Hunts Post article: "The newly-installed Roman Catholic Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Clark, arrived in Huntingdon on Friday to carry out his first official engagement." Story continues
image caption: "Leaving St Michael's after mass, the new Bishop of East Anglia, the Rt Rev Alan Clark (centre), with parish priest Father George Grace (left) and the new Mayor of Huntingdon, Mr Ralph Dean."
Plans announced for new Church in March. Building Fund reached £3,500; overall cost expected to be £11,000. Will seat 300.
Cambridgeshire TimesImage of PACE May June 1976 - Page 1 - First Bishop for the new Diocese of East Anglia
Image of PACE May June 1976 - article "Introducing the Bishop of East Anglia" (Alan Clark)
Article; 2 columns; 3 images - "Roman Catholic Bishop Alan Clark is back from his expedition to South America..."
Mentions in the article include: witnessing a terrorist bomb attack in Lima; baptism of a sick child; visits to settlements; aid sent by the Catholics of the diocese; Bp Clark's passion for Christian unity.
1 large image of children from St Thomas More Middle School gathered around the East Anglia banner.
2 columns of text
Image of Bishop Clark with Bishop Escaler of the Philippines visiting Norfolk on the 25th anniversary of CAFOD. Said Mass at St John the Baptist, preached at Thetford, held a question and answer session.
Unknown"A hugely generous response from St Edmunds Bungay and Harleston, to the pope's "moral imperative" to assist the exiled, the migrant, and the refugee, enabled parishioner Mary Kirk to take a car full of material donations and more than €1,000 for the work of Help Refugees at the
Auberge des Migrants in Calais.
A second collection raised nearly £500 and others chipped in. For the second year running parishioners also bought or donated goods desperately needed for those stranded in Calais and along the coast to Dunkirk." (more...)
"Since 1993, Grade I listed Clare Priory has been hosting a Craft Fair on the second full weekend in July. This has grown steadily to become a very popular event. and now receives around 10,000 visitors over the two days.
One of the organisers, Steven Cubitt, said: "Exhibitors and visitors alike greatly appreciate the unique atmosphere and setting of the Priory, and many have become familiar friends as they return year after year. All proceeds go to charity..."
"The two-year Dowry Tour, intended to help prepare Catholics spiritually for England's rededication as the Dowry of Mary in 2020, reached St John's Cathedral last week (28 February - 2 March). (more...)
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"The Ignite Team is celebrating a return to in-person parish visits, as well as embracing the best of the on-line work from the last year." Article follows. Picture showing Hamish MacQueen.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"St Albans's Catholic Primary School, Cambridge, has planted a maple tree in memory of a much-loved teacher, Anna Fetzer Pimblott." Article follows. Picture of pupils and teachers with the tree.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)5 URLs to news story.
Sacred Heart School, in Swaffham since 1914, is a fee-paying school with some 160 pupils in its nursery, lower and senior schools. This year it has asked the community to help raise funds to keep it open. This was unsuccessful and the school recently announced that it would be closing at the end of the summer term. The Catholic Diocese of East Anglia has been working on plans for a new Catholic primary school, the first in Norfolk for decades, in its place. This week the plan was approved by Norfolk County Council.
"Around 850 people braved the cold weather to join a pilgrimage to Walsingham." (Article continues...). Image of gathering, image of procession.
Eastern Daily Press"A pair of Victorian gates formerly from St John's Cathedral in Norwich have been sold at auction for £25,000 after an appeal had been issued for a benefactor to buy them back for the cathedral." Article continues...
Image of the gates.
"An updated version of the standard historical work on pilgrims and pilgrimage to Walsingham, including new research on the possible discovery of the original Our Lady of Walsingham statue, has been published written by Fr Michael rear a priest in the Diocese of East Anglia." Story continues.
Image with caption "Fr Michael Rear with his book at Walsingham.".
"Diocese of East Anglia seminarian, Deacon Peter Wydnanski described as a 'privilege of a lifetime' the moment he sang the gospel in front of large crowds and a world-wide TV audience at the Canonisation Mass of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Rome." story continues."
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"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.
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"The Right Reverend Bishop Alan Hopes offers his Christmas message for 2019". Story continues.
Image: "Bishop Alan Hopes with children from Our Lady Star of the Sea in Lowestoft."
"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.