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December 21, 2021

Move over Ed Sheeran – Hamish Advent song

Move over Ed Sheeran and Elton John, Diocese of East Anglia Youth Services Director Hamish MacQueen has released a cheerful Advent song which was a real […]
December 20, 2021

Norwich group sews for peace and solidarity

As the fourth candle of Advent is lit, representing peace, CAFOD volunteers from St George’s Parish in Norwich have revealed how a shared passion for peace […]
December 20, 2021

Eleven teenagers confirmed by Bishop at King’s Lynn

Eleven teenagers received the Sacrament of Confirmation in King’s Lynn recently from Bishop Alan Hopes. The Confirmation Mass took place at the Church of Our Lady […]
December 17, 2021

Children go on air for Radio Maria’s Advent specials

A team from Radio Maria visited the chapels of St Alban’s and St Mary’s Schools in Cambridge to make their Advent broadcasts. The station’s three special […]
December 16, 2021

£1.3m appeal to save Peterborough church

St Peter and All Souls church in Peterborough needs to raise £1.3 million to deal with major subsidence issues which are threatening the church structure. The Park […]
December 16, 2021

St Benedict’s hosts a visit from Baroness Barran

St Benedict’s Upper School in Bury St Edmunds recently had the unusual distinction of a visit from Baroness Diana Barran from the Department of Education. On […]
December 16, 2021

Tinsel, Christmas social, Acle carols, CAFOD stall

Priests and parishioners in Costessey, Ely, Acle and Framlingham have been putting on Christmas events to cheer the community and raise funds for those in need. […]
December 15, 2021

Headteacher for new Peterborough Catholic School

The new St John Henry Newman Catholic Primary School & Nursery in Peterborough, due to open next September, is advertising for a Headteacher. HEADTEACHERFull time permanentSalary […]
December 15, 2021

Singers bring enchanting Advent music to Huntingdon

Parishioners in St Michael’s in Huntingdon have been treated to an afternoon of wonderful music. Fr Philip Shryane reports. On Saturday December 4 the A Cappella […]
December 13, 2021

Tributes paid to amazing Eileen who was aged 110

Tributes have been paid to amazing St George’s Norwich parishioner and former Test cricketer, Eileen Ash, who was Norfolk’s oldest woman and has died at the […]
December 11, 2021

Norfolk school celebrates 200th birthday in style

St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School near Norwich has been celebrating its 200th anniversary over the last year, including a Festival Finale in September and a visit […]
December 10, 2021

Norfolk author sheds light on US abortion debate

A book about respect for life, written by a parishioner from St John’s Cathedral in Norwich, sheds light on the current US abortion debate being considered […]
December 9, 2021

St George’s cubs make blankets for the homeless

The Cub Pack at St George’s in Norwich have been turning crisp packets into insulating blankets for the homeless. Gillian Hanley reports. At St George’s our […]
December 8, 2021

Sr Wendy Beckett gives a voice to Julian of Norwich

A recording of Sr Wendy Beckett reading Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love has been released to the public 28 years after it was first […]
December 4, 2021

Ciaran celebrates a missionary to the digital continent

Inspired by the beatification of the first ‘millennial saint’, Ciaran Losasso, leader of the diocesan Ignite team, explores the theme of digital evangelisation. On October 12, […]