The vigil will begin with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of Norwich ending at the Catholic Cathedral, there adoration will continue throughout the night. Each hour of adoration will be lead by various groups from around the Diocese. There will also be various workshops taking place at the Cathedral themed around the ‘gift of life.’ 

Throughout the night we will need stewards and welcomers and also people to be present with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. If you interested in coming along to help out or would like further information please email: igniteteam@rcdea.org.uk

All Saints’ Day (in the Roman Catholic Church officially the Solemnity of All Saints and also called All Hallows or Hallowmas), often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honor of all the saints, known and unknown. The vigil or eve of the feast, October 31, is commonly known as All Hallows Eve, Image from Wiki.

All Souls Day follows All Saints Day, and commemorates the faithful departed, i.e. those who die in God’s grace and friendship. Catholics believe that not everyone who dies in God’s grace is immediately ready for the Beatific vision, i.e. the direct experience of God and His perfect nature in heaven, so they must be purified of “lesser faults,” and the temporal effects of sin. The Catholic Church calls this purification “purgatory.” The Catholic teaching on Purgatory essentially requires belief in two realities: 1. that there will be a purification of believers prior to entering heaven and 2. that the prayers and masses of the faithful in some way benefit those in the state of purification. As to the duration, place, and exact nature of this purification, the Church has no official dogma, although Saint Augustine and others used fire as a way to explain the nature of the purification. Read more : http://www.churchyear.net/allsouls.html

Day of Reflection for Catholic Men

Saturday, 4th November 2017, 10 am – 4 pm

Speaker: Fr Richard Aladics – Diocese of Leeds

Location: Our Lady and St Etheldreda Catholic Church, 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8LT

The Heroism of the East Anglian Martyrs & The Sacrificial Love of Fatherhood

The day begins with Mass at 10 am and finishes with Adoration & Confessions beginning at 2:30

Cost: £15, lunch included

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For more information contact Steve at catholicmen23@gmail.com

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This Sunday in the Catholic calendar is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, the last Sunday of the Church year. (Next Sunday will be the First Sunday of Advent and the first day of the Church’s calendar). It is implicit in the feasts of Epiphany, of Easter, of Ascension. The feast of Christ the King is celebrated in the Roman Catholic church in honour of Jesus Christ as lord over all creation. This feast of was created by Pope Pius XI in 1925. This is a medieval feast which uses the metaphor of “King”, a powerful one in those days, to describe the role of Jesus. The Kingdom of God is the central teaching of Jesus throughout the Gospels. The word kingdom appears more than any other word throughout the four Gospels. Jesus begins His public ministry by preaching the kingdom. “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel (Mark 1:14).