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Christmas Greetings 1983; 1983; 1984; Combined Parishes / Lay Ministry - shortage of priests; Growth - Walsingham, Bernard Warwick, Slippper Chapel, grave of Charlotte Boyd; Sickness and Death; Sadness; Greetings; Mission Awareness

1983/1984 - Pope's visit; Redemption; The Indulgence - Jubilee Indulgence; DEsignated Palces - for gaining an indulgence; Not Either/Or - form of absolution; Holy Week in Holy Year; The Diocese - departures, Bishop in Peru asking for more "John Drury's"; Peru - his visit; Peter Leemi is Asst. Sec, to Diocesan Schools Committee; Gary Dowsey is Diocesan Information Officer; Rome - pilgrimage being organised by Fr Philip Shryane; Sick Brethren - Hugh Capper, Joe Sweeney, Jim Smith, Brendan Peters, Gerry Quigley

Ad Lima; A Preacher of Unity; Return - from Rome; 1983; The Sick & Weary; Your Vocation;

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

Easter Courage; Towards Pentecost; ARCIC; The Pope; Our Sick Sisters

Easter Joy; ARCIC - final report published, thanks to Margaret (Peggy) Broughton (Diocesan Secretary); The Papal Visitor - Statue at Wembley; The Moving Diocese - "no one is a pawn, eacg is a person, Even the Bishop is a person!"; Sick Brethren; New Brethren
signed "+Alan"

ink manuscript salutation "Dear Gary [Dowsey]"
Christmas Greetings; Strains and Tensions; Abiding Joy and the Surprises of Achievement; Walsingham; The Cathedral; Liturgy; Dress; Prayer; Entertainment venues
signed "+Alan" with annotation "Heigh-ho! Amen!"

ink manuscript insertion "My dear sisters"
Easter Greetings; Newmarket - 31 January 1981; The Day of the Diocese; The Bishop's Role; Walsingham; Christian Inity; The Religious Network.
Signed "+Alan"

Day of Installation - an infant church - a "Year of Grace"; his homily said it all; groping for the right "shape" of the new diocese; a charge to "lead, to minister, to exercise compassion"; programme of pastoral visits - Archbishop Warlock's lead; responsibilites to the church i England and everywhere but chiefly to the European scene; despite that he will be available; pastoral oversight to be established [organisational aspects listed]; Canon McBride as Vicar-General, Canon Taylor as Chancellor; invites comments on his "model"; will remain at Poringland - chaplain to be appointed for the Cathedral; drafting a second Ad Clerum - to be crisp and to the point.

Booklets addressed (on the title cover) to Ad Fratres [to the brothers] or Ad Sorores [to the sisters] - the contents are similar for each audience.

Easter

Good News; overload of "bad" news; live more generously, openly and honestly; facing the problems ahead; 78% of Cathedral restoration bills paid; delegation of 40 going to Liverpool

National Pastoral Congress in Liverpool; 25 East Anglia representatives; no longer an infant diocese - growing; make clear what is required of us all

Christmas and preparations

Returned from Rome; John Paul II blessing; conclave election; implementing Vatican II

Bishop's heraldry on cover
Repentance more than just "sorry"; Laetare Sunday - a day of grace and joy; return of the Prodigal; better as "The Parable of the Profligate Father"?;

Bishop's heraldry on cover
Evil seems to be triumphing; we can outface all the evil and wickeness; the cross is our salvation; "Do not be Afraid"; greed and unemployment; turn to hope and trust in Him

Lent and Holy Week; we are a cause of suffering to each other
(suggestion to priest: preface reading out the letter with the Bishop's personal words provided)

Bishop's heraldry on cover
Mission fields are here, at home; New Cathechism being published; 600 pages for the breadth of the Church's teaching; aimed at Bishops but priests should incorporate it into their teaching; guide to the Catholic faith

Bishop's heraldry on cover
Gaudete Sunday; our preparation for Christmas; facing up to our failings; taking heart