Explaining that the remuneration for a Bishop is not sufficent to cover all the outgoings deriving from his dutes within the District. Some may think he is welll off and this may have the effect of reducing the size of the collections.
Ullathorne, William Bernard Rev OSB (1806-1889)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)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"
Appeal for the Committee for Poor Schools.
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen Rev (1802-1865)Announcing his position as Cardinal Priest and assignment, by the Pope, to the Archdiocese of Westminster. "Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament, ..."
addressed to "The Rev Mr Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich
[an insert to the pastoral letter]
Asks that the pastoral letter is not copied nor passed to others because the public press makes unfair use of what is published. Cardinal intends to take possession of the See at St George's on 6 December at 11am - invitation extended.
Lenten thoughts
Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen Rev (1802-1865)Poster text:
An evening at the George.
To the Sensible Inhabitants of the town of Northampton
My Friends,
A Performance took place on Tuesday Evening, at the George Hotel, in this Town, an Outline of which I proceed to lay before you, and to take your opinion on the same.
A vagabond Frenchman, who was lately kicked out of Aylesbury, and who has been for some weeks past parading his Mustachios in this Town, finding he could not deceive me by his impostures, has taken refuge under the wing of a Baptist Minister, with whom he is, I believe, at present picking up his crumbs; and to satisfy his own spite, and gratify his new friends, he thought well, on Tuesday Evening, to procure an Exhibition of Father Gavazzi, an Italian Priest, whom he brought down form London, to inveigh against the Corruptions of the Church of Rome, at Northampton.
A meeting having been duly called, the Mayor of the Town took the Chair; Gavazzi, with a Stranger or two, some preachers of the Town, and a Little Frenchman, appeared on the platform; and the room was filled with a large number of decently dressed Men and Women of the Town and Neighbourhood. The Performance commenced by a Person reading, in English, an outline of what was going to be done; when the Father rose, and with stentorian lungs, and violent gesticulations, poured forth a torrent of eloquent but unintelligible Italian. That the gaping audience might know when to express their approbation, a man in a distant part of the Room acted as Fugleman; and when he gave the signal, they stamped and clapped. After an hour and a half of most furious harangue, one whole sentence of which was not understood by one in fifty of the audience, a vote of thanks to the pious Father was proposed and seconded; and the Assembly broke up, highly delighted, edified, and instructed by what they had seen; and having spent a very agreeable evening at the George, returned to their homes, quite determined to hate and protest against Papists and Popery more than ever.
Such was the scene enacted in this Town, on Tuesday Evening, sanctioned by the presence of the Mayor, and a goodly muster of Clergy of most Denominations in the Town and Neighbourhood; --- a scene, I hesitate not to say, as ludicrous as any exhibited last week, on Boughton Green. A hash of the sane Dainty Dish may very likely be served up to the public, in the Mercury and Herald. On Saturday Morning; and every Pulpit in the Town will no doubt be made to ring, on Sunday, with a repetition (more or less effective) of the calumnious invectives of the pious Father.
But--- Men of Northampton, are these scenes to be repeated? Are the amenities of life, and the comfort of society, to be destroyed amongst us, be every Foreign Harlequin, brought here by Bigots, to make this Town a hot-bed of Intolerance, and to sow Discord and Religious Hate among Brethren? I believe and trust that you will answer, NO!
I am, your Friend and Fellow-Townsman +Wm. Wareing
Northampton, July 4th 1851
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"
Part 1: suspends the need for fasting and abstinence during the "dreadful scourge of Cholera".
Asks [Dr Husenbeth] to communicate this to the priests of Norwich and Mgr Taylor of Thetford. Writing so because of a delay in documents returning from Rome.
Has appealed to the Pope to allow fewer [no?] meetings as most priest live more than 100 miles away and it is not practicable to call meetings in the current circumstances. Despite Monsignor Bernabo refusing to present it to the pope, Bishop Wareing will proceed anyway. Perplexed and distressed by the state of Lord Shrewbury's affairs. Cannot keep borrowing £217 per year to keep missions afloat. "Our poor diocese was never in a more embarrassing and trying position"
With the cessation of Cholera requests the Te Deum to be said or sung after mass. fasting/abstinence duties resume.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Lent Pastoral Letter
manuscript annotation: "With Dr Briggs kindest regards"
Pope Pius IX has extended Easter Communion to include Ash Wednesday and Low Sunday.
Two paragraphs on those who may be relieved of fasting/abstinence requirements.
Lent Pastoral Letter.
Bishop's OfficeLent Pastoral Letter.
Bishop's OfficeAnnouncing that on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Pius IX has "declared and defined" that alone of the children of Adam, Mary was exempted from the "unhappy legacy of sin".
manuscript annotation: "This Pastoral was composed by the Very Rev. Canon Morris, he himself informed me. F.C.H [Husenbeth]"
Bishop Thomas Joseph Brown issued this instruction on mixed marriages as increasing numbers of Catholic-Protestant marriages were taking place in England and Wales. These caused concern to the Catholic clergy, as the Catholic partners may be influenced by their Protestant spouses and eventually abandon their faith.
This instruction provided guidance on how to handle mixed marriages. It emphasised the importance of preserving the Catholic faith in these marriages and urged Catholic partners to do all they could to ensure that their children were raised as Catholics.
The instruction also provided guidance on the proper way to celebrate mixed marriages, emphasizing the importance of obtaining a dispensation from the bishop and requiring the non-Catholic partner to sign a written agreement promising to respect the Catholic faith and to allow the Catholic partner to practice their religion.
Bishop's OfficeUsing a normal letter form instead of Pastoral to raise issues:
- frequently called to aid struggling missioners due to their small and poor congregations
- ecclesiastical students expenses
- expense of maintaining an agent in Rome
- debt incurred personally to meet the non-payment for 3 years of the pensions due to 4 missions.
He does this to demonstrate there is reason behind requests / appeals to the charity of congregations.
p.s. pray for the souls of those who have died in the war; be sure to register your chapel as a place of Catholic Worship in the light of the forthcoming Charitable Trusts Bill
Table of Congregational Contributions and Disbursements
addressed: "The Very Reverend / F C Husenbeth DD / Cossey / Norwich"
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)