Welcome to the Diocesan Youth Service!

To donate to the Diocesan Youth Service, please click here.

The East Anglia Diocesan Youth Service exists to help young people in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to connect with Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church. We carry out this mission through running pilgrimages and events;  by providing support to parishes and schools and also through the Ignite Team, which visits schools and churches to run retreats, activities and workshops.  If you would like the Ignite Team to visit your school or parish, please email igniteteam@rcdea.org.uk

Interested in Joining  the Ignite Team – Click here to find out more

Coming up in 2025… Flame, The Ignite Festival, and a Pilgrimage to Rome

SOLD OUT!

Unexpectedly, still with over 5 weeks to go, Flame has sold out.

If you would like to be put on a waiting list for a ticket if anyone drops out from the Diocesan group, please contact dys@rcdea.org.uk

The Ignite Festival is our Diocesan Youth Festival for EVERYONE Year 8 upwards.

It promises to be an amazing weekend of music, entertainment, food and faith.

More information coming soon.

Our pilgrimage to Rome in the summer to celebrate the Jubilee of Youth is now full.

If you would still like to join us, please email dys@rcdea.org.uk to be placed on a waiting list if anyone cancels.

The Sibyl Collective name is an exciting new initiative from the Diocesan Youth Service which seeks to bring together young contemporary Catholic musicians from around the Diocese. Under the leadesrship of Fr. Peter Wygnanski, the aim is to grow as a community committed to discipleship in Christ through prayer and praise & worship music and then to be able to lead others at events and retreats in the Diocese. It’s called the Sibyl collective in honour of St. Hidegard of Bigen, herself an accomplished musician and composer, and who was also known as the ‘Sibyl of the Rhine’

Applications are invited from Catholics (aged 16 – 30) who play an instrument or sing . This round of applications will close on December 10^th 2023, after which successful applicants will be invited to an initial meeting in the New Year. Subsequent meetings will take place every 2-3 months usually on a Saturday afternoon. If you have any questions, please contact peter.wygnanski@rcdea.org.uk Please apply here.

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If you would like to sign up to the Diocesan Youth Service mailing list to receive information about new initiatives and upcoming events then please follow the link below:

Pray for Young People

Click here for more info, to see our list of prayer intentions and to join the Ignite Prayer Network.