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June 25, 2018
If you’re a Catholic seafarer, you can go for months without receiving the sacraments or having any contact with the Church. This is where Apostleship of […]
June 22, 2018
Diocese of East Anglia priest, Fr Henry Whisenant, has announced that he is to spend a year as a monk in Tasmania, in Australia, to discern […]
June 20, 2018
Bishop Alan Hopes has celebrated marriage and family life with over 60 couples and their families in an annual Mass at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich. […]
June 20, 2018
Three priests with a total of 150 years of service joined around 40 others from across the Diocese of East Anglia at a Celebration of Priesthood […]
June 19, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes an historic Catenian meeting in Ipswich, an inter-faith celebration in Peterborough and First Holy Communions in […]
June 19, 2018
The AGM of the East Anglian Catholic History Society has just taken place and a new book about the history of Catholicism in Bury St Edmunds […]
June 18, 2018
The Ignite Youth Team has launched a new prayer network and is inviting people to join it to pray for the young people of the Diocese […]
June 17, 2018
The parish of Clare Priory in Suffolk has become a Fairtrade Parish after running a monthly Fairtrade stall for the last ten years. The stall sells […]
June 15, 2018
Three Diocese of East Anglia seminarians were ordained as deacons in Rome on Wednesday (June 13) in an historic Mass at St Paul’s-outside-the-Walls Basilica led by […]
June 15, 2018
Three Diocese East Anglia seminarians, who were ordained as deacons in Rome earlier this week (June 13), all have different vocation stories. Alan Hodgson Born in […]
June 14, 2018
Pontifical Beda College seminarian Mike Brookes reports on his ordination to the diaconate, along with East Anglia colleagues Alan Hodgson and Paul Spellman, at St Paul’s Basilica […]
June 13, 2018
Latest news from schools across the Diocese of East Anglia includes a West End style theatre show, a 24-hour charity fast and a hat-trick of wins […]
June 12, 2018
It has been a busy time at St Alban’s Catholic High School, Ipswich, including a visit from Bishop Alan Hopes and a new head-teacher commissioned. Lay […]
June 11, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes Bishop Alan meeting with Polish bishops, a day of reflection in Ely, two retreats in Walsingham […]
June 9, 2018
Parishes twinned with communities in Cambodia have just had the pleasure of welcoming Fr Totet to the Diocese of East Anglia. Stella Fox reports. Fr Totet […]
June 8, 2018
St Laurences Catholic Primary School in Cambridge has just celebrated its 50th anniversary. History Curriculum Lead and past pupil Rachel Chalklin reports. Ten years after the […]
June 7, 2018
The feast of Corpus Christi was marked by processions across the Diocese of East Anglia including at Oxburgh Hall and in Norwich on Sunday June 3. […]
June 6, 2018
The parish of Sacred Heart North Walsham together with St Helen, Hoveton and St John of the Cross, Aylsham, achieved the Catholic international aid charity (CAFOD) […]
June 5, 2018
People from across East Anglia gathered in Bury St Edmunds last weekend (June 2 and 3) for the annual Catholic Charismatic family weekend, Celebrate East Anglia. […]
June 4, 2018
Catholic parishioners from Peterborough filled the city-s Anglican cathedral for a One Mass and international celebration on Saturday evening (June 2). Keith Morris reports. Around 800 […]
June 4, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes First Holy Communions in Gorleston, record numbers in Wisbech and the Swaffham Sisters who are celebrating […]
June 3, 2018
The Altar at St Mary-s Church in Great Yarmouth has been re-dedicated by Bishop Alan Hopes after it was desecrated during an arson attack in March, […]
June 3, 2018
Last autumn some parishioners from St George’s in Norwich undertook to participate in a Proclaim initiative piloted in the Plymouth Diocese on Evangelization. Monica Barnham reports […]
June 2, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes a colourful Pentecost celebration, a double 80th birthday and charity fund-raising. There was a very colourful […]
June 1, 2018
A Catholic Norwich surgeon’s plan to operate for free on a young Tanzanian health care worker to restore the use of her legs has overcome bureaucratic […]
May 31, 2018
Latest events across the Diocese of East Anglia include a Global Rosary Relay, a Cathedral Friends drink party and a Catholic Concern for Animals conference at […]
May 30, 2018
Over 400 young people and adults joined in an enthusiastic Children-s Pilgrimage and Mass at Walsingham on Tuesday May 29, led by Bishop Alan Hopes. Large […]
May 27, 2018
Over 100 altar servers from across the Diocese of East Anglia gathered with their families for a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Alan Hopes on Saturday […]
May 26, 2018
St Edmunds church in Bury St Edmunds marked Pentecost with an international weekend celebration. Fr Alvan Ibeh reports. This year Pentecost was celebrated in grand style […]
May 25, 2018
An Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls by Oxford University professor Hugh Williamson is the subject of an annual lecture at the Norfolk branch of the […]
May 24, 2018
The June 2018 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and contains news and pictures of the Diocesan Walsingham pilgrimage, an Archbishop […]
May 23, 2018
Parishioners of Our Lady & St Walstan parish in Costessey visited the second of three local wells associated with St Walstan on Sunday May 13. The […]
May 23, 2018
CAFOD East Anglia is currently looking for Area Coordinators in Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge Deaneries to work with and motivate local volunteers as part of […]
May 22, 2018
Former Norwich City star Philip Mulryne preached from the heart at St John-s Cathedral in Norwich on Sunday morning, just hours before he made a return […]
May 22, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes an invitation to the Celebrate East Anglia conference, a first Holy Communion and a Confirmation Mass. […]
May 18, 2018
Bishop Alan Hopes has invited all married and engaged couples across the Diocese of East Anglia to the annual Marriage and Family Celebration Mass at the […]
May 17, 2018
St Laurence-s Church in Cambridge has celebrated its 60thbirthday in style with a Songs of Praise service. The foundation stone for St Laurence-s, was laid on […]
May 14, 2018
A small group of pilgrims from the Diocese of East Anglia have just returned from a pilgrimage to Flanders commemorating the end of the First World […]
May 13, 2018
East Anglia Diocese seminarian Michael Smith received the ministry of lector on May 9 at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome during an evening vigil mass […]
May 11, 2018
Following the Government’s announcement today to abandon its election promise to remove the 50% faith cap on new free schools, the Bishop of East Anglia has […]
May 10, 2018
Hearts and minds being changed was the most evident fruit of a 40 Days for Life vigil held outside an abortion clinic in Norwich. Eldred Willey […]
May 9, 2018
Latest news from across the Diocese of East Anglia includes a world day of prayer, a Polish Sunday lunch and an invitation to people who like […]
May 8, 2018
Around 900 people joined the annual Diocese of East Anglia pilgrimage to Walsingham on Bank Holiday Monday, May 7, which took on a new format in […]
May 7, 2018
Over 150 young people from across the Diocese of East Anglia enjoyed the Ignite Youth Festival over the weekend (May 5-6) camping at the Sacred Heart […]
May 6, 2018
Bishop Alan Hopes spent the day at Moreton Hall Prep School on April 30 where he celebrated Mass and met with staff, pupils and governors. The […]