"After seeing the devastating images of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, students at Notre Dame High in Norwich decided to take action." Story continues.
image caption: "Notre Dame students enjoying cakes from the fundraising drive"
"A parishioner from St Edmund's parish in Bungay and Harleston made a walking pilgrimage from her home in Suffolk to Walsingham, battling blizzards as she went, as part of CAFOD's Big Lent Walk to raise funds for the charity." Story continues.
image of Mary Kirk with map in countryside.
"The Diocese of East Anglia's Listening and Prayer Ministry held its second annual Commissioning Mass on Saturday, 25th February at St Catherine's Dominican convent in Cambridge, during which helpers were officially commissioned to the ministry by Bishop Peter Collins" Story continues.
image: Caption "The Listening and Prayer Ministry Helpers with Bishop Peter Collins at the commissoning Mass at St Catherine's Dominican convent in Cambridge".
"Friar James Mary McInerney has been appointed as Acting Rector of the Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham by Bishop Peter Collins, Bishop Emeritus Alan Hopes and the Shrine Trustees." Story continues.
image: Caption "... Friar James Mary McInerney inside the Slipper Chapel at Walsingham".
"At the end of January, the Ignite Youth Team from the Diocese of East Anglia travelled down to Plymouth
to undertake a few days of intense street evangelisation training." Story continues.
image 1: Caption "Above, Fr Jon Bielawski anoints the Ignite Team".
image 2: Caption "Left, Elliott Cannon welcoming passers-by for a conversation".
"Two Catholic couples from Norfolk overcame the vagaries of hard winters to get to their wedding days ... and many decades later are still celebrating God's, and each other's, faithfulness." Story continues.
1 image: Caption "Pictured left are Mary Edmonds and Dr Duncan Edmonds, and Elaine Haughton and Michael Haughton, with Fr Peter Raj, parish priest of Sacred Heart Parish North Walsham in which St Helen's is situated.".
"The Greyfriars have announced that they are leaving the National Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham at the end July after six years. The Greyfriars (Order of Friars Minor Conventual of Great Britain and Ireland), moved to Walsingham in 2017." Story continues.
1 image: Caption "Slipper Chapel".
"Fr Dennis Finbow, a retired priest of served in parishes in Peterborough the diocese of East Anglia, has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after he was convicted for three historic (non-recent) child sexual abuse offences. The sentence was passed down at Cambridge Crown Court and follows his conviction at Huntingdon Crown on 31st January." Story continues.
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"Fr Peter Wygnanski, priest of Our Lady and St Joseph parish, Sheringham and Cromer, spent time in the Holy Land, where he met a truly inspirational sister. Here is his story." Story continues.
image caption: "Fr Peter Wygnanski with Sister Aziza in Jerusalem"
"Representatives of all the parishes in the Diocese of East Anglia twinned with parishes in the Battambang Prefecture in Cambodia met face-to-face for the first time since lockdown at St Mary and St Wulstan." Story continues
1 image: group of parishioners
"Fr Dennis Finbow, a retired priest of the Diocese of East Anglia, was convicted on 31st January of three historic (non-recent) child sexual abuse offences al Huntingdon Crown court." Story continues
Universe Catholic Weekly (2021-)"Bishop Peter Collins and Bishop Emeritus Alan Hopes joined Mgr. Philip Moger as he celebrated his last Mass as Rector of the National Catholic Shrine in Walsingham on Sunday 5th February. Mgr. Moger is preparing to take up his new role as Auxiliary Bishop-Elect for the Archdiocese of Southwark." Story continues
image caption: "Left to right above are Bishop Peter Collins, Bishop-Elect Philip Moger and Bishop
Emeritus Alan Hopes at the final Mass."
"A large congregation of Cantonese Catholics and local parishioners turned out at the church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs in Cambridge on 29th January to warmly welcome His Excellency the Apostolic Nuncio To Malta, Archbishop Savio Hon SDB." Story continues
image 1 caption: "Archbishop Savio at OLEM in Cambridge with Mgr Provost Eugene Harkness and the Cantonese and parish congregation"
"Seventy-five people joined Bishop Peter Collins at St John's Cathedral, Norwich, for a special Mass for
Religious on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord." Story continues
image 1 no caption: Bishop Peter blessing candles with Holy Water
image 2 no caption: three nuns with candles
"Bishop Emeritus Alan Hopes returned thanks to God for the many graces and blessings received over the last nine and half years as Bishop of East Anglia, as he celebrated a farewell Mass at St John's Cathedral.
Bishop Peter Collins, 68 priests and deacons and some 250 members of the congregation came to mark the occasion on 24th January, and to wish Bisop Alan well in his retirement." Story continues
images caption: "Bishops Peter and Alan embrace (inset) and celebrate Mass (above)"
"On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Bishop Peter Collins celebrated a Mass at St John's Cathedral, Norwich, with the anointing of the sick. Fr Alan Hodgson, the Dean of the Cathedral, and other priests joined the bishop for the annual event, which this year took place on 11th February. Daniel Justin led a range of music. and there were refreshments afterwords in the Cathedral Narthex." Story continues
2 images: anointing parishioners
"Bishop Peter Collins has hosted Diocese of East Anglia seminarians from as far away as Rome and Birmingham in his first Mass and lunch with them since being ordained as Bishop of East Anglia in mid-December." Story continues
image caption: "Pictured before the lunch are, from the left, Fr Padraig Hawkins, Fr Mark Dunning, Matthew Allen, Guy Cranfield, Peter Ho, Fr Pat Cleary, Bishop Peter, Rev Bienn Carlo Manuntag, Anthony Asomugha and DryAntone Reilly. Not present were seminarians Rev Mark Ashwood, Benjamin Barnett and Dominic Nyathi."
"Many in the Church are mourning the death of Fr Peter Edwards, who died on 18th December. From 1997 until 2021, Fr Peter was assistant priest at St Philip Howard Church in Cambridge." Story continues
image caption: "Fr Peter is pictured at his daughter's wedding party in July 2022."
"The Foodhub at St Luke's church in Orton Malborne, Peterborough, has been boosted by the completion of the church extension, giving the team more room to work in and Christmas donations" Story continues
image caption: " Pictured at St Luke's, left to right, are volunteers Judith Williams, Margaret Barker, Fr Jeffrey Downie and Joan Wayland."
Pupils and staff at St Mary's RC primary school in Lowestoft spread kindness and love throughout the community this Christmas, helping families who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis." Story continues
image: Children with their supplies