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October 13, 2021

Macmillan coffee, politics and religion, sight loss

This year the Mother’s Prayer Group hosted the annual Macmillan coffee morning in the Cathedral Narthex, raising £681.25 for Macmillan Cancer. “It was a very happy, […]
October 11, 2021

Pope Francis opens Synod of Bishops in Rome

Pope Francis formally opened the Synod of Bishops on Sunday, October 10, with a solemn Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the inauguration of the […]
October 10, 2021

Norwich audience hears plea to politicians after Covid

Politicians need to rediscover the importance of family, of faith and of place in politics after the Covid pandemic has sparked a change in community and […]
October 8, 2021

Bishop of Norwich gives Norfolk honey to Pope

Pope Francis has been presented with a jar of honey and a bee facemask from Norfolk by the Anglican Bishop of Norwich, who met him at […]
October 8, 2021

Bishop Alan follows ancient pilgrims to Red Mount

Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated a private Mass in the 15th-century Chapel of Our Lady on the Mount in King’s Lynn on September 20.  The Red Mount […]
October 7, 2021

St Michael watches over Huntingdon for feast day

For the first time in two years the people of St Michael’s in Huntingdon were able to gather to celebrate their feast day. Fr Philip Shryane […]
October 6, 2021

Nonagenarian seamstress makes dresses for Jordan

Anna Bayles, a 96-year-old dressmaker from St Thomas of Canterbury in Wymondham, has sent her latest consignment of clothing as gifts to Christian refugees in Jordan. […]
October 5, 2021

Living the Our Lady of Walsingham way for lay people

After a year of prayer and study, the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham has launched a lay branch. Lizzie Sudlow reports. A year ago, Sr […]
October 4, 2021

World Mission Sunday – October 24 – save the date

World Mission Sunday – the one day in the year when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – will happen on October […]
October 3, 2021

Aid to Church in Need – Community Fundraisers

Do you have a passion for fundraising and the desire to be part of a dynamic Community Outreach Team? Join us to support suffering and persecuted […]
October 1, 2021

Lady Dannatt praises Wymondham over defibrillator

Lady Dannatt MBE, the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, congratulated the community in Wymondham as she unveiled a defibrillator at Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury. […]
September 30, 2021

Sheringham trio receive medals for dedicated service

Three members of Our Lady & St Joseph in Sheringham have received the East Anglia Diocesan Medal for their service both during the Covid pandemic and […]
September 29, 2021

October edition of Catholic East Anglia is out now

The October 2021 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now published online and paper copies will be available in parishes from Friday October 1. […]
September 28, 2021

Farewell to Fr Leo, Prisoners’ Sunday, Love Christmas

The flower arrangers at St John’s Cathedral got together to bid a fond farewell to Fr Leo Michael as he left for his new parish in […]
September 27, 2021

Pope rejects ‘throwaway culture’ of Assisted Suicide

Following the Pope’s lead, Bishop John Sherrington has encouraged Catholics to write to Peers about the upcoming Assisted Suicide Bill. Sarah Ward explains the background. Year […]