"Almost all of Norfolk's Catholic churches have reopened their doors to collective public worship over the weekend following the relaxation of government guidelines." Story continues.
Image caption, showing Fr Simon with communicants: "The Dean of St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich, Canon David Paul, led the first public Mass at the cathedral for nearly three months, on Saturday"
"The first reading from the sacred Scriptures at the Easter Vigil takes us back to the dawn of time: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' We are enlightened regarding the origin of life in God." Story continues
1 image caption: "Bishop of East Anglia Peter Collins"
Offering insurance services stemming for the National Insurance Act of 1911 which came into force on 15 July 1912.
Supported by Bishop Keating in his pastoral letter of June 1912.
"A group of volunteers in Bungay have become the 100th recipient of the Livesimple award for their commitment to sustainability to protect the planet." Story continues
Image caption: "Parishioners being awarded the 100th Live simply award for their commitment to sustainable living."
"Respects are being paid to a Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital nurse who died after a long battle with coronavirus. Emergency department staff nurse Estrella Catalan died at the age of 52 on February 5 having joined the trust in September 2002." Story continues.
Image 1 caption: "Nurse Estrella Catalan's coffin inside StJohn'sRC Cathedral for the vigil"
Image 2 caption: "Flowers representing the NHS a tthe vigil for Estrella Catalan"
Image 3 caption: "The hearse arrives at St John's RC Cathedral"
Image 4 flowers forming the word "MUM" being carried
Image 5 caption: "Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital staff nurse Estrella Catalan died in early February after a long battle with the coronavirus."
"In 2017 the convent was the site of a reality TV show where five young women stayed with the nuns for a month. After one hundred years – and one hit television series – an order of nuns will be leaving their convent in Swaffham, Norwich. The Daughters of Divine Charity convent, the setting of the 2017 Channel 5 series Bad Habits, Holy Orders, has been put up for sale, and the resident sisters moving to one of their order’s sister houses in the UK. The decision was made after the closure of the Sacred Heart independent school in 2019 – after which the nuns felt they would be more useful elsewhere." Story continues.
The Tablet (1846-)"HAMPTON, a town to the south of Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire, is on the up. Thirty years ago it was nothing but abandoned brick pits; since then thousands of homes have sprung up. Three primary and two secondary schools have followed, along with a shopping centre, restaurants, lakes and open spaces.
"But all is not well within this Eden of purpose-built convenience. Since it was announced in 2019 that a fourth primary could be Catholic, fierce opposition has been unleashed that has left many local Catholics feeling intimidated and bruised.
"The 630-pupil St John Henry Catholic Primary School (SJHN) and 26-place nursery, to be built in part of the development called Hampton Water, will be the first Catholic school in England to open in almost ten years. The Diocese of East Anglia established that there was a high level of need for a new Catholic primary school several years ago, says Helen Bates, the diocese’s deputy of education." Story continues.
Image caption: An impression of the proposed school"
"The Pope's personal representative in Great Britain has completed a four-day tour of East Anglia after being invited to the county by the Bishop of East Anglia Rt Rev Alan Hopes." (article continues...). Image of a group in SJB Cathedral Gardens (not Sheringham as per caption).
[the same story appears in EDP and Dereham Times]
"Peter Smith liked to say that he was “just a Battersea boy”. Certainly the tenth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark, to give him his full title, was never accused of putting on clerical airs or graces." story continues.
The Times"A teenager who died after being hit by a car may have been distracted by TikTok before stepping out into the road, a court has heard.", story continues.
image 1 caption: "Floral tributes left at the scene of the incident"
image 2: Jacquiline Lake, senior coroner for Norfolk
image 3 caption: "Tributes to Salvador Modke were led by Peter Collins, the bishop of East Anglia"
Schedule for the Synod of Northampton
Keating, William Frederick Rev (1859-1928)"A church has invested £27,000 in solar panels in a bid to cut its fuel bills and its carbon footprint.", story continues.
image 1 caption: "Stuart Grant (left) and Chris Davey (right) at the church."
"The Bishop of East Anglia has paid a tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, following his death on Saturday aged 95." Story continues
image caption: "Bishop Peter Collins, Bishop of East Anglia, spoke of his sadness at the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (inset)."
"A church restoration project is offering a new perspective on its town and the streets that surround it.
"Pictures taken documenting repairs to the roof of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Regent Road show its crowded urban setting, hemmed in by houses and Great Yarmouth's main tourism thoroughfare of Regent Road." Story continues.
3 images, caption: "Drone pictures offering a bird’s eye view of urgent restoration work going on at St Mary’s RC Church in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, and its place in the town"
"A church restoration project is offeringa new perspective on its town and the streets that surround it. Pictures taken documenting repairs to the roof of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Regent Road show its crowded urban setting, hemmed in by houses and Great Yarmouth's main tourism thoroughfare of Regent Road." Story continues.
Image caption: "Drone pictures offering a bird's eye view of urgent restoration work going on at St Mary's RC Church in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, and its place inthe town"
"A church restoration project is offering a new perspective on its town and the streets that surround it. Pictures taken documenting repairs of the roof of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Regent Street show its crowded urban setting, hemmed in by houses, and Great Yarmouth's main tourism thoroughfare of Regent Road." Story continues
3 images taken from drone above the church. Caption: "Drone pictures offering a bird's eye view of urgent restoration work going on at St Mary's RC Church in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, and its place in the town."
"A virtual art exhibition has been launched to showcase the creative hard work of students at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Norwich." Story continues.
Image caption: "Norwich Catholic high school Norte Dame launches virtual art exhibition."
"A schoolboy from Thetford died from "severe head injuries" after being struck by a car, am inquest heard." Story continues
image caption: "Floral tributes left at the scene"
The coroner advises Catholic Church to take action after a Canon (Fr Brian Frost) died following a fall at his Suffolk home. (more...)
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