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About Father Martin's Parish Updates

You will find here up to date news of parish events or corrections to information that has already been published in printed format.

Up to fifty of the most recent updates:

Fr David Stevenson
Well, its happened! Fr David was ordained to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Norwich on Saturday 28th June. The service in the Cathedral he... [click title for full item]

New_Curate
Well, David Stevenson our new curate has moved into his house - the curatage - in Kilderkin Way, a few yards from the watchful eye of the Re... [click title for full item]

More Demolition!
Another redevelopment in the Parish! At last the old bottling plant of the Breweries has come down. From my breakfast table I now have this... [click title for full item]

Rest in Peace
Following a Memorial Service in Norwich Cathedral on Friday 4th April, Fr Robert Llewelyn's ashes were laid to rest in S. Julian's garden, b... [click title for full item]

Fr Robert
Fr Robert's Funeral Requim Mass took place on Friday of last week. His body had been received into S. Julian's Church the evening before wh... [click title for full item]

Fr ROBERT LLEWELYN
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you of the death of Fr Robert. Had he lived a few more months, he would have reached the age of... [click title for full item]

CONFIRMATION 2008
It was wtih great joy that we welcomed the Lord Bishop of Norwich to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation last Sunday, 3rd February. Bei... [click title for full item]

S. Julian's Christmas Crib
S. Julian's Christmas Crib was blessed at the Christmas morning Mass at 10.00 am. It is much simpler in design than S. John's, but forms th... [click title for full item]

S. John's Christmas Crib
The Christmas Crib at S. John's has for many years been constructed within the main altar of the church. The Crib is concealed behind the a... [click title for full item]

GOLDEN JUBILEE
It was with great joy that we were able to share in the Golden Jubilee of his Ordination to the Priesthood of Fr Richard Herschel. Fr Richar... [click title for full item]

ORDER OF JULIAN OF NORWICH
It has been a great pleasure to welcome to our Parish over the last few days Fr Gregory Fruewirth OJN who is the Superior of the Order of Ju... [click title for full item]

WORLD AIDS DAY
A service to mark World AIDS Day was organised by the Norfolk Charity EAST and held in S. John's Church on Saturday afternoon at 5.00 pm. S... [click title for full item]

The Dean of Albany
It was a great pleasure for the parish and me to welcome back to S. John's the Dean of Albany Cathedral, New York, Fr Marshall Vang who was ... [click title for full item]

Diageo Remembrance
Members of the Diageo Retirement Association - Norwich Branch - celebrated their annual Act of Remembrance in honour of past workers of the ... [click title for full item]

Norwich Breweries
This is the memorial put up by Hopkins Homes to replace the memorial to the war dead of the Norwich Breweries which they had to take down to... [click title for full item]

Portugal
I have just returned from an excellent short break in Portugal. Many will now know, though, that I only just made it! I suffered a blow-out... [click title for full item]

Baptism
It is always good to be able to baptise an adult member of the congregation! And so it was a joyous occasion, not even marred by the rather... [click title for full item]

Janet
We send our love and congratulations to Janet Henderson-Long who is celebrating her 70th Birthday. As I have said before and will no doubt ... [click title for full item]

Assumption Day Lunch
How fortunate we were with the weather! The forecast said heavy showers around lunchtime - just what we didn't want, and praise God just wh... [click title for full item]

Salve Regina!
It is so good to have the famous statue of Our Lady by Martin Travers, now beautifully restored, back in S. John's Church. She has been away... [click title for full item]

Welcome Home
The artists from Howell and Bellion returned the Statue of Our Lady by Martin Travers today after their restoration work. [end item]

Welcome USA/Australia
Our parish is preparing to welcome Fr Tony Noble SSC and his pilgirmage group of 13 to Norwich this coming weekend. Fr Tony used to be the ... [click title for full item]

Peter Kilshaw
We joined Peter Kilshaw on Sunday morning after Mass in celebrating his 60th birthday. Peter, husband of Churchwarden Elizabeth, provided w... [click title for full item]

Christopher Wood
At the end of his First Mass, Fr Christopher gave personal blessings to all who came forward. This is a traditional ceremony at a First Mas... [click title for full item]

First Mass
It was a great pleasure for us at S. John's to host the First Mass of our erstwhile parish ordinand Fr Christopher Wood. Christopher was or... [click title for full item]

Preacher
We were glad to welcome as our preacher on S. John's Day Prebendary Desmond Tillyer. Fr Desmond has retired to the Norwich area from S. Pet... [click title for full item]

Relic
Sunday 24th June was the celebration of our Patronal Festival, the Birthday of S. John the Baptist. The High Mass began with the translation... [click title for full item]