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1 Places 21 new Mass centres Twenty-one parishes and Mass centres hove been started since Arch bishop Amigo founded the Southwark Travelling Mission, said Bishop Cowderoy at a K.S.C. meeting in Lewisham on Friday.
Fr. Clement Tiger, SJ., preached on the heroic sacrifices made by priests and laity in penal times when special services were held to commemorate the English Martyrs on Sunday at St. Gregory's Church, Salisbury.
The Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Vestments and Plate in Westminster Cathedral Hall will in response to public demand be open this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Thanks to the efforts of the S.V.P. Society, a room has been set aside at the Nottingham City Hospital in which the Rosary is said publicly ownaciekinag week bythe nurses and
Some 21,337 hospital visits and 3,560 visits to the poor were made by members of the S.V.P. Society in Nottingham last year.
New Mother General
Mother Rose, 0.S.F., (Catherine Booton), superior of "Betiaehem," the Franciscan Convent at Copthorne near Crawley, Sussex, has been elected Mother General of the Franciscan Sisters, whose mother house is at Littichampton, Sussex. She succeeds Mother Aloysius, who is remaining at Littlehampton.
"A Candle is Lighted" stall, giving suggestions on how to celebrate the different Feasts of the Church, proved a popular feature of the Grail's first garden party held at Waxwell House, Pinner.
For Catholic members of the W.V.S. killed in the war, Requiem Mass will be offered at noon next Friday in Westminster Cathedral.
Children from 19 Catholic schools in Manchester have visited the South Bank Exhibition.
The Spaolsh Ambassador and his wife were among the congregation at St. James's, Spanish Place, W., on Wednesday at a special Mass for Spain's National Day.
Kirkstall Abbey
Excavations on the site of the kitchen at Kirkstall Abbey, have uncovered a 700 year-old jug which, says Dr. Owen, Director of Leeds Museum, is a striking example of British pottery which at that time 'cwoaus n thret. better r than that of any other y Of six winning exhibits from Lancashire at the National Association of Girls' and Mixed clubs exhibition at Kingstsay Hall, Holborn, London. three had been made by members of Our Lady of Lourdes' Youth Club, Southport.
The Catholic Drama League states that as soon as its projected list of Catholic amateur dramatic societies is compiled, work will begin on a list of plays suitable for Catholic societies. Later, it is hoped, a library of sets of plays will be established as well as a wardrobe of costumes for hire.
A drum and fife band and a local piper welcomed Miss Barbara Mullen when she opened the garden fete at Our Lady and St. George's, Enfield, at which over £500 was raised for the ru-erection of the church destroyed in the war.
Friends of Blackfriars
Fr. Gervase Mathew, 0.P., and Mr, Richard O'Sullivan, Fr. Kenneth Wykeham-George, 0.P., and Mr. George Bellord, were the speakers at last week's annual meeting of the Friends of Blackfriars, Oxford.
There was a double celebration at St. Peter's Winchester, on St. Swithin's Day when the church celebrated its silver jubilee and Mgr. King Bishop of Portsmouth. who was parish priest when the church was built. and consecrated it, celebrated the 13th anniversary of his consecration.
"Decorate your houses " is the request given to Catholics 'living on the route of the procession of Our Lady from the Church of the Holy Apostles, Claverton Street, London, to the site of the new church in Cumberland and Winchester Streets, on August 19.
A Festival of Irish Art at St. Catherine's, Birmingham, opened by Bishop Bright and oraanised by entrants. For of the Birmingham Gaelic League, attracted over 1,200 For Belgium's National Day, the Te Deum will be sung at the Church of Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town, London, tomorrow (Saturday). The Belgian Ambassador will attend.
Post Office Guild
Bishop Craven attended the inauguration of the first group of the Catholic Post Office Guild in the Western district on Sunday at Spanish Place, W. The group secretary, Mr. J. O'Canaghan (22 Moxon Road. W.1) welcomes enquiries.
Teachers and children from all the Catholic schools in Southport attended St. Marie's Church. Seabank Road, Southport, on Saturday for special Mass in honour of St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle, Patron of Catholic schools.
Mr. I. W. Watterson, a member of the Glasgow South Catenian Circle, is the new president of the Fishmongers' Company, the first Catholic ever to hold this office.
St. Aidan's Grammar School, Sunderland, will have one of the most extensive playing fields in the coenty when the junior school with a further six acres is opened by the Christian Brothers in September.
Padley pilgrimage
Members of the Newman Association and the C.P.E.A. from Bradford took part in the annual pilgrimage to Padley on Sunday. walking over the moors for part of the way.
The K.S.C. Challenge Shield has again been won by the holders. St. Cuthberts, Withington, Manchester, in the English Martyrs' Children's Sports Day and inter-parochial competition.
The Leeds Catholic Evidence Guild is meeting with an encouraging response at its new pitches at Roundhay Park on Sunday afternoons and at Sandford Estate, Bramley, on Wednesday evenings.
Bradford's youngest parish, St. Wincfricle's, three years old, which already has 800 parishioners. holds its first garden party tomorrow.