St Blane and All Saints, Arbroath:Canon Anson happily reports that our new premises are now completed with two areas – church Mass centre as well as the ever useful office which will be of enormous help as the work in Angus continues apace. Thank you with all our hearts to local benefactors.
The first Mass has already been offered and Bishop Anthony plans to make a special Visitation early in the new year to consecrate St.Blane’s.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus at Montrose: The debt we all owe to our dear Father Harry(Canon Anson) cannot be overstated.Another small Mission of three people has been established in the pleasant seaside town of Montrose. (When two or three are gathered in my Name…..) As we shall never tire of saying, it is the people and NOT the priests who make the Mission. We hope for great things out of both Arbroath and Montrose and proof, indeed, of what can be accomplished by just a handful of dedicated laity is revealed at DUNDEE…
Saint Curitan’s, Dundee: Canon Anson now offers two Friday Masses at Dundee and there is an average of 30 weekly communicants,mainly older Faithful (although with some younger people too) who love the Old Rite.
All this!..with the work at Our Lady and St.Peter at Forfar and at Saint David’s, Kirriemuir is certainly keeping the good Canon very busy and we thank him with all our hearts for everything.

This is kept on Monday, 8th January and truly is one of the most poignant reminders of the sacred humanity of JESUS. There will be Solemn Mass at Hampstead at Noon.
The times of Masses in Bohemia that day will be agreed upon by our priests and people there.
It is of course intrinsically a Czech holyday and only kept outside Bohemia and Moravia by those with a special devotion to the Infant – Prazske Jezulacko.
With all our hearts we thank Fathers Vojen and Zezulek for all they do. Father Zezulek telephoned Bishop Anthony on December 27th and informed him that 42 people were present at the Hradec Midnight Mass.
Father Vojen offered Mass on Christmass Eve at 8pm in Chrudim when 11 people were present and again on Christmass Day at Bila Hora, Prague at 11am when 16 people were present. That Mass was followed by lunch and we thank Petr and Gabriella for everything. As we write Father is staying at Bila Hora until the beginning of January and we wish him a relaxing holiday.
Bishop Anthony will travel soon to the Czech Lands and looks forward so much to being with you.

Paul Martin reports that 12 people attended Sung Mass at Llandysul on Saturday, December 16th, slightly less than he had hoped because term had ended at Lampeter University.
Father Simms gave an inspiring Advent Reflection. After lunch most of those present volunteered to drive into various villages and distribute leaflets about the Archdiocese. Four people have since contacted Paul.
As is the growing tradition at Cardigan the Mass was entirely in Latin but the Epistle and Gospel in Welsh.
Father Simms is not a Welsh speaker but is apparently enjoying learning the language! He was able to spend a long weekend at Llandysul and so there was Sunday Mass as well when the numbers rose by one to 13!!
Mrs Bronwen Price, one of our Cardigan Faithful, wrote recently to Bishop Anthony “with tearful thanks for restoring to me the Old Mass which I have missed for the last forty years.”
The Cardigan people are planning a Spring Visit to our people in the Rhondda when they hope to make a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Penrhys.

Some Archdiocesan news and certain forthcoming events will not be listed on the Website but available only in the printed,manual copies of our News/Kalendar which are sent by post to the Faithful.
Some 300 of these now go out monthly by post – a labour of love only made possible because of the great generosity of so many of you in sending regular postage stamps! 

The next Mass will be in February. In particular Bishop Anthony thanks most warmly our supporters in Southampton for their love and great support. Special thanks to Mrs Peggy Derwent for another generous donation over Christmass to the Archdiocesan funds.Peggy’s eyesight is failing and we beg your prayers for her. Bishop Anthony will offer a special Mass for Peggy on Saturday, January 13th at Noon. We also thank Mr. Harry Docksey for his recent generosity. The Southampton Mission owes a debt to Dame Patricia Earl-Williams for all she does – all for love of Jesus, Mary and St.Teresa.

There was in December an adult baptism at Ebbw Vale when Father Flynn received Mr. Mervyn Owens into the Church and baptised him.Mervyn who is 43 was a lifelong Methodist but his wife is a cradle Catholic. It was no hasty decision – in fact Mervyn had prayed about it for several years when his wife was still attending the Novus Ordo Mass from which she was becoming increasingly alienated.We thank all the Ebbw Vale and Tredegar Faithful (NOT forgetting Cwm!!) for all they do – not least Mrs Bowcher who collects Fr.Flynn by car from Breconshire every time.+

The little Mission, largely Irish students, has recently expanded by two after a young married couple, Jason and Paulette, traditional Catholics, discovered us on the church website. On Tuesday, December 19th there were 8 people present at the Clapham Mass in Bonneville Gardens. Many thanks to Margot for her usual hospitality.

They are a source of real income to the Archdiocese and help tremendously with the postal bill for the despatch of the monthly Notes. As we have already stressed: many of our older Faithful do not have access to a computer and thus to our Web Site and really do rely on the old fashioned word as a vital means of communication. Particular thanks to all who have sent stamps during September. Any Autumn donations would also be most welcome. Cheques should be made payable to:The Traditional Roman Catholic Church; and sent to Bishop Anthony at the address at the top of the Kalendar or to Mr. Simon Gibbs, our Archdiocesan Treasurer, at:

Gibbs & Co. ,Blackwell House, Guildhall Yard, London, EC2V.5AE.
God will bless you. Holy Mass is offered monthly for all our benefactors.

Flora Hindle;Jenny Rees;Rose Gothsch;Peggy&Charles White;George Hepworth;Sheila Shanks;Eileen Conrad; Shelley Breach;Linzee Hickox;Les Purcell(Hampstead);Marie Jones;Ralph Tuck;Mavis Williams(Breconshire);
Meryl Lay(Bracknell);Richard & Heike Podger;Will Malyon(Canterbury);Harry Docksey;Valerie Crombie; Peggy Derwent;Olive Almond;Vernon and Elsie Davies;Janina Harper;Malcolm Hall;Margaret Wyatt;Gertrude Perkin;
Honey Coleman;(Southampton);Marie Dufekova;Vera Vojnova;Jan Graf;Eva Motlova;Jirina Starkova;;Mirek Havel;Hanna Malinova;Sonja Trpikova(Czech Mission);Naomi Jackson; ;Eileen Thomas;Vera Powell;Tony Keane;Barbara Evans(Ebbw Vale);Lyndon Brain;Breda Williams(Cardiff);Nancy Phillips;Mr.Brynfil Taylor;
Eileen Jones;Christine Tidey(Abertillery);Cissie Sweet;Jane Llewelyn;Howard Hillier;Marie and William Bard;
Mrs Hopkins(Six Bells);Patrick&Irene Cornesh(Finchley);John & Mary Hart(Alton);Della Edling(Covent Garden);
Ena Wotherspoon;Hilary Walton;Mrs Grey(Oxford);David Springham(Hounslow);Nigel & Brenda Dawson;Lisa & Kath Mitchell;Joan Rawlins(St.Pancras);Constance & Eric Harris(Netley,Hants);Phyllis and Arthur Medrow;Robin Bencard(Battersea);Peggy Witcombe(Blackwood,Monmouthshire);James Milton;Aidan Magner;Teresa Mitchell;
Betty Baker;Ann Mocatta(Worthing);Gerald Wilson;Tom Smith(Edinburgh););Mrs O’Connor;Netta Piotrowska;
Hanna Mlodnicka(Shepherds Bush);Bobbi Robi(Paddington);Mrs Ford(Dulwich);Beryl Hickman(Southampton);
Christopher Biston(Norwich);Ross Fraser(Dundee);Frank Raymond(Midhurst);Isobel Hurgon(Carmarthenshire);

Mrs Dodds;Ernest Taylor(Hove);Brenda French(Welwyn Garden); David Gibson(Bow); Alan Feldman(West Ealing);Fred Smith(Evesham);Juliet Spicer(Edinburgh);Mrs Doris Lake(Liverpool);John Smith;Nigel Bunce;Ian Ellison(Swindon)Tanya Fraser;Margaret Kane(Angus);Joan Arthur;Eileen Crabbie;Tony Jaques;Anthony Gross (Chelsea);Jessie McIntosh;Alma Anderson;Sue & Jan(Angus);Tanya Wolfman(Brighton);Delyth Jane Mattingly (Huntingdon);Kate Haines(Abertillery);Timmy Williams(Midhurst);Kate Dorran;Ben Catty(Finchley);Sister Tessa Fisk(Lindisfarne);Phillip&Mavis Parker(Whitehaven,Cumbria);Mrs Target;Elyned Powell(Rhondda);Margaret McNally;Pat Wroe;Brian Fisher;Nellie(Barnsley); Ann O’Sullivan(Newcastle on Tyne);Bill Barnes(Cambridge);Kim Morgan;Dylis Oldfoot(Cardiff) ;Tom Blenkinsop;Mrs Bosworth(Northampton);Stephen Chester;Baby Charles Oldfield(Shepherds Bush);Ian Tarr(Rochdale);Grace Withers;Mary O’Shea;Penny Inglefield(Manchester);;Terry Fouracre(Ebbw Vale);Mair Llewelyn-Price(Cardigan);Joe O’Hagan(Loughborough);Ceinwen Game(Brecon).

Please send in any new names to be included on the Sick List at your earliest convenience – and tell us to remove others! Thanks.Holy Mass is offered monthly for all on the List. **It would be sincerely appreciated if names are submitted by post and NOT telephoned through! Thanks…