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March 23, 2020
Bishop Alan Hopes has announced that the new Catholic primary school due to open in Peterborough in September 2022, will be called St John Henry Newman […]
February 13, 2020
A new Catholic primary school in Hamptons East was approved by Peterborough City Council at a meeting last night (February 12) and is believed to be […]
February 11, 2020
Holocaust Memorial Day was commemorated in Peterborough by a moving inter-faith lunchtime service in the Parish Church of St John’s, attended by over 400 people including […]
February 6, 2020
Students from secondary schools across East Anglia met at Notre Dame High School in Norwich in January for the second of three CAFOD Young Leadership training […]
January 24, 2020
Bishop Alan Hopes has written to The Times to set the record straight after one of its columnists argued that faith schools create discrimination and division. […]
January 9, 2020
The historic chapel at the heart of St Joseph’s College in Ipswich has reopened after a £750k repair and refurbishment. The principal of St Joseph’s College, […]
January 7, 2020
St Albans Catholic High School in Ipswich made a huge fuss of its receptionist, Pat Swann, as she celebrated her 70th birthday. “It is just a […]
December 20, 2019
A Peterborough City Council education committee has heard how the proposed new Voluntary-Aided Catholic Primary School at Hamptons East in the city will offer a choice […]
December 19, 2019
St Benedict’s school in Bury St Edmunds is promoting what they see as an under-rated value – kindness – during the season of Advent. The Catholic […]
December 16, 2019
Pupils at St Felix Catholic Primary School in Haverhill have been experiencing Not So Snug Storytime. The school has chosen the ‘Snug as a Bug’ motto […]
October 31, 2019
Teachers, priests and religious from around the diocese met recently at Newmarket to study the Church’s teaching on marriage and family life. Fr Paul Grogan of […]
September 28, 2019
The newest member of the Ignite Team for the next year is American Emily Murphy from New England. She explains what brought her to East Anglia. […]
September 21, 2019
Hundreds of pupils and staff from 28 schools across the Diocese of East Anglia came together on September 20 for a special Schools Mass at St […]
September 20, 2019
The Ignite Team is now entering its fifth academic year of full-time youth ministry in schools, parishes and at events across the Diocese. This year’s full-time […]
September 9, 2019
Today (September 9) the Diocese of East Anglia has launched a six-week consultation on its proposal to build a new Catholic primary school at the Hampton […]