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"East Anglia Bishop Peter Bishop Peter Collins' inaugural visit to Our Lady and St Walstan's church in Costessey marked the memorable Confirmation Mass of seven young congregation members, accentuating the spirit of unity and faith within the parish". Story continues.
image: Bishop Peter with seven young congregation members

"Bishop Peter Collins has hosted Diocese of East Anglia seminarians from as far away as Rome and Birmingham in his first Mass and lunch with them since being ordained as Bishop of East Anglia in mid-December." Story continues
image caption: "Pictured before the lunch are, from the left, Fr Padraig Hawkins, Fr Mark Dunning, Matthew Allen, Guy Cranfield, Peter Ho, Fr Pat Cleary, Bishop Peter, Rev Bienn Carlo Manuntag, Anthony Asomugha and DryAntone Reilly. Not present were seminarians Rev Mark Ashwood, Benjamin Barnett and Dominic Nyathi."

"Actions speak louder than words was the message of the Bishop of East Anglia as he celebrated a Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich to show spiritual solidarity with front-line medical, care and voluntary workers across the country." Story continues.
Image caption: "The Bishop of East Anglia, Alan Hopes, celebrates last week's Mass for the NHS, carers and the sick, in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich. "

The article begins: "The Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Clark, last night warned planners of the controversial final stage of the city's inner ring road."
Image: Bishop with headmistress (Sr Mary Cluderay) and pupils at the prizegiving at Notre Dame High School.

"Bishop Alan Hopes has talked about his story of faith, his conversion to the Catholic Church and life as a bishop on the Ignite First Fridays YouTube show." Story continues.
Image caption: "Bishop Alan is pictured left with radio show host Ciaran Losasso"

"The desire to learn about God has been the glue bonding an RCIA group at Our Lady and English Martyrs in Cambridge. Mgr Eugene Harkness reports." Story continues.

image caption: "Pictures above is one of RCIA sessions at Our Lady and the English Martyrs"

"A first-ever Cantonese Mass has taken place in Sawston following the arrival of a number of Catholies in the area from Hong Kong. Dominic chung reports. As many as 58 Cantonese-speaking Catholics and their friends, took part in a Mass celebrated by Canon John Minh at our Lady of lourdes Sawston (OLOL), on 7th April. Though he does not speak or read the language, Canon John Minh celebrated entirely in Cantonese, which he learned in record time using phonetics." Story continues.
image caption: "The Cantonese congregation outside OLOL in Sawston with Canon John Minh."

"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

"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 captioned: "Bishop Alan Hopes commissioning the Caritas East Anglia team."

"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.

"A former treasurer of St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich, has been sentenced to 27 months in jail for defrauding the cathedral of just over £222.000." story continues.

"Former Notre Dame High School head teacher John Pinnington, from Norwich, has been been recognised by Her Majesty the Queen and received a purse of Royal Maundy. John was among four Norfolk Christians to be recognised by the
Queen for their service to the community in the centuries-old Royal Maundy Money tradition." Story continues
Image caption "John [Pinnington], Ada [Fisher], Ann [Thomson], Paul [Rayner]".

"Retired East Anglian priest Fr James Fyfe celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination on 20th November with a Mass, a Papal Blessing and a cake.", story continues.
image 1 caption: "Fr James Fyfe with his celebration cake"

"In a moving ceremony at the Church of Our Lady and King St Edmund in Hunstanton, Fr Michael Stokes presented the Pope's blessing to two couples and a religious sister, marking significant milestones in their lives.
On 15th June, Michael and Hillary Rhodes (on the right) celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary, while on 25th July, Tom and Elizabeth Koning (in the centre) marked their golden anniversary. Finally, on 28th August, Sr Mary Gonçalves FDC (left) pronounced her vows, making her final profession as a religious sister in the Daughters of Divine Charity.
Pope Francis "invoked an abundance of divine graces" upon them all. The congregation was enthusiastic in its expression of congratulations."
1 image: Sr Mary Gonçalves FDC, Fr Michael Stokes, Tom and Elizabeth Koning, Michael and Hillary Rhodes

"Bishop Alan Hopes joined bishops across Europe on Tuesday 2nd March in a chain of Masses to pray for the victims of the Covid pandemic. Bishop Alan's Mass was livestreamed from St John the Baptist Cathedral at 10am." Story continues.

image of Bishop Alan Hopes

"Bishop Alan Hopes joined bishops across Europe on Tuesday, 2nd March in a chain of Masses to pray for the victims of the Covid pandemic. Bishop Alan's Mass was livestreamed from St iohn the
Baptist Cathedral at 10am. He told watchers: "Today we offer this Mass for all those who have died from the Covid pandemic. And we also pray for those who grieve the loss of loved ones. We pray for an end to the pandemic."" Story continues.
Image: Bishop A Hopes celebrating Mass

"On Sunday 23rd May, Acle Churches Together (ACT) held its traditional annual prayer walk, stopping at various venues in the village to recognise and pray for the work done by the staff employed within." Story continues
Image of group stood near to St Edmunds Church

"Participants from Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and United Reformed Church, as well as the Salvation Army and Quakers, took part in an ecumenical chain of prayer on Thursday, 20th January during the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity." story continues.
images caption: "Fr Simon Davies at the prayer for Christian unity and the Catholic group in St Joseph's chapel"

"Ciaran Losasso, leader of the Ignite youth mission in the diocese, spoke recently on Radio Maria's Songs in the Wilderness show about his favourite music and his journey of faith." Story continues.
Image: Ciaran Losasso

"After their summer parish lunch was cancelled because of Covid-19, the CAFOD group from St George's parish in Norwich cooked up the idea of a takeaway event, says Jane Crone." Story continues.
Image caption: "Fr Sean Connolly collects his takeaway."