Lenten Pastoral Letter, signed by Thomas, Bishop of Cambysopolis, VAMD
Section devoted to the "more opulent amongst you" who enjoy the benefits of society, etc., to enjoy supporting the sick, the naked, the ignorant, the captives.
printed pastoral letter - Dr William Wareing appointed Bishop of the Eastern District (which the pontifical brief says includes Lincoln, Rutland, Huntingdon, Northampton, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Buckingham) "Looking at this extensive, and spiritually destitute (Rutland and Huntingdonshire have no place of Catholic worship; Cambridge, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire have one) tract of countrythat fall to my lot; where the means of carrying on religion are slender; where our churches are few, and our congregations small; where thousands are crying for bread, and there is no one to break it for them...". He plans to establish a seminary for the Eastern District.
Signed William, Bishop of Ariopolis, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District
manuscript note [to Husenbeth] [page 3]: "My dear friend, I shall be glad to purchase of you 2 copies of your Supplement to the Missal in fol. and to beg of you a copy of the Ordo Confirmandi, which some one has told me you have had printed. It will spare the trouble of carrying a large Pontifical in travelling. Excuse great haste and believe me, Yours faithfully in J.C. + W Wareing" "Thursday Evening St 8 1840"
Addressed: "Rev F C Husenbeth, Cossey Hall, Norwich"
Pastoral letter.
Signed William, Bishop of Ariopolis, VAED
Addressed: "Rev F C Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
An appeal for funds.
"In many instances our chapels are small , and inconvenient, encumbered with debt, and ill-provided with suitable requisites for divine worship. It grieves us also to state, as it will surely grieve all those who respect the ministers of Religion, to learn that in many cases our beloved Clergy are left to subsist on a
pittance smaller than what is offered to a repectable domestic; and that while their station requires of them a decent appearance, and the distress of the poor exhaust their means of relief, they are themselves, oftentimes, objects of charity." He wishes to establish an Eastern District Fund. He clarifies a misunderstanding that the Holy See, whilst having created more Vicariates, is not funding them and expects the Faithful to provide for them.
Signed William, Bishop of Ariopolis, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District
dated: Feast of St Francis of Sales 1842 [24 January 1842]
Pastoral letter for Lent.
Addressed: "Revd FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
manuscript note: "Expect a letter from me early next week. I am sorry not to be able to write at length this week. Yours truly in Xt., +Wm. Wareing"
dated: Easter Monday 1842 [28 March 1842]
Pope Gregory XVI's Apostolic Letter requesting prayers "for the bretheren of the Church in Spain" "..the object of severe persecution, outrage and insult..." "... as must shortly end in the destruction of Catholic faith and piety."
Pg3: manuscript letter: "Dear Sir, I have made arrangements for confirming in Norfolk and Suffolk this Spring, and propose being at Cossey for the purpose on Sunday May 22nd hoping that day may suit your convenience. I am sorry to say I can report no progress in my [missing]ment with good[?] Dr Walsh, and much fear that there will be no satisfactory result. As fas as its a trial and disapppointment, I must say, God's will be done. I chiefly regret that religion in our parts should be the sufferer. With sincere regard believe me, Yours truly in Xt. +Wm. Wareing"
"Northampton March 30 1842"
Addressed: "Revd FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Gifford Hall was leased for two years (to June 1844) with the purpose of establishing an ecclesiastical seminary. "I did expect, in this rather spirited step, to have been supported and encouraged so far as to be enabled to erect in Suffolk something of a regular building suitable for our Seminary purposes. "I am sorry to have to state (absit verbo invidia) [the word envyis absent] that my expectations have been disappointed, and I must be content with less than I expected." He will therefore set up in Northampton instead - requires £1000 which must be possible from those in 9 counties.
place: Northampton
Signed: + WM. Wareing
manuscript annotation [by Husenbeth]: "NB. in compliance with the above, Collections werer made at St Walstan's Chapel, Cossey which produced as under £2.3.8 (morning £1.11.10, afternoon £0.11.10) / Hall servants £3.7.8 (£1.4.0, £2.3.8)"
Pastoral Letter
Pg3: letter to clergy - has received little more than half the sum he anticipated for the seminary. "It is, truly, distressing to me, to see the spiritual destituion of many poor souls at Aylesbury, Weedon, Luton and other places, and to find myself unable to supply their wants."
dated: Feast of St Valentine, 1844 [14 February 1844]
signed: "Your's faithfully in Christ, Wm. Wareing"
addressed: "Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pastoral Letter - reviews the current state of chapel availability in the Eastern District. 14 youths currently at Gifford Hall will be transferred to Northampton in the newly erected Collegiate Chapel of St Felix; although still not as liberally supported as he had hoped. Now one annual collection for the Easter District Fund.
dated: Feast of St Damasus, 1844 [11 December 1844]
signed: +Willian, Bishop of Ariopolis VAED
pg3: manuscript note: "My dear Friend, How could you pass on by without calling last week? I had a thousand things to say, and to consult about, "qua nunc perscriber longum est" [about which we could write at length]. In great haste Yours truly in Xt +Wm. Wareing"
addressed: "Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pg1-2: Pastoral Letter
Pg2: Lenten dispensations
Pg3: letter to clergy - balancing the collections; requesting information to draw up a list of contributions and disburesements.
dated: Feast of St Francis de Sale, 1845 [24 January 1845]
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pg1-2: Pastoral Letter
Pg3: letter to clergy - balancing the collections; requesting information to draw up a list of contributions and disbursements.
dated: 2nd Sunday of Lent, 1845 [16 February 1945]
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Suggestign thta prayers be said accorgin to page 34 of the Ordo Ricitandi until the end of September.
addressed: "Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pope Pius IX published a plenary indulgence - list of conditions to obtain. This Jubilee to be limit for 3 weeks from Septuagesima [manuscript amendment] Sunday to the first Sunday of Lent [manuscript amendment]
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Pg1-2: Pastoral Letter
Pg2: lenent dispensations
Pg3: letter to clergy - statement of contributions of contributions and disbursements. Promotion of Eartern District Fund to the flock
dated: Sexagesima Sunday 1846 [14 February 1846]
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pg1: Pastoral Letter - Report on the District Fund (and appeal for more support): missions (Weedon - hundreds of Irish soldies, Luton - to erect a decent chapel, Aylesbury - ill incumbent, erecting a chapel), handsome new church at Lynn, Brigg - enlarged and improved, Belgian ladies - Institution of the Infant Jesus, completion of the Seminary buildings.
Pg3: table of Congregational Contributions; Table of Disbusements
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
dated: Feast of St Felix, Bishop and Confessor, 1846 [8 March 1846]
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Prayers for Pope Gregory to be added in every Mass until a successor is appointed.
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
An appeal for priests to ask their congregations for donations to alleviate the misery of the Irish people. Collection until 24th January and then forwarded to "Distressed Irish" at the London Joint Stock Bank.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Pastoral letter for Lent. [manuscript annotation "NB This pastoral was written by F C Husenbeth".
Dispensations for Lent 1847.
Pius IX Jubilee extended to 30 April.
Pg3: List of Eastern District Contributions for the Distressed Irish [total £399-16s-1d]
addressed to "The Very Rvd. / F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
Pius IX is setting a good example for all to follow in a Tridium of Prayer for the times of public calamity and season of severe distress.
pg2: manuscript note [by Husenbeth] expanding on "rubric" mentioned in the letter's postscript
pg3: manuscript note [by Husenbeth] about the services at St Walstan's, attendance, and a sermon of 1 hour and ten minutes duration
addressed to "The Very Rvd. F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
"To this end , therefore, we enjoined that the public prayers should be offered up to God in this our City, and admonished the Roman Clergy and People, as well as others who reside in Rome, to contribute to the relief of Ireland."
"But letters of such sad import are still coming into our handsfrom Ireland, and such grevous reports [accounts - manuscript marginal note] are daily communcated to us of the aforesaid calamities..."
"On this account, after due consideration of so weighty a matter, and regard had to the opinion of some of our Venerable Brethren, the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, concerning this measure, we have resolved to address this letter to you, Venerable Brethren, in order that, together with you, we may succour the distress of the Irish Nation."
The letter then goes on to suggest three days of prayer and recommends charity through exhortations to the people.
Manuscript note by Bishop Wareing:
"We appoint the three Rogation days for the observance of the directions contained in the Encyclical letter of our Holy Fatherleaving each pastor to offer such prayers and at such time as he may judge most convenient". Dated May 6 1847