Story 1: "Lottery windfall helps St Mary's mend leaking roof"
"St Mary's parish in Great Yarmouth has received a grant of £148,598 from the National Lottery Heritage for repairs to a leaking roof." Story continues.
Image of church roof with scaffolding
Story 2: "Diocese takes stock of architectural heritage"
"A comprehensive architectural and historical review of Catholic churches across the diocese of East
Anglia has been published online as part of the major Taking Stock project. Taking Stock is an architectural and historical review of Catholic churches and chapels in England and Wales. The project is a partnership between the Patrimony Committee of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, individual dioceses, and Historic England." Story continues.
Image caption: "Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge."
Story 3: "Diss parishioners celebrate their heroic saint's feast day"
"Parishioners in Diss gathered on 1st February for a virtual celebration of the feast day of St Henry Morse, known as 'The Priest of the Plague'. Judith Tooth reports. " Story continues.
images caption: "Fr Alex Anaman outside the church and below, an etching of St Henry Morse which hangs in the church."
"Bishop Alan Hopes joined other religious from across the diocese and further afield in celebrating
Mass at the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham on the first anniversary of the Rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary on 25th March 2020. Six hundred years ago King
Richard II placed England under the protection of Mary. Ever since England has been known as Mary's Dowry." Story continues
Image caption: "Bishop Alan Hopes is pictured left at the Catholic National Shrine"
"East Anglia: A Celebration of Priesthood Massand lunch took place at Our Lady of the Annunciation in Poringland and at the Bishop's White House on 13th June." Article continues...
Image with caption: "Pictures above with Bishop Alan Hopes (centre) outside the White House, are from the left, Fr Michael Vulliamy, Fr Roger Spencer, Fr Anthony Shryane and Fr Denys Lloyd."
"Young people from St George's Parish, Norwich, had an adventurous retread together at the Horstead Activity Centre recently." (Article continues...). Image of people gathered around a fire.
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"A great-grandmother from Wymondham is making hundreds of dresses for poor girls in Africa and Asia... " "Anna [Bayles] works each day in her 'factory' - the front room of her bungalow - where the walls are covered with photos of children wearing her beautiful products." Story continues.
Image of Anna Bayles; Image of Thai girls caption: "Left, pictured in her 'factory' in Wymondham with some of her dresses and (above) some Thai girls wearing the dresses she has made. She uses second-hand pillow cases, curtains and tablecloths as material - 'nothing is wasted', she says, proudly."
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
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"An appeal has been issued for old copies of Catholic directories to help fill some gaps in the diocese of East Anglia official archives, held at St John's Cathedral in Norwich." Story continues.
Image caption: "Michael and Gill in the archives"
"Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Hopes, celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his ordination to the Catholic priesthood with a Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich on 4th December. Also celebrating priesthood jubilees, and concelebrating with Bishop Alan, were Fr Dick Healey (40 years), Er John Barnes (25 years) and Fr Luke Goymour (10 years). Other diocesan priests celebrating jubilees this year include Canon Simon Blakeslev (30 years) and Canon David Paul (25 years)." Story continues.
Image showing Bishop Hopes in the Cathedral
"The parish of St Dominic in Downham Market welcomed Bishop Alan Hopes on Monday 10th May to bless the new extension to their church porch area." Story continues
Image: Bishop Alan Hopes and Hall
"At a farewell Mass at the National Shrine in Walsingham, Bishop Alan Hopes of East Anglia paid a fulsome tribute to Mgr John Armitage for his hard work over the past five years as he prepared to start a new role as a priest in Canning Town, London. Here we reproduce just part of the bishops speech: 'Mgr John brought a huge amount of energy and generosity to the Shrine which I know you have loved from your early days. You created a whirlwind which has captivated and inspired so many different people in so many different ways. These last
five years have been a very significant ones in the life of the Shrine'." Story continues.
Image of Bishop Hopes and Mgr John Armitage.
"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. "
"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"
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"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 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.
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"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]".
"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
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"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