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January 22, 2019

East Anglia group flies 5,400 miles to WYD in Panama

A group of young people from the Diocese of East Anglia has flown 5,400 miles to Panama on the first day of their World Youth Day […]
January 22, 2019

First chance to read February Catholic East Anglia paper

The February 2019 edition of the Catholic East Anglia newspaper is now available online and contains news of consultations on bids for four new Catholic primary […]
January 21, 2019

East Anglia group heads for World Youth Day in Panama

A group of young people from the Diocese of East Anglia will be joining Pope Francis and up to half-a-million other young pilgrims at World Youth […]
January 16, 2019

Churches urged to watch out for rural depression risk

Catholic churches across Norfolk and Suffolk are being encouraged to be watchful for those in tight knit farming and rural communities who are at risk of […]
January 13, 2019

Baptism of the Lord – God sends us out

In the first blog post of 2019, the Ignite Team remind us that the Baptism of Jesus is an important part of the Christmas season. The […]
January 10, 2019

Fr Pat celebrates 40 years as a priest in East Anglia

After 40 years as a parish priest, Fr Pat Cleary would like to consider himself as the conductor of an orchestra. Keith Morris reports. On December […]
January 8, 2019

Diocese to bid for new Catholic Primary Schools in Cambs

The Diocese of East Anglia has announced its intention to submit bids to open three new voluntary-aided Catholic primary schools in areas of Cambridgeshire with increasing […]
January 7, 2019

Epiphany youth celebration lights up skies near Norwich

A youth celebration of Epiphany lit up the skies at Poringland near Norwich on Sunday evening (January 6) when around 200 young people and their families […]
January 3, 2019

Norwich pupils’ charity challenges in aid of Street Child

Pupils, staff and parents at Notre Dame Prep School, Norwich, have been taking on charity feats to raise money for charity Street Child which works in […]
December 31, 2018

Funding boost for Southwold church heritage project

Sacred Heart Church in Southwold has received a great Christmas present with confirmation of a National Lottery grant of £210,000 and a grant of £10,000 from […]
December 29, 2018

Bishop Alan’s pastoral letter about the Holy Family

A pastoral letter from Bishop Alan Hopes for the Feast of the Holy Family, to be read at Masses during the weekend of December 29/30, record […]
December 27, 2018

Tributes paid to inspirational nun Sister Wendy Beckett

Tributes have been paid to Norfolk Catholic nun Sister Wendy Beckett who earned an international reputation as an unlikely art critic and television star. Sr Wendy, […]
December 24, 2018

Christmas Day – When God says ‘Same!’

The Nativity shows how close God wants be to us, say the Ignite Team in their Christmas blog post. I don’t know how many of you […]
December 24, 2018

Full house at Cathedral in Norwich for Christmas Vigil

The Vigil Mass of Christmas saw the biggest congregation of the year in attendance earlier today (Christmas Eve) at a packed St John the Baptist Cathedral […]
December 24, 2018

Diamond jubilee celebration for Sawston church

The Community of Our Lady of Lourdes celebrated the 60th anniversary of the blessing of the first church in Sawston with a packed congregation at a […]