The November Mass was put back a day to Wednesday, November 19th at 6pm on account of an important London commitment which Bishop Anthony had in London the next day.
Mass should have been offered at Hove at Noon on the 19th, but the Hove people very happily came down the road to Midhurst instead. They admitted that they were all rather keen to see Mrs Ullathorne’s house and garden – but the garden will have to wait till the spring!!  There were 27 people at the Mass which was followed by a light supper and the chance for our Faithful in these two (of our three) Sussex Missions to become better acquainted.  Bishop Anthony stayed overnight which provided an opportunity for serious dialogue amongst us all. Unfortunately the Worthing folk were not present but all our Sussex Faithful are committed to working together more closely, although of course remaining as three separate Missions.

This is admittedly the smallest of our Sussex Missions with an average Mass attendance of nine or ten – as with Midhurst, people deeply attached to the Old Mass but who, for various reasons, do not wish to attend the Society of Saint Pius X. We thank Jean Hillier and Greg Tarrant for all they do. There will be close links in future with both Midhurst & Worthing.
The next Mass at Hove will be on Tuesday, December 2nd at 1pm followed by lunch. Many thanks to Jean.

Sunday, 14th December. Today vestments are pink or rose and flowers permitted. At Saint Anthony’s, Hampstead during Solemn Pontifical Mass there will be the annual Advent/Christmass devotional readings at Noon. All welcome. A buffet lunch will follow. Mr. Robin Saikia, a writer and scholar, and Dame Victoria Carpenter, an actress, will give the readings, as they did at Gaudete last year. We thank them sincerely for all they do for the Hampstead Mission. Somehow Gaudete, with all its spiritual expectancy, as we wait for our dear Lord’s Coming at Christmass, is a feast of such joy and hope. Come and share it with us!

There were two Masses in November, the first as listed on Friday 14th at Tredegar when Miss Riley reported 16 people including 4 from the Rhondda. There was also Solemn Mass and Benediction at Mrs O’Shea’s on Sunday 23rd, Feast of Christ the King at Noon which was a joint celebration with Abertillery. 28 of our Faithful were present and again Glenys and Dai brought a carful from Treorchy.  The following shared lunch was provided by members of both Missions – as was the wine. Thank you one and all, not least our dear Father Flynn who was driven home by Dai and Glenys. Our Monmouthshire/Rhondda stalwarts are talking about a “pilgrimage” to Midhurst next spring.

There was Pontifical Solemn Mass on Saturday, November 8th at Goldhawk Road, thanks to Mrs O’Connor. Fourteen people were present, including Magda and John from Battersea. A “brought and shared” lunch followed when we were able to discuss new year plans  in the Mission. There was also an unlisted Mass at Goldhawk Road on Friday, 21st November at 7pm – feast of the Presentation of Our Lady. Thirteen were present. The next listed Mass is on Wednesday, 10th December at 7pm – feast of the Translation of the Holy House of Our Lady of Loretto.  We do hope a few of our Sussex Faithful will attend, as promised. Mass will be followed by a pre Christmass festive supper with mulled wine.

There is joyful news from Rochdale! The Mission has now obtained its own building on the eastern outskirts of the town.  It was previously a small, private nursery school and in fact, having been empty for some years, is in a rather dilapidated state. Peter Quinn, the eldest of Moira’s three sons, knew of this “pre-fab” nursery and negotiated an annual lease with the owner. We offer warm and sincere thanks to Peter who, with the more sturdy of the Congregation, has already begun the task of restoring the building which will, they think, seat about sixty people once the Sanctuary has been erected. The lavatories need much alteration but the existing kitchen can easily be put to rights. Peter is commencing a course towards the diaconate. This break-through is of both symbolic and concrete significance as a sign of the continuing growth of The ArchConfraternity. This is our 2nd building – the other at Arbroath, as mentioned last month. Next Mass at Moira’s on December 1st.  +DEO GRATIAS+

Rt. Honourable Margaret, Baroness Thatcher,O.M.

Mr.& Mrs Mistry;Jenny Rees;Rose Gothsch;Peggy&Charles White;George Hepworth;Angela King;Andrew Tidey;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; Elsie Davies;Janina Harper;Malcolm Hall;Margaret Wyatt;Gertrude Perkin;Edith Barraskell;Mike Ryan;
Honey Coleman;(Southampton);Zdena Havlova;Father Bohuslav;Jan Graf;Eva Motlova;Jirina Starkova;Jaroslav Havlicek;Sonja Trpikova(Czech Missions);Trevor Rees;Eileen Thomas;Tony Keane;Barbara Evans(Ebbw Vale) Lyndon Brain;Breda Williams(Cardiff);Nancy Phillips;Mr.Brynfil Taylor;Marian James;Kate Haines;Dilys Dare;
Eileen Jones;Carol and family(Abertillery)Mr.Aylesbury;Frances Duggan;Howard Hillier;William Bard;Mrs Mason;
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;Phil O’Hare;Robin Bencard
(Battersea);Peggy Witcombe(Blackwood, Monmouthshire);Anne Brown (Cornwall);James Milton;Teresa Mitchell;
Betty Baker;Ann Mocatta(Worthing);Gerald Wilson;Tom Smith(Edinburgh););Betty Dawkins; Netta Piotrowska;
Hanna Mlodnicka;Reggie Node(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) Mrs Feldman(Thanet);Juliet Spicer(Edinburgh);Peter Casselton(Morden);Nigel Bunce (Swindon)Tracy Kerr(Jersey)  Dot Unwin(Kilburn);Will Owen;Anthony Gross (Chelsea);Mr.Cox(Cheltenham);Tony Banks;Jacky Tuppen;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;Ffion Edwards;Alan Casey(Rhondda);Pat Wroe;Eric Bilton(Barnsley); Anna Protheroe; Sue Shaw(Newcastle on Tyne);Bill Barnes(Cambridge); Kim Morgan;Ben Andrews(Cardiff) ;Allan Connaught; Christopher and Cathy Bosworth(Northampton);Stephen Chester; Charles Oldfield(Shepherds Bush);Mr and Mrs Ford(Dulwich);Grace  Withers;Phillip Clarke;Mary Molloy(Manchester);Josie Poultney;David Noble;Glenys Price;Mrs Pugh(Ebbw Vale);
Anne Greenhalgh(Peterborough); Herbert and Elsie Buckingham(St.Albans);  Anthony Dunlavey(Walsall);
Zdena Vychodilova;(Chrudim);Pat Wade(Teddington);Paulette Ellis(Gospel Oak);Paul Roberts(Quorn,Leicester)
Vicky Carpenter(Hampstead);Countess Maryse-Antoinette de Goutiere; Helen Mango; Rosemary Burton; June Stubbs(Westminster); Bernard Phillips; Mrs Inack(Cardiff); Shane Paris(Gloucester); Clive Christie(Kos);