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November 22, 2022

Indian community treats Cambourne to a celebration

Parishioners in Cambourne enjoyed the gracious hospitality of Cambourne Indian Community for their annual Onam celebrations. Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of […]
November 21, 2022

East Anglia Diocesan Calendar for 2023 is online

The official liturgical calendar for the Diocese of East Anglia has been published online and will be available in print in mid December. The calendar, together […]
November 21, 2022

Alive in Faith donation feeds housebound in Ukraine

A £50,000 donation from the Diocesan Alive in Faith Fund is being used by Caritas Ukraine to bring food to housebound residents in Kharkiv, Ukraine. As […]
November 21, 2022

Petition to create Our Lady of Walsingham feast

The Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales is set to petition the Holy See in Rome to upgrade the memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham to […]
November 18, 2022

Two East Anglian churches given listed status

Despite its modest size, the Diocese of East Anglia has more listed churches than any other Catholic diocese in England and two more have just been […]
November 16, 2022

Special Cambodian visitor to Costessey Parish

Our Lady & St Walstan parish in Costessey has received a special visitor from the parish of Tahen in Cambodia, with which it has long-been twinned. […]
November 15, 2022

Supporters help Radio Maria celebrate in Cambridge

Catholic broadcaster Radio Maria England celebrated three years of broadcasting from studios in Cambridge on Saturday November 5 with a Mass at St Laurence’s in the […]
November 8, 2022

East Anglia events: retreat, Cantonese, St Francis

Coming events of interest to the East Anglia Catholic community include an Advent Retreat, Cantonese Masses at Sawston, and a talk about St Francis at St […]
November 2, 2022

King’s Lynn parish celebrates 125 years at town hall

Our Lady of the Annunciation King’s Lynn celebrated the end of its 125th anniversary year with a celebratory dinner in the town hall. Pauline McSherry, a […]
November 1, 2022

Fr Pat Cleary returns as parish priest to Thetford

Around 130 parishioners came to St Mary’s Thetford to welcome back Fr Pat Cleary to the parish for the second time as parish priest.  Fr Pat […]
October 31, 2022

St Luke’s Peterborough makes room for new growth

With the help of Alive in Faith funds, St Luke’s Peterborough has been able to adapt to the challenges of a rapidly growing community. Fr Jeffery […]
October 26, 2022

Be first to read the November Catholic East Anglia

The November 2022 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now published online and paper copies will be available in parishes from Friday October 28. […]
October 25, 2022

What to do when God says ‘no’ to your prayer

In this month’s Voice of Hope series, Fr Alvan Ibeh asks what will you do, when God says ‘no’ to your prayer. From time to time, […]
October 23, 2022

SVP Conference commissioning ceremony in Norwich

On the feast day of St Vincent de Paul, St George SVP Conference, Norwich, held a commissioning ceremony at St Boniface Church in Hellesdon to welcome […]
October 22, 2022

Will you host Mary and Joseph this Advent?

East Anglian parishes have been inviting people to join in the traditional Mexican Advent Posada Journey for several years reports Rebecca Bretherton. A young couple are […]