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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-61-4 · Part · 19 February 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

Story 1: "Lottery windfall helps St Mary's mend leaking roof"
"St Mary's parish in Great Yarmouth has received a grant of £148,598 from the National Lottery Heritage for repairs to a leaking roof." Story continues.
Image of church roof with scaffolding
Story 2: "Diocese takes stock of architectural heritage"
"A comprehensive architectural and historical review of Catholic churches across the diocese of East
Anglia has been published online as part of the major Taking Stock project. Taking Stock is an architectural and historical review of Catholic churches and chapels in England and Wales. The project is a partnership between the Patrimony Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, individual dioceses, and Historic England." Story continues.
Image caption: "Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge."
Story 3: "Diss parishioners celebrate their heroic saint's feast day"
"Parishioners in Diss gathered on 1st February for a virtual celebration of the feast day of St Henry Morse, known as 'The Priest of the Plague'. Judith Tooth reports. " Story continues.
images caption: "Fr Alex Anaman outside the church and below, an etching of St Henry Morse which hangs in the church."

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-66-2 · Part · 9 April 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"Bishop Alan Hopes joined other religious from across the diocese and further afield in celebrating
Mass at the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham on the first anniversary of the Rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary on 25th March 2020. Six hundred years ago King
Richard II placed England under the protection of Mary. Ever since England has been known as Mary's Dowry." Story continues
Image caption: "Bishop Alan Hopes is pictured left at the Catholic National Shrine"

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-28-4 · Part · 21 June 2019
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"East Anglia: A Celebration of Priesthood Massand lunch took place at Our Lady of the Annunciation in Poringland and at the Bishop's White House on 13th June." Article continues...
Image with caption: "Pictures above with Bishop Alan Hopes (centre) outside the White House, are from the left, Fr Michael Vulliamy, Fr Roger Spencer, Fr Anthony Shryane and Fr Denys Lloyd."

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-38-1 · Part · 21 February 2020
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"A great-grandmother from Wymondham is making hundreds of dresses for poor girls in Africa and Asia... " "Anna [Bayles] works each day in her 'factory' - the front room of her bungalow - where the walls are covered with photos of children wearing her beautiful products." Story continues.
Image of Anna Bayles; Image of Thai girls caption: "Left, pictured in her 'factory' in Wymondham with some of her dresses and (above) some Thai girls wearing the dresses she has made. She uses second-hand pillow cases, curtains and tablecloths as material - 'nothing is wasted', she says, proudly."

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-66-6 · Part · 2 April 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"Parishes across the diocese of East Anglia responded to the appeal from Cardinal Vincent Nichols to pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament as part of the day of National Reflection on Covid. Ahead of the day Bishop Alan Hopes said: "All Catholics are being asked to hold this day as a day of prayer. We are asked to open our churches and to encourage our people to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for the many needs, hopes and sorrows that have emerged over the past year"". Story continues
Image caption "Fr Leo Michael with the Blessed Sacrament at St John's Cathedral".

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-66-4 · Part · 26 April 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"Hamish and the gang are back - after 30 years away from the music scene! In 1991 Hamish MacQueen, now the director of the East Anglian Diocesan Youth Service, founded a full-time Catholic rock band called Revelation, with the aim of sharing the Gospel message through music. They toured extensively throughout the UK and Europe. For a time, they were based in Hamish's mum's bungalow in North Walsham, and they played several gigs in East Anglia." Story continues
Image caption "As they were in 1995. See story for line-up - and where they are now"

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-56-7 · Part · 27 November 2020
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"Fr Anthony Foreman, a retired diocesan priest, has published a book on the intriguing medieval history of Lidgate, the Suffolk village where he lives. Lidgate, which is in the Newmarket parish, boasts the remains of a Roman villa, a Norman castle and was the birthplace of John de Lydgate, the famous medieval poet and monk of Bury Abbey. He presented a copy of his life of St Edmund to King Henry V on his visit to the abbey." Story continues.
Image - Fr Anthony with book

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-66-1 · Part · 2 April 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"Bishop Alan has celebrated a Mass and blessed an icon to inaugurate the Year of the Family, which began on 19th March. The icon of the Holy Family which he blessed was created by Fr Luke Goymour from the St Thomas of Canterbury parish in Brandon." Story continues
Image caption: "Picture is Fr Luke with the Icon of the Holy Family"

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-57-8 · Part · 18/25 December 2020
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"Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Hopes, celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his ordination to the Catholic priesthood with a Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich on 4th December. Also celebrating priesthood jubilees, and concelebrating with Bishop Alan, were Fr Dick Healey (40 years), Er John Barnes (25 years) and Fr Luke Goymour (10 years). Other diocesan priests celebrating jubilees this year include Canon Simon Blakeslev (30 years) and Canon David Paul (25 years)." Story continues.
Image showing Bishop Hopes in the Cathedral

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-56-3 · Part · 13 November 2020
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"Three young people from Sacred Heart and St Oswald parish in Peterborough were touched deeply when Fr Arockiya Seelan brought a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes to their home. Kavya, Aleema and Adriel describe the visit." Story continues.
Image showing statue on table with candles.

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-60-6 · Part · 29 January 2021
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"Young people in Cambridge are sustaining a social life through lockdown thanks to the Song School at Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs. Julia Caddick and Mgr Eugène Harkness report. Our junior choir rehearsals started back in September. We rehearse online via Zoom once a seek for 40 minutes (the duration of a seven vear-old's concentration span on-line so the experts say)." Story continues.
Image: group of choristers

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-61-5 · Part · 26 February 2021
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"St Mary's parish in Great Yarmouth is planting a time capsule to capture a moment in history. 'It's 60 years since we had the roof off,' explained Brian Lafferty, chair of the parish finance committee, whose idea the cansule was. 'It will be 60 or 100 years before it needs re-placing. so I thought, why not put a
time cansuke in there?'" Story continues.
Image of church with scaffolding

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GB ARCHON 2913 DEA-09-02-02-35-1 · Part · 29 November 2019
Part of Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA)

"The work of Catholic social action organisation Caritas East Anglia was formally commissioned by the Rt Rev Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia, at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich on Sunday 17th November, followed by a special celebration lunch." story continues.
image of Bishop Hopes blessing a row of people.

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