Youth
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August 15, 2022
Building on the success of the Ignite Festival for teenagers, Diocesan Youth Services are launching a new festival ‘Transform’ for young adults aged 16-30. It will […]
August 10, 2022
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 […]
August 8, 2022
Over 30 young people have celebrated either their First Communion or Confirmation at Sacred Heart Parish, St Ives, this summer. A First Communion Mass was celebrated […]
June 17, 2022
Hamish MacQueen, Director of Diocesan Youth Service, writes about plans for upcoming youth pilgrimages this summer and next. We love taking groups of young people on […]
June 1, 2022
For this first time this year, the Children’s Pilgrimage to Walsingham was combined with the Diocesan Pilgrimage, creating an event in which extended families could take […]
May 20, 2022
During a visit to Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge, Bishop Alan Hopes praised the way in which young people were sharing their faith […]
May 4, 2022
The Ignite Youth Festival returned to the Sacred Heart Primary School in Swaffham this year with an extravaganza of light, sound and teenage enthusiasm. As the […]
April 25, 2022
The Convent of Jesus and Mary in Felixstowe recently hosted a ‘Glow Day’ led by the Ignite Team. Glow days are days for young people to […]
April 8, 2022
A group of young East Anglia Catholics have completed a 30-mile sponsored walk to raise funds for Abortion Resistance, a brand-new pro-life initiative. On March 26 they […]
April 1, 2022
Radio Maria England’s Youth Team – RMEY Faith Vibe – has been named as Most Innovative in the Young Audio Awards. The announcement was made on […]
March 28, 2022
It’s back. After two years online, the Ignite Team is excited to be getting ready for this year’s popular Ignite Festival. Youth Services Director, Hamish Macqueen, […]
March 17, 2022
The Diocese of East Anglia Ignite Youth Team have recorded a song, as a prayer for peace in Ukraine, set to traditional Irish melody Danny Boy, […]
March 14, 2022
The Ignite Youth Mission Team has recruited its first team member for this autumn with the appointment of Elliott Cannon from Birmingham. The Ignite Youth […]
December 21, 2021
Move over Ed Sheeran and Elton John, Diocese of East Anglia Youth Services Director Hamish MacQueen has released a cheerful Advent song which was a real […]
November 26, 2021
The Diocesan Youth Service created an experience of Catholic faith for all the senses at its World Youth Day celebration in St John’s Cathedral Narthex on […]