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Leading, front page, article : "Two years and five days since the death of Bishop Michael Evans resulted in East Anglia being a 'Vacant See', a crowd of about 2,500 packed St John's Cathedral, and a marquee in the its gardens where the Mass of Installation was relayed by CCTV, to welcome Bishop Alan Hopes as the fourth Bishop of East Anglia." story continues.
Image captioned "Bishop Alan at the Installation"

Article on page 2: "Dear brothers and sisters, My first message in our diocesan newspaper must begin with a heartfelt thank you for the wonderfully warm welcome you have given me. Thank you for your kind messages, your prayers and the presence of so many of you at the Cathedral for the Mass of Installation on 16 July." Story continues.

Centre page spread (pages 6&7)
"The installation of Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes as the fourth Bishop of East Anglia took place on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel." Story continues.
image 1 caption - "Bishop Alan is pictured in prayer at the West Door of the Cathedral"
image 2&3 caption - "Above and above right the packed Cathedral"
image 4 caption: " The statue of Our Lady of Walsingham was prominent at the Installation and the Cathedral Flower Group made the event colourful"
image 5 caption - "Deacon Alan McMahon reads the gospel"
image 6 caption - "Bishop Alan with Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor"
image 7 - Bishop standing with Deacons
image 8,11, 12 - scenes of crowd in Cathedral gardens
image 9 - press with cameras
image 10 caption - "Bishop Alan with Archbishop Longley of Birmingham"
image 13 caption - " He addresses representative of the Queen and civic dignatories"
image 14 caption - "The Installation was full of symbolism, above, Bishop Alan installed by Archbishop Vincent Nichols"
image 15 caption - "... leaving the Cathedral to the applaus of the congrgation"
image 16 caption - "celebrating Mass"
image 17 caption - "Bishop Alan received the crozier from Archbishop Vincent Nichols"

196 pages in PDF format.
Contents
Bishop’s Foreword........................................................................................ 5
Diocese of East Anglia Contacts................................................................. 7
Key Diary Dates 2017.................................................................................. 14
Pope Francis................................................................................................ 15
Catholic Church in England and Wales..................................................... 15
Diocese of East Anglia................................................................................ 19
Departments....................................................................... 23
Commissions....................................................................... 26
Other Offices....................................................................... 29
Pastoral Statistics....................................................................................... 32
Year in the Life of the Diocese................................................................... 34
New Evangelisation Continues.................................................................. 51
Obituaries.................................................................................................... 52
Vocations..................................................................................................... 58
Building Bridges......................................................................................... 62
Map of the Diocese of East Anglia.............................................................64
Parish Directory.......................................................................................... 65
Deaneries..................................................................................................... 95
Schools Directory........................................................................................ 97
Hospitals Directory.....................................................................................103
Prisons Directory........................................................................................110
Clergy and Religious Directory.................................................................112
Financial Report.........................................................................................125
Second Collections....................................................................................128
Organisations and Societies Directory....................................................130
Diocesan Calendar for East Anglia 2017................................................. 145

"Hundreds of pupils and staff from 28 schools across the Diocese of East Anglia came together on 20th September for a special Mass at St John the Baptist Cathedral to mark the start of a new academic year." story continues.
1 image captioned "Bishop Alan Hopes with representatives from diocesan schools"

Story 1: "at the end of last year Bienn Carlo Manuntag, a seminarian from the Diocese of East Anglia, took another step in his journey towards priesthood when he received the Ministry of Acolyte". Story contnues. Image of Bienn Carlo receiving the bread from Bishop Philip Egan; Image of Bienn Carlo with Bishop Egan and another seminarian.
Story 2: "The parish of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury in Wymonsham has given a warm vwelcome to its new assistant priest, Fr Denis Gallagher." Story continues. Image of Fr Gallagher serving weekly open lunch.

"Fr Karol Porczak reports from the international meeting organised by the Holy See for the New Evangelisation, which took place in Rome in late 2019." Story continues.
Image: "East Anglian representatives at the meeting, from left, Elizbeth Barker, Fr Karol Porczak and Rececca Bretherton.""

Bishop Hopes' rebuttal letter to the Editor "The Times" - " Rachel Sylvester's article ... perpetuates the myths that Catholic schools divide communities." the letter continues.

"The diocese of East Anglia has reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding by organising a mandatoiry day of training for all priests, religious and deacons." Story continues.

"The National Institue of Newman Studies launched a free online resource in early January". Story continues.
Image: "... a letter to Rev. W. Cobb, RC priest of Norwich..."

"A new Catholic primary school in Hamptons East, Peterborough was approved by Peterborough City Council at a meeting on 12th February and is believed to be the first Catholic school to have been given the green light in a decade." Story continues.

"A new Catholic primary school in Hamptons East, Peterborough was approved by Peterborough City Council at a meeting on 12th February and is believed to be the first Catholic school to have been given the green light in a decade." Story continues.

"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."

"Bringing the generations together, St George's Parish Proclaim Team in Norwich organised a Winter Party." Story continues.
image: people at tables in the parish hall.

"The first Caritas East Anglia Festival to celebrate all the good work that people are doing throughout the diocese will be held at St George's Church, Norwich on Saturday, 28th March". Story continues.

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."

"A priest in self-isolation due to the coronavirus has begun a podcast in order to continue his ministry." Story continues.
image of Fr Eburne wearing headphones.

"The Rt Rev Alan Hope, Bishop of East Anglia has announced that the new Catholic primary school due to open in Peterborough in September 2022, will be called St John Henry Newman Catholic Primary School, after the newly canonised saint." Story continues.

"A family fro St Edmund, King and Martyr parish in Bungay, Suffolk, have created a virtual chapel in their home as they join in Mass whiles self-isolating." Story continues.
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