"A Suffolk Augustine friar was among the first to take on the feared Chasers in new ITV quiz show Beat the Chasers." Story continues.
Image caption: "Fr George with show host, Bradley Walsh. 'Bradley made me feel really at ease... I felt he laughed with me, not at me...'"
"Faced with falling offertory income during the Covid-19 lockdown, sadly, many dioceses are looking to close churches. However, the diocese of Bast Anglia has bucked that trend by opening a beautiful new chapel, at Withermarsh Green. This previously little used private chapel will now be open for public worship and Masses." Story continues.
Image caption: "The privately owned Chapel of Our Lady Immaculate and St Edmund, near Ipswich."
"On All Saints Day Fr Philip John from St Philip Howard in Cambridge dedicated a new grotto to Our Lady in the grounds of the church. It replaces an older grotto which was already in place." Story continues.
Image - priest and parishioners gathered around the grotto.
"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"
"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."
"Chris Heath, who served for 24 years as a deacon in the diocese of East Anglia, passed away just before Holy Week." Story continues
Image caption: "Pictured left are Chris and Eilish Heath (left and centre) marking an event with a godson"
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"Fr Andreas Schatzle was appointed as Priest Director of Radio Maria England in September. Here he shares about his lively faith - and how Radio Maria has impacted on nuns, taxi drivers and organic farmers around the world!" Q&A follows.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"Father Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard was unharmed after the ordeal, but said the consequences could have been "catastrophic" if the cross smashed through the roof at St Edmund's Catholic Church, in St Mary's Street, Bungay." story continues
3 images + text.
To mark the millennium of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds this year, catholic historian Dr Francis Young has written a new book that looks at all monastic communities that have ever existed in Suffolk." Story continues
image captioned: "Dr Francis Young at the launch of his new book at St Edmund's Catholic Church in Bungay."
"Have you started going back to Mass yet? This week I went to my first Mass in over three months. I had been watching Masses livestreamed weekly, but of course it didn't feel the same. I looked forward to being able to return to a Mass celebrated in three dimensions." Story continues.
Image 1 caption: "On Saturday 4th July, the Dean of St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich, Canon David Paul, led the first public Mass held at the cathedral for over three months."
Image 2, no caption, Fr Simon and communicants receiving communion.
"A GROUP of Catholics is fighting a rearguard action in support of a plan to redevelop the Catholic national shrine near Walsingham.
The group, who describe them- selves as “regular pilgrims” to the shrine, have appealed against the East Anglia Historic Churches Committee’s (HCC) refusal of listed building consent for the development. The appellants accuse the HCC of procedural irregularities including “failing to ensure public notice and consultation”." Story continues.
"Anthony Tossi, CBE, who designed the award-winning Church of the Annunciation in Little Walsingham, has died at the age of 88." Story continues.
Image captions "Above is Anthony Rossi, and right, the Church of the Annunciation"
"Christian churches in the Ortons area of Peterborough were united in prayer as they prepared for Christmas, says Catholic seminarian Bienn Carlo. He adds: "Advent is a time of preparations for Christmas when Christ's first coming is remembered and our minds and hearts are directed to await the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time." Story continues.
Image1 caption: "The Ecumenical service"
Image 2 caption: "Fr Jeffrey Downie at St. Luke's"
"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
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A commentary, with examples from the media, of a media story relating to Bishop Roderick Wright (d. 2005) of Argyll and the Isles. The story was triggered by his disappearance at the same time as a woman from his parish. The media followed the story relating it to clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church and produced a number of headlines and cartoons.
"The Duckett Library at St John's Cathedral, Norwich is re-opening after the 10am Mass on Tuesday 13th April and is looking tor new volunteers. The library's stock covers a wide range of religious and theological subjects. It was blessed by Bishop Michael Evans in 2010 and was opened on Ash Wednesday 2012 by Fr James Walsh, then Dean of the Cathedral." Story continues.
Image caption "Duckett Library is pictured below.".
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'.
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