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May 3, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes a Cambodian celebration, a church marking its 60th birthday and a debating cup victory. The parish […]
May 2, 2018
Diocese of East Anglia Ignite youth team member Ciaran Losasso looks back on a packed year so far. Looking back over the months since I joined […]
April 30, 2018
The Rosary on the Coast prayer event was marked by hundreds of people at over a dozen locations across the Diocese of East Anglia yesterday. Hundreds […]
April 27, 2018
Two books with Catholic links to Bury St Edmunds have recently been published. Praise for Edmund: In Search of England-s Lost King Bury St Edmunds is […]
April 26, 2018
The May 2018 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and contains news and pictures of an arson attack on a Yarmouth […]
April 25, 2018
A Rosary on the Coast for Faith, Life & Peace in the British Isles is set to take place this Sunday April 29, around 3pm and […]
April 24, 2018
A short course introduction to the Catholic Certificate of Religious Studies – the national programme for Catholic Teachers – is being offered at the Margaret Beaufort […]
April 24, 2018
Holiness – demonstrated through the lives of three modern urban saints – was the subject of a Newman Lecture, given by former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr […]
April 21, 2018
On Good Shepherd Sunday, Bishop Alan Hopes focuses his pastoral letter on the specific vocation, the unique call, to be a priest. To be read at […]
April 19, 2018
Latest news from the Diocese of East Anglia includes a charity shave, a peace campaigner speaking and Polish Easter baskets. The Polish community at Our Lady […]
April 19, 2018
Eddie Francis, a parishioner from St Ives who collapsed with suspected heart problems just before the Chrism Mass began in St John-s Cathedral on March 27 […]
April 18, 2018
Two choirs from Sacred Heart School in Swaffham have been called outstanding at county music festivals in Norfolk. Attending the Norfolk County Music Festival at Springwood […]
April 17, 2018
Catholics across the Diocese of East Anglia are being urged to join global prayer campaign Thy Kingdom Come for ten days in May, reports Rebecca Bretherton. […]
April 16, 2018
Sister Rosalie Temple, a retired Franciscan nun, who lived near Oundle and was well-known in Peterborough and Walsingham, died on March 12 after a short illness. […]
April 14, 2018
Divine Mercy Sunday (April 8) was marked at St Peter and All Souls in Peterborough by an afternoon of celebrations organised by Deacon ClaudioChiappinelli. Claudio said: […]
April 13, 2018
A permanent new stone cathedra (or bishop-s chair) has been installed into the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich, the mother church of the […]
April 12, 2018
More details have been announced of the Ignite Youth Festival at the Sacred Heart School in Swaffham from May 5 to 6 including appearances from a […]
April 11, 2018
Charities have received over £10,000 in donations thanks to the annual Clare Priory Craft Fair in July, which brings together over 200 exhibitors of traditional and […]
April 10, 2018
The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology in Cambridge is running a short course for Catholic women interested in exploring Thomas Merton’s theology for their life, workandprayer. […]
April 9, 2018
Catholic anti-trafficking charity the Medaille Trust has appointed a representative in the Diocese of East Anglia - one of four new posts. Jacinta Goode (pictured above), […]
April 7, 2018
Around 2000 pilgrims joined the annual Filipino Catholic Palm Sunday Pilgrimage to Walsingham on Sunday March 25. The annual pilgrimage started in 2011 with just two […]
April 6, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes a landmark blood donation, a Cambodian Mass, an Easter egg hunt and a civic visit. A […]
April 6, 2018
This year-s Newman Lectures at the University of East Anglia open with a lecture by leading Catholic academic Professor Stephen Bullivant. A former atheist, Professor Bullivant […]
April 5, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes 40 years of service, an unusual Lent lunch and children-s first Reconciliation. The parishioners of St […]
April 4, 2018
A recent visit by the Ignite Youth Team to the new Cambourne and Sawston Parish saw 50 youngsters engage in musical, dramatic and reflective activities. Confirmation […]
April 3, 2018
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School in Norwich has been visited by Andy and Mary Clark who took all the children for an unusual Monday […]
April 3, 2018
St Mary-s School, Cambridge, marked the centennial of women gaining the right to vote in the UK, by inviting Classworks Theatre group to perform a special […]
April 2, 2018
Hundreds of people attended Holy Week and Easter Masses at St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich and picture galleries have now been published online. Picture […]
March 30, 2018
The Bishop of East Anglia washed the feet of 12 members of the congregation at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich last night […]
March 29, 2018
A Great Yarmouth church has been the victim of an arson attack and shocking religious hate crime with a picture of a devil left on its […]
March 29, 2018
Over 1,000 people attended the annual Chrism Mass at a packed Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich on Tuesday night (March 27), during which […]
March 27, 2018
Graduale Parvum, which aims to bring the “essentially Catholic” language of Latin back into the Mass is set to be launched in April with the help […]
March 26, 2018
As the 40 Days for Life Vigil outside the abortion clinic at Bowthorpe in Norwich ended yesterday (March 25) , Fr Henry Whisenant reflects on some […]
March 23, 2018
Ignite team leader Cat Williams reflects on a busy time exploring Reconciliation in the context of Lent. Since jumping back into action at the start of […]
March 22, 2018
A National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and Congress “Adoremus” is to be held in Liverpool in September including visitors from East Anglia. Rebecca Bretherton and Fr Tony Rogers […]
March 20, 2018
The April 2018 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and contains news and pictures of the Rosary on the Coast, a […]
March 19, 2018
Latest news in brief from across the Diocese of East Anglia include a women-s day of prayer, a history society AGM and a first day of […]
March 16, 2018
St Albans Catholic Primary School in Cambridge has featured on BBC2-s Daily Politics programme in a report on the proposed removal of the 50% faith admissions […]
March 15, 2018
Two octogenarian tandem cyclists, from Taverham, have visited 42 different Norwich churches in just six hours to raise almost £400 for Our Lady and St Walstans […]
March 15, 2018
A dramatized production of Handel-sMessiah,beamed live from theBristol Old Vicwill be in cinemas across East Anglia for one night only on Wednesday March 28. Messiahis the […]
March 14, 2018
As a new national guide to the annulment process is published, Judicial Vicar Rev Simon Blakesley explains the work of the Marriage Tribunal in East Anglia. […]
March 13, 2018
Despite the snow and ice, around 70 parishioners from St Edmunds, Bungay braved the elements on March 3 to help Fr Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard celebrate his Golden […]
March 12, 2018
A former Archbishop of Canterbury, an award-winning professor and a Dominican Sister will be speaking at this year-s Newman Lectures at the University of East Anglia, […]
March 11, 2018
Parishioners at Our Lady of Good Counsel in March have taken the decision to ban the use of disposable plastic in their newly-refurbished parish hall. Parish […]
March 10, 2018
A Stations of the Cross for the Suffering Church is set to be held at St Peter and All Souls in Peterborough on March 23. It’s […]