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August 2, 2023

Hundreds of thousands attend Opening Mass in Lisbon

Young Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims in Portugal for World Youth Day spent their first full day in Lisbon and attended the Opening Mass with hundreds […]
August 1, 2023

A visit to the shrine at Fatima and reaching Lisbon

Young Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims in Portugal for World Youth Day headed to the number one pilgrimage site in Portugal on Monday – the shrine […]
July 31, 2023

Meeting with radical nuns and farewell to Viana

Young Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims in Portugal for World Youth Day had a slightly less busy today which included Mass with an enclosed order of […]
July 30, 2023

A flag-waving Mass for 5,000 – and a Catholic rave!

Young Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims in Portugal for World Youth Day visited Ponte de Lima yesterday for a flag-waving Mass of 5,000 people and saw […]
July 29, 2023

Prayers, workshops and a ceremony of light

A large Diocese of East Anglia group of young and young-at-heart pilgrims are in Portugal for World Youth Day. Matt Shanahan and Jessica McCall report on […]
July 28, 2023

Culture, lots of walking and a Pentecost moment

A large Diocese of East Anglia group of young and young-at-heart pilgrims are in Portugal for World Youth Day. Beth Desborough and Keith Morris report on […]
July 27, 2023

A flying start to World Youth Day in Portugal

A 57-strong Diocese of East Anglia group of mostly young pilgrims are in Portugal for World Youth Day. Sr Catherine Williams and Isabel Cuenca report on […]
July 24, 2023

Ignite Youth Team graduation at St John’s Cathedral

The end of a year spent working as part of the Ignite Youth Team was marked with a “graduation” Mass at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich […]
July 24, 2023

Winning East Anglian pupils receive their prizes

Presentations of Knights of St Columba competition awards to winning entries at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School (July 20) and St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, Costessey […]
July 7, 2023

East Anglian excitement builds for WYD in Portugal

Excitement is building across the Diocese of East Anglia among the over 60 pilgrims heading to Portugal in July for World Youth Day in Lisbon. A […]
May 31, 2023

Young East Anglian pilgrims called to follow Jesus

Over 400 children and parents joined the Diocese of East Anglia Children’s Pilgrimage to Walsingham yesterday (Tuesday May 30) where they learnt about following Jesus like […]
May 25, 2023

Elliott’s year of opportunities with Ignite Team

Elliott Cannon from Birmingham says a year with the Ignite Youth Mission Team has given him opportunities that he never imagined and there is now the […]
May 18, 2023

Invitation to join children’s pilgrimage to Walsingham

The Diocese of East Anglia Children’s Pilgrimage to Walsingham promises to be a fun day out for all the family on Tuesday, May 30 – during […]
May 15, 2023

Mini Vinnies are out in force at Gorleston school

The Mini Vinnies, from St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary in Gorleston, have been out in force this year helping their community writes Leonor, Erin […]
May 3, 2023

Fun, facts and faith at Ignite Youth Festival

Over 200 young people took part in this year’s Ignite Youth Festival at the Sacred Heart Primary School in Swaffham – the largest attendance for ten […]