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December 14, 2018

Life Advice from St. John of the Cross

Saint John of the Cross, who we celebrate on 14th December, said many beautiful things about having a close relationship with Jesus. He also gave some […]
December 12, 2018

Glow Day youth retreat at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich

The Ignite Team and members of the Ignite Lite Team ran a day-long Glow Day retreat at St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich on November […]
December 11, 2018

How to…Pray with the Bible

Lectio Divina is a centuries-old tradition of praying with passages from the Bible. Here’s one way you can give it a go: Scripture is from God, […]
December 10, 2018

Blessed Martyrs of East Anglia

On 10th December we celebrate the Blessed Martyrs of East Anglia. But who were these local men who died for their faith? Blessed Brian Lacey was born […]
December 9, 2018

Advent Week 2 – Disciple before it was cool

This week’s Ignite Team Advent blog post thinks about what we can learn from John the Baptist and the way he pointed the way for the […]
December 8, 2018

How to… Pray the Rosary

How to Pray the Rosary: 1) Perhaps go somewhere quiet where you don’t think you’ll be interrupted, sometimes it’s nice to light a candle! Or, if […]
December 6, 2018

East Anglia Synod focuses on youth hot topics

Over 60 people from across the Diocese of East Anglia came together on November 4 at a Synod to talk about current hot topics in the […]
December 2, 2018

Advent Week 1 – Happy New Year!

In the first of the Ignite Team’s weekly Advent blog posts, Team Leader Catherine Williams reflects on how Jesus can come to us every day Happy […]
September 20, 2018

East Anglia youth mission team Ignite is growing

An expanded Youth Mission Team for East Anglia – Ignite – is set to enter its third year in operation travelling around the Diocese of East […]
September 19, 2018

It was a joy to be part of the Eucharistic Congress

Around 50 people from the Diocese of East Anglia joined 10,000 others at the recent Adoremus National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and Congress in Liverpool. New Ignite team […]
August 6, 2018

Young Anglian pilgrims go in search of northern saints

A pilgrimage in pursuit of the northern saints of Britain was the aim of a group of young people from the Diocese of East Anglia over […]
June 18, 2018

Chance to join Ignite network to pray for young people

The Ignite Youth Team has launched a new prayer network and is inviting people to join it to pray for the young people of the Diocese […]
May 30, 2018

Hundreds join children’s pilgrimage to Walsingham

Over 400 young people and adults joined in an enthusiastic Children's Pilgrimage and Mass at Walsingham on Tuesday May 29, led by Bishop Alan Hopes. Large […]
May 7, 2018

Youth festival aims to ignite young people’s faith

Over 150 young people from across the Diocese of East Anglia enjoyed the Ignite Youth Festival over the weekend (May 5-6) camping at the Sacred Heart […]
May 2, 2018

Ciaran’s action-packed year with the Ignite youth team

Diocese of East Anglia Ignite youth team member Ciaran Losasso looks back on a packed year so far. Looking back over the months since I joined […]