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"Reply of the Holy Father to the Address presented to his Holiness by the Priests of England and Scotland, on the Fiftieth Anniversary of his First Mass." Addressed to Archbishop Henry Manning in Westminster
preparing for His coming; Confession; transformation of Jean Vajean in Les Miserables (Diocesan Youth Council went to see the musical)
Evans, Michael Charles Rev MTh (1951-2011)Pg 2-6: Pastoral Letter - Need 6 priests per year, 36 in seminary, 21 in Colleges; Ordination; schisms; China - Peking; John XXIII
Pg 7: Notices
Pg 8-27: Ecclesiastical Fund, 1958 - table listing named donations within each parish
Pg 28: A Prayer for Priests; A Short Indulgenced Ejaculation
Pg 2-5: Pastoral Letter - Baptism; Christianity; darkness/evil in the world; St Christopher (American "Christophers") ; 39 students in seminaries
Pg 6-21: Ecclesiastical Fund, 1954 - table listing named donations within each parish
Pg 22: Notices
Pg 23: A Prayer for Priests; A Short Indulgenced Ejaculation
Pg 2-8: Pastoral Letter - Holy Eucharist practices in recent history; preparations for receiving Communcion
Pg 9-22: Ecclesiastical Fund, 1952 - table listing named donations within each parish
Pg 23: Notices
Pg 24: A Prayer for Priests; A Short Indulgenced Ejaculation
Pastoral letter on the theme of sin and reconciliation.
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)Bishop's heraldry on cover
Trees beginning the long wait for Spring; Advent a time of preparation; welcome by the dicocese; restore our dignity and sense of worth through the Sacrament of Reconcilitation
Bishop's heraldry attached to page 1
London Tube crammed, nobody spoke, all weary; desert and widerness evoked by T S Eliots poem "Choruses from the Rock"; Christmas as a momentry escape in the secular world; insidious doubt created by religion and God as being seen to be irrelevant; Gifts of the Eucharist and Reconsiliation provide renewal and strength
Epiphany is a focus on who is Jesus really; salvation for all humanity; the presence of Christ in Holy Communion; Four thoughts to reflect on Communion; First Holy Communion children to be invited to go on the Walsingham pilgrimage
Evans, Michael Charles Rev MTh (1951-2011)Pastoral Letter from Bishop Grant on Holy Communion and, whilst only the priest can consecrate the host, delivery by others to those unable to attend the Mass. Pope Paul has just removed the requirement for only a priest to deliver the host. Lay people commissioned by the Bishop can now do this.
Grant, Charles Alexander Rev LCL BA (1906-1989)Pg 2-9: Pastoral Letter - Poor Missions; Diocesan Nursery in Sheringham; Baptism;
Pg 10-12: Church Collections 1952 (Table with Parishes listed, headings: Peter Pence / Diocesan Schools / Holy Land / Diocesan Poor Missions (1951))
Bishop's heraldry on cover
Title is "I Love the Church"; 20 years since Second Vatican Council; Kipling verse - the what, why, when, how and who of the Church; seeking answers to those questions; training of ministers to enable both forms of communion
Our Cathedral celebrates 100 years; 2 to be ordained - the first nine years; 6 seminarians; need vocations from within the diocese; Jesus the Good Shepherd
Evans, Michael Charles Rev MTh (1951-2011)preparation for lent; Reconciliation sacrament - "New Rite of Penance". Archbishop Dwyer's message [not present] - giving to CAFOD; Priests' Education Fund - To train 5 or 6 priests at £1,000 per annum each man.
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)Feast of Christmas; Reconciliation; hope and work for peace; Synod of Rome recently
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)Christmas; this year different - violence, longing for peace; surrounded by sin; awareness of the forgiveness of God; grace of Redemption; need for response, need to repent; Pope in Synod in Rome - "The dimension of penance is missing in Christian Communities"; Advent is the time to fill this void; witness to those in despair; become a "fasting people" - penance, sacrifice, forgive; Reconciliation & absolution
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)Bishop's heraldry on cover
Anglicans received into Catholic Church i East Anglia; approval of Holy See for some to become Catholic priests; married men and celibacy; not same situation as Catholic priests who left to be married - not accepted to become married after being ordained; be generous; pray for vocations
Ad Lima - an outline of an audience with the Pope; English College - students (Stephen Porter, Robin Hawes, Eugene Harkness, Robert le Tellier, John Hynd, Jonathan Cutting at Oscot, Dermot Fenlon's ordination; Students -All Hallows (Brendan Moffatt, David Finegan), Oscott (Paul Maddison), Innsbruck (Nicholas Kearney); The Year 1982; The Diocese; The Parishes; 1983 - Cathedral debt
Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002)Celebration of Faith at St John the Baptist involving leaders from Catholic, Anglican, United Reform Church, Salvation Army, Methodists. Bishop Clerk to preach.
Chapel, in the North Transept, to be dedicated as a place of prayer for Christian Unity.
Start of the Centenary Year of St John the Baptist Cathedral Church.
heading: "The Cardinal Archbishop communicates to the Clergy of the Archdiocese for their guidance the following documents received from the Holy See"
Cardinal Barnabo writes from 8 York Place, London to Cardinal Wiseman, Westminster, a letter in Italian [not all translated] [opening sentence: "The abuse taking place in England, which a few months later was denounced to the Holy See, of mixed marriages in which the catholic party usually is dragged to renew consent before the heretical minister...]
An "Instructio" follows written in Latin [not translated]