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November 23, 2023

This Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King and World Youth Sunday!

Throughout the world, Pope Francis has asked for this Sunday to be a day we celebrate and recognise the role of young people in the Church. […]
November 21, 2023

Chance to join exciting new musical youth initiative

The Diocesan Youth Service has launched an exciting new initiative which seeks to bring together young contemporary Catholic musicians from around the Diocese of East Anglia […]
October 22, 2023

Two new members join the Ignite Youth Team

Two new members have joined the Ignite Youth Team from September for a year. They are UEA master’s student Adam Dodd and Peterborough parishioner Alexander Thanickal, […]
October 11, 2023

Bishop meets lay chaplains from East Anglia schools

Bishop Peter Collins met with Lay Chaplains to Diocese of East Anglia Catholic Secondary Schools and the Chaplain to St Bede’s Inter Church School, on Friday […]
September 30, 2023

750 pupils from across Diocese attend Schools Mass

Around 750 pupils from all 28 Catholic schools across the Diocese of East Anglia gathered in St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich on Friday September […]
September 28, 2023

Yarmouth youth Faith Club trip away from the seaside

The Faith Club for children at St Peter’s, Gorleston and St Mary’s, Great Yarmouth Parish visited Thetford for its annual summer outing in late August reports […]
August 9, 2023

Two amazing weeks with 1.5m pilgrims in Portugal

A 57-strong Diocese of East Anglia mostly-young pilgrims spent almost two weeks at World Youth Day in Portugal, having a fun, joyful and faith-enriching time. Keith […]
August 6, 2023

1.5 million attend final WYD Mass with Pope Francis

An estimated 1.5 million people attended the final Mass of World Youth Day, and the overnight Vigil before it, with Pope Francis, at the Field of […]
August 5, 2023

800,000 watch Way of the Cross with Pope Francis

An estimated 800,000 people, including Pope Francis, witnessed a dramatic portrayal of the Way of the Cross and East Anglian pilgrims also heard Bishop Robert Barron […]
August 4, 2023

Pope Francis arrives at a joyful World Youth Day

Pope Francis arrived at World Youth Day in Lisbon today, where he was seen close-up by young Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims, who also attended a […]
August 3, 2023

Catechesis and talks start at World Youth Day

Young Diocese of East Anglia pilgrims in Portugal for World Youth Day, spent their second full day in Lisbon and attended the first of the Rise […]
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 […]