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February 4, 2022
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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. […]
January 26, 2022
Participants from Anglican, Methodist, United Reformed and Catholic Churches, as well as the Salvation Army and Quakers, took part this year in an ecumenical chain of […]
January 25, 2022
A new Green Team at Notre Dame High School in Norwich has embarked on its first environmental project on the Norfolk Broads. “We need to plant […]
January 24, 2022
Bishop Alan Hopes has celebrated the 19th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop along with the Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Rev Bernard Longley, who […]
January 24, 2022
Community Chaplaincy Norfolk (CCN) is seeking more volunteer mentors as it continues to provide a ‘Both Sides of the Gate’ support service to people leaving prison […]
January 22, 2022
The Synodal Pathway process turns the church pyramid upside down, says Jane Crone, a member of the parish synod team at Clare Priory Parish in Suffolk. […]