In January several of our West Sussex stalwarts suggested to Bishop Anthony that he could combine Visitations to Worthing and Midhurst over a two day period to lighten the travel load. This began in early February when there was Solemn Mass at Worthing on Friday, February 6th at Noon. The snow had luckily largely abated in the South East so the train journey to Worthing was possible. There was Rosary and Benediction later in the day and Bishop Anthony stayed with the Todd family overnight. This provided plenty of time for talks with our Faithful. Four of the Hove people attended the Mass which was followed by lunch. Hearty thanks to Marie Todd for her hospitality. The next morning Mr Harrop, one of our Midhurst Faithful, collected Bishop Anthony by car and drove him over to Mrs Ullathorne’s where there was Pontifical Solemn Mass at Noon. This combined Visitation will continue this month when there will be Solemn Mass at Worthing on Friday, 27th at 6pm, followed by Supper and our monthly Meeting. On Saturday, 28th Bishop Anthony will sing Mass again at Midhurst at Noon. Saturday’s Mass will be a Votive of Our Lady of Sorrows as we prepare for Passion Week. *The Hove Mass in March will be offered on Wednesday 11th at 1pm at the usual Palmeira Avenue address. Thanks so much to Maisie and our loyal Hove band who also do their best to come to Worthing and/or Midhurst if they can.            

Deacon Eric Bilton is slowly going about the task of building up the Mission as well as continuing his studies. Having discussed the matter with The Chapter of Advice, Bishop Anthony proposes raising Deacon Eric to the Sacred Priesthood in the late Spring, on a date as yet to be fixed. This truly will help our apostolate in Northern England and we do ask all our people to pray for Eric who is also building up gradually his collection of vestments and other ecclesiastical requisites. We also thank Eric for his great generosity to The ArchConfraternity in recent months.

Dame Patricia Earl-Williams, Southampton Guardian, underwent an operation on her right shoulder on January 23rd and is recovering well. We are so happy to report that the debilitating pain which made the surgery necessary has gone. Many in The ArchConfraternity have been praying for her and through these Notes she thanks everyone for their kind wishes, letters and cards. In particular Bishop Anthony specially thanks Joan Reed and Mary Pearman of Saint Teresa’s Mission for all their unstinting support and magnificent kindness over these weeks. We hope to announce the date of the next Southampton Mass very soon. Meanwhile many thanks to another of our Faithful, Mrs Doris Ford, for a recent kind donation which is much appreciated.   May dear Saint Teresa pray for you all.

As last year, our Lenten Appeal is in aid of The Leukaemia Research Fund which does so much to help people suffering from that terrible illness. We do beg you to be generous. Please send a donation, however small, to Bishop Anthony’s Office (address at top of Kalendar page). Cheques should be made out to “The Leukaemia Research Fund”.  Thank you. God will bless you.

The February Mass was at Lampeter on Friday, 13th when Father Flynn reported eleven people. Unfortunately the Mass was omitted from the Kalendar. This West Wales Mission is a mixture of “Town and Gown” (students & local residents) and we owe Paul Martin a debt of gratitude for all he does. The March Mass will be on Monday 2nd, Feast of Saint David, Patron of Wales – which is this year transferred, in Wales, Monmouthshire and London only, from Sunday March 1st. The Mass will be Solemn and followed by a “Saint David’s lunch”. Llandysul at Noon. There will also be  Mass  at Cardigan on Passion Sunday, March 29th at Noon, courtesy of Miss Owens. We are sorry to learn that Paul has recently been unwell; he informs Bishop Anthony that, after a very severe and prolonged bout of Winter Flu, he is now much improved. Thanks to our Cardiganshire stalwarts for all they do.

The next Mass is on Friday, March 6th, 7pm at Shaftesbury Avenue.

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

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);Paul Topley(Mill Hill);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;George Hodges(Huddersfield);Linda Tillgallon(Bo’ness); Mrs Martha 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);
June Dunlavey (Peterborough); Herbert and Elsie Buckingham (St.Albans);  Anthony Dunlavey (Walsall);
Zdena Vychodilova;(Chrudim);Pat Wade(Teddington);Paul Martin(Cardigan);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);