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A parishioner at St John's Cathedral has been honoured for 25 years service to Catholic overseas mission Missio with a medal and
certificate Anne Clark has been a Local Secretary for APF-Mill Hill, which is part of Missio, for 25 years since volunteering for the role back in 1993.
Missio is the pope's official charity for overseas mission and is part of the worldwide Pontifical Missionary Societies.

News items from The Catholic Universe

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Sacred Heart School, in Swaffham since 1914, is a fee-paying school with some 160 pupils in its nursery, lower and senior schools. This year it has asked the community to help raise funds to keep it open. This was unsuccessful and the school recently announced that it would be closing at the end of the summer term. The Catholic Diocese of East Anglia has been working on plans for a new Catholic primary school, the first in Norfolk for decades, in its place. This week the plan was approved by Norfolk County Council.

Solemn Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday 9 December for the 60th Anniversary of the blessing of the first church at Sawston. Bishop Hopes and Fr John Minh celebrated Mass.

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"The apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, Archbishop Edward Adams, has been touring around the Diocese of East Anglia after accepting an invitation from Bishop Alan Hopes." (article continues...)

Justin Welby's, Archbishop, visit to Norwich and to RC Cathedral. Joint service held with Bishop Alan Hopes.
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Three candidates to the diaconate were instituted as acolytes at St John's Cathedral on 3rd November, reports Rev John Morrill, assistant director for the permanent deacons. Brett Gladden from Bury St Edmunds, Martin L'Estrange from King's Lynn and James Hurst from Newmarket (pictured right - front row) reached a final staging post on their tour-year formation journey following 'candidacy' in their second year and 'lectorship' in their third year. Bishop Alan Hopes (flanked by Deacons John Bell and John Morrill) instituted them as acolytes at a Mass attended by many members of their families.

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A youth celebration of Epiphany lit up the skies Sunday evening (6th January) when around 200 young people and their families from across the Diocese of East Anglia enjoyed a candlelit Mass, bonfire, hot dogs and a firework display. The annual Epiphany Candlelight Mass took place at the church of Our Lad of the Annunciation in Poringland, organised by the Ignite team with attendees from across Norfolk. Suffolk, Cambs and Peterborough.

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Students from John Fisher High School in Peterborough, learnt about modern slavery from a panel of professionals. "00 students took part in the day-long event on 8th February, the feast of St Josephine Bavhita - patron saint linked with human trafficking and modern slavery having been trafficked herself.

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"The Government last Friday announced its approval for a bid from the Diocese of East Anglia for a new voluntary-aided (VA) primary school for the Hampton East housing development i Peterborough" (Article continues...)

Sacred Heart Church's 'Crowning and Warming the Sacred Heart of Southwold' heritage project has been greatly boosted by a National Lottery grant of £210,000 and a grant of £10,000 from Historic England. The grants add significantly to funds already provided by the Parish and the Southwold Trust and will enable the repair and restoration of the church. Parish priest Roger de Lacy-Spencer, said: 'These generous grants will ensure the church can continue to welcome parishioners and visitors'.

News item from The Tablet, The Lowestoft Journal and The EDP

Seven young people from Norwich travelled to Panama for World Youth Day. The Mass on January 27 was celebrated by Pope Francis.
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Sunday, February 3 - Jessica McCall from the IGNITE youth team talks to BBC Norfolk presenter Anthony Isaacs about her recent trip to World Youth Day in Panama with half-a-dozen others from the Diocese of East Anglia.
Start listening at 1.44.00 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06y7c33 (not accessible 15-7-2022)