Marriage and Family Life
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August 26, 2022
Cambridge-based Dr Antonia Braithwaite has been appointed as the new Marriage and Family Life Co-ordinator for the Diocese of East Anglia and will take up her […]
July 12, 2022
The recent decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v Wade judgement, and so affirm that the constitution does not confer a right […]
July 9, 2022
On the 54th anniversary of the publishing of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humane Vitae, Dr Antonia Braithwaite takes a look at fertility awareness methods. On July […]
June 30, 2022
This year’s Diocese of East Anglia Marriage and Family Life Mass was back in-person at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich on Saturday June 18. Bishop Alan […]
June 27, 2022
The Diocese of East Anglia Marriage Tribunal is seeking new volunteers to join its team of lay auditors to help in its work with marriage annulments […]
June 14, 2022
A new ministry in the Diocese of East Anglia has been launched to provide prayerful listening for those who need to talk. Pairs of trained parishioners […]
May 30, 2022
Families and couples across the Diocese of East Anglia are being invited to take part in the 10th World Meeting of Families via an online app […]
May 10, 2022
Bishop Alan Hopes is inviting all married people in the Diocese of East Anglia to bring their families and celebrate at the annual Marriage and Family […]
April 8, 2022
A group of young East Anglia Catholics have completed a 30-mile sponsored walk to raise funds for Abortion Resistance, a brand-new pro-life initiative. On March 26 they […]
March 22, 2022
Bishop Alan celebrated a Mass for the Blessing of Families at St John’s Cathedral to mark the end of the Year of St Joseph. During the […]
March 15, 2022
After a year as Diocesan Fertility Awareness Methods Co-ordinator, Dr Jessica Beckett is moving away because of her husband’s job. She shares her parting reflections on […]
February 1, 2022
A dozen engaged couples have started a preparation for marriage in the Catholic Church course in the Peterborough Deanery. Oliver Wessex reports. Pope St John Paul […]
October 29, 2021
During Baby Loss Awareness Week in October Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated a Mass for couples who had experienced miscarriages. The national week enables those affected by […]
October 21, 2021
With a Mass for those affected by infertility being held in Newmarket in November, Lucy from East Anglia tells her own story of ‘unexplained infertility’ and […]
September 12, 2021
Bishop Alan Hopes plans to celebrate two special Masses this autumn to support couples affected by miscarriage or infertility. Dr Jess Beckett reports. The two Masses […]