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December 29, 2025

Operation Christmas Child: A Year of Generosity

Mark and Debra Watkins, volunteer Church and Community Relations team members with Operation Christmas Child (OCC), have once again spent the year supporting churches, schools and […]
December 25, 2025

Joyful Christmas Night Mass Fills Cathedral

The Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich was filled to capacity on Christmas night as parishioners, visitors and families gathered first for a Carol […]
December 24, 2025

A Christmas Message from Bishop Peter Collins

In his 2025 Christmas message Bishop Peter Collins urges us, amid a troubled world, to embrace the true hope revealed in Christ’s birth and to live […]
December 23, 2025

A New Altar for St Edmund, King & Martyr, Halesworth

The parish of St Edmund, King & Martyr in Halesworth has marked an important moment in its recent history with the installation of a new altar. […]
December 22, 2025

Two Ordained Deacons at Oscott Ceremony

On Saturday 20 December, Peter Ho and Anthony Reilly were ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Bernard Longley at St Mary’s College, Oscott. The celebration drew […]
December 22, 2025

Upbeat Advent: Hamish’s New Song Now Streaming

A joyful new song for Advent, written by Hamish MacQueen, Director of Youth Service for the Diocese of East Anglia, has arrived across major music platforms. […]
December 19, 2025

Lowestoft Parish Marks 60 Years of Nostra Aetate

Parishioners gathered in the Stella Maris Hall, Lowestoft, on 22 November for a thoughtful and informative exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate (In Our […]
December 18, 2025

St Andrew’s Day Feast Celebrated in Poringland

Parishioners at Our Lady of the Annunciation, Poringland gathered in joyful celebration last weekend for a parish feast marking St Andrew’s Day. More than 50 members […]
December 17, 2025

Restored Rosary Window Blessed at St Felix’s

In early 2025, Canon John Barnes, resident priest at St Felix Roman Catholic Church in Felixstowe, commissioned Devlin Plummer Stained Glass, specialist conservators, to inspect and […]
December 15, 2025

Rorate Mass Welcomes the Dawn at St Pancras

Parishioners gathered in the early hours of Saturday 13 December to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary at St Pancras, Ipswich, where the traditional Advent Rorate Mass […]
December 15, 2025

Norwich Circle Marks Special Celebration

Members of the Norwich Circle of the Catenian Association enjoyed a memorable evening on Thursday 20 November, gathering at the renowned Assembly House in Norwich for […]
December 12, 2025

Pilgrimage of Hope: A Witness from Rome

A Cambourne parish musician reflects on her faith-renewing pilgrimage to Rome with the Catholic Police Guild during the Jubilee Year of Hope, including a memorable encounter […]
December 11, 2025

Read December Catholic East Anglia online

The December 2025 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now published online and paper copies will be available in parishes next week. The edition […]
December 10, 2025

Clergy Gather for Advent Day of Recollection

Thirty clergy from across the Diocese of East Anglia — both priests and deacons — gathered at Clare Priory on Tuesday 2 December for a Day […]
December 9, 2025

Solemn Mass for the Immaculate Conception

On Monday 8 December 2025, a Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich for the Feast of the […]