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April 27, 2020

Newmarket churches step up response to Covid-19

Newmarket has been praised for getting its volunteer response to the lockdown in place quickly. John Borda, a Town Councillor and active at Our Lady with […]
April 20, 2020

Sawston parish provides a home for Syrian refugees

A parish in Cambridgeshire has come to understand the Syrian war at a personal level by joining a project which provides homes for refugees. Kevin McMullen […]
March 28, 2020

Social action steps that we can still take despite virus

Today was to have been the day that the Caritas Festival began its journey around the Diocese of East Anglia at St George’s in Norwich. Jacinta […]
March 28, 2020

Government and NHS open opportunities to volunteer

During the Coronavirus crisis, the Government has offered people the opportunity to support the NHS by volunteering for a variety of roles. The NHS is looking […]
March 27, 2020

We must speak for the voiceless like Oscar Romero

The Third Principle of Catholic Social Teaching is the Preferential Option for the Poor writes Jacinta Goode – as demonstrated by Oscar Romero. On March 24, […]
March 27, 2020

Parish team phones hundreds of isolated members

The parish team from Our Lady Immaculate and St Etheldreda in Newmarket is determined not to let the virus stop them in their tracks. Using a […]
February 27, 2020

Second principle is Community and Participation

The Second Principle of Catholic Social Teaching is Community & Participation writes Jacinta Goode – God created us to be together, to live in community. Recently […]
February 26, 2020

Caritas Festival set for first date in Norwich

Following the very successful launch of Caritas East Anglia in November, we are now looking forward to the Festival, which will visit three venues in various […]
February 4, 2020

Norwich parish provides warm welcome at winter party

Bringing the generations together, St George’s Parish Proclaim team in Norwich organized a Winter Party at the end of January.  Monica Barnham reports. The Proclaim team […]
January 31, 2020

Anna makes hundreds of dresses for African girls

A 95-year-old great-grandmother from Wymondham is making hundreds of dresses for poor girls in Africa and Asia. Eldred Willey reports. She works each day in her […]
January 10, 2020

Reflecting as Caritas East Anglia launch hits the headlines

The Caritas East Anglia launch made front page news in the last edition of Catholic East Anglia.  The story also made the headlines in some national […]
December 19, 2019

Bury St Edmunds students show kindness during Advent

St Benedict’s school in Bury St Edmunds is promoting what they see as an under-rated value – kindness – during the season of Advent. The Catholic […]
November 18, 2019

Caritas East Anglia commissioned at Mass and lunch

The work of Caritas East Anglia was formally commissioned by Bishop Alan Hopes at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich on Sunday November […]
September 30, 2019

The first principle of social teaching is human dignity

The first principle of Catholic Social Teaching is Human Dignity says Caritas East Anglia Development Worker Jacinta Goode. Julie Andrews famously sang in The Sound of […]
August 20, 2019

Catholic Social Teaching – the church’s best kept secret

It’s said that Catholic Social Teaching is the best kept secret of the Catholic Church. In the latest of her series of articles, Jacinta Goode begins […]