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The magazine was edited by Fr Thomson, a co-founder of the Guild. Originally a monthly magazine, during the war years (and to the Winter of 1948-9) it became a quarterly issue. The format comprised regular items (see contents file) of news from parishes, articles on the Catholic faith and belief, historical items, a series describing Diocesan Churches, clerical appointments, obituaries and an irregular listing of the Bishop's appointments for the month/quarter.
News from the Parishes were free form and depending on the parish may contain references to events (fetes, parties, visitations, confirmations, etc.), comments about clerical comings and goings, references to significant parishioners, births, deaths, marriages, war time restrictions and events, etc.

"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."

"An eye-opening tour of St John’s Cathedral in Norwich persuades a visitor that the neglected ‘Middle Scott’ may have been the greatest of the illustrious architectural dynasty". Story continues
Image caption: "Left, the aisle looking towards the altar and, below, a detail from a postcard showing the old red telephone boxes outside St John’s."

"The latest leader of the region's Roman Catholics, the new Bishop of East Anglia, has been announced. Pope Francis has appointed the Rev Canon Peter Collins to lead the Diocese of East Anglia, which has its headquarters in Norfolk and also covers Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough." Story continues
image 1 caption: The new Bishop of East Anglia, Rev Canon Peter Collins, is welcomed to the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist in Norwich"
image 2: insert image of Canon Collins

"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]

"A PLAN to redevelop the Catholic national shrine near Walsingham has been withdrawn after coming in for heavy criticism.
The East Anglia Historic Churches Committee (HCC) rejected the application for listed building consent while Historic England raised “serious concerns” on heritage grounds." Story continues.

"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 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."

"A husband and wife have joined the fight to reduce Britain's environmental impacts to parliament to confront their MPs about the future of the planet." (Article continues...). Image showing Shirley and Mark Kalinaukas

"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."

"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.

"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.

"A new Cathoilic primary school - the first to open in Norfolk for decades - is marking the completion of its first year in what has proven to be an eventful 12 months." Story continues.
Image 1 caption: "Year six pupils at Sacred Heart Primary in Swaffham who voted to explore how rockets are made and designed and made their own during coronavirus lockdown"
Image 2 caption: "The Bishop of East Anglia Alan Hopes blessing the new Sacred Heart Catholic Primary and Nursery School in Swaffham."

"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"

"Plans for the major re-development of the Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham have been put on hold after concerns were raised over potential visitors numbers and finances." Story continues.
Image caption: "Plans for the re-development of the Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham have been put on hold."

"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.

"A priest had a close shave when violent winds sent a church's stone cross crashing into the roof above him." story continues
3 images + text.

"A 'kind and generous' Norwich nurse with a 'bursting energy and smile' has been remembered at an emotional service. Estrella Catalan, a nurse at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital died on February 5 at the age of 52 after a battle with coronavirus." Story continues.
Image 1 caption: "The funeral of nurse Estrella Catalan at St John's RC Cathedral"

"Tens of thousands of Catholics watched live streamed Masses in up to 17 churches across the Diocese of East Anglia." Story continues
image captioned: "Easter services were live-streaming at St John's Cathedral in Norwich..."