"Tens of thousands of Catholics watched live-streamed Masses in up to 17 churches across the Diocese of East Anglia over Easter, after churches were closed to physical congregations due to Covid-19 restrictions." Story continues
image captioned: "Live-streaming of Mass at St John's Cathedral in Norwich has been wonderfully well-received, says Bishop Alan Hopes (right) [image insert]: "To know that so many people have been watching and have received reassurance and hope in this difficult time is a source of grate blessing..'"
images of Fr David Bagstaff, Fr Luke Goymour, Canon Eugene Harkness
"A devoted priest overcame two exploding bike tyres to deliver his evening prayer podcast live." Story continues
image captioned: "Fr Sean Connolly with his bike and phone which he livestreamed the evening prayer from"
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Morris, Keith"Fr Sean Connolly overcame two exploding bike tyres to heroically continue broadcasting his increasingly popular Evening Prayer podcast live, as he wheeled his bike back to St George's, Norwich." Story continues.
Image caption: "Fr Sean Connolly with his bike and phone."
"Almost all of Norfolk's Catholic churches have reopened their doors to collective public worship over the weekend following the relaxation of government guidelines." Story continues.
Image caption, showing Fr Simon with communicants: "The Dean of St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich, Canon David Paul, led the first public Mass at the cathedral for nearly three months, on Saturday"
"A parishioner fro St Mary's in Ipswich has written a book about the friendship which has grown up with villages in Cambodia through the Diocesan Building Bridges Scheme." Story continues.
Image caption "Marie-Madeleine Kenning with students in Cambodia"
"The launch of the new Sacred Heart Voluntary Aided Proimary School, and its associated Little Pedlars Nursery, has marked the start of an exciting time for the children and families of Swaffham and surrounding areas. The school is funded by the Government and is suported by the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia." Story continues.
Image caption: "Children from Sacred heart proudly show off their rockets."
"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."
"Fr Luke Goymour, parish priest of Brandon and Mildenhall, is about to celebrate 10 years as a priest of the Diocese of East Anglia." Story continues.
Image 1: Fr Luke saying mass
Image 2: Papal blessing
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Morris, Keith"At the invitation of Bishop Alan Hopes, Fr Henry Whisenant, a young diocesan priest of the diocese of East Anglia, has taken up the role as Chaplain for the Extraordinary Form in a house with a privately-owned chapel - Our Lady Immaculate and St Edmund's, Withermarsh Green. It is in the southeast corner of the diocese, south of Ipswich." Story continues.
The Catholic Universe (1860-2021)"North Norfolk Permanent Deacon Ron O'Toole, who had a great love of the Catholic faith, died on 11th August at the age of 90. Fr James Walsh pays tribute. Ron O'Toole had a long and varied life. At the age of 18 he entered the Cistercian abbey of Mount St Bernard where he spent eight years." Story continues.
Image caption: "Ron with his beloved wife, Inge"
Story 1: "Postcard invitations for all the parishioners of Our Lady and Good Counsel and St Peter in March and
Chatteris have been sent out to help encourage people to come back to Mass safely." Story continues.
Image showing Fr PaulSpellman, Sr Mary Fitzpatrick fmm and Ann Mashman.
Story 2: "The annual Red Mount procession at Kings Lynn went ahead as usual but in an unusual
manner, writes Stephen Farr. The solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady is usually marked by the carrying of the statue of Our Lady, which was granted to the pontifical National Shrine of Our Lady of
Walsingham in King's Lynn by Pope Leo XIII in 1897. The traditional route of the procession goes from the parish church of Our Lady of the Annunciation to the Red Mount, which is a late 15th-century wayside chapel for pilgrims on their way to Walsingham, and which houses two chapels." Story continues.
Image caption: "The faithful gather for a scaled back Red Mount service"
"The Roman Catholic church in March and Chatteris has re-opened and is inviting parishioners back for
In-person worship now the coronavirus lockdown measures have been eased. Father Paul Spellman, the
current priest in charge at Our Lady of Good Counsel & St Peter's in March and Chatteris, has arranged for postcards to be sent to parishioners outlining the weekly service schedule and safety arrangements now in place." Story continues.
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"The diocese of East Anglia's Ignite Youth Mission Team has just celebrated its fifth birthday but this academic year, unsurprisingly, poses some unique challenges to their work of evangelisation among children and young people." Story continues.
Image caption: "Pictured are Ciaran Losasso, Hamish MacQueen and Fr Luke Goymour, chaplain to the Youth Mission Team. While much of life has changed, Ciaran said, one thing that certainly hasn't changed is how our Catholic faith can transform the lives of young people."
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"Anglia: Bishop Alan Hopes made a special visit to the Italian community of the Working Sisters of Nazareth recently in between two Confirmations in the parishes of All Souls and St Luke's in Peterborough, and enjoyed some fine Italian cooking from Sr Letizia while he was there." Story continues.
Image caption "Bishop Alan, left to right, are Sr Raffaella, Sr-Letizia, Sr Erika"
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"St Mary's in Thetford celebrated Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath for those who had made the ultimate sacrifice in conflict." Story continues.
Image caption "Pictured is the wreath from St Mary's in Thetford."
Story3: "Anglia: Fr Paul Vincent OCD from St Mark's, Ipswich, recently completed a Masters Degree at Birkbeck College in the University of London." Story continues.
Image of Fr Paul Vincent
"As reported in the 30th October issue of The Catholic Universe, 29 Grade I and Grade II* listed churches and cathedrals in England are to receive £3m funding for repairs and restoration projects from the Government's Culture Recovery Fund. The grant programme is part of the Government's Heritage Stimulus Fund, administered by Historic England and is aimed at supporting major repair projects which either stalled earlier this year because of Covid-19, or where loss of income due to many months of closure put urgently needed projects on hold." Story continues.
Images: "St Peter's Gorleston", "St. Mary's Great Yarmouth. Below, the mural at St Mary's has been suffering water damage due to a failed valley gutter." , Preston's Cathedral of St Alphonsa - formerly the Jesuit church of St lgnatius where the priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins once served, and now the Cathedral of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy - is another to benefit from the grants."
"Our Lady of the Annunciation in King's Lynn lit up the church in red in solidarity with Christians and others who are suffering persecution on 25th November... " Story continues.
Image caption "Our Lady of the Annunciation lit up in support of those persecuted for their faith."
"Cambridgeshire: As the second lockdown started, March parish created a Window of Hope to mark All Saints Day ..." Story continues.
Image of illuminated window.