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May 7, 2018

Youth festival aims to ignite young people’s faith

Over 150 young people from across the Diocese of East Anglia enjoyed the Ignite Youth Festival over the weekend (May 5-6) camping at the Sacred Heart […]
May 2, 2018

Ciaran’s action-packed year with the Ignite youth team

Diocese of East Anglia Ignite youth team member Ciaran Losasso looks back on a packed year so far. Looking back over the months since I joined […]
April 26, 2018

Ignite Prayer Network

Praying for Young People in our Diocese No matter how young or old you are, you can support the children and young people of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, […]
April 4, 2018

Engaging visit to Cambourne by Ignite youth team

A recent visit by the Ignite Youth Team to the new Cambourne and Sawston Parish saw 50 youngsters engage in musical, dramatic and reflective activities. Confirmation […]
March 23, 2018

A busy time for Ignite exploring reconciliation

Ignite team leader Cat Williams reflects on a busy time exploring Reconciliation in the context of Lent. Since jumping back into action at the start of […]
January 8, 2018

Light-filled Norwich celebration of Epiphany to start year

There was a light-filled celebration of Epiphany near Norwich on Saturday evening (January 6) when around 120 young people and their families from across the Diocese […]
October 26, 2017

Road to Panama World Youth Day starts in Newmarket

The next World Youth Day will be in Panama City in 2019, a group from East Anglia will be going and there is a diocesan launch […]
October 24, 2017

East Anglia’s Ignite youth mission team is growing

The Ignite Team – the Youth Mission Team of the Diocese of East Anglia – is growing. Joining Hamish MacQueen (Director of Diocesan Youth Service) and […]
August 11, 2017

World Youth Day group on their bikes in Peterborough

Parishioners and clergy from St Peter and All Souls Church in Peterborough got on their bikes to raise money to send a group of young people […]
August 8, 2017

The East Anglian Way to Santiago de Compestela

A group from the Diocese of East Anglia completed a ten-day Youth Pilgrimage walking the Camino in Spain to Santiago at the end of July. Pete […]
June 8, 2017

School pupils gather in Norwich to celebrate Pentecost

Over 100 children from four Catholic primary schools in Norfolk and Suffolktook part in a day of reflection and celebration on the theme of Pentecost led […]
May 4, 2017

Faith is re-ignited at East Anglia youth festival

Over 200 Catholic young people gathered for the Ignite Youth Festival, camping at Sacred Heart School in Swaffham over the bank holiday weekend (April 29 to […]
October 28, 2016

Cat to ignite youth mission in East Anglia

Catherine Williams has been welcomed as the new Ignite Mission Team Leader as the Diocese said goodbye to Matt, Judith, Ben and Clare whose ‘gap’ years […]
August 2, 2016

Pope Francis vigil and Mass is climax to World Youth Day

As World Youth Day drew to its climax, Clare Storey reports on a tiring but exhilarating final 48 hours for the Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims […]
July 29, 2016

East Anglia group sees Pope Francis at World Youth Day

The Diocese of East Anglia's 80-strong pilgrim group in Krakow get their first sight of Pope Francis as the World Youth Day celebrations continue. Sarah Mawe […]