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Please send news articles and pictures for the diocesan newspaper and website to editor Keith Morris at keith.morris@rcdea.org.uk

October 10, 2016

Story of vision as Cambs church was moved and rebuilt

The remarkable story of a missionary-focused Catholic church in Cambridgeshire is the subject of a new booklet about the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St Ives. Known […]
October 10, 2016

A Privilege and a Rewarding Experience – Personal Insights in to Alive in Faith

A Privilege and a Rewarding Experience – Personal Insights in to Alive in Faith Over the coming months, all Catholics in our Diocese will have had […]
October 5, 2016

Stowmarket Parish wins a LiveSimply award

Two years after Stowmarket Parish took the decision to live simply, the parish has been given its LiveSimply award ' becoming only the second in the […]
October 4, 2016

East Anglian trio are candidates to become deacons

Following an 18-month discernment process, three men have been admitted as candidates to become deacons in the Diocese of East Anglia and four more are now […]
October 3, 2016

Fun, faith and friends at East Anglia youth camp

Fun, faith and friendship were key elements of the annual Diocesan Summer Youth Camp at Eccles Hall in Norfolk over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Chris […]
September 30, 2016

East Anglia Schools Mass marks start of academic year

Around 700 students and teachers from Catholic schools right across the Diocese of East Anglia gathered at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich […]
September 29, 2016

Flotilla of boats on Broads to honour Our Lady

A colourful flotilla of boats took part in a river procession, in honour of Our Lady of Peafrancia, from Wroxham in Norfolk on September 18. The […]
September 28, 2016

Faith, fun and friends at Cathedral youth camps

Young people from St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich have been having fun at a Chronicles of Narnia camp with a further Life to the […]
September 27, 2016

Medal honour for historian of East Anglian Catholicism

The leading historian of Catholicism in East Anglia for nearly 60 years, Joy Rowe, has been honoured for her huge contribution to the Diocese of East […]
September 24, 2016

NEW Alive in Faith Video!

Clergy and volunteers from some of the 24 parishes that have completed their efforts for Alive in Faith have each shared a few words regarding their […]
September 16, 2016

Bishop blesses church as 20-year dream becomes reality

A 20-year old dream became a reality on September 14 when St Edmund King and Martyr Catholic church in Halesworth saw a £70,000 extension, including a […]
September 15, 2016

New March parish hall is built on faith

Over 120 people squeezed into the newly refurbished hall at Our Lady's Catholic Church in March on Monday evening (September 12) for the formal opening and […]
September 14, 2016

Bishop celebrates first Stella Maris Mass in East Anglia

Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Hopes, has paid tribute to the ministry of Catholic seafarers' charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) in the […]
September 13, 2016

Ipswich school with Mother Teresa link set to celebrate

As Mother Teresa was canonised at the Vatican in Rome by Pope Francis on Sunday September 4, a school in Ipswich was remembering her very special […]
September 13, 2016

Colourful way for Norwich church to celebrate 50

St George`s Catholic Church in Norwich has celebrated its 50th anniversary in a very artistic and colourful way. The church held a three-day flower festival and […]