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April 16, 2021
The Culture Recovery Fund has awarded £95,700 to St John’s Cathedral to help it recover from the effects of the pandemic and restart tower tours, room […]
April 16, 2021
Chris Heath, who served for twenty-four years as a Deacon in the Diocese, passed away just before Holy Week. John Morrill writes an appreciation of his […]
April 15, 2021
Lady Dannatt, the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, joined a requiem Mass for Prince Philip which Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated at St John’s Cathedral on April 14. […]
April 12, 2021
The Diocese of East Anglia is to hold two requiem Masses for Prince Philip this week, which will be attended by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, […]
April 12, 2021
Fr Peter Brown has celebrated his golden jubilee with a Mass at the church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Wells-next-the-Sea. Judith Franks reports. The […]
April 6, 2021
A languages programme called Linguamarque has awarded St Mark’s Primary School in Ipswich Gold Accreditation for its teaching. Claire Jackson, headteacher of St Mark’s, said she […]
April 4, 2021
Five Catechumens and two Candidates became full members of the Church as Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated the Easter Vigil at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich. In […]
March 31, 2021
As Bishop Alan Hopes blessed the sacred oils at the Chrism Mass at St John’s Cathedral, he spoke of how they were a powerful sign of […]
March 30, 2021
Members of the Ignite Team and Ignite Lite will be leading the Stations of the Cross as a special ‘First Fridays’ YouTube event for young people […]
March 30, 2021
The Trussell Trust, which runs the Foodbank network, will be hosting an online breakfast event for church leaders on Wednesday April 28. Many Catholic parishes are […]
March 29, 2021
The Duckett Library at St John’s Cathedral will be re-opening after the 10am Mass on Tuesday April 13, and is looking for new volunteers. The library’s […]
March 26, 2021
St John the Baptist Cathedral is making arrangements for everyone to be able to join Easter celebrations led by Bishop Alan, either in person via a […]
March 25, 2021
Sarah Ward, pro-life representative on the Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Commission, has featured on a popular YouTube channel called One of Nine. The channel […]
March 24, 2021
Fr Paul Spellman, from St Mary’s in Ipswich, has taken on the challenge of walking 500,000 steps or more during Lent for Aid to the Church […]
March 23, 2021
Parishes across the Diocese have responded to an appeal from Cardinal Vincent Nichols to pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament as part of day of […]