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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 […]
August 4, 2021
Couples celebrating anniversaries after being married for many years recently took part in a Mass organised by the Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Commission. Bishop Alan […]
August 2, 2021
Jolanta Mokrzycka from St Luke’s in Peterborough has launched a branch of Couples for Christ in the city. Here she explains how it came about. Couples […]
July 6, 2021
Twenty-six men from across the diocese and beyond joined Fr Henry Whisenant for a men’s retreat at Walsingham on Saturday. They were drawn from a variety […]
June 9, 2021
The Marriage and Family Life Commission is putting on a retreat day at Walsingham for Catholic Men entitled ‘a life of prayer and virtue’. Fr Henry […]
May 25, 2021
Sarah Ward, pro-life representative on the Marriage and Family Commission, will be representing the diocese at an online March for Life. She will be taking part […]
April 22, 2021
In the Year of the Family, Newmarket parishioner couple, Juliet and Richard Burnford, write about the most enriching experience of their life together – the Cana […]
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 20, 2021
Bishop Alan has celebrated a Mass and blessed an icon to inaugurate the Year of the Family, which began on March 19. The icon of […]
October 18, 2020
The diocese is launching a new lay ministry to provide listening and prayer for those who are troubled. Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson from the Marriage and […]
October 13, 2020
Jess Beckett, the new Fertility Awareness Methods Co-ordinator for the Diocese, is inviting people to connect and contribute to her work. Jess also works part-time as […]
March 2, 2020
Bishop Alan Hopes welcomed individuals and families from across the Diocese who are preparing to enter full communion with the Catholic Church at Easter. Priests and […]
October 31, 2019
Teachers, priests and religious from around the diocese met recently at Newmarket to study the Church’s teaching on marriage and family life. Fr Paul Grogan of […]
June 12, 2019
Around 300 people attended the annual Marriage and Family Life Mass on Saturday June 8 at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich to celebrate the joy of […]
September 1, 2018
Marriage and family life are being celebrated at Walsingham this year through two major retreats: the Marriage and Family Life week and the Loving For Life […]