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August 3, 2024

150 Cambridge students embark on Annual Pilgrimage

150 students from St Bede’s Inter-Church School in Cambridge took part in the annual Bede Trail Pilgrimage to the North-East earlier in July. They travelled north […]
July 23, 2024

Bishop visits Ipswich School, 750 students attend Mass

On Thursday July 18, Bishop Peter Collins visited St Alban’s Catholic High School in Ipswich for the first time as Bishop. He was given a tour […]
May 29, 2024

East Anglia pupils win painting and prayer competitions

Results from Knights of St Columba Lent and Easter competitions for the East Anglia Province 27 have been announced. KSC Lent Scene Painting Competition 2024 – […]
May 25, 2024

Double boost for Cambridge Catholic primary school

St Alban’s Catholic Primary School in Cambridge has become a part of the Our Lady of Walsingham Multi Academy Trust and also achieved an “outstanding” rating […]
May 21, 2024

Open invitation to join children’s Walsingham pilgrimage

The annual Diocese of East Anglia Children’s Pilgrimage to Walsingham will take place on Tuesday May 28. This is during the school half term week and an […]
May 15, 2024

‘Find out more’ invitation to practising Catholic teachers

An invitation has been extended to practising Catholic teachers in the Diocese of East Anglia who do not work in a Catholic school , but who […]
May 13, 2024

Cambridge church school is part of peacemaker project

St Bede’s Inter-Church School in Cambridge has been asked to be part of the second pilot stage of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Reconciliation Ministry – Difference […]
May 12, 2024

Appeal made to support plan to lift schools 50% faith cap

The decision by the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, to lift the faith-based admissions cap on new free schools in England has been welcomed by the Diocese of East […]
April 30, 2024

Norwich Catholic school receives glowing Ofsted report

The Catholic Notre Dame High School (NDHS) in Norwich has received glowing praise from Ofsted, being rated as “good” under a new more rigorous inspection framework. Statistically […]
March 13, 2024

Bishop meets students at St John Fisher High School

Students from St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough, share their experiences of a visit they enjoyed from Bishop Peter Collins and Diocesan Schools’ Service Director […]
December 4, 2023

Deputy and Assistant Heads meet for annual conference

Deputy and Assistant Heads from across the diocese gathered in Poringland for an annual conference focused on Catholic Social Teaching, featuring insights from Bishop Peter and […]
November 8, 2023

Bishop Peter meets East Anglia school heads

Headteachers from across the Diocese of East Anglia met at the Conference Centre at the White House in Poringland recently for the Autumn Conference hosted by […]
October 22, 2023

Two new members join the Ignite Youth Team

Two new members have joined the Ignite Youth Team from September for a year. They are UEA master’s student Adam Dodd and Peterborough parishioner Alexander Thanickal, […]
October 13, 2023

East Anglia school staff to run marathon for Cafod

Four staff members from two Diocese of East Anglia schools are set to run the London Marathon in April 2024 for Cafod and are asking for […]
October 11, 2023

Bishop meets lay chaplains from East Anglia schools

Bishop Peter Collins met with Lay Chaplains to Diocese of East Anglia Catholic Secondary Schools and the Chaplain to St Bede’s Inter Church School, on Friday […]