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March 16, 2022
Over 130 people working with children and young people in the Diocese of East Anglia joined two Zoom events recently to learn about the Catholic Church’s […]
March 15, 2022
The Diocese of East Anglia will be joining the National Schools Singing Programme from September this year, thanks to the generous support of the Hamish Ogston […]
March 11, 2022
More than 600 people gathered in the centre of Ipswich on Wednesday March 9 for a vigil to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Ukrainian […]
March 10, 2022
Bishop Alan Hopes offered his support and prayers for Ukrainians in Peterborough and their families in the conflict zones on Tuesday (March 8) when he visited […]
March 10, 2022
The site for the new St John Henry Newman Catholic primary school in Peterborough was blessed by Bishop Alan Hopes on Tuesday (March 8) in front […]
March 7, 2022
At the Rite of Election in St John’s Cathedral in Norwich yesterday, Bishop Alan Hopes welcomed dozens of Catechumens and Candidates from across the Diocese of East […]
March 4, 2022
A number of appeals for aid for victims of the Ukraine conflict have been launched by national Catholic charities and groups. Aid to the Church in […]
March 2, 2022
Challenged by her daughter to go plastic free for Lent last year, Bury St Edmunds parishioner Anita Fildes rose to the challenge, as she explains. When […]
February 28, 2022
Pope Francis has made a heartfelt appeal for peace in Ukraine and urged Catholics everywhere to make Ash Wednesday, March 2, a day of fasting and […]
February 26, 2022
Ukrainians living in Peterborough have been saying prayers at St Olga’s Catholic Church for their families back at home, as the tragic situation in Eastern Europe […]
February 25, 2022
Over 700 responses have been received in the Diocese of East Anglia online Synodal Pathway survey but there is still time to take part before the […]
February 24, 2022
The March 2022 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now published online and paper copies will be available in parishes from Friday February 25. […]
February 23, 2022
Norfolk Catholic nun, Sr Katrin Foerster, of Quidenham Carmel, died on February 7. Born a Jew, Katrin converted to Christianity in her early teens and was […]
February 23, 2022
Historic England has released a short video which tells the on-going restoration story of St Mary’s, Great Yarmouth, after water damage to its roof and priceless […]
February 19, 2022
In the latest in his Voice of Hope series, Fr Alvan Ibeh asks “When should I be grateful to God”? For a few weeks now, in […]