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February 16, 2022

CAFOD helps students at St Albans to live simply

Students at St Albans High School in Ipswich are changing the way they get to school, recycle and garden as they work towards CAFOD’s Live Simply […]
February 15, 2022

Bishop Alan blesses SVP house for homeless in Cromer

Bishop Alan Hopes visited north Norfolk to bless Blessed Rosalie Rendu House, the second stage of a project for the homeless run by the St Vincent […]
February 14, 2022

Bishop Alan encourages the sick to have confidence

To mark the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated a Mass at St John’s Cathedral with an opportunity to receive the Sacrament […]
February 10, 2022

Radio Maria to build a flagship studio in London

Radio Maria England is to build a new studio in London, based at the Rosary Shrine of St Dominic’s Priory, between Camden and Hampstead. The Rosary […]
February 9, 2022

An opportunity to support a child in foster care

Charlotte Valori from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Gillingham is encouraging Catholics in Norfolk to support a child through the Independent Visitor Service. Charlotte herself […]
February 8, 2022

Peterborough Mass recalls Queen Catherine of Aragon

School students, parishioners and priests from across the Peterborough Deanery attended the unique annual Catherine of Aragon Mass at Peterborough Cathedral recently. “Peterborough Cathedral is the […]
February 8, 2022

Norwich conference lifts the lid on modern slavery

Mark Little MBE is organising a conference in Norwich Anglican Cathedral to shed light on the scourge of modern slavery. The Queen awarded Mark an MBE […]
February 7, 2022

Bishop Alan honours the founder of Open Christmas

Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated a requiem Mass at St Benet’s in Beccles for Michael Hope, who with his wife Rosie founded Open Christmas in Norfolk. Fr […]
February 4, 2022

Film crews visit Yarmouth church to celebrate funding

A film crew from Historic England visited St Mary’s, Great Yarmouth at the end of January to share the story of the amazing impact that grant […]
February 4, 2022

Bishop Alan encourages Religious to present their lives

Around 40 Religious from around the diocese, along with friends and family, joined a Mass at St John’s Cathedral celebrated by Bishop Alan Hopes. The event […]
February 3, 2022

Peterborough school construction gathers pace

Construction of a new Catholic primary school in the Hampton area of Peterborough is progressing at pace, with building installation work now under way.  Work on the new St John […]
February 2, 2022

Bishop Alan awards missionary nun for life of service

Bishop Alan Hopes has awarded the long-serving, Peterborough-based, Italian missionary Sr Letizia Conati with a Diocesan Medal for her exemplary life. “Sr Letizia arrived in England […]
February 1, 2022

Dozen Peterborough couples start marriage course

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 […]
January 31, 2022

Bittering chapel, Torch Trust, painting competition

The story has emerged of Paul Hodác, a Czech forester who escaped from the Nazis, and built a chapel in the woods at Bittering, Norfolk. The […]
January 30, 2022

Catenians remember Brother Liam from Norwich Circle

Liam McKenna OBE, a member of the Norwich Circle of the Catenians, passed away recently after a rich and varied life. Liam was born in Glasgow […]