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February 9, 2022

An opportunity to support a child in foster care

Charlotte Valori from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Gillingham is encouraging Catholics in Norfolk to support a child through the Independent Visitor Service. Charlotte herself […]
February 8, 2022

Peterborough Mass recalls Queen Catherine of Aragon

School students, parishioners and priests from across the Peterborough Deanery attended the unique annual Catherine of Aragon Mass at Peterborough Cathedral recently. “Peterborough Cathedral is the […]
February 8, 2022

Norwich conference lifts the lid on modern slavery

Mark Little MBE is organising a conference in Norwich Anglican Cathedral to shed light on the scourge of modern slavery. The Queen awarded Mark an MBE […]
February 7, 2022

Bishop Alan honours the founder of Open Christmas

Bishop Alan Hopes celebrated a requiem Mass at St Benet’s in Beccles for Michael Hope, who with his wife Rosie founded Open Christmas in Norfolk. Fr […]
February 4, 2022

Film crews visit Yarmouth church to celebrate funding

A film crew from Historic England visited St Mary’s, Great Yarmouth at the end of January to share the story of the amazing impact that grant […]
February 4, 2022

Bishop Alan encourages Religious to present their lives

Around 40 Religious from around the diocese, along with friends and family, joined a Mass at St John’s Cathedral celebrated by Bishop Alan Hopes. The event […]
February 3, 2022

Peterborough school construction gathers pace

Construction of a new Catholic primary school in the Hampton area of Peterborough is progressing at pace, with building installation work now under way.  Work on the new St John […]
February 2, 2022

Bishop Alan awards missionary nun for life of service

Bishop Alan Hopes has awarded the long-serving, Peterborough-based, Italian missionary Sr Letizia Conati with a Diocesan Medal for her exemplary life. “Sr Letizia arrived in England […]
February 1, 2022

Dozen Peterborough couples start marriage course

A dozen engaged couples have started a preparation for marriage in the Catholic Church course in the Peterborough Deanery. Oliver Wessex reports. Pope St John Paul […]
January 31, 2022

Bittering chapel, Torch Trust, painting competition

The story has emerged of Paul Hodác, a Czech forester who escaped from the Nazis, and built a chapel in the woods at Bittering, Norfolk. The […]
January 30, 2022

Catenians remember Brother Liam from Norwich Circle

Liam McKenna OBE, a member of the Norwich Circle of the Catenians, passed away recently after a rich and varied life. Liam was born in Glasgow […]
January 29, 2022

Tributes for Sr Monica, a courageous Daughter of Jesus

Tributes have been paid to Sr Monica Wyard DJ, who served as a teacher and catechist in Northampton and East Anglia Dioceses. Monica was born in […]
January 28, 2022

Join East Anglia group at World Youth Day in Portugal

The pilgrimage to World Youth Day Portugal 2023 is set to be launched in East Anglia in March, reports Hamish MacQueen, Director of Diocesan Youth Service. […]
January 27, 2022

Updated Covid guidance offered to dioceses

Updated guidance has been offered to the dioceses of England and Wales by Rev Canon Christopher Thomas, General Secretary, CBCEW, following the lifting of ‘Plan B’ […]
January 26, 2022

First chance to read February East Anglia newspaper

The February 2022 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now published online and paper copies will be available in parishes from Friday January 28. […]