"The Ignite Team is celebrating a return to in-person parish visits, as well as embracing the best of the on-line work from the last year." Article follows. Picture showing Hamish MacQueen.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"St Albans's Catholic Primary School, Cambridge, has planted a maple tree in memory of a much-loved teacher, Anna Fetzer Pimblott." Article follows. Picture of pupils and teachers with the tree.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"Many couples experience difficulties in starting a family, and the response of many well-meaning health practitioners is to immediately recommend IVF. But if you are a devout Catholic for whom this route isn't an option, what can you do? Lucy from East Anglia tells her own story of 'unexplained infertility' and how a Catholic alternative helped her." story continues.
image captioned: "Lucy is pictured with her husband at St Peter's in Rome, where the pope blessed their marriage."
"An unusual coincidence has seen a Catholic group in East Anglia embark on a sewing project to promote peace in Colombia - at the same time as the South American group was doing something similar." story continues.
image1 captioned: "Students from Notre Dame High School and the Explorer Scouts designed the squares and the CAFOD group sewed them together."
"The Diocese of East Anglia's response to the environmental crisis stepped up a gear recently with the establishment of a small group of parishioners tasked with addressing this important issue." story continues.
image1 captioned: "Turbines, by Nicholas Doherty, Unsplash"
"Parishes in East Anglia are being used to charge electric cars after the newly formed East Anglia Environment Group agreed to take part in a national project to identify sites and install electric vehicle charging points at locations across East Anglia." story continues.
image of cars charging at roadside.
"A film crew from Historic England visited St Mary's church, Great Yarmouth, at the end of January to share the story of the amazing impact that grant funding has had on the parish and the wider community." story continues.
image1 captioned: "the Historic England film crew at the St Mary's Mass"
image 2 captioned: "BBC Look East interview Fr Anthony Nwankwo for the nightly regional news bulletin."
"School students, parishioners and priests form the diocese of East Anglia took part in a unique event when they attended the annual Catherine of Aragon Mass at Peterborough Cathedral." story continues.
image caption: "Diocesan priests pictured at the Mass for Catherine of Aragon, which takes place at the High Altar of the Anglican Peterborough Cathedral"
"Students at St Albans High School in Ipswich are changing the way they get to school, recycle and garden as they work towards CAFOD's Live Simply award." story continues.
image caption: "St Alban's Eco Warriors"
"Brandon Lewis CBE MP visited St Mary's in Yarmouth on 11th March to see the progress of the re-roofing of the church." story continues.
1 image caption: "Brandon Lewis at St Mary's with Fr Anthony, Fr Alvan and Brian Lafferty, Chair of the parish finance committee"
"Bishop David Oakley of Northampton joined Bishop Alan Hopes at Fisher House in Cambridge to celebrate Mass for the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre." story continues.
image of Bishop Hopes at Altar
"East Anglia Bishop Alan Hopes has paid tribute to Jacinta Welch, the Caritas East Anglia Development Worker, after her role finished at the end of its three-year contract." Story continues.
image: Jacinta Welch with group
"The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has backed a campaign to help save a Catholic church roof by signing one of the slates which will form part of the roof repair. St Mary's church in Yarmouth is currently offering an opportunity to 'Sponsor a Slate' as part of essential work to replace concrete tiles on the church roof. When someone sponsors a slate for £10, they can add a message that will be written in white permanent marker pen and placed on the roof." Story continues.
image caption: "Boris Johnson with his signed slate. 'Brandon Lewis said he would pay for the slate and get the cash off Boris later'"
"A procession of the Blessed Sacrament took place on the streets around the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich n the Feast of Corpus Christi." Story continues.
image 1: a view of the procession
image 2: Fr Simon Davies carrying the Blessed Sacrament
"Bishop Alan Hopes ordained Guinluca Savini in St John's Cathedral as the latest member of the permanent diaconate in the diocese of East Anglia. Gianluca Savini will be serving at Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. He is married to Erminia and they have four children." Story continues.
image 1: Deacon Savini and Bishop Hopes
"A group of ten organ players from the Organ Society of Great Britain recently enjoyed a musical visit to Our Lady Star of the Sea parish church in Lowestoft. Having been frustrated by Covid disrupting performances over the past yeas, a group from the society visited our Lady, along with several other local churches, on 16th July to play and listen to the churches organs." Story continues.
image 1: Audience in pews
"Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School in Swaffham has been selected by the Department for Education to be
included in the latest round of its Schools Rebuilding Programme (SRP) for priority funding." Story continues.
image 1: two students
"St John Henry Newman Catholic Primary School and Nursery, in Hampton Water, Peterborough, has opened its doors to new pupils, teachers and staff for the first time this week. The school is now oopen for nursery, reception, year 1 and 2 children in the first year. Eventually it will cater for 630 pupils when full and will be run by the diocese ot East Anglia. More than 50 pupils are already enrolled." Story continues
image: pupils outside front of school
"Around 130 parishioners came to St Mary's parish, Thetford, to welcome back Fr Pat Cleary to the parish for the second time as parish priest." Story continues
image caption: "Cutting the cake right are Fr Pat Cleary and Paul Gilbert"
"Many in the Church are mourning the death of Fr Peter Edwards, who died on 18th December. From 1997 until 2021, Fr Peter was assistant priest at St Philip Howard Church in Cambridge." Story continues
image caption: "Fr Peter is pictured at his daughter's wedding party in July 2022."