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Please send news articles and pictures for the diocesan newspaper and website to editor Keith Morris at keith.morris@rcdea.org.uk

July 5, 2023

Bertie is a big hit with Yarmouth hospital patients

Bertie, the newest member of St Mary’s Great Yarmouth Saint Vincent De Paul (SVP) conference, has proved a big hit with hospital patients, young and old […]
July 4, 2023

Bishop leads 700 in National Pilgrimage for the Sick

Around 700 Vincentians convened at Walsingham, Norfolk, for the National Pilgrimage for the Sick, led by Bishop Peter Collins, who highlighted the valuable services of SVP […]
July 3, 2023

Bishop honoured and Bible storytelling at Ely Cathedral

Bishop Peter Collins has been appointed an Ecumenical Canon at Ely Cathedral, in a first for the cathedral, which is also holding a Bible storytelling event […]
July 3, 2023

Pupils’ winning East Anglia prayers and paintings

Winning prayers and pictures from pupils across East Anglian Catholic schools have been announced in competitions run by the Knights of St Columba, East Anglia Province […]
July 1, 2023

UEA researcher Ben’s world of football and faith

There is only one thing which German football expert, UEA researcher and podcast presenter Ben McFadyean is more enthusiastic about than the “beautiful game” – and […]
June 30, 2023

Iraqi cardinal urges Christian unity in Walsingham visit

Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, highlighted the urgent need for the solidarity of Western Christians towards Eastern Christians during a recent visit […]
June 28, 2023

Bishop leads requiem for Archbishop Peter Smith

Clergy and faithful gathered at Norwich’s Cathedral of St John the Baptist on Monday June 26, to remember and honour the life of Archbishop Peter Smith, […]
June 26, 2023

God’s plan is for us to really live and not just exist

Are you living or just existing, asks Fr Alvan Ibeh in his latest Voice of Hope series. A few weeks ago, we celebrated the feast of […]
June 24, 2023

Joshua joins diocesan communications team

Joshua Clovis has joined the Diocese of East Anglia as a part-time Communications Officer to help it communicate its mission and work through its website, social […]
June 23, 2023

Church foodbank, bishop meeting, MP drops in for tea

Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes an historic church foodbank, a first meeting with the bishop and an MP dropping in for […]
June 22, 2023

St George’s Norwich marks 25 years of CAFOD lunches

St George’s Norwich is celebrating 25 years of holding CAFOD lunches, while supporting farmers in their fight to keep their rights to their own seeds. Jane […]
June 21, 2023

Be the first to read July edition of Catholic East Anglia

The July 2023 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now published online and paper copies will be available in parishes later this week. The […]
June 20, 2023

Ipswich church garden is a wildflower haven

The church garden at St Mary Magdalen in Ipswich is being transformed into a space of tranquillity and wildflower colour thanks to the on-going work on […]
June 19, 2023

Walstan – Norfolk’s farm boy saint – remembered

Nick Walmsley begins a new occasional series with a look at Norfolk’s farm boy saint – St Walstan. Walstan (c.975 – 1016) is one of those […]
June 18, 2023

Norfolk Catholic teacher hailed as local hero

A Norfolk Catholic deputy headteacher has been acclaimed as a local hero for her support of a Ukrainian colleague during the hardest year of her life, […]