The newsletter is single sheet, weekly item issued to parishioners by the Parish priest. It addresses mass times; festival and other diary dates; notes about individuals, groups and parish/diocesan events; some have teaching / explanation notes about an aspect of religious life or Liturgy.
All are typescript and reproduced in bulk for general distribution - there are no original versions. Most are double sided; some are printed on the reverse of material provided by the Redemptorist Press.
Note: not all newsletters are present - weeding has been applied by the Archivists.
Newsletter
157 Archive Record results for Newsletter
to 18 August 1963: typescript; some double-sided; portrait; copy
25 August 1963 - 23 August 1964: side 1 typescript; side 2 - pre-printed (ex Redemptorist Fathers); copy
Structure - Mass times for Our Lady of the Annunciation, St Mary's, St Martha's, Convent, Terrington[?]; notes for groups; half to one third of page teaching/explanation
[note not all newsletters present]
side 1 typescript
side 2 pre-printed (ex Redemptorist Fathers)
Structure - Mass times for Our Lady of the Annunciation, St Martha's; notes on groups/events
side 1 typescript
side 2 pre-printed (ex Redemptorist Fathers)
Structure - Mass times for Our Lady of the Annunciation, St Martha's, Fairstead; notes on groups/events
[Note not all present]
page1: "Midsummer- madness in Westminster Cathedral" (image from The Universe, Friday 25 July 1975)
page 2/3: "Pentecostal Movement" - apparent adoption by Rome of charismatic behaviour
page 3: "The Church in America" - a report from a supporter
page 4/5: "On cathedral sanctuary children dance song of praise (3 images) - "When the annual miracle occurs, and some enquiring Catholic gets an answer from his Bishop, he is usually told 'We must accept the New mass' in order to please the 'Holy Father'. But which is the new Mass? Is it Dance, Mime,Charismatic, Circus, Latin, Luton, ..."
Page 6: "The Pope a heretic? The conservative revolt" Sydney Morning Herald 9 May 1975
Page 7/8: "The miraculous cure of Sister Gerard du Calvaire"
Redemptorist publication "Christian Encounter" - reverse page for local parish notes
Page 1 - printed, but proper of Mass crossed out
Page 2 - "Topic - Women's Dress in Church" - a description of the nature/style of dress for a woman at Mass.
"Strictly and exclusively the complete unchanged traditional Catholic Latin Mass of St Pius V at Downham Market"
page1: Christmas, Nativity scene and text
page 2: Editorial
page 3: Image of Fr Oswald Baker ("DT Picture") - advertisement for recording of All saints Day Mass at Downham Market
page 4/5: "No 'Sack' for this 'Rebel priest'" - 3 images of a Catholic priest concelibrating mass with an Episcopal priest (Sister)
Page 6-8: "Reply to Bishop Grant" - " I have received a copy of your letters dated 26 November and 6 December, concerning Downham Market..." signed L Hurst
Redemptorist publication "Christian Encounter" - reverse page for local parish notes
Page 1 - printed
Page 2 - "Are Traditionalists disobedient? (concluded)" - traditional mass dates from 1570 - persistent challenges to legality of New Mass - even the Pope will not invoke it as a legal instrument - its introduction is visible a mistake.
side 1 typescript
side 2 pre-printed (ex Redemptorist Fathers)
Structure - Mass times for Our Lady of the Annunciation, St Martha's, Fairstead; notes on groups/events
[Note not all present]
Change to larger size from around November 1980
Cover page (blue paper): side 1 - Editorial; side 2 - prayer
Pilgrimage walk, 7 September 1978
Itinerary
Unity through Mary - talk by Alice Salisbury
The Relevance of Mary in the Modern World - talk by Pat Foote
Letter to the Sick - Loneliness and Suffering - LEB
Guild of Our Lady of Ipswich, Constitution
Future meetings
Newsletter with diary of Church events and parish news. Includes a ballot paper on All Saints Church scheme for residents to complete and return to the Rectory.
Isaacson, Cecil J RevCover page (blue paper): side 1 - Editorial, future meetings; side 2 - prayer
Guild news
prayer of the month
The History and Progress of Ecumenism - talk by Canon R Christian
Our Lady's Clock
prayer
The History and Institution of the Stations of the Cross - talk by Roderick Sime
Book Review (by J M Johnson) - "Man from a Far Country" by Mary Craig
"Half Shoes of Silver" - phrase from a letter from Thacker to Thomas Cromwell 30 July 1538
Walsingham 1979
Readings on "Mary"
Letter to the Sick - LEB
Editorial
Future meetings
Guild news
Hospital prayer
Our Lady's Hours - talk by Muriel Jarvis
Suffering and its Reward - John E Johnson
St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor (340? - 397AD) - Jean Johnson
Evolution? No Problem - Maire Heley
Prayer for the "Dedication of Our Lady's Clock", 7 September 1979
Book Review (Jean Johnson) - "Mary- the Feminine Face of the Church" by Rosemary Radford Reuther
Behaviour in a Crisis - John E Johnson
Letter to the Sick - LEB
Guild Prayer
Editorial
Future meetings
Guild news
Letters to the Editor
The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady - talk by T A M Cooke
Peace be Still - Mark Ch4 v35-41 - John E Johnson
Job - John E Johnson
St Anthony of Padua - Alice Mulroy
Readings on: The Holy Spirit; Reconciliation; Thanksgiving
Book Page (Jean Johnson) - ""The Lord is my Shepherd" by William Barclay; "Prayers of Love and Forgiveness" by Hollings & Mayhew-McCrimmon; "To be in Christ" by Hubert van Zeller
Letter to the Sick - LEB
Guild Prayer
Editorial
Future meetings
Guild news
Bible Cake ("recipe")
Letters to the Editor
How we got the New Testament - j]Jean Johnson
Job - John E Johnson
St Luke, Physician and Evangelist - Maire Heley
Book Review (Jean Johnson) : "Jesus and the Living Past" by Michael Ramsey; "Marked for Life: Prayer in the Easter Christ" by Maria Boulding; "God's Third Love" by Guy Brinkworth SJ
Discouragement - Story by Elijah - John E Johnson
Readings on Happiness
Peace Be Still - John E Johnson
Letter to the Sick - LEB
Guild Prayer
Editorial
Future meetings
Guild news
Letter from the Lebanon - Sister Colombiere RJM
I Will Deliver Thee - John E Johnson
Nativity by Geraldine Middleton
How we got the New Testament Part ii Ancient Scribes - Jean Johnson
Dominus Illuminatio Mea - R D Blackmore
Saint Nicholas - Maire Heley
Book Review (Jean Johnson) : "Persecution in the Early Church" by Herbert Workman; "Prayer for Pilgrims" by Sheila Cassidy; "William Barclay: The Plain Uncommon Man" by RD Kernohan
Paul's Letter to the Philippians - John E Johnson
The Play - Geraldine Middleton
A Litany - Phineas Fletcher
Letter to the Sick - LEB
Editorial
Future meetings
Guild news
Thanksgiving - John E Johnson
Our Lady of Cortes
Prayer for a Happy Death - Rev Carty
Hope Thou in God - John E Johnson
How we got the New Testament Part iV - Jean Johnson
Book Review (Jean Johnson) : "Shadows and the Dark" by John Cowburn SJ; "The Wonder of a Love" by Brother Roger of Taize; "When Millions saw Mary" by Francis Johnston
Ecumenical News - R G Christian
St John Chrysostom - Jean Johnson
To Make Us All Merry - Geraldine Middleton
Smile - Even in Sickness - Rev Carty
Editorial
Future meetings
Guild news
John Henry Newman - Apostle of Unity
"Say it with Flowers" - John E Johnson
St Joseph - talk by Roderick Sime
Ecumenical Notes - R G Christian
Mary Mother of Sorrows - reading
Marigolds for Mary - Stanley Smith
Book Review (Jean Johnson) : "John Henry Newman - His life and work" by Brian Martin; Books about the Papal Visit: "The Papal Visit" by T O'Sullivan; "The Pope in Britain" by Jennings and McCabe
Suffering Wrongfully - John E Johnson
Letter to the Sick - LEB
Appeal to the congregation in King's Lynn. Discusses the need for a new church and that it has an overall cost of £300,000 . The parish will need to raise £150,000 - that is £400 extra a week to be raised. Suggests aiming for 2.5% of income as a level of giving to the church.
signed by Fr Hammond and Fr Henry MacCarthy
front cover: pen sketch of St Benet's - signed Paul Simpson
inside front cover: Calendar of saints days for November 1982; Copy request; Anne Bauers, editor
pg 1: Parish priest writes - Fr Aelred Watkin
pg 2: Executive committee
pg 3: Around the parish
pg 4: Wednesday Club; Beccles Christian Council
pg 5-8: Richard Jones in Coventry (Part III) [signed Richard James]
inside back cover: Flower Rota; Readers list
back cover: priest contact details; weekly schedule