St Nicholas Festival 2005
Saturday 10th December 2005

The Mission of St Nicholas, Lydd will celebrate their Patronal Festival this year with Solemn Sung Mass at 12noon followed by a 'St Nicholas Feast' at the George Hotel, in Lydd High Street. Lunch must be pre-booked at £12.95 per head. Following Lunch there will be Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Further details please telephone 01797 321704 - ALL WELCOME During the Mass the newly established Shrine of St Nicholas will be blessed

Baptism in Retford, Notts
12th November 2005

The Vicar General visted the Provisional Mission of Our Lady & St Bernard, East Retford and baptised Robert Graham Walker. The ceremony was held in Retford Town Hall, the first such occasion that the Town Hall had hosted a Baptism. Attendance was good at 40 people and after the service a buffet was provided.

Canterbury Mass Change
Immediate effect

From the first Sunday in November the Provisional Mission of St Augustine, Canterbury, increases its Sunday Masses to twice Monthly. On the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the Month at 11am.

All Souls-tide Services in Rochester
2nd November 2005

On the evening of 2 November the Parish of Our Lady and Saint Francis held a Sung Requiem Mass during which we remembered by name those for whom we had been asked to pray. The list this year numbered several dozen. Then on the Sunday following, 6 November, we once again welcomed to a special ceremony those people whom we regularly see and chat to as they visit the final resting places of their loved ones in the cemetery. Graves were visited as requested for prayers, re-hallowing and sprinkling and there was a brand-new headstone to be dedicated this year. The service began and finished in the chapel where we were glad of the shelter from the rain. About twenty people attended, some coming to Mass and coffee beforehand. On Remembrance Sunday this year, thanks to the skills of Derek Lane, the Last Post was played live instead of the usual recording.

6th ACC Metropolitan Enthroned
26th October 2005

The Most Revd Mark David Haverland PhD was elected at the opening session of the 16th Provincial Synod of the Original Province of the Anglican Catholic Church meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. The Archbishop was enthroned as 6th Metropolitan at the Pontifical High Mass that evening in St Pauls Church, Grand Rapids. The DUK Vicar General Fr Damien Mead represented the clergy of our Diocese at the Synod and Mr Roy Hipkiss the laity.

New Shrine of St Nicholas
October 2005

The Mission of St Nicholas of Myra, Lydd has established a Shrine to the Saint. The Statue of St Nicholas, (which is carved from a single solid block of wood) was obtained by Father Damien Mead this summer in Oberammergau, the small village in the Bavarian Alps, world-famous for its Passion Plays .

The statue will be blessed and Shrine dedicated at the Lydd Mission's Patronal Festival on 10th December 2005.

Whitby Patronal Festival
Saturday 17th September 2005

The Vicar General will preach at, and celebrate, the High Mass on Saturday 17th September 2005 at St Ninian's Church, Baxtergate, Whitby, to celebrate the Church's Patronal Festival at 11 am. Fr Mead will be assisted at the altar by Dom Philip James French OSB (the priest in charge) who will deacon the Mass and Father Charles Johnson (Priest in Charge; St Alban's, Salford) who will Subdeacon.
After lunch, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be given by Father French.

South African Vicar General Visits UK
Canterbury - Sunday 3rd July 2005

The newly appointed Vicar General of the ACC Diocese of South Africa, The Very Revd Alan Kenyon-Hoare will be the Guest Preacher at the July Mass in The Mission of St Augustine's Canterbury.
Fr Kenyon-Hoare and his wife, who are visiting the UK for a family wedding, will stay with Fr Damien Mead the night before.
The Mass will be at the usual time of 11am followed by tea and coffee.

Northampton Reception
Sunday 29th May 2005

The Vicar General visited the Mission of St Theresa's in Northampton and Sang the Mass on this Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi.
Before Mass Fr Mead received into the ACC Mr Edward Clifford Mason who attends St Theresa's from his home in Birmingham.
After Mass the congregation were treated to a buffet provided by the Priest in Charge, Father Chris Bosworth's, wife Cathy.

Nottinghamshire Mass
Saturday 28th May 2005

The Vicar General visited East Retford in Nottinghamshire and celebrated Mass at what is to become known as the Provisional ACC Mission of our Lady and St Bernard.
This is the first Mass celebrated in East Retford and before the service Fr Mead received Paul and Gemma Walker into the ACC.
The new Mission will be served initially by Fr Charles Johnson.

New Canterbury Mission
1st Mass - Sunday 1st May 2005

After much careful searching for a suitable venue the Provisional Mission of St Augustine of Canterbury celebrated its inaugural Mass at 11am at The Chapel, City Cemetery, Westgate Court Road, Canterbury (By Kind Permission of Canterbury City Council)

For the time being Mass will be offered on the 1st Sunday Monthly at 11am.

Before the Mass 3 people were recieved into full membership of the ACC from the Church of England by the Vicar General, The Very Revd Damien Mead (who is also the Priest-in-charge). they were Mr Derek Lane who worships at our Rochester Church and The Revd Roy and Mrs Nahid Stagg. Father Stagg, who plans soon to establish a Mission on the Isle of Thanet, will also assist Father Mead in developing St Augustine's in Canterbury.

Episcopal Visitation 2005
Bishop Starks Diary during his Visitation includes:

Friday 1st April - Salford, Manchester

6.30pm Pre Synod Banquet - Where Bishop Starks will be guest of honour

Saturday 2nd April - ACC St Albans, Salford, Manchester

12 noon Pontifical High Mass

2pm Diocesan Synod Meeting

Sunday 3rd April - ACC St Ninian's, Whitby, Norrth Yorkshire

10am Pontifical Sung Mass

Monday 4th April - ACC St Augustine, Canterbury, Kent

2pm Interview of prospective ACC Clergy

Tuesday 5th April - ACC Our Lady & St Francis, Rochester, Kent

7.30pm Pontifical Sung Mass

Friday 8th April - ACC St Nicholas, Lydd, Kent

12 noon Requiem Mass for Pope John Paul II

2005 DUK Annual Pilgrimage to Walsingham
14th - 19th February 2005

The 2005 Pilgrimage/ Lent Retreat to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, in Norfolk, was a great success with 25 people in total staying or visiting during the week.

The Vicar General led the pilgrimage and celebrated the main Pilgrimage Masses on Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th. An unexpected highlight during the Week was the permission granted by the Manager of the Sue Ryder Retreat House (where most of the pilgrims stayed) to allow our party to have Mass in the recently opened Martyrs Chapel in the cellar. the Revd Dom Philip-James French OSB (Priest-in-Charge ACC St Ninians Whitby) celebrated the Mass and the occasion was deeply moving and uplifting.

On Saturday 19th, braving snow, ice and cold winds, the Mission of our Lady and St Francis, Rochester, travelled by car to join the pilgrimage for the day and Father Raymond Thompson, their priest in charge, preached at the 12 noon Mass. Afterwards Fr Thompson also led the group around the Stations of the Cross.