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  <dc:title>General Correspondence, Ponders End, Mary, Mother of God, 1976-1982</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Correspondence on a variety of subjects, including the departure of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth from Ponders End to the convent in London Road (1976); parishioners taking on the role of catechists to teach children in the parish; a Confirmation service led by Bishop Philip Harvey, OBE (1977); the death of former parish priest, Fr Finn (1977); a request for parishioner Arthur Salisbury to join his wife, Dorothy, into being received into the Catholic faith; a parish newsletter dated 11 November 1979, with a photograph of Fr Bob Newbery conducting a 'House Mass' in the home of a parishioner; notes relating to Parish Returns for St Edmund's Church and the Italian Mission, Ponders End (1979); discussion with Mgr Ralph Brown over the use of a house in Peacehaven; the National Pastoral Conference (1980); the death of parishioner Brendan Linane (1980); parishioner Ray Young volunteering to assist in the distribution of Holy Communion and to participate in a commissioning ceremony at Palmers Green; application for a Papal Award for Miss Dorothy Stuckey</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1976-1982</dc:date>
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