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Encyclical letter on the completion of the Pope's 25th year as Pontiff. He bestows all Catholic Bishops with the faculty to bestow a Papal Benediction - conditions set out. Bishop Amherst appoints 6 August as the day when the Plenary Indulgence may be gained.

Lenten Pastoral Letter with dispensations for 1871.

Latin Document in response to a series of questions arising from the Apostolic Letter of 11 April 1869.
First section is from Congregation Indulgentiarum [Congregation for Indulgences and Sacred Relics] - signed by Cardinal Bizzarri on 10 July 1869
Second section is from Poenitentiariae [Apostolic Penitentiary] - signed by Cardinal Panebianco on 1 June 1869

Lenten Pastoral Letter with dispensations for Lent 1872

Covering letter from Cardinal John Simeoni & the Archbishop of Tyre for a letter (translated into English) from the Sacred Congregation of the Propegation of the Faith declaring that Catholics should be dissuaded from sending their sons to Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Apostolic Letter to the rulers and nations of the world on the Reuninon of Christendom

490 Notanda: Collection, Extraordinary Confessors, Easter Communion, Quarant Ore, Holy Oils, Peter's Pence, Ecclesiastical Fund and Poor School's Fund, Poor School Committee
491-503: Lent Pastoral letter - Statement on schools in the Diocese - student numbers are 2584 with accomodation for 5161 elementary scholars; comments on the impact of the 1870 Act and the Department for Education; comments on the plans for education by the Bishops
504: Dispensations for Lent 1895
505: Notanda continued: Collection for the Holy Places, appointed Treasurers, Catholic Teachers' Superannuation Fund
506-512: Confraternity of St Peter's Pence / Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Diocesan Poor Schools - receipts for year 1894

Letter: signed by Bishop Cuthbert (chairman of the Universities Board); maintenance of Chaplains or Lecturers of service to Catholic students at Oxford and Cambridge. Appeal for funds to meet £700-800 expense of the two chaplaincies.
Instructions: "Instructions to the Parents, Superiors & Directors of Catholic Laymen who desire to study in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge" signed by Cardinal Vaughan and all the Bishops of the Archdiocese of Westminster.

signature on cover: "Aug. P. Peacock"
561: Notanda: Collection, Extraordinary Confessors, Easter Communion, Quarant Ore, Holy Oils, Peter's Pence, Ecclesiastical Fund and Poor School's Fund
562-570: Lent Pastoral letter - Ecclesiastical Education; seminary in Shefford; development of St Mary's Oscott
571: Dispensations for Lent 1896
572: Notanda continued: Poor School Committee, Teachers Superannuation Fund, Collection for the Holy Places, appointed Treasurers
573-579: Confraternity of St Peter's Pence / Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Diocesan Poor Schools - receipts for year 1896

signature on cover page: "Aug. P. Peacock"
581 Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Midnight Mass, Duplication, Peter's Pence, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
582-591: Advent Pastoral letter

Pg3: Opening paragraph: "The Bishop , at their recent meeting, having considered it advisable to make an alteration in the mode of appointment of their central education Board called the Cathoilic School Committee, agreed to announce this change in a joint Pastoral Letter, and, at the same time, to bring before the clergy and the faithful certain deeply important considerations connected with the Committee, and with Catholic elementary education in general."
Pg13-16: Appendix: Blue Book figures & statistics, income, finances around the Archdiocese, Fuunctions of the CatholicSchool Committtee; Pupil Teachers; Technical Education and Continuation (or Night) Schools

Pg1: Annual collection for the Northampton Episcopal Income appeal ; Receipt/Payment Table 1 October 1987 to 30 September 1898
Pg2: Subcriptions aid 1987-8; Form of Bequest
Pg3: Church Collections in November 1897

manuscript annotation on cover: "Sudbury Mission"
652: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Midnight Mass, Duplication, Peter's Pence, Teachers' Superannuation Fund, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
653-671: Advent Pastoral letter incorporating Pope Leo letter re 1900 being a Holy Year (658-668)

Parish address embossed on front cover
748: Notanda: Collections, Extraordinary Confessors, Easter Communion, Quarant Ore, Holy Oils
749-757: Lent Pastoral letter - 14 February, King Edward VII opening Parliament made a Declaration against Transubstantiation, Duke of Norfolk and 30 other peers issued a letter of Protest (750-751) to the Lord Chancellor, other protests from around the world; descibes the objetctions and the response by Lord Salisbury
758: Dispensations for Lent 1902
759-760: Notanda continued: Peter's Pence, Ecclesiastical Fund and Poor School Fund, Poor School Committee, Teachers Superannuation Fund, Infirmaries, Collections for 1902
761-767: Confraternity of St Peter's Pence / Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Diocesan Poor Schools - receipts for year 1901

Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
772: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Midnight Mass, Duplication, Peter's Pence, Teachers' Superannuation Fund, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
773-787: Advent Pastoral letter - educationof children by parents and pastors; Education in and by the State; school managers' appointment; poor missions in the Diocese.

Parish address embossed on front cover
792: Notanda: Collections, Extraordinary Confessors, Easter Communion, Quarant Ore, Holy Oils
793-802: Lent Pastoral letter -
803: Dispensations for Lent 1903
804-805: Notanda continued: Peter's Pence, Ecclesiastical Fund and Poor School Fund, Poor School Committee, Teachers Superannuation Fund, Infirmaries, Collections for 1902
806-812: Confraternity of St Peter's Pence / Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Diocesan Poor Schools - receipts for year 1902
813: Bishops of England and the Catholic Union to present addresses to the Holy Father on the 25th anniversary of his coronation.

Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
858: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Midnight Mass, Duplication, S. Peter's Pence, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
859-872: Advent Pastoral letter - celebrations for the golden Jubilee; Decree of Pope Pius IX "Ineffabilis Deus"; original sin; quoting a prayer by the Venerable Bede [pencilled annotations alongside]; Education Act 1902

Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
934: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Midnight Mass and Requiem Masses, Duplication, S. Peter's Pence, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
935-945: Advent Pastoral letter -
946: Midnight Mass - "Ex Audientia SSmi Habita Die 14 Augusti 1906" - latin decree
947: Requiem Masses - "Ex Audientia SSmi Die 17 Novembris 1906" - latin decree (nb. "this privilege has been extended to the 17th of November, 1911")

Pg3-8: Mass obligations which affect the daily life of the priest
Pg9-14: Decree of the S. Congregation of the Council, May 11th 1904 [Latin]
Pg14-16: Letter of same Congregation, May 22nd 1907 [Latin]

Sudbury Parish address embossed on front cover
46: Notanda: Collections, Extraordinary Confessors, Easter Communion, Quarant Ore, Holy Oils, Peter's Pence, Ecclesiastical Fund and Poor School Fund
47-55: Lent Pastoral letter -
56: Dispensations for Lent 1909
57: Collections for 1908[sic]
58-64: Confraternity of St Peter's Pence / Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Diocesan Poor Schools - receipts for year 1908