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April 4, 2019
Ely priest Fr Anthony Shryane celebrated 50 years of ministry as a priest with a Mass on Saturday, March 2, at St Etheldreda church, reports Mary […]
April 3, 2019
The Ignite Team is looking for new members to join the Diocesan Youth Service in serving the Church in the Diocese of East Anglia from September […]
April 2, 2019
Are you prepared to welcome the stranger asks Rebecca Bretherton, who gives some ideas on how to go about doing it. Last summer a young student […]
April 1, 2019
The Ignite Youth Festival is back at Sacred Heart School, Swaffham, Norfolk over the bank holiday weekend, May 4 to 5. The Ignite Festival is an […]
March 27, 2019
The April 2019 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and contains news of a record number of young East Anglian Catholics […]
March 26, 2019
American Catholics are unafraid to wear their Ash Wednesday crosses as an outward sign of faith, as Bungay parishioner Pio Altarelli discovered on a recent visit […]
March 25, 2019
Catholics across East Anglia are being asked to support an emergency joint CAFOD and Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal for victims of the recent Cyclone Idai […]
March 23, 2019
A cold early morning in January saw a clutch of Bury St Edmund’s parishioners begin their long journey to Cambodia to visit their twinned St John’s […]
March 20, 2019
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes an ecumenical walk, a church 60th anniversary and a Catenian dinner. Acle showed its ecumenical credentials […]
March 18, 2019
Australian former Anglican vicar, Dcn Sam Randall, was ordained to the Catholic priesthood by Bishop Alan Hopes at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in […]
March 18, 2019
Bishop Alan Hopes marked his 75th birthday yesterday when parishioners of St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich gathered in the Narthex after the Solemn Mass […]
March 15, 2019
Fr Francis (Sam) Leeder was presented with a letter from Bishop Alan and more than £1,000 to celebrate his 80th birthday after parishioners at St Pancras […]
March 14, 2019
Fr Francis McDermott, a retired priest from the Diocese of Northampton, who was found guilty of abusing six children during the 1970s in London, High Wycombe […]
March 13, 2019
Matthew Fernandez-Graham has been appointed as Director of Finance and Resources for the Diocese following John Pitt’s retirement after 12 years. Matthew first moved to the […]
March 13, 2019
After 12 years with the Diocese of East Anglia, Lt Col John Pitt has retired as Diocesan Financial Secretary. John has had a varied career as […]
March 12, 2019
Fr David Hennessy, a former parish priest in Felixstowe and ex-headmaster of St Joseph’s College in Ipswich, has died peacefully after a long illness. Bishop Alan […]
March 12, 2019
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes a diocesan Lenten appeal and a talk about a Norwich charity working with the vulnerable. Lenten […]
March 11, 2019
Over 60 people seeking to become members of the Catholic Church were personally greeted by Bishop Alan Hopes at the Rite of Election service at St […]
March 11, 2019
Following strong public support for a new Catholic primary school in Swaffham, the Diocese of East Anglia has decided to proceed with its recent proposal to […]
March 9, 2019
In his pastoral letter for the first Sunday in Lent (March 10) Bishop Alan Hopes addresses the recent revelations about abuse in the Catholic Church. Dear […]
March 8, 2019
In the first of the Ignite Team’s weekly Lent blog posts, we look at one way of taking Jesus’ call to repent seriously: the Examen. Today […]
March 7, 2019
Children from two East Anglia Catholic schools have received certificates and prizes from the recent Knights of St Columba Nativity Painting Competition. Winners from St Mary’s […]
March 5, 2019
Young choristers from the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich had fun warming up for their singing practice with some pancake races to mark […]
March 4, 2019
A record 200 people from across the Diocese of East Anglia joined 8,000 young people at Wembley Arena for Flame 2019, the country’s largest gathering of […]
March 4, 2019
As we approach the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday (March 6), Bishop Alan Hopes has written a reflection on this important time in the Christian […]
March 3, 2019
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes an inter-faith children’s choir, a refugee rucksack project and an entertaining Norwich dinner. The All Souls […]
March 1, 2019
The two-year Dowry Tour, intended to help prepare Catholics spiritually for England’s re-dedication as the Dowry of Mary in 2020, reached St John’s Cathedral in Norwich […]
February 28, 2019
Cardinal Vincent Nichols reflects on his experiences at the four-day Vatican meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church and discusses the steps that will […]
February 26, 2019
Station Masses are being held in the seven Deaneries across the Diocese of East Anglia, all celebrated by Bishop Alan Hopes, as part of the regular […]
February 25, 2019
A hugely generous response from St Edmunds Bungay and Harleston to the Pope’s “moral imperative” to assist the exiled, the migrant, and the refugee, enabled parishioner […]
February 23, 2019
St Peter the Apostle in Gorleston was crowded on Wednesday February 6 for the funeral of long-serving and much-loved Sacristan, Bernard Power. Two of St Peter’s […]
February 22, 2019
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes charity carols in King’s Lynn, a Catenian dinner and a Holocaust memorial day. The Syro Malabar […]
February 22, 2019
Modern-day slavery and the work of the Medaille Trust was the subject of an engaging talk at St John’s Cathedral in early February reports Sarah Ebelewicz. […]
February 21, 2019
Young people across East Anglia are getting involved in supporting the work of Catholic international development charity CAFOD reports Alex Savage. A group of Sixth Formers […]
February 20, 2019
The March 2019 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and contains news of East Anglia pilgrims joining Pope Francis in Panama […]
February 19, 2019
A group from across the Diocese of East Anglia travelled with Fr Michael Johnstone in January to spend two weeks working with the Missionaries of the […]
February 19, 2019
Father Francis McDermott, a priest of the Diocese of Northampton, has been found guilty of 18 counts of child sexual abuse following a trial at Aylesbury […]
February 18, 2019
On the Feast of Saints Paul Miki and Companions (February 6), Fr Philip John was installed as the new Parish Priest of Saint Philip Howard, Cherry […]
February 16, 2019
For Candlemas, Downham Market parishioners were invited to a Mass to celebrate all those who help in the parish. Rebecca Bretherton reports. On a snowy Feast […]
February 14, 2019
Over £10,000 had been presented to a host of charities following the successful Clare Priory Craft Fair in Suffolk last summer, with another one to follow […]
February 13, 2019
The Diocese of East Anglia has submitted bids to open three new voluntary-aided Catholic primary schools in Cambridgeshire, backed by over 730 expressions of interest gathered […]
February 12, 2019
St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich bid a sad farewell to much-loved priest Fr Arockilya Seelan on Sunday January 27, reports Jean Scotter. “Go, eat the fat, […]
February 11, 2019
Students from St John Fisher High School in Peterborough have learnt about the massive problem of modern-day slavery from a high-powered panel of professionals including two […]
February 6, 2019
The Ignite Youth Team have been busy with a visit to Cambourne and have a Glow Retreat Day planned in Peterborough and a Discipleship Weekend in […]
February 5, 2019
There are musical opportunities to both join a new ecumenical choir and to hear a Catholic boys’ choir from Yorkshire perform in North Norfolk over the […]