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December 8, 2020

The God Who Speaks opens the Scriptures at Advent

It is a year since the diocese began using The God Who Speaks course to come to a deeper understanding of Scripture. Jean Johnson reflects on […]
December 7, 2020

Bishop Alan sends Advent message to schools

Bishop Alan Hopes has sent a message to all students and teachers across the Diocese of East Anglia, at the start of Advent 2020.  To watch […]
December 7, 2020

Spring cleaning ready for your Advent guest

In the second of a series of talks on Advent from Bishop Alan and priests of the Diocese, podcaster Fr Andrew Eburne talks about Advent as […]
December 7, 2020

King’s Lynn lights up the church for Red Wednesday

Our Lady of the Annunciation in King’s Lynn lit up the church in red in solidarity with Christians and others who are suffering persecution. Stephen Farr […]
December 7, 2020

Thinking with Pope Francis about Building Bridges

Marie-Madeleine Kenning, who has frequently visited Cambodia as part of the diocesan Building Bridges scheme, reflects on Pope Francis’ latest encyclical letter, Fratelli Tutti. I did not […]
December 6, 2020

Key events in the Diocese of East Anglia for 2021

A provisional calendar of events across the Diocese of East Anglia has been released. Due to the on-going Covid-19 restrictions, all future dates should be checked […]
December 4, 2020

Bishop Alan marks silver jubilee as Catholic priest

Bishop Alan Hopes today celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his ordination to the Catholic Priesthood with a Mass at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich. Also celebrating […]
December 1, 2020

Bishop Alan video marks the start of Advent

Bishop Alan Hopes has recorded a message for people across the Diocese of East Anglia to mark the start of Advent. Click here to view the […]
November 30, 2020

Bury St Edmunds celebrates 1000 years of Abbey life 

Both St Edmund’s Church and St Edmundsbury Cathedral have held services to celebrate 1000 years since the founding of St Edmund’s Abbey. Many events that were […]
November 30, 2020

Diocese of East Anglia Yearbook and Calendar is out

The Diocese of East Anglia Yearbook and Calendar has been published and printed copies are available in all parishes now, priced just £2. The annual Yearbook […]
November 25, 2020

March celebrates All Saints with a Window of Hope

As the second lockdown started, March parish decided to create a Window of Hope to mark All Saints Day. Rebecca Bretherton reports. Taking advantage of a […]
November 24, 2020

New youth chat show and Mass launched

The Ignite Youth Team have set up a virtual studio in Norwich and launched an online chat show and youth Mass. Ciaran Losasso reports. ‘Chat show host’ […]
November 24, 2020

St Philip Howard parish invites prayer with grotto

On All Saints Day Fr Philip John from St Philip Howard in Cambridge dedicated a new grotto to Our Lady in the grounds of the church. […]
November 20, 2020

Bishops accept IICSA abuse report recommendations

The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have issued a statement, following their plenary meeting, in which they accept the recommendations of the IICSA report on […]
November 19, 2020

Diocese makes good progress in its key aims says ARA

The Annual Report and Accounts of the Diocese of East Anglia have just been published online and show that, in 2019, it made good progress towards […]