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"Christian churches in the Ortons area of Peterborough were united in prayer as they prepared for Christmas, says Catholic seminarian Bienn Carlo. He adds: "Advent is a time of preparations for Christmas when Christ's first coming is remembered and our minds and hearts are directed to await the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time." Story continues.
Image1 caption: "The Ecumenical service"
Image 2 caption: "Fr Jeffrey Downie at St. Luke's"

"Bishop Peter Collins joined a service at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds to celebrate the work of His Majesty's Courts of Justice. The service, on Sunday, 26th March, marked the end of the year in office of Suffolk's High Sheriff, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton."
Image caption: "Above, from left, the Venerable David Jenkins, Archdeacon of Sudbury; The Very Rev Joe Hawes, Dean of St Edmundsbury Cathedral; The Right Rev Peter Collins, Bishop of East Anglia, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, former High Sherriff of Suffolk; The Right Rev Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich; The Rev Canon Philip Banks, Precentor at St Edmundsbury Cathedral; The Venerable Jeannette Gosney, Archdeacon of Suffolk at the Suffolk Justice"

"More than 1000 people packed into St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich for the Chirtstmas Eve Nativity of the Lord Family Mass.", story continues.
image 1 caption: "Family Mass at St John the Baptist Cathedral."

"The Cantonese-speaking Catholic community from a number of parishes in the East Anglia diocese and adjacent towns and cities marked one year of celebrating Mass and other devotions in Cantonese, at Our Lady of Lourdes, Sawston (OLOL) on 15th April" Story continues
image caption: "Some of the Cantonese community at the celebration in Sawston"

"Benedictine monks joined Catholic and Anglican parishioners in an historic ecumenical celebration of
1000 years of the Abbey of St Edmund between 14th and 15th May, with Bishop Alan Hopes and Anglican Bishop Martin Seeley taking part." Story continues.
image caption: "Bishop Alan Hopes with Bishop Martin Seeley at the original site of St Edmund's Abbey."

"Fr Bineesh Elanjikkal OCD will be moving back to India in September and St Mark's parish in Ipswich gave him a great send-off. The parish, which has been run for the past three vears by the Carmelites, held a three- day festival to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of
First Holy Communion at a concelebrated Mass with Fr Tijo
Mount Carmel, patron of the Carmelite order, from 15th-17th Jul." Story continues.
image 1: Fr Elanjikkal
image 2: parishioners singing in garden

"Bishop of East Anglia Peter Collins took part in an ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving for 50 years of Suffolk Historic Churches Trust (SHCT), at St Edmundsbury Cathedral on Sunday 17th September." Story continues.
Image caption: Bishop Martin Seely and Bishop Peter Collins".

"It was a joyful occasion when, for the first time in two years, the people of St Michael's in Huntingdon were able to gather to celebrate their feast day." story continues.
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"East Anglia: A Celebration of Priesthood Massand lunch took place at Our Lady of the Annunciation in Poringland and at the Bishop's White House on 13th June." Article continues...
Image with caption: "Pictures above with Bishop Alan Hopes (centre) outside the White House, are from the left, Fr Michael Vulliamy, Fr Roger Spencer, Fr Anthony Shryane and Fr Denys Lloyd."

"St Philip Howard church in Cambridge celebrated the contribution of its altar servers as usual on St Stephen's Day, 26th December." Story continues
image: Group of Servers

"The Sisters of The Grace and Compassion Benedictines at the Montana Care Home, Great Barton, in Bury St Edmunds, led by the redoubtable Sister Thaya Moses, know how to give a party and did just that to mark the Queen's Jubilee on Saturday 4th June." Story continues.
image caption: "Sr Thaya Moses and some of her team at Montana with their very special guest [HM Queen Elizabeth II]"

"Bishop David Oakley of Northampton joined Bishop Alan Hopes at Fisher House in Cambridge to celebrate Mass for the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre." story continues.
image of Bishop Hopes at Altar