Spread happiness to children this Christmas
320,000 children in the UK are separated from their parents because of imprisonment and Christmas is an especially difficult time for those families. Angel Tree is a project run by Prison Fellowship sending a personalised Christmas gift to children of prisoners.
We are looking for your help and support […]
Vacancy: Cathedral Gardener
We are looking for someone with extensive experience in garden maintenance to ensure our beautiful garden and campus continues to be a haven to visitors and wildlife alike. The gardens are not only an extension of the Garden Cafe, but also a stunning area for events and wedding photography.
Details of the role can be found […]
St John’s Walking Group
If you like walking, enjoy exploring Norwich and the Norfolk countryside and meeting fellow walkers, why not join the group?
We’ll usually meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month.
For details, phone John on 07977 470491 or email jjmclean44@gmail.com.
St John’s Cathedral joins science and faith engagement programme
St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich is one of seven churches across England and Wales to share funding of £70,000 to explore the relationship between science and faith through the church engagement programme, Scientists in Congregations.
The awardees have each received grants of up to £10,000 to deliver a project over the next year. Building […]
Honoured for 30 years service to the Cathedral
Veteran St John the Baptist Cathedral altar server Geoffrey Sword was presented with a Diocesan Medal on Sunday (July 14) by Bishop Peter Collins to mark over 30 years of service.
Geoffrey arrived in Norwich in 1980 and was a regular attender at the Cathedral. He first started helping by clearing the Sanctuary and, after several […]
40th Anniversary for Bishop Peter
Bishop Peter Collins marked the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Sunday July 14, by celebrating Mass in St John the Baptist Cathedral in Norwich in front of a large congregation including friends and parishioners from his former parish in Cardiff.
The St John’s Cathedral choir were joined by the Bradford Catholic Youth Choir and Huddersfield Catholic Youth choir, who […]
New canon link between two Norwich cathedrals
The bond between Norfolk’s two cathedrals has been strengthened as the Dean of St John the Baptist Cathedral became an ecumenical canon of Norwich Anglican Cathedral on June 30.
The Bishop of Norwich has appointed Catholic Dean Fr Alan Hodgson, as a new ecumenical canon of the Anglican cathedral and he was welcomed at Evensong at […]
St John’s parishioner made Lord Mayor
Parishioner Cllr Vivien Thomas has been welcomed in as Lord Mayor of Norwich for the civic year 2024-25. Along with the new Sheriff of Norwich Sirajul Islam they were sworn in at a formal ceremony at City Hall on Tuesday 21 May attended by the Dean of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, […]
Mary’s Meals Tower Tour and Cream Tea
Join us for a special tower tour and cream tea event at 2pm on Thursday 4 July and help us raise funds for the world’s poorest children.
Mary’s Meals is a global charity that serves life-changing school meals to over 2.4 million of the world’s poorest children every school day.
The […]