"A volunteer treasurertook more than £220,000 from a cathedral's bank account bank account to fund his gambling addiction." story continues.
image caption: "Rene Mugenzi, who has been jailed"
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"A gambling addict took more than £220,000 from Norwich's Catholic Cathedral whilst colunteering as its treasurer. Rene Mugenzi was jailed for more than two years at Norwich Crown Court yesterday afternoon for siphoning off the cash from the bank account at St John the Baptist Cathedral and into his own between March 2016 and May 2018." Story continues.
image 1 caption: "Rene Mugenzi claimed his life woudl be under threat if it was revealed that he lived i Norwich, yet he posted public photos on Facebook of his life in the city."
Image 2 caption: "Rene Mugenzi arrives at Norwich Crown Court for sentencing."
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Morris, Keith"Anthony Tossi, CBE, who designed the award-winning Church of the Annunciation in Little Walsingham, has died at the age of 88." Story continues.
Image captions "Above is Anthony Rossi, and right, the Church of the Annunciation"
"Fr Luke Goymour from St Thomas of Canterburv in Brandon has been arranging adoration and Benediction in the gardens of some of hIs panishioners. Not someone to be wrong-footed by Covid restrictions, Fr Luke has been taking the Blessed Sacrament to the homes of his parishioners, and blessing them after a short prayer time, either at the front door or In their garden. Some of his parishioners prepared an altar in their garden and he came to their back door for the ceremony. Fr Luke is pictured right with the Blessed Sacramentant and the garden shrine."
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"The Filipino community at St John's Cathedral, Norwich gathered in numbers at a Requiem Mass to honour and pray for Ermie Astorga, a much-loved leader." Story coninues
Image caption: "Ermie Astorga picturesd with his family."
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"Fr Dick Healey, who has been serving as parish priest in Fakenham, has retired after a ministry spanning 40 years and moved to Montana in Great Barton, near Bury St. Edmunds." Story continues
Image caption: "Looking forward to a deserved retirement: Fr Dick Healey"
"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."
"King's Lynn Parish celebrated first Holy Communions for 40 children over six separate Masses during the last two weekend in September." Story coninues
Image 1: Group of children with priests & deacons
Image 2: Group before altar
"Fr John Barnes, parish contest of Felixstowe, celebrated his silver jubilee of priesthood on 7th October. the feast of Our ladv of the Rosary" Story continues.
Image: Fr Barnes celebrating Mass with Bishop Hopes
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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."
"Lockdown is back and so is the very popular Evening Prayer podcast by Fr Sean Connolly and his dog Dylan from St George's in Norwich. Broadcasting each Monday to Friday at 6pm, and available to listen to later, Fr Sean and Dylan are once again making stuff up and talking nonsense before settling down to lead evervone in Evening Prayer." Story continues.
Image showing Fr Sean, bike and phone
"Three young people from Sacred Heart and St Oswald parish in Peterborough were touched deeply when Fr Arockiya Seelan brought a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes to their home. Kavya, Aleema and Adriel describe the visit." Story continues.
Image showing statue on table with candles.
"Chocolate birthday honours for Fr Padraig Hawkins. For his fortieth birthday, Bishop Alan Hopes presented Fr Padraig Hawkins, his private secretary, with a token of appreciation. Fr Padraig is understood to appreciate chocolate, and this bar of Toblerone weighed 4.5kg.
Image from Mgr Tony Rogers"
Images: Fr Padraig and Bishop Hopes with large cholocltae bar
"At a Capitular Mass at St John the Baptist Cathedral, Bishop Alan Hopes installed Fr Pat Cleary as a Canon of the diocese. Canon David Paul, Dean of St John's Cathedral, said: 'Canon Pat Cleary brings with him wisdom and great experience of the diocese. In addition, his tremendous work in encouraging vocations has been invaluable in the mission of the Church in East Anglia.'" Story continues.
Image caption: "Fr Pat vested in a Mozetta (short cape) with Bishop Alan Hopes at the service that saw him installed as a Canon of the "diocese
"Fr Anthony Foreman, a retired diocesan priest, has published a book on the intriguing medieval history of Lidgate, the Suffolk village where he lives. Lidgate, which is in the Newmarket parish, boasts the remains of a Roman villa, a Norman castle and was the birthplace of John de Lydgate, the famous medieval poet and monk of Bury Abbey. He presented a copy of his life of St Edmund to King Henry V on his visit to the abbey." Story continues.
Image - Fr Anthony with book
"As part of the Season of Creation celebration, Mgr Tony Rogers from the parishes of Aldeburgh and Leiston has helped to plant 120 oak trees. The Catholic community celebrated the Season of Creation from 1st September to 4th October in response to Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si." Story continues.
Image caption "Mgr Tony Rogers with Glen Ogilvie and two of their young oak trees"
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