Directed by the Bishop to advise of the requirement to adjust prayers used in every Mass from after Lent.
Husenbeth, Frederick Charles, DD Rev (1769 – 1872)Register of Baptisms from 25 March 1838 (officiated by Rev Pierre Lewis Dacheux) to 18 April 1849 (officiated by Rev George Rigby).
UnknownPg1: introduction to Encyclical [consideration of the BV Mary being of Immaculate Conception]
Pg2: Encyclical
Pg3-4: Pastoral letter - the month of May, being dedicated to BV Mary, is time to pray for this announcement, sets out six requirements
Requesting a collection for the Poor School Committee on 24th inst. This is in response to an encyclical requesting support.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Have the goodness to dispense with your fllock, in my name, from the duties of fasting and abstinence, during the privations of the awful scourges of the cholera; and exchange the oratio imperata [illegible] in the mass for one pro vitanda mortalitati until further directions.
Yours ever in Xt.
+Wm Wareing
I extend the above to the Hall.I presume Mr Elves is about I only returned home last evening from Lincolnshire.
Adjustments to the prayers in Mass now that the "raging pestilence of cholera... is now removed from our doors". Fasting and abstinence will now be resumed on the appointed days.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Situation report on the Central District - funding, churches/ missions/ parishes; situation of orphans; orders of religious; nnew cemetary on Birmingham; education and formation of priests; Council of Trent; cholera.
Ullathorne, William Bernard Rev OSB (1806-1889)Table for "Account of the Mission Fund of the Central District" - listing donations by mission; sets out expenditure from the fund
addressed: The Viscount Stafford / Cossey Hall / Norwich"
Expounding on the duty of a Bishop [as Vicar Apostolic to the Central District] and the need for a Vicar General to be available when the Bishop is away. Therefore he has appointed Dr Weedall to this postion. Names the members of his Council.
signed William Bernard, Bishop of Hetalona, and Vicar Apostolic for the Central District.
Explanation of a desire for the Central District to be placed under the patronage of the BV Mary; includes his letter to Rome which referes to an audience with Pius IX on 30 July 1848 in which assent was given to the petition. Latin version of letter at annex. Goes on to reflect that perhaps England as Mary's Dowry could once more become a fact.
Ullathorne, William Bernard Rev OSB (1806-1889)Pope Pius IX has written in his encyclical letter on Immaculate Conception giving the power to introduce the office and Mass of the Immaculate Conception as used in Rome, to the Eastern District. Indulgences are to be obtained.
addressed to "The Very Rev / F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
Pastoral leter for Lent with dispensations set out.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Metal theca oval with metal loop on top.
Includes S. Andrew Apostle relic - see authentication document (MIS-2-018)
Authentication document by Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx, Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium, but signed by the Vicar General; for "... ex ossibus S. Andrea Apostoli, olim approbatas ac Illust. ac Rever. Domino Jacobo Boonen Archiepiscopo Uechliniensis - - - Nobisq. cum debitis authenticitatis notis exhibitas, quas ...." held in a "... theca cuprea formae rotundae ..."
Sets out the problems with the scare resource of priests oin the district. The seminary of St Felix has not yet happened but it is felt that the Eastern District needs its own means of training priests. Sets out 7 steps in his plan for growing the education fund.
Insert - [folded so difficult to read all the words] asking for extra exertions by the clergy for the annual collection for the EDF [Education Development Fund] which is currently languishing through diminishing and inadequate donations.
Return of the Pope to Rome after exile. Prayers for the restoration of the Pope.
addressed to "The Very Rev. F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
Pope Pius IX has returned to Rome after his exile - every church shoudl sing the "Te Deum" and change the prayers.
addressed to "The Very Reverend / F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
The Trinity Sunday collection last year was £596 8s 4 3/4d.
Pg4: Table of collection in the Church and Chapel Fund 1849; Fund income & expenditure
The Eastern District has been criticised for its lack of public spirit and exertion with regard to its support for the Poor School Committee - however, these are very small and poor congregations. Clergy can use the letter [not generally for the public] to stimulate zeal and liberality. Pope has allowed indulgences to begained subject to the stated conditions.
addressed to "The Very Reverend / F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
Appeal for the Committee for Poor Schools.
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen Rev (1802-1865)