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A considerable reorganisation of parishes and pastoral responsibilities in the area of Dereham and Swaffham. Downham Market will become part of the Swaffham parish with Fr Peter Marsh as its first parish priest; it may be re-established as a parish in the future. Fr Baker must be living on a pittance now that RAF Marham has its own chaplain. Providing him with an overview of intentions which will not happen until arrangements have been made for Fr Baker.

[responding to a request for additional statistics, viz:]
Item 7. Teachers in Non-Catholic schools - comments on numbers and competency of teachers
Item 8. Evening Mass on Sundays - [response indicates that the question is asking about the feasibility of evening masses] - problems with availability of bus transport; issues about Irish labourers working shifts at e.g. the sugar beet factory; some might come in on the bus attend mass and go onto the cinema (every village has a Sunday cinema bus); those having a lie in and attending evening Mass will do so at the expense of the day time mass figures.
Item 11. Participation of Laity in mass - observations about how different groups answer in mass - KSC, children, convent nuns.