were offered with as much elegance and dignity as we could muster. Bishop Anthony thanks the Clergy for their unstinting efforts in what is obviously the busiest time of the liturgical year. Thanks also to all our Faithful for their loyalty and generosity.
The Solemn Pontifical Mass at Hampstead on Palm Sunday was very well attended and we thank a well wisher in nearby Fleet Road who provided an enormous palm branch from his garden to adorn the Oratory.
In particular Bishop Anthony thanks Fr.Emilio who so lovingly cleaned all the brass and silver including the heavy and intricate six High Altar candlesticks in readiness for Easter.

Father Flynn reported 16 people at the special anticipated Mass of Palm Sunday on Saturday,March 15th at Rochdale. Some of the Manchester people were able to attend. Mrs Quinn remarked that it was a truly spiritual and memorable occasion. Thank you, dear Moira, for all you do – not least for the lovely meal which followed Mass and for the hospitality which you offered to Father Flynn that weekend. The next Rochdale Mass will be sung solemnly on St.George’s Day – Wednesday, April 23rd at 6pm when Father Flynn will again be celebrant. He enjoyed his visit so much last time that he is anxious to go again; and Moira, we know, is delighted to have him!

There will be Pontifical Solemn Mass at Hampstead at 7pm and Bishop Anthony hopes to see as many of the London people as possible that evening. A buffet supper will follow the Mass – providing you are good and all come punctually!!......

Bishop Anthony would like publicly to thank Marie Argyle of Gosport who recently embroidered two more hassocks (kneelers) for the Hampstead Oratory. Both have the most beautiful tapestry work, one in green with a large red cross and “alpha” and “omega”, and the other a cream colour with large bunches of grapes. Marie truly is a gifted needlewoman and everyone has been admiring them. The “grapes” hassock was a present from Dame Patricia Earl-Williams to whom many thanks for her kindness. Bishop Anthony hopes soon to commission a special St.Anthony of Padua kneeler.
The hassocks have been properly blessed and a Mass offered for Marie’s intentions. Marie, a friend of the Bishop’s mother, is a traditional Catholic who attends the famous St.Agatha’s Church in Portsmouth.

The Solemn Mass at Treorchy at Noon on Easter Monday was very well attended, Glenys reports, as it obviously had to suffice as the Easter obligation. Two car loads came from Abertillery, one car load from Usk and one car from Brecon. We cannot thank Glenys and Dai enough for all they do. The sitting room was rather crowded but the Mass as elegant as ever and Fr.Flynn says that the singing of the Credo in Latin was particularly moving. Many people brought food and wine for a “shared lunch” and the atmosphere of great fellowship in loyalty to the Cause was tangible. Let us never forget what we owe to our staunch laity who have, in many cases,  suffered the loss of their parish churches in the defence of Catholic Tradition. As many of you tell me: “We didn’t leave without a fight – but we are glad we had the courage of our convictions and would never go back!”

one of our Southampton stalwarts for a generous donation.

Mr.& Mrs Mistry;Jenny Rees;Rose Gothsch;Peggy&Charles White;George Hepworth;Wendy Taylor;Jill Streeten;Shelley Breach;Linzee Hickox;Lesarian Purcell(Hampstead);Marie Jones;Ralph Tuck;Mavis Williams(Breconshire);
Meryl Lay(Bracknell);Richard & Heike Podger;Will Malyon(Canterbury);Valerie Crombie;Billy Robinson;Olive Almond;Vernon and Elsie Davies;Janina Harper;Malcolm Hall;Margaret Wyatt;Gertrude Perkin;Edith Barraskell;
Honey Coleman;(Southampton);Marie Dufekova;Father Bohuslav;Jan Graf;Eva Motlova;Jirina Starkova;;Hanna Malinova;Sonja Trpikova(Czech Missions);Naomi Jackson;Eileen Thomas;Tony Keane;Barbara Evans(Ebbw Vale) Lyndon Brain;Breda Williams(Cardiff);Nancy Phillips;Mr.Brynfil Taylor;Gordon Griffiths;Kate Haines;Mrs Evans;
Eileen Jones;Christine Tidey(Abertillery);Cissie Sweet;Jane Llewelyn;Howard Hillier;William Bard;Stan Jones;
Mrs Hopkins(Six Bells);Patrick&Irene Cornesh(Finchley);John & Mary Hart(Alton);Della Edling(Covent Garden);
Ena Wotherspoon;John Crouch;Mrs Grey(Oxford);David Springham(Hounslow);Nigel & Brenda Dawson;Lisa & Kath  Mitchell;Joan Rawlins;(St.Pancras);Constance & Eric Harris(Winchester);Arthur Medrow;Tom Dale;Robin Bencard(Battersea);Peggy Witcombe(Blackwood,Monmouthshire);James Milton;Aidan Magner;Teresa Mitchell;
Betty Baker;Ann Mocatta(Worthing);Gerald Wilson;Tom Smith(Edinburgh););Betty Dawkins;Netta Piotrowska;
Hanna Mlodnicka;Diz Harford(Shepherds Bush);Eileen Conrad-Frankowska(Bath);Beryl Hickman(Southampton);
Christopher Biston(Norwich);Ross Fraser(Dundee);Isobel Hurgon(Carmarthenshire);Carys and Philip Day(Usk);
Gee Cayley;Sylvia Wynn(Hove);Noel Clarke(Huddersfield);Shirley Koster(Surbiton);Alan Feldman(West Ealing) Mr.Duncan(Evesham);Juliet Spicer(Edinburgh);Peter Casselton(Morden);John Smith;Nigel Bunce (Swindon)  Dorothy Unwin(Kilburn);Will Owen;Jon Paul Guiaullme;Anthony Gross (Chelsea);Tony Banks;Tim Beston;Tanya
Wolfman(Brighton);Mrs Pelbrough-Power (Huntingdon);Frank Raymond;Timmy Williams(Midhurst);Mrs Katie Dorran;Ben Catty(Finchley);Sister Tessa Fisk(Lindisfarne);Phillip & Mavis Boylan(Whitehaven,Cumbria);Gladys Target;Daisy Edwards(Rhondda);Ron Meehan(Cwm);Pat Wroe;Eric Bilton(Barnsley); Anna Protheroe;Mrs  Susie Shaw(Newcastle on Tyne);Bill Barnes(Cambridge); Kim Morgan;Ben Andrews(Cardiff) ;Allan Connaught;Cathy Bosworth(Northampton);Stephen Chester;Baby Charles Oldfield(Shepherds Bush);Mr&Mrs Ford(Dulwich);Grace  Withers;Phillip Clarke;Mary Molloy(Manchester);Terry Fouracre(Ebbw Vale); Mair Llewelyn-Price(Cardigan);
Walter Beddows; Anne Greenhalgh(Peterborough);Gainor Beynon(Ystradgynlais);Mrs Joan Maunder(Portsmouth);
Zdena Vychodilova;Zdena Havlova(Chrudim/East Bohemia);Ceinwen Game (Brecon);Paulette Ellis(Gospel Oak)
Vicky Carpenter(Hampstead);Countess Maryse-Antoinette de Goutiere; Helen Mango; June Stubbs(Westminster)