, curtains and tablecloths as material - 'nothing is wasted', she says, proudly."
Article about the erstwhile RC chapel in the garden of John and Kate Wood in Cock Street. The inaugural service is reported as being on 14 January 1912 - hence the article reporting the 80th anniversary and the commemorative mass being held there. Photo showing the chapel with the Woods in the foreground.
Evening NewsPhoto 1: Bishop Smith, with Fr Jennings, being presented with a copy of the church's plans.
Photo 2: General view of church showing extension.
Text: Consecration and dedication ceremony conducted by Bishop Peter Smith at the completion of £194,000 extension project.
Sub-heads: "Former captive priests officiate", "18th Division", "From Sumatra"; 2 columns: #1 280mm, #2 90mm.
Provides the background to the priests and the decision t build the church. A memorial to Far East PoWs (FEPOWs); 25,000 names recorded in the memorial book. Fr Cowin raised funds for the church. Designed by Donovan Purcell. Reredos designed and painted by Mr John Hensher. Side chapel fabricated for materials from the old church, which was itself a converted stable. Names those leading the ceremony and sketches out some individuals' own backgrounds.
On 16 December 2018 Fr Pat Clearly marked 40 years since his ordination. He was also installed as Parish priest at Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury in Wymondham.
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)The Mission closed on Sunday and whilst numbers were not what was hoped on two nights they had over 60 attending. Dr Arendzen did a lot of visiting. The attached clipping is from the Eastern Daily Press - a local Norfolk paper.
Clipping text: "Wymondham Catholic Church. One Sunday evening the final lecture on "The Faith" was delivered by the Rev. John Arendzen, DD at the Catholic Church, Wymondham. The majority of those present were non-Catholics who wished to hear this exposition of the religion. Throughout the week a great number of questions were asked and answered, and the lecturer explained clearly and simply the claims of the Church and the work of Father Phillips, the parish priest."
Front page photo: "Getting a lift" - Fr David Jennings is pictured, hand on top of cross, waving a hard hat, on a crane platform.
Page 7 item: "Priest lowers cross in place" - The cross is being fitted into place on the completion of a £194,000 building project. Bishop Peter Smith to lead the consecration ceremony at 11.30pm[sic] on 27 October 2001. Unique placement of three relics: St Thomas a Becket, St Maximillian Kolbe, St Gregory.
Story 1: "at the end of last year Bienn Carlo Manuntag, a seminarian from the Diocese of East Anglia, took another step in his journey towards priesthood when he received the Ministry of Acolyte". Story contnues. Image of Bienn Carlo receiving the bread from Bishop Philip Egan; Image of Bienn Carlo with Bishop Egan and another seminarian.
Story 2: "The parish of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury in Wymonsham has given a warm vwelcome to its new assistant priest, Fr Denis Gallagher." Story continues. Image of Fr Gallagher serving weekly open lunch.
Sub-head "Just the Job". 2 columns 160mm facing colour photo of Fr Brown (155mm x 210mm) in front of the reredos in Wymondham church. Article on Fr Brown - background and current job and its requirements.
Byline Colin Chinery (see https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2007/news/newspaper-s-voice-retires/ accessed 26-5-2019)
"At a Capitular Mass at St John the Baptist Cathedral, Bishop Alan Hopes installed Fr Pat Cleary as a Canon of the diocese. Canon David Paul, Dean of St John's Cathedral, said: 'Canon Pat Cleary brings with him wisdom and great experience of the diocese. In addition, his tremendous work in encouraging vocations has been invaluable in the mission of the Church in East Anglia.'" Story continues.
Image caption: "Fr Pat vested in a Mozetta (short cape) with Bishop Alan Hopes at the service that saw him installed as a Canon of the "diocese