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Please send news articles and pictures for the diocesan newspaper and website to editor Keith Morris at keith.morris@rcdea.org.uk

August 18, 2020

Warm postcard welcome back to Mass in March

Postcard invitations for all the parishioners of Our Lady and Good Counsel and St Peter in March and Chatteris have been sent out to help encourage […]
August 17, 2020

Family trio baptised into Catholic Church in Huntington

More than three months after the Easter Vigil three catechumens from St Michael’s, Huntingdon, were finally baptised and welcomed into the Catholic Church, reports Fr Philip […]
August 14, 2020

Cycling Peterborough pilgrims raise cash for Macmillan

Parish priest Fr Seelan and a small group of parishioners from Sacred Heart and St Oswald in Peterborough are cycling the 75 miles from the church […]
August 10, 2020

A message from the head steward for strange times

Mim MacMahon, who organises the stewarding rota at St Pancras parish in Ipswich, asks the congregation for understanding of her team. Thanks ever so, everybody who […]
August 7, 2020

Review set for Walsingham Shrine development plans

Plans for a major re-development of the Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham in North Norfolk are to be reviewed after concerns were raised about its effect […]
August 5, 2020

Norwich Catenian joins online version of ‘The Prayer’

Tony Baker from the Norwich circle of Catenians recently featured in his son’s promotional version of ‘The Prayer’, a duet by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. […]
August 5, 2020

Vigil as bishops call for end to nuclear weapons

Pax Christi supporters in Cambridgeshire will he joining an online vigil on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and […]
July 31, 2020

Prameel Joseph rejoices as ordination dream is fulfilled

Prameel Joseph from St Luke’s in Peterborough fulfilled a call to ordination he has felt for many years when Bishop Alan ordained him to the diaconate […]
July 30, 2020

Caritas gathers social action pioneers for webinar

In partnership with CAFOD, Caritas East Anglia has organised a webinar to showcase various projects around the Diocese which are responding to social needs. Jacinta Goode, […]
July 30, 2020

Bishop Alan ordains Jacob Cheriyan to the diaconate

Jacob Cheriyan from Sacred Heart and St Oswald in Peterborough joined the ranks of East Anglia’s deacons when he was ordained at St John’s Cathedral on […]
July 25, 2020

Bishop Alan ordains Peter Wygnański to the priesthood

Peter Wygnański arrived at the end of his seminary journey on July 25 as Bishop Alan Hopes ordained him to the priesthood at the Cathedral of […]
July 24, 2020

Bringing our loved ones as jewels into God’s presence

As public worship resumes, Fr Sean Connolly from St George’s in Norwich reflects on how we can be in God’s presence for our family and friends. […]
July 20, 2020

Quartet of ordinations set for Diocese of East Anglia

Seminarian Peter Wygnanski will be ordained as a priest in the Diocese of East Anglia on Saturday July 25 at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich, the […]
July 20, 2020

Spiritual director Dr McFadyen grows a sunflower blog

Dr Margaret-Mary McFadyen, the diocesan representative to the Bishops Conference Spirituality Committee, is developing a blog to encourage people on their spiritual journey. She has named […]
July 18, 2020

CYMFed hosts online series of youth ministry talks

CYMFed, the Catholic Youth Ministry Federation of England and Wales, is hosting a series of online talks for the youth ministry community featuring expert speakers from […]