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May 19, 2022

St Edmund’s Abbey ecumenical 1000-year celebration

Benedictine monks joined Catholic and Anglican parishioners in an historic ecumenical celebration of 1000 years of the Abbey of St Edmund last weekend (May 14-15) with […]
May 19, 2022

Relics of St Bernadette on autumn visit to East Anglia

The relics of St Bernadette, whose visions of Our Lady are closely associated with the French shrine at Lourdes, will be visiting the Diocese of East […]
May 18, 2022

SVP national pilgrimage returning to Walsingham

The SVP National Pilgrimage is returning to Walsingham after a three-year gap during the Covid pandemic in early July. This year’s pilgrimage will be on July […]
May 18, 2022

Bishop inducts Fr Antony as parish priest at St Joseph’s

Fr Antony Arockiam was inducted as parish priest of St Joseph’s Catholic Church, St Neots, on Tuesday April 26 by Bishop Alan Hopes. During the Induction service […]
May 17, 2022

First Historic Churches Conference set for diocese

The first annual Historic Churches Conference for the Diocese of East Anglia will take place on Friday June 24, at the Cathedral of St John the […]
May 16, 2022

Synodal pathway is an all-encompassing invitation

The Synodal Pathway is “the most all-encompassing invitation issued to the Church, certainly in our lifetime,” Bishop Alan Hopes told a gathering in Norwich of parish […]
May 14, 2022

National award for Norwich Catholic nurse Estrella 

Norwich Emergency Department Staff Nurse Estrella Catalan has been given a posthumous CNO Gold Award by the Chief Nursing Officer for England Ruth May. Catholic nurse […]
May 13, 2022

Michael discovers the rewards of being a governor

A successful Catholic school needs a set of dedicated governors, and it can be a very rewarding role as Michael Bradshaw – Co-Chair of Governors, St […]
May 13, 2022

Day of Prayer for Survivors of Abuse

Tuesday May 17 marks the Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse. This is observed on the Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter […]
May 12, 2022

Scripture and song mark Ipswich vigil for Ukraine

Sixty days after the start of hostilities, Ipswich held a second vigil for Ukraine with a Ukrainian setting of Kyrie Eleison. The event was organised by […]
May 10, 2022

Ipswich pilgrims revive devotion to Our Lady of Grace

For the first time in nearly 500 years a group of Christian pilgrims gathered to walk from villages to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace […]
May 10, 2022

Invitation to join Marriage and Family Life celebration

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 […]
May 9, 2022

King’s Lynn celebrates a foundation and a prophecy

Our Lady of the Annunciation in King’s Lynn is soon to mark the 125th anniversary of its foundation and of the restoration of the Shrine of […]
May 9, 2022

Boris Johnson sponsors a slate for St Mary’s Yarmouth

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has signed one of the slates which will form part of the roof repair at St Mary’s in Yarmouth. Brian Lafferty, […]
May 8, 2022

St Francis of Assisi school joins Walk against Hunger

Over 450 students and members of staff from St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Norwich joined a sponsored walk for CAFOD. The walkers clocked up […]