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November 18, 2023

Your chance to join the Advent Posada journey

Small Posada statues of Mary and Joseph and the donkey will be travelling around the parishes of the diocese this Advent and you have the chance […]
April 6, 2023

Is renewal on the horizon for the church in England?

Is a Third Spring on the horizon for the Church in this country, asks Ciaran Losasso after attending a workshop at the recent London conference, Sharing […]
March 29, 2023

Plea to help Christians facing persecution

At the recent London conference Sharing the Church’s Story, leading Catholics spoke about the need to help persecuted Christians. One of the East Anglian delegates, Rebecca […]
March 13, 2023

Ignite turns bacon butties into spiritual conversations

At the end of January, the Ignite Team travelled down to Plymouth to undertake a few days of intense street evangelisation training. They stayed at the […]
January 23, 2023

Bishop Barron, Norwich retreat, Bishop Peter on radio

The latest news from the Diocese of East Anglia includes Sharing the Church’s Story, a retreat for young women and this year’s series on Radio Maria […]
October 22, 2022

Will you host Mary and Joseph this Advent?

East Anglian parishes have been inviting people to join in the traditional Mexican Advent Posada Journey for several years reports Rebecca Bretherton. A young couple are […]
August 10, 2022

Faith comes alive from nine months in the Highlands

Maria Belderbos recently came back inspired by nine months she spent at Craig Lodge Family House of Prayer in the western Scottish Highlands. Maria, who is […]
June 9, 2022

Peterborough parish hosts week of mission

The parish of Sacred Heart and St Oswald, Peterborough, hosted a week’s mission by a highly experienced team from the Sion Community in late May. The […]
April 6, 2022

Invitation to join our Jerusalem Journey prayers  

This Palm Sunday (April 10) the Diocese of East Anglia has invited everyone to join a moment of online prayer during Holy Week and Easter Week. […]
March 16, 2022

Do you know what Lent is all about?

What is Lent all about? Why do Catholics give things up in Lent? Where is Lent in the Bible? If you were asked these questions by a […]
February 18, 2021

Ciaran speaks on Radio Maria about his journey of faith

Ciaran Losasso, leader of the Ignite youth mission, spoke recently on Radio Maria’s Songs in the Wilderness about his favourite music and his journey of faith. […]
February 11, 2021

Opportunity for home-based training in evangelisation

The Diocese of East Anglia is working with colleagues in the Diocese of Plymouth to offer the Mission Made Possible evangelisation programme.  The seven-week programme includes reading and […]
November 25, 2020

March celebrates All Saints with a Window of Hope

As the second lockdown started, March parish decided to create a Window of Hope to mark All Saints Day. Rebecca Bretherton reports. Taking advantage of a […]
September 16, 2020

Wisdom on how to evangelise in uncertain times

Michael Dopp from Canada and the U Evangelize Team are organising a free webinar to look at how we can share the Gospel as the world […]
May 21, 2020

Stay close to Jesus – we are in this together

On April 25 Catholics from East Anglia joined over 4000 others for the UEvangelize virtual summit. In the last of three articles, Rebecca Bretherton reports on […]