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Other Ipswich Catholic Churches
Ipswich has 5 Catholic churches, of which St Mary Magdalen is one, the others being St James, St Mary, St Mark and St Pancras. Contact details for these are below, click on the image to transfer to their respective web sites.
St Pancras Catholic Church
1 Orwell Place
Ipswich
IP4 1BD
Tel. 01473 252 596
Parish Priest: Fr Joseph Welch
St Mary's Catholic Church
322 Woodbridge Road
Ipswich
IP4 4BD
Tel. 01473 728115
Parish Priest: Fr Alfonso-Jude Belnas
Streamed services can be followed here.
St Mark's Catholic Church
180 Hawthorn Drive
Ipswich
IP2 0QQ
Tel: 01473 684963
Parish Priest: Fr Luke Goymour (Dean of St Edward's Deanery)
Catch up on all the homilies preached by Fr Luke Goymour at St Mark’s Catholic Church, Holy Family Catholic Church and St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Church.
St James' Catholic Church
482 Lanseer Road
Ipswich
IP3 9LU
Tel: 01473 726701
Parish Priest: Rev Thomas Parakandathil (Syro Malabar Chaplain)
The Deanery of St Edward
The Deanery of St Edward covers the parishes of Ipswich, Aldeburgh, Felixstowe and Woodbridge. In addition to the Ipswich parishes featured above, details of the other parishes in the deanery can be found below. The Dean of St Edward deanery is Fr Luke Goymour of St Mark's parish.
Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint Peter
The Terrace
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
IP15 5HJ
Tel: 01728 452782
Parish Priest: Fr David Bagstaff VG
All Saints Catholic Church
Seaward Avenue
Leiston
Suffolk
IP16 4BA
Tel: 01728 452782
Parish Priest: Fr David Bagstaff VG
Catholic Church of St Felix
8 Gainsborough Road
Felixstowe
Suffolk
IP11 7HT
Tel: 01394 282561
Parish Priest: Fr Michael Smith
St Thomas' Catholic Church
13-15 St John's Street
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1EB
Tel: 01394 388828
Parish Priest: Fr Edmund Eggleston
Saint Clare's Catholic Church
Fore Street
Framlingham
Suffolk
IP13 9DF
Tel: 01394 388828
Parish Priest: Fr Edmund Eggleston
Diocese of East Anglia
On March 13th 1976, Pope Paul VI formed the new Diocese of East Anglia, covering the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk, out of the Diocese of Northampton. The first bishop of East Anglia was Alan Clark (Decd. 2002), who was appointed on 2nd June 1976, with the cathedral being established at the former parish church of St John the Baptist, Norwich. The current Bishop of East Anglia is the Right Revd. Alan Hopes.
Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist
Unthank Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 2PA
Diocesan Offices:
The White House
21 Upgate
Poringland
Norwich
Norfolk
NR14 7SH
email: [email protected]
Ipswich Catholic Schools
Founded in 1871, St Pancras primary school was originally sited in Ipswich town centre, next to St Pancras Church on Cox Lane. In the late 1950s it was decided to re-locate the school on Stratford Road, in the expanding north-west suburbs of Ipswich where it was re-opened on September 16th 1957 and is now, despite its name, under the wing of St Mary Magdalen parish.
St Alban's Catholic High School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Ipswich, Suffolk, and is part of the Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust. It strives to provide an excellent education for its students within a caring Christian community where all are respected, valued and supported to achieve their potential. It aims to inspire everyone with the strength and purpose to begin the journey of learning for life and to prepare students to lead by their example in the modern world.
Located on Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, St Mary's Catholic Primary School is an outstanding school for boys and girls aged between 4 and 11, which is proud to be part of the Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi Academy Trust and the Diocese of East Anglia.
St Mark's is a Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School for children between the ages of four and eleven years. It opened in 1967 to cater for Catholic children in the south and west of Ipswich, stretching from Felixstowe in the east to the Suffolk border to the south, thus completing the availability of Catholic education in the area.
The Catholic Directory
CatholicDirectory.org is a free resource to help people find their local Catholic Church and Catholic Mass Times, Confession Times and Service Times. It includes information from other parts of the world and forms the foundation of many websites and IT systems used by Catholic Organisations, Dioceses, Publishers and Parishes.
The Guild of Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich
In 1977, the Guild of Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich was formed in order to pray for Christian unity and to re-establish the shrine in Ipswich, lost in the Reformation. The group was later re-named Meryemana, the name of the house in Ephesus where Mary is believed to have lived in later life.
The group has now reverted to its original name, and a service of re-dedication of the Guild of Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich, the shrine and the replica statue was held on Saturday March 26th 2022 at the home of the shrine, St Mary at the Elms Church, Elm Street, Ipswich.
Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady
The Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham was established in 1061 when, according to the text of the Pynson Ballad (c 1485), Richeldis de Faverches prayed that she might undertake some special work in honour of Our Lady. In answer to her prayer, the Virgin Mary led her in spirit to Nazareth, showed her the house where the Annunciation occurred, and asked her to build a replica in Walsingham to serve as a perpetual memorial of the Annunciation.
This Holy House was built and a religious community took charge of the foundation. With papal approval the Augustinian Canons built a Priory (c 1150) and Walsingham became one of the greatest Shrines in Medieval Christendom - England's Nazareth.
Charitable Sites
CAFOD (The Catholic Fund for Overseas Development) is an international development charity and the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, reaching out to people living in hard-to-reach places, in war zones and those who are discriminated against.
FIND was established as a registered charity in 1990 by Maureen Reynel MBE. It helps those that are deprived of a minimum standard of living, whether they are single, families, lone parents, children, elderly, sick, disabled or homeless, offering free of charge food and household items and can, where appropriate, offer personal support too.
Suffolk Refugee Support (SRS) is a small, local charity established in 1999, working to provide practical advice and support for asylum seekers and refugees in Suffolk.
You can contact SRS at 38 St Matthews Street, Ipswich. Telephone 01473 400785 or visit their web site by clicking the image left.
The Marriage Tribunal
The Marriage Tribunal is available to help people who may need to “regularise” or simply talk through their marital situations, following a marriage breakdown or a divorce. The Tribunal can be contacted, in confidence, direct by telephone 01508 495168, by email [javascript protected email address] or through the Diocesan website by clicking here. Office hours are 9.00 am – 1.00 pm Monday to Friday.