Lenten Pastoral Letter, signed by J Milner Vic Ap
Addresses the nature of a pamplet, and associated thinking, "Reflections addressed to the Rev J Hawkins" published in 1785 and in subsequent editions (e.g. "The Faith of Catholics" and "R. Catholic Princilples in Reference to God and the King").
"... You are fully sensible, Reverend Bretheren, that I should be deeply criminal, were I to permit such pretended Profession of Faith as the above-mentioned to be propogated in the flock committed to my care, without notice and opposition; accordingly I have (but under correction of the Holy See) two several times censured it in the manner above signified, and have required that it shoudl be torn down from the chapel walls where it might still remain, as I myself tore it down from the chapel of my present residence."
Provides further examples of anti-Catholic behaviours which ".. vilifies Popes, Saints and Martyrs..."
Final sentence: "If we are called upon for a mere test of civil allegience, no words can be devised more express for this purpose than those of the Oath we have taken: if more than civil allegience be required of us, we must sooner die that yield it."
Lenten Pastoral Letter, signed by John, Bishop of Castabala Vic Ap
Addresses the late Encyclical of Pope Leo XII; discusses multiplicy of sects, the existence of large numbers of printed documents, transmisison of faith through ritual, increasing crime rates.
Marginalia: "Hence the usual Indulgences are not to be published this year" with respect to the general suspention of Penary Indulgences during the Year of Jubilee at Rome.
addressed to "Rev Husenbeth, Cossey Hall, Norwich"
Quotation from 1 Peter v 6-8; "Was ever Exhortation and Admonition more apposite and proper than in these Times, when Infidelity and Irreligion make such Havock and Destruction?"; exhorts to fasting and avoiding the wrath of God
final para: "In consideration of the Dearness of Provisions, the Allowances for Lent this year (1794) in the Middle District are the same as they were last year."
signed by Bp Thomas Talbot
Peace has come at the end of the Crimea War. Address signed by the Bishop Plymouth on behalf of the assembled Bishops. Endorsed by Bp Wareing to be read in churches and chapels in his diocese.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Peace has come at the end of the Crimea War. Address signed by the Bishop Plymouth on behalf of the assembled Bishops. Endorsed by Bp Wareing to be read in churches and chapels in his diocese.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)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.)
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
210: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, Faculties, S. Peter's Pence, Propagation of the Faith, Remittance of Moneys
211-221: Advent Pastoral letter - Evil Literature, Supervision, Good Books, Circulation, Catholic Newspapers, Diocesan Magazine, Mission Fund
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
30: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, S. Peter's Pence, Report and Statistics, Remittance of Moneys
31-44: Advent Pastoral letter - breach between England and Rome; the Catholic missionary; the Bible as God's Book; annual appeal for the Poor Missions of the Diocese.
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
71: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, S. Peter's Pence, Remittance of Moneys
72-85: Advent Pastoral letter -
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
157: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, S. Peter's Pence, Propagation of the Faith, Remittanec of Moneys
158-170: Advent Pastoral letter [a review of the slow growth of Northampton Diocese]: A spiritual wilderness, The Diocese of Northampton, The Dawn, Lessons from the Past, The Third Congress [at Norwich]
468: Notanda: Intentions, collection, statistics, faculties
469-477: Advent Pastoral letter - The English Tongue, Can it be "converted", War Lessons, A "publicity" Campaign
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
387-396: Advent Pastoral letter - Catholic Patriotism, A Free Church, Progress
396: Notanda: Intentions, colection, Statistics, monies
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
252: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, Midnight Mass, The Abstinance, S. Peter's Pence, Propagation of the Faith, Remittance of Moneys
253-262: Advent Pastoral letter - [Catholic schools], Non-Catholic Schools, Lack of Religious Instruction, "Forcible Feeding", Appeal to Religious Superiors, Poor Missions
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
285: Notanda: Requiem Mass for those bereaved in the war, Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, Midnight Mass, S. Peter's Pence, Propagation of the Faith
333-343: Advent Pastoral letter - The Glory of a Soldier's Death, Are the Fallen Martyrs?, How to help the Dead, Holy Mass, Memorials,
344: Notanda: Remittance of Moneys, Belgian Refugees
Notanda [page insert]: collection for mission Sunday, statistics, marriage dispensations, Catholic Education Council, Missions
50-60: Advent Pastoral letter - Progress [in the diocese], Individual Benefactions, Temporalities, The Canonical System, The Voluntary System, Silver Collection
Sudbury Parish address embossed on cover
285: Notanda: Pastoral and Collection, Report and Statistics, Midnight Mass, S. Peter's Pence, Propagation of the Faith, Remittance of Moneys, Alterations to the Breviary, Belgian Refugees
286-297: Advent Pastoral letter - The Plague of False Cultures, The Reaction, The Church's Opportunity, A Day of INtercession, Diocesan Collections in War-time
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
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)
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.
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