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May 21, 2021
The parish of St Dominic in Downham Market welcomed Bishop Alan Hopes on Monday May 10 to bless the new extension to their church porch area. […]
May 21, 2021
Hamish MacQueen, Director of the Diocesan Youth Service, was inspired to write a song called ‘St Joseph pray for me’. He explains how it came about. […]
May 20, 2021
A 60-strong WhatsApp prayer group at St John Fisher in Cambourne is meeting regularly for novenas, reflections and discussions. Mel Ward reports. During lockdown, two local parishioners, […]
May 18, 2021
A memorial service at St Thomas of Canterbury in Wymondham heard about the ‘shift of mental furniture’ of one Far East prisoner of war. Fr Pat […]
May 16, 2021
Bishop Alan welcomed Councillor Vaughan Thomas, the Mayor of Norwich, to a special service for civic leaders at St John’s Cathedral. The mayor was joined by […]
May 14, 2021
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, in conjunction with The God Who Speaks team, have offered a Pentecost Novena – prepared for the church in […]
May 14, 2021
This week sees the start of 11 days of the ecumenical global prayer initiative They Kingdom Come for 2021, that invites Christians around the world to […]
May 14, 2021
John Pinnington, a former headteacher of Notre Dame, is cycling from St David’s to Lowestoft with a friend to raise money for the homelessness project […]
May 13, 2021
Beginning at Pentecost, we celebrate the anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’. Jane Crone from CAFOD in East Anglia invites us to reclaim Our Common […]
May 12, 2021
Flavio Vettese has recently been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer for Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust. Flavio will be well known to […]
May 11, 2021
The theme for the 2021 World Day of Social Communications, celebrated on Sunday May 16, chosen by Pope Francis, echoes the words of the Apostle Philip, […]
May 10, 2021
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, St Louis Academy in Newmarket managed to raise £1259.64 for CAFOD’s Lent appeal. Jane Crone from CAFOD in East Anglia […]
May 8, 2021
Sean Finlay is among many Pax Christi supporters who will be a doing sponsored bike rides this month to raise money for the charity. In common […]
May 7, 2021
Two hundred socially-distanced pilgrims were welcomed to the Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham on a rainy May Bank Holiday (May 3) for the Diocese of East […]
May 6, 2021
Youth groups from Peterborough, Bury St Edmunds and Norwich joined the Ignite Festival online over the weekend, which was livestreamed from south Cambridgeshire. “On the Saturday […]