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July 9, 2024

SVP expands support with new groups in Norfolk

The Saint Vincent de Paul Society, or SVP, continues to show signs of growth across the diocese, and over the last year new conferences have started […]
July 8, 2024

Upcoming World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

This year we will celebrate the fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Pope Francis in 2021 declared that this special day celebrating Grandparents and […]
July 5, 2024

Ignite Youth Team graduation at St John’s Cathedral

The end of a year spent working as part of the Ignite Youth Team was marked with a “graduation” Mass at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich […]
July 3, 2024

Newmarket Church to celebrate Diamond Jubilee

The diamond jubilee of the laying of the foundation stone of the new Church of Our Lady and St Etheldreda’s in Newmarket will take place on […]
July 2, 2024

Seafarers face dangers as Sea Sunday approaches

Seafarers navigating the Red and Black Seas face escalating threats, from Houthi attacks to Russian military targeting. Stella Maris chaplains in Ukraine provide crucial support amidst […]
June 28, 2024

Join walk with Fatima Relics in Peterborough church

The Parish of Sacred Heart and St Oswald in Peterborough is inviting people to participate in a prayerful walk on Sunday June 30, carrying the relics […]
June 25, 2024

BBC carries feature on Dereham based religious sisters

The popular BBC online website has carried a feature about the vocational stories of the sisters of the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham near Dereham. […]
June 24, 2024

Mgr Eugene Harkness celebrates 40th Anniversary

A large congregation of parishioners, friends and clergy from all over the diocese gathered at Our Lady & the English Martyrs, Cambridge on June 10, to […]
June 23, 2024

New Altar Frontals unveiled at Walsingham Shrine

As part of the ongoing legacy developments marking Ninety Years since the Restoration of the Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady in Walsingham, this […]
June 22, 2024

Refugees welcomed at Sheringham church, £500 raised

Our Lady of Refuge and St Joseph Sheringham was delighted to welcome John and Shirzad – refugees from South Sudan and Afghanistan – to mark the […]
June 17, 2024

Diocese to host Catholic Men’s Retreat in Walsingham

Join Fr Sean Connolly and a group of Catholic men from the Diocese of East Anglia on Saturday July 6, as we discuss and reflect on […]
June 13, 2024

Fakenham church marks Pentecost with Confirmations

St Anthony of Padua RC Church in Fakenham had an extra special Pentecost this year with the celebration of Confirmation at both its Pentecost Masses, conferred […]
June 10, 2024

Corpus Christi procession around St John’s Norwich

The Cathedral of St John the Baptist celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi on June 2, led by Bishop Peter Collins. The celebration included Solemn Mass, […]
June 8, 2024

50 East Anglia priests gather for Priesthood Celebration

On May 23, around 50 priests gathered for the Celebration of Priesthood at a special Mass led by Bishop Peter Collins, Bishop of East Anglia. Bishop […]
June 5, 2024

Deanery Caritas festivals celebrate faith in action

Deanery Caritas festivals celebrate ways through which the Catholic community puts its faith into action. Jane Crone from the Caritas Commission reports on the latest deanery […]