The Chapter of Advice announces with sorrow the death on December 20th 2008 of Mrs Eileen Conrad-Frankowska, one of the founding signatories of our original Traditional Catholic Jurisdiction and senior member of The Chapter. She would have been eighty seven on Christmass Day and had been in failing health for two years during which time she was cared for by her daughter in Bath. Eileen battled to the end and appointed herself Guardian of our small Mission of The Good Shepherd at Bath. She had been a close friend of Bishop Anthony for almost thirty years. She retired from the Civil Service in 1983 as a Senior Income Tax Inspector (Somerset House Division).
Eileen’s life long commitment to the traditional Latin Mass was second to none and she embraced The ArchConfraternity with enthusiasm as well as deep piety. To  the very end of her London life she managed to come to Mass, even if pushed in a wheel chair. Mass was also offered frequently in her Hampstead house.
Though it was not what she wanted, her funeral Mass was offered at the Dominican Priory in Hampstead on January 8th. At least she would have approved the beautiful music by Purcell and Taverner. The Mass was followed by burial in Hampstead Cemetery. Bishop Anthony blessed the grave and our ArchConfraternity members, Ben Duncan and Vicky Carpenter, with others, were present for the graveside prayers lead by Bishop Anthony. Bishop Robert McBride came from Kettering to attend the funeral which was followed by a beautiful reception at Eileen’s house where many old friends gathered to toast her memory.  Fr. Emilio Tundidor and Fr. David Bradley had both intended coming but unfortunately were prevented by pressing commitments in their secular employment. Our Clergy have all offered a Mass of Requiem for her in the Old Rite and a Solemn Mass of Requiem was offered in the Hampstead Oratory.  The ArchConfraternity will somehow never be quite the same without Eileen; yet we know she is safely on her way to God, reunited with Jan, her late Polish husband, who was a fighter pilot in the War and whom she missed so much. We thank Fr. Graeme Rowlands, Parish Priest of Saint Silas, Kentish Town, for the Mass which he offered for Eileen on the seventh day after her burial. Eileen had high regard for Fr. Graeme and Saint Silas, and the Mass there will have helped her and pleased her. + Rest in Peace, dearest Eileen, and Rise in Glory! +              

This is Monday, February 2nd – and NOT on Sunday 1st which is the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany!!  For Mass times consult the Clergy or Guardians. Solemn Mass and Blessing of Candles at Hampstead at 7.30pm. This Feast, sometimes known as “Little Christmass Day”, celebrates the Light of Christ being given to the gentiles and also the Presentation of the baby Jesus in the Temple.

Bishop Francis Dunlavey and Mrs June Dunlavey report that work on the new Peterborough Oratory has had to be postponed on account of a very painful twisted neck sustained by June recently. June, an enthusiastic painter and decorator, suffered this injury during an avid “high reaching” session with a paint brush! We wish her better and thank them sincerely for all they do. Renewed grateful thanks to Shane, their son, for his efficient management of our website.

The January Mass on Friday, 23rd  was very well attended by 22 people, including two car fulls from Abertillery and Ebbw Vale. The New Year party which followed was a great success when plans and hopes for 2009 were discussed. Father Flynn reports that two people are now preparing for Confirmation. The next Mass is on Wednesday 11th February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, at Treorchy as usual. Many, many thanks to Glenys and Dai for everything. God +bless all in the Rhondda!

The Patronal Mass on Tuesday, 20th January was well attended by 26 Faithful, including Catrina Morgan and Katie Churchill from Abertillery!! When I arrived at Eileen O’Connor’s house that evening, Catrina and Katie were there! Of course, it had been arranged in advance and the Abertillery ladies had already been with Eileen for two days. A surprise – and a most pleasant one!
Much was discussed about our Faithful all over Britain, as indeed they are, getting to know each other. A second surprise awaited the Bishop: Jeff McIntyre from Adelaide in Australia and a friend for 17 years, was also there. Yes, Jeff, I know you come every year to England, but you might have told me! Jeff was thurifer at the Mass and the entire evening was wrapped up in the love of our Redeemer at Holy Mass and in the love and fellowship we have for each other.  But, Eileen, no more surprises just yet – thank you!

There will be Solemn Mass at Worthing on Friday February 6th at Noon, followed by lunch and meeting. Thanks to Marie Todd. Bishop Anthony will offer Rosary & Solemn Benediction at 7pm and stay overnight with the Todds. Next morning, Saturday 7th, he will go on to Midhurst for Solemn Mass at Mrs Ullathorne’s at Noon. Lunch & meeting to follow and we hope some of the Hove people will join us. Thanks to Mrs Ullathorne – and to you all.

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;Thomas McBride(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;Doris Ford;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;Marie Starkova(Czech Missions);Eileen Thomas;Tony Keane;Barbara Evans(Ebbw Vale) Lyndon Brain;Breda Williams(Cardiff);Nancy Phillips;Brynfil Taylor;Marian James;Kate Haines; Connie Weston;
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;Cynthia Bodkin;
Betty Baker;Ann Mocatta(Worthing);Gerald Wilson;Tom Smith(Edinburgh);  Betty Dawkins; Netta Piotrowska;
Hanna Mlodnicka;Terence Warburton(Shepherds Bush);  Beryl Hickman;Patricia Earl-Williams (Southampton)
Christopher Biston(Norwich);Ross Fraser(Dundee);Carys and Philip Day(Usk);Sandra Cavacuiti(Golders Green)
Gee Cayley;Sylvia Wynn(Hove); Noel Clarke(Huddersfield);Linda Tillgallon(Bo’ness);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);Francis Hudson(Barry);Tony Banks;Jacky Tuppen;Tanya
Wolfman(Brighton);Bishop Trevor Twentyman(Oxfordshire);Frank Raymond;Tim Williams(Midhurst);Mrs Katie Dorran;Ben Catty(Finchley);Sister Tessa Fisk(Lindisfarne);Phillip & Mavis Boylan(Whitehaven,Cumbria);Gladys Target;Ffion Edwards;Hefyn Walters(Rhondda); Pat Wroe;(Barnsley); Anna Protheroe; Sue Shaw(Newcastle on Tyne);Bill Barnes(Cambridge); Kim Morgan;John Allen(Cardiff);  Allan Connaught; Christopher and Cathy Bosworth(Northampton);Stephen Chester; Charles Oldfield(Shepherds Bush); Mr and Mrs Ford(Dulwich);Grace  Withers;Terry Dwyer;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);Mary Wishart(Burnt Island,Fife)
John Hickey(Egham,Surrey);Countess Maryse-Antoinette de Goutiere;Helen Mango;Rosemary Burton;June Stubbs         (Westminster); Bernard Phillips;Mrs Inack;Paul O’Hagan(Cardiff); Shane Paris(Gloucester); Clive Christie(Kos);