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How to Book a Place at Mass
Before you make a booking, please be aware of the following important information: • Please do not arrive at the church more than 15 minutes before Mass begins, but also try to avoid arriving at the last minute. Although queues...
Live Streaming from St Edmunds
You can watch Mass from St Edmunds on your home computer, or mobile device. With churches being able to re-open for public worship from December 2nd we will only be live streaming Mass on Sundays at 10.30am and Wednesdays at...
Government Consultation on Faith Engagement
There was a strong ask from the officials of the MHCLG for individual Catholics to respond to this open consultation on the way Government engages with faith communities. The link to the online submission is: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/independent-faith-engagement-review-call-for-evidence This call for evidence...
A Statement from the Cardinal on behalf of the Bishops' Conference for England and Wales
Statement from the President and the Vice-President of the Conference on the National Lockdown Wednesday 4th November 2020. Today, Parliament passed into law the Regulations governing many aspects of activity in the whole of England until 2nd December. Please read...
Statement on Safeguarding
The account given in the IICSA Report of abuse known to be inflicted on children in the Catholic Church in England and Wales in the past 50 years is shocking and overwhelming. At our meeting this week, we Bishops have...
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage is an ideal way of combining prayer and exercise. Allied to Abbey 1000, an inspirational opportunity has been designed for you to walk (within permitted guidelines) in your own time either or both of two mediaeval routes of pilgrims...
Catholic Church welcomes IICSA report into abuse
The Catholic Church in England and Wales has welcomed the report, published today, from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, relating to the institutional response of the Church in its duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse...
Statement from the President and the Vice-President of the Conference on the Prime Minister's Statement Saturday 31st October 2020
This evening, the Prime Minister announced further widespread restrictions in England beginning on Thursday 5th November. Please read more here....
PARISH AGM REPORTS
PARISH AGM Unfortunately we have not been able to hold a Parish Annual General Meeting for the second successive year. Last year it was agreed with the Diocese that this should wait until the permanent appointment of a new Parish...
COVID-19 and Vaccination
Statement from the Bishops Conference Department for Social Justice concerning Covid-19 and Vaccination. Click here...
Young Adults Prayer Group (YAG)
Meets in the parish on the first Monday of the month. They are now going to hold their meeting on line via Zoom - 8.00-8.40pm. This is an excellent platform for Catholic support. If you are between 20 and 30...
A test of Faith describes the significance of St Edmund in times of plague
A local historian, tour guide and member of St Edmund's Catholic Church, John Saunders has decided to release a story that he intended for the future but which has assumed current relevance. Inhabitants of Bury St Edmunds will be familiar...
Abbey 1000 - The Catholic Connection - UPDATE
All Abbey 1000 events up to 31 May have been postponed until further notice. E-mail if you have queries (please keep calls to 01284 767894 to a minimum) Click Abbey1000.pdf...