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August 17, 2023

40th anniversary bike ride, £4m raised for churches

Celebrating its 40th year, the Churches Bike Ride event, initiated in 1983, continues to aid historic churches, raising over £4 million in Norfolk alone. On Saturday […]
April 24, 2023

Cathedral service honours armed forces veterans

Some fifty representatives of the armed forces were present as Bishop Peter Collins led a service for veterans at St John’s Cathedral. Deacon Patrick Limacher had […]
April 20, 2023

Bishop Peter joins justice service in Bury St Edmunds

Bishop Peter Collins joined a service at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds for His Majesty’s Courts of Justice. The service, on Sunday March 26, […]
April 19, 2023

Young adults get a transformation at Clare Priory

Sophie Pereira from the Ignite Team was among participants at the Transform for Holy Week event which took place recently at Clare Priory. In all, sixteen 16-35 […]
April 18, 2023

Peterborough lecture celebrates England’s saintly king

St Peters and all Souls has hosted a lecture on St Edward the Confessor by Oliver Wessex, a young and upcoming historian. Fr Adam Sowa MS […]
April 14, 2023

Bishop Peter opens Mustard Seed Kitchen at St Louis

Children from St Louis Catholic Academy in Newmarket were thrilled to welcome Bishop Peter Collins to bless the Mustard Seed Kitchen, a recently completed teaching hub. […]
April 14, 2023

Cathedral to host thank you service for veterans 

Outside the Wire, the service for veterans run by the Matthew Project, is holding a thank you service at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich. The service […]
April 13, 2023

A wealth of Easter celebrations across the Diocese

Latest news from the Diocese of East Anglia includes Easter celebrations, from Palm Sunday in Wisbech through Good Friday in Ipswich and Peterborough to Easter Day […]
April 11, 2023

Letter to the King, Thetford Lent talk, SVP conferences

Latest news from the Diocese of East Anglia includes a letter from Thetford to Buckingham Palace, a Lent talk on friendship, and how to start an […]
April 9, 2023

Bishop welcomes new members into Church at Easter

Seven Catechumens and four Candidates entered full communion with the Church at an atmospheric candlelit Easter Vigil at St John’s Cathedral. Cathedral staff had woven together […]
April 8, 2023

Bishop Peter leads Good Friday veneration of the Cross

St John’s Cathedral was packed on Good Friday as the people formed a seemingly endless queue which moved forward to kiss the wood of the Cross. […]
April 4, 2023

Cambridge Foodbank profiles St Laurence’s volunteer

James Dore, who is treasurer at St Laurence’s in Cambridge, featured recently on the website of Cambridge Foodbank where he volunteers. James has been treasurer at […]
April 3, 2023

Bishop Peter celebrates first Palm Sunday at Cathedral

The people of St John’s Cathedral enjoyed a rich a colourful celebration of the Palm Sunday liturgy as Bishop Peter Collins joined them for the first […]
April 1, 2023

CAFOD men walk in solidarity with earthquake victims

Moved by the suffering from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, a group of men from Bury St Edmunds organised a 20-mile sponsored walk along the […]
March 30, 2023

Bishop Peter to lead August pilgrimage to Lourdes

Bishop Peter Collins will lead this year’s Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes as part of the wider Catholic Association. The annual pilgrimage takes place this year from […]