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August 10, 2024

Walsingham pilgrims visit Our Lady of Grace in Ipswich

A group of people from Walsingham made a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Grace in Ipswich on July 6, reciprocating a pilgrimage made from Ipswich to […]
August 9, 2024

‘Jesus Hug’ fellowship celebrates year of fun and Grace

A Year of fun and Grace: Reflecting on the ‘Jesus Hug’ Cantonese Children’s Fellowship in and around Cambridge. Frances Tai and Elizabeth Lam report. This last […]
August 8, 2024

Thetford Parish celebrates church’s 198th Anniversary

On Saturday July 6, parishioners in Thetford gathered in the presbytery to celebrate the 198th anniversary of the opening of the parish church. Built in 1826, […]
August 6, 2024

SVP house reopens, expanding family accommodation

North Norfolk SVP Conference increases family based emergency accommodation with reopening of Blessed Rosalie Rendu House. The SVP Temporary Emergency Accommodation (TEA) Project, first established over […]
August 6, 2024

Felixstowe parish priest and author bids farewell

Ghost story writer, biographer and magazine columnist, Canon John Barnes, who is about to retire after 10 years as parish priest at St Felix RC Church […]
August 3, 2024

150 Cambridge students embark on Annual Pilgrimage

150 students from St Bede’s Inter-Church School in Cambridge took part in the annual Bede Trail Pilgrimage to the North-East earlier in July. They travelled north […]
July 30, 2024

Bishop sees God’s presence at Walsingham Pilgrimage

The Chapel of Reconciliation was full to overflowing at the National SVP Pilgrimage for the Sick, which took place at the Catholic National Shrine of Our […]
July 26, 2024

East Anglia priest publishes first book in UK, review

Fr Alvan Ibeh SMMM from Great Yarmouth has published his first book in the UK, which will be part of a series, titled “A Fountain of […]
July 24, 2024

20 Men gather in Walsingham despite rain for retreat

Despite the rain, nearly 20 men from across the Diocese gathered in Walsingham for the annual Marriage and Family Life Day for Men on Saturday July […]
July 23, 2024

Bishop visits Ipswich School, 750 students attend Mass

On Thursday July 18, Bishop Peter Collins visited St Alban’s Catholic High School in Ipswich for the first time as Bishop. He was given a tour […]
July 20, 2024

Street Procession, Pastoral Support, Garden Open Day

Latest news of interest to the East Anglia Catholic community includes a joyous street procession at St Luke’s in Peterborough, a priest celebrating 25 years of […]
July 16, 2024

Our Lady of Walsingham raised to the rank of Feast

The Vatican has granted permission for Our Lady of Walsingham to be celebrated as a new Feast in the dioceses of England, starting this year on […]
July 13, 2024

500 celebrate relics arrival with procession and Mass

The Parish of The Sacred Heart and St Oswald in Peterborough celebrated the arrival of the relics of St Jacinta and St Francesco, and the National […]
July 12, 2024

Fakenham priest completes bucket list walk to Shrine

Parish Priest of St Anthony’s in Fakenham, Fr Andrew Neate, and parishioners embarked on a walk from Fakenham to the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady […]
July 11, 2024

Ipswich educators win Silver National Teaching Award

Ipswich educators Rebekah Aldous and Julie Iannelli from St Pancras Catholic Primary School have been recognised with a Silver Award for Early Years Team of the […]