Meeting to discuss a plan. Fr Hypher: "It's not just a meeting - it's a fiesta at which we can pray, worship, discuss, meet friends ad join in social events and side-shows."
UnknownCovering 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.
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.
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
110: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Papal Documents (accompany [not present] this Pastoral Letter: 1. The Decree on First Communion, 2. "Professio fidei Tridentinae"),
111-129: Advent Pastoral letter: Social Question, Leo XIII social policy, plea for non-interference, competence of the Church, position, City of God, No abdication, alleged failure of Catholicism as a social force, the Catholic Social Guild, non-Catholic movements; Northampton Dicesan Mission Fund: missions in March, Bletcheley, Brantham, Dunstable - church consecrations in Slough, Bungay, Sherringham - completed fabric and planned opening for St John's Norwich - new mass centres at Stoke Holy Cross, Chalfont St Peter.
130: Report and Statistics, S. Peter's Pence, Association for the Propagation of the Faith (Rev Francis Ross, Organizing Secretary.)
16-22: Pastoral letter - death of Benedict XV and the new pope Pius XI, Our Lady and English Martyrs a generous gift of Mrs Lyne Stevens, three years before new young priests
23-26: Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Church Collections
"St Albans's Catholic Primary School, Cambridge, has planted a maple tree in memory of a much-loved teacher, Anna Fetzer Pimblott." Article follows. Picture of pupils and teachers with the tree.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"Diocese of East Anglia seminarian, Deacon Peter Wydnanski described as a 'privilege of a lifetime' the moment he sang the gospel in front of large crowds and a world-wide TV audience at the Canonisation Mass of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Rome." story continues."
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"Tens of thousands of Catholics watched live-streamed Masses in up to 17 churches across the Diocese of East Anglia over Easter, after churches were closed to physical congregations due to Covid-19 restrictions." Story continues
image captioned: "Live-streaming of Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich has been wonderfully well-received, says Bishop Alan Hopes (right) [image insert]: "To know that so many people have been watching and have received reassurance and hope in this difficult time is a source of grate blessing..'"
images of Fr David Bagstaff, Fr Luke Goymour, Canon Eugene Harkness
Story 1: "Postcard invitations for all the parishioners of Our Lady and Good Counsel and St Peter in March and
Chatteris have been sent out to help encourage people to come back to Mass safely." Story continues.
Image showing Fr PaulSpellman, Sr Mary Fitzpatrick fmm and Ann Mashman.
Story 2: "The annual Red Mount procession at Kings Lynn went ahead as usual but in an unusual
manner, writes Stephen Farr. The solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady is usually marked by the carrying of the statue of Our Lady, which was granted to the pontifical National Shrine of Our Lady of
Walsingham in King's Lynn by Pope Leo XIII in 1897. The traditional route of the procession goes from the parish church of Our Lady of the Annunciation to the Red Mount, which is a late 15th-century wayside chapel for pilgrims on their way to Walsingham, and which houses two chapels." Story continues.
Image caption: "The faithful gather for a scaled back Red Mount service"
"The Roman Catholic church in March and Chatteris has re-opened and is inviting parishioners back for
In-person worship now the coronavirus lockdown measures have been eased. Father Paul Spellman, the
current priest in charge at Our Lady of Good Counsel & St Peter's in March and Chatteris, has arranged for postcards to be sent to parishioners outlining the weekly service schedule and safety arrangements now in place." Story continues.
Image showing Fr Spellman plus two
"Cambridgeshire: As the second lockdown started, March parish created a Window of Hope to mark All Saints Day ..." Story continues.
Image of illuminated window.
"To keep parishioners safe, Fr Philip Shyrane from Huntingdon decided this year to re-route the Posada journey via Zoom. He describes below how it worked out. The virus has changed most of parish life this year, driving most parishes to online Masses and zoom meetings for many other events." Story continues.
2 Images caption: "The Posada at an online adoration and right, the postcards sent to every home in the parish"
"Fr Alban Hood from Douai Abbey has been appointed as the new chaplain at Fisher House, the University Chaplaincy at Cambridge. "I know that Fr Alban will receive a warm welcome from the Diocese," said Bishop Alan Hopes, "and in particular from those working and living in the Cambridge Deanery, whom he is looking forward to meeting in the near future." Story continues
Image caption "Fr Alban is a renowned spiritual director and leader of retreats".
"Bishop David Oakley of Northampton joined Bishop Alan Hopes at Fisher House in Cambridge to celebrate Mass for the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre." story continues.
image of Bishop Hopes at Altar
"Bishop Alan Hopes ordained Guinluca Savini in St John's Cathedral as the latest member of the permanent diaconate in the diocese of East Anglia. Gianluca Savini will be serving at Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. He is married to Erminia and they have four children." Story continues.
image 1: Deacon Savini and Bishop Hopes
"Many in the Church are mourning the death of Fr Peter Edwards, who died on 18th December. From 1997 until 2021, Fr Peter was assistant priest at St Philip Howard Church in Cambridge." Story continues
image caption: "Fr Peter is pictured at his daughter's wedding party in July 2022."
"Representatives of all the parishes in the Diocese of East Anglia twinned with parishes in the Battambang Prefecture in Cambodia met face-to-face for the first time since lockdown at St Mary and St Wulstan." Story continues
1 image: group of parishioners
"The Diocese of East Anglia's Listening and Prayer Ministry held its second annual Commissioning Mass on Saturday, 25th February at St Catherine's Dominican convent in Cambridge, during which helpers were officially commissioned to the ministry by Bishop Peter Collins" Story continues.
image: Caption "The Listening and Prayer Ministry Helpers with Bishop Peter Collins at the commissoning Mass at St Catherine's Dominican convent in Cambridge".
"The Cantonese-speaking Catholic community from a number of parishes in the East Anglia diocese and adjacent towns and cities marked one year of celebrating Mass and other devotions in Cantonese, at Our Lady of Lourdes, Sawston (OLOL) on 15th April" Story continues
image caption: "Some of the Cantonese community at the celebration in Sawston"
"On Saturday, 4th November, Caritas in East Anglia held its first deanery festival at St Laurence's Church in Cambridge", story continues
image 1: Overhead shot of room with display
image 2: Bishop Peter inspecting a display