ECCLESIASTICAL AND arum INFORMATION

BISHOPS' ENGAGEMENTS Northampton
For Mgr. Parker, Bishop of Northampton: Saturday, September 20. Ordination at the Friary, East Berghull. Sunday, September 21. Visitation, 11 a.m.; Confirmation, 6.30 p.m., Si. Mary's, Ipswich. Wednesday, September 24. Attends Chapter and other meetings, Northampton. Saturday, September 27. Attends Notre Dame High Schools' Federation, Northampton. Tuesday, September 30. Consecration of St. Teresa and the English Martyrs, Beaconsfield. October 5. Celebrates Pontifical High Mass, St. Teresa and the English Martyrs, Beaconsfield.
Clifton
For Mgr. Lee, Bishop of Clifton: Sunday, September 21. Confirmation at St. John's, Bath, in the afternoon.
Nottingham
For Mgr. Ellis, Bishop of Nottingham: Sunday, September 21. Visitation and Confirmation, Church of the Annunciation, Spencer Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
APPOINTMENTS Southwark
The following appointments are announced in the diocese of Southwark: the Rev. F. Copsey, to be Chaplain at Lingfield Convent; the Rev. J. Jeffries, to be Rector of Walton-onThames; the Rev. A. Convey, to be Chaplain to the Convent, Crowbarough ; the Rev. D. Callan, to Beckonhani as Assistant; the Rev. P. McGuinness, to St. Agatha's, Norbiton, as Assistant; the Rev. C. Waller. to Epsom as Assistant; the Rev. R. Stuart, to Bromley as Assistant; the Rev. T. Fooks, B.A., S.T.L., to John Fisher School.
Northampton
The following appointments are officially announced in the diocese of Northampton: the Very Rev. Canon W. H. Hunting and the Rev. R. G. Allan, retired. Parish priests: the Rev. S. Ketterer, to King's Lynn; the Rev. C. Snowden, to Sherringham ; the Rev. G. Pritchard, to Ely; the Rev. K. Jones, to St. George's, Norwich. Priests-in-charge: the Rev, E. Watkis, to North Walsham ; the Rev. G. Huhate, to SL Laurence's. Cambridge; the Rev. P. Carey, to Bletchley. Assistants: the Rev. S. Reeman, to Beaconsfield; the Rev. P. Oates, to Kettering; the Rev. J. Devaney, to English Martyrs, Cambridge; the Rev. B. Peters, to St. John's, Norwich; the Rev. C. Roberts, to English Martyrs, Cambridge; the Rev. F. Hacon, to Lowestoft; the Rev. D. Jenkinson, to Aylesbury; the Rev. M. Hignett, to Shefford. Chaplain: the Rev. A. Bull, to at. Joseph's, Assington.
Nottingham
The following appointments are announced in the diocese of Nottingham: Dominicans—the Rev. E. Klimeck. M.A., 02., to be Prior of Holy Cross, Leicester ; the Rev. F. Moncrieff, OP., to be Prior of St. Peter's, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
ORDINATIONS Society of Jesus The following Ordinations are announced from the Society of Jesus: September 8, at Heythrop College, by Mgr. Masterson, Archbishop of Birming—the Revv. R. Chadwick, A. Davis, F. Kovanda, J. Lang, L. Lewis, P. Morris and T. Smalley, S.J. September 10, at Farm Street, London, by Mgr. Godfrey, Apostolic Delegate—the Reim W. Coniston, J. Coventry, B. Enright, D. Ford, H. Hale and C. Keane, 5.1. September 12, at Stamford Hill, London, by Mgr. Meyers, Bishop of Lamus—the Revv. F. Collins, Laurence Dorn, Leslie Dorn, K. O'Callaghan and C. Taunton, SI September 12, at Glasgow, by Mgr. Campbell, Archbishop of Glasgow—the Revv. V. McAtamney and F. McKeown' S.J. September 14, at Liverpool, by Mgr. Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool—the Revv. J. O'Higgins, W. Slattery, J. Wallace and E. Worthy, Si. September 16, at Preston, by Mgr. Flynn, Bishop of Lancaster—the Revv. C. Myerscough and W. Smith, Si.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Travelling Mission
The Mission will this week visit the hop-pickers in the district of &diem in the parish of Battle, Mass will be said on Sunday, September 21, at Court Lodge Farm, Bodiam, at 10 a.m.
Princess Elizabeth Day
The Princess Elizabeth Day Autumn Appeal (a combined collection in the Metropolis for the principal children's societies) will be made on Saturday, September 27. The appeal benefits, among other societies, the Crusade of Rescue and the Southwark Rescue Society.
A rally will take place at Battersea Town Hall ort Sunday, October 19, under the auspices of the South-West London Catholic Social Guild. Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, will preside. Speakers will include Mr. Richard O'Sullivan, K.C., and Mr. Calm Brogan.
S.V.P., Middlesex
The South-West Middlesex Particular Councils of the S.V.P. will hold their annual Day of Recollection on Sunday, September 28, at St. Edmund's, Whitton.
Catholic Drama
The Catholic Drama League will be holding a " Summer School " weekend at Soli House, Stratford-on-Avon, from September 20 to 21. The weekend will be run as a short " Shakes. perean Festival."
Newman Association
The course of lectures for 1947-1948, organised by the Newman Association, will commence on September 25 and finish on Mardi 18, 1948, at 11, Cavendish Square, W.1. Information can be obtained from Newman Adult Education, 117a, Park Street, W.1.
A.C.T.U..
A new branch of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists is being formed at St. Osburgh's, Coventry, and the inaugural meeting is being held there next Sunday at 3.30 p.m.
A public meeting ofthe Eden Grove Deanery branch will be held at St. Joseph's School Hall, Highgate Hill, on Monday, September 22. It will commence at 8 o'clock. Facilities will be available for the enrolment of new members. Catholic trade unionists from the parishes of Highgate, Highbury, Holloway, Kentish Town, Kingsland and ToIlingtan Park are invited.
SOCIETIES St. Joan's Alliance
St. Joan's Social and Political Alla :ince bold its first International Con
C.S.G., London