on account of Bishop Anthony’s forthcoming Welsh and Monmouthshire Visitation which begins on Thursday, August 21st and ends on Friday, August 29th.

This was from July 29th till August 12th. Although Bishop Anthony was some of the time in Eastern Bohemia, he also stayed in Brno, the capital city of Moravia, where new contacts have been established and a new Mission launched – rather by chance, though more likely because we trust that God looks favourably on our great Czech work.
I must thank Jaroslava Tenkratova and her student son, David Tenkrat, for their very great hospitality and generosity during my visit. They are, in fact, both cousins of our own Father Lukas Tenkrat, and Jaroslava is a member of the Chrudim Mission where I said Mass at 10am on August 7th  for fourteen people.  There was on Wednesday, August 6th at 6pm, Feast of the Transfiguration, Pontifical High Mass at Havlickuv Brod in a small Catholic chapel-of-ease where Father Lukas says his daily Mass. He was Deacon and Father Vojen was Subdeacon. We thank the Novus Ordo Catholics of the town for all their kindness. The Mission there is growing and there were sixteen people at Mass. Ena, Father’s devoted sister, and several of their ladies had prepared a delicious supper of cold goose, knedliky and salad with traditional Czech cherry tart and cheese to follow. Czech generosity with food does not help ones waist line it must be said! The sad part was Bishop Anthony’s visit to the grave of young Tom Vychodil at Slatinany. The stone with dear Tom’s photo is now in place; it was blessed with Holy Water and prayers for the dead said. I left a beautiful bouquet of pink and yellow carnations from everyone in England who had known Tom.
Back in Brno, thanks to a most fortunate, happy meeting with the Vicar General of the Minoritsky Church, Bishop Anthony offered two traditional Latin Masses and it was the first time in nearly 40 years since the Old Rite had been offered there. Bishop Anthony had met Father Josef after attending Solemn Vespers at his church and, after telling him about the work of The ArchConfraternity in Bohemia, was invited to sing the Old Mass at the High Altar on the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows. A privilege indeed. Father’s kindness extended to making sure that a goodly number of parishioners was present. Four young priests, all under forty, care for the parish, and some elderly nuns look after them! A lovely lunch followed in the Refectory when the invitation was made to found a Mission Cell of The ArchConfraternity in Brno – our first one in Moravia.  Several older people present begged Father Josef to learn the Old Rite and Bishop Anthony gladly tutored him that week. The second Mass was offered on the following Sunday for a good congregation. The traditional vestments stored in the church, many of 18th and 19th century origin, are really some of the most exquisite one could ever behold.    + That meeting by chance was surely arranged by Our Blessed Lady! +

During Bishop Anthony’s Welsh Visitation, by the express request of our Cardiff Faithful, two new Missions in the City will be founded. Mrs Helen Vassilakis will be Guardian of Saint Teilo’s, Roath. Helen will be instituted into the ancient Order of Deaconess during the Visitation.
The second new Mission will be Saint Martin’s, Cardiff Central, and the work there will be more “on the street” with our people ministering to the homeless. Let us remember that Saint Martin cut his own cloak in half and gave it to a beggar. Father Mark will be Priest-in-Charge at Cardiff Central and by request of the
Church Council, Bishop Anthony will be Vicar General of the new Mission. Slowly our Cardiff work grows!
Mr.John Allen will be raised on Sunday, August 24th to the Subdiaconate. A full report of the Visitation will be in the October Kalendar/Notes. Father Mark obviously remains the overall Parish Priest in Cardiff.

Will be offered on Wednesday, August 27th at Noon at Hill Street by permission of Catrina Morgan. Bishop Anthony so looks forward to being with you all again and does hope that people from our other Monmouthshire missions will attend. Lunch and Meeting will follow and there will be a full report next time. The bishop thanks Mr. Raymond Dobbs in advance for his hospitality.

On Wednesday, September 17th at Urmston at 1pm. Renewed thanks to dear Penny for all she does. During the Mass Lyn Braithwaite will be confirmed. Moira says she will bring some of the Rochdale folk! Four of our students will be back in Manchester and have also promised to come!

On Saturday, September 13th at Noon. The last was Thursday, August 7th just a day before Fr. Flynn went to Normandy with Moira & Desmond. He is back at the helm, rejuvenated!
Renewed thanks to Paul, Steve and Gwyneth for all they do at Llandysul and at Lampeter.

Mr.& Mrs Mistry;Jenny Rees;Rose Gothsch;Peggy&Charles White;George Hepworth;Angela King;Janet Guthrie;Shelley Breach;Linzee Hickox;Lesarian Purcell(Hampstead);Marie Jones;Nell Davies;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);Trevor Rees;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;Annie Hope;
Mrs Hopkins(Six Bells);Patrick&Irene Cornesh(Finchley);John & Mary Hart(Alton);Della Edling(Covent Garden);
John Crouch;Mrs Grey(Oxford);Mike Gould(Paddington);Nigel & Brenda Dawson;Lisa & Kath  Mitchell;Joan Rawlins;(St.Pancras);Constance Harris(Winchester);Arthur Medrow;Selina Harper;Tom Dale;Robin Bencard
(Battersea);Peggy Witcombe(Blackwood, Monmouthshire);James Milton;Aidan Magner;Teresa Mitchell;Mrs Ball;
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);Carys and Philip Day(Usk);Sandra Cavacuiti(Golders Green)
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);Mr & Mrs Pelbrough-Power (Huntingdon);Frank Raymond;Tim 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);Norman Wybron(Ebbw Vale); Mair Llewelyn-Price(Cardigan);
Anne Greenhalgh(Peterborough);Herbert & Elsie Buckingham(St.Albans);Dolly O’Hagan(Hove);
Zdena Vychodilova;(Chrudim);Alison Farnsworth(Southwell) Sr.Pat Wade(Teddington);Paulette Ellis(Gospel Oak)
Vicky Carpenter(Hampstead);Countess Maryse-Antoinette de Goutiere; Helen Mango; June Stubbs(Westminster)
Bernard Phillips;Mrs Inack(Cardiff);;Shane Paris(Gloucester);Carol Leatherland(Mansfield); Mr. T. Allen(Essex).