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March 7, 2024

St Mary’s Great Yarmouth receives life-saving defibrillator

St Mary’s Church in Great Yarmouth celebrates the addition of a new defibrillator, the 300th installed by Heart 2 Heart Norfolk, enhancing local emergency response capabilities. […]
March 6, 2024

Safeguarding event hears from online safety experts

This year’s annual Diocese of East Anglia safeguarding event saw Parish Safeguarding Representatives and other delegates from across the diocese gather at Wymondham to share experiences; […]
March 5, 2024

Caritas Festival heartens and encourages in Ipswich

Jane Crone from CAFOD in East Anglia reports on the Caritas in East Anglia’s Ipswich deanery festival on Saturday February 24. St Mary’s parish in Ipswich […]
March 4, 2024

Bishop is made Honorary Fellow of Cambridge College

At an academic ceremony on February 13, Bishop Peter Collins was formally admitted as an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, reaffirming strong links between […]
March 4, 2024

Young winners, memorial service, pilgrimage invitation

Latest news of interest across the Diocese of East Anglia includes young prize winners, a FEPOW memorial service and a Suffolk pilgrimage invitation. The East Anglia […]
March 2, 2024

Saint Peter & All Souls Parish introduces marriage course

In January and February, Saint Peter & All Souls Parish launched a transformative marriage preparation course, guiding couples towards stronger, faith-based unions under the leadership of […]
March 1, 2024

What is your first thought when you wake up?

What is your first thought when you wake up in the morning? Where am I? What day is it? What’s happening today? asks Marriage & Family […]
February 29, 2024

Invitation to attend and to sing at diocesan Chrism Mass

An invitation to all across the Diocese of East Anglia to attend the Chrism Mass during Holy Week has been issued, alongside the opportunity to join […]
February 28, 2024

New series looks at religious life in Diocese of East Anglia

In a new series about the Religious Congregations living and working in the Diocese of East Anglia, Fr Karol Porczak MS, Vicar for the Religious, introduces […]
February 27, 2024

Diocese launches Day of Prayer for Engaged Couples

The Diocese of East Anglia has introduced a Day of Prayer for Engaged Couples, inviting them to receive a special blessing, emphasizing the spiritual foundation of […]
February 26, 2024

East Anglia quartet at Oscott College Returners’ Mass

Four Diocese of East Anglia clergy and seminarians joined the Oscott College Returners’ Mass on February 6, the feast of St Paul Miki and Companions, reports […]
February 25, 2024

Make a declaration of your faith today, says Fr Alvan

What does faith mean? How do I know that I have faith in God?, asks Fr Alvan Ibeh in the latest of the Voice of Hope […]
February 24, 2024

Reflections on Vatican II – Light of the nations

In preparation for the Jubilee Year of 2025, Pope Francis encouraged a return to the documents of Vatican II, refreshing awareness of the fruits of that […]
February 23, 2024

Bishop’s Lent Station Masses begin in Peterborough

The first of this year’s Lenten Station Mass with Bishop Peter Collins, in deaneries across the Diocese of East Anglia, took place on February 20 at […]
February 22, 2024

Clare Priory to celebrate 30th annual Craft Fair in Suffolk

Clare Priory’s Craft Fair, a highlight of Suffolk’s summer events, returns July 13 and 14, showcasing 150 stalls, music, and family fun in a historic setting. […]