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April 16, 2021

Deacon Chris Heath, a man of generosity and faith

Chris Heath, who served for twenty-four years as a Deacon in the Diocese, passed away just before Holy Week. John Morrill writes an appreciation of his […]
April 15, 2021

Lady Dannatt attends requiem Mass for Prince Philip

Lady Dannatt, the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, joined a requiem Mass for Prince Philip which Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated at St John’s Cathedral on April 14. […]
April 14, 2021

Developing a habit of prayer and the space to pray

Fr Paul Maddison shares some thoughts on developing a habit of prayer from his new website: www.divinethread.org Whilst we can pray at all times and in […]
April 12, 2021

Lady Dannatt to attend requiem Mass for Prince Philip

The Diocese of East Anglia  is to hold two requiem Masses for Prince Philip this week, which will be attended by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, […]
April 12, 2021

Father Peter celebrates golden jubilee of his ordination

Fr Peter Brown has celebrated his golden jubilee with a Mass at the church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Wells-next-the-Sea. Judith Franks reports. The […]
April 9, 2021

Bishop and Diocese pay tribute to Prince Philip

The Bishop of East Anglia, Rt Rev Alan Hopes, has paid tribute to His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, following his death at […]
April 6, 2021

St Mark’s Primary in Ipswich wins language award

A languages programme called Linguamarque has awarded St Mark’s Primary School in Ipswich Gold Accreditation for its teaching. Claire Jackson, headteacher of St Mark’s, said she […]
April 4, 2021

Bishop Alan baptises new members at Easter Vigil

Five Catechumens and two Candidates became full members of the Church as Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated the Easter Vigil at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich. In […]
April 1, 2021

An Easter message from Bishop Alan

All of us have been walking a long way of the Cross this year, says Bishop Alan Hopes in his Easter reflection. On the way of […]
April 1, 2021

Catholic Norwich ex-headteacher recognised by Queen

Former Notre Dame High School headteacher John Pinnington, from Norwich, has today been recognised by Her Majesty the Queen and received a purse of Royal Maundy […]
March 31, 2021

Bishop Alan blesses the oils at cathedral Chrism Mass

As Bishop Alan Hopes blessed the sacred oils at the Chrism Mass at St John’s Cathedral, he spoke of how they were a powerful sign of […]
March 31, 2021

Easter edition of Catholic East Anglia paper is out

The Easter 2021 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and paper copies are available in parishes from Maundy Thursday, April 1. […]
March 30, 2021

Bishop Alan celebrates Dowry of Mary anniversary

Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated Mass at the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham on the first anniversary of the Rededication of England as the […]
March 30, 2021

Winter edition of Catholic East Anglia paper is out

The December 2020/January 2021 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and paper copies are available in parishes from this weekend. The […]
March 30, 2021

The Catholic East Anglia newspaper is back

The September/October 2020 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online after a break of five months and contains news about what churches […]