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July 20, 2024

Cathedral Mass honours East Anglian altar servers

Around 40 altar servers from across the Diocese of East Anglia gathered at St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich on Saturday July 20 for a […]
July 20, 2024

Katherine of Aragon: princess, queen and saint?

Peterborough’s Anglican Cathedral opened its doors to welcome over 1,500 Catholics for a mass led by Bishop Peter Collins on June 15, an event made more […]
July 18, 2024

St John’s Cathedral joins science and faith programme

St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich is one of seven churches across England and Wales to share funding of £70,000 to explore the relationship between […]
July 17, 2024

Norwich cathedral server honoured after 30 years

Veteran St John the Baptist Cathedral altar server Geoffrey Sword was presented with a Diocesan Medal on Sunday (July 14) by Bishop Peter Collins to mark […]
July 16, 2024

Holy trinity of Catholic mayors lead East Anglian cities

Peterborough City Council has elected Catholic councillor Marco Cereste, as its mayor for the 2024-25 civic year, joining fellow Catholics mayors in both Norwich and Cambridge […]
July 15, 2024

Radio Maria Cambridge youth team share media skills

A Radio Maria England Youth group from St John Fisher Cambourne and St Mary’s Catholic School in Cambridge have been sharing their broadcast and media skills […]
July 14, 2024

Bishop Peter celebrates 40 years’ service as a priest

Bishop Peter Collins marked the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Sunday July 14, by celebrating Mass in St John the Baptist Cathedral […]
July 10, 2024

Young winners, saintly bread, celebration of mission

Latest news of interest to the East Anglia Catholic community includes young photo winners, saintly bread and an invitation to celebrate mission across the diocese and […]
July 7, 2024

The power of pressure

Fr Alvan Ibeh takes a look at the power of pressure in his latest Voice of Hope column. Someone seeing the headline of this column might […]
July 6, 2024

New canon link between two Norwich cathedrals 

The bond between Norfolk’s two cathedrals has been strengthened as the Dean of St John the Baptist Cathedral became an ecumenical canon of Norwich Anglican Cathedral […]
July 4, 2024

Study retreat, missing person plea, strawberry tea

Latest news of interest to the East Anglia Catholic community includes a study retreat on Women in the Bible, a search for a missing person and […]
July 3, 2024

New East Anglia Cantonese Chaplaincy is a pioneer

The Diocese of East Anglia Cantonese Chaplaincy came of age at a special Mass at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich on Saturday June 29, reports Dominic […]
July 1, 2024

Consultation for Swaffham school rebuilding plan

The Swaffham community has been invited to a consultation event on plans for a new school building at Sacred Heart VA Primary on July 10. This […]
July 1, 2024

The Society of Mary – the Marists Sisters (SM)

In his series about the Religious Congregations living and working in the Diocese of East Anglia, Fr Karol Porczak MS, Vicar for the Religious, introduces The […]
June 30, 2024

The Society of Mary – the Marist Fathers (SM)

In his series about the Religious Congregations living and working in the Diocese of East Anglia, Fr Karol Porczak MS, Vicar for the Religious, introduces The […]