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Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich

News from the diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich. The diocese covers most of Suffolk, as well as one parish in Essex.

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Diocese consults on ending religious criteria for VC schools admission

THE diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich is holding a consultation on whether to cease prioritising children from churchgoing families for places in its controlled schools when they are over-subscribed

12 Nov 2021

‘Focal’. ‘Oversight’. The C of E of the future

Madeleine Davies begins a two-part examination of the Church’s future

10 Sep 2021

‘Unsafe’ Ark is stranded at Ipswich amid international dispute

A NOAH’S ARK that has come to rest far from Mount Ararat is at the centre of discussions between the authorities in Britain and the Netherlands

11 Jun 2021

Contactless-giving pilot launched in Cumbria

28 May 2021

Synod emissions target realistic, says its mover

06 Nov 2020

Ask MPs to exempt public worship, Chessun urges his flock

03 Nov 2020

Churches and cathedrals get £10m in £103m bailout of heritage sector

16 Oct 2020

Clergy comedy helps to raise lockdown spirits

29 May 2020

Church silverware lost in the Christmas post is found at auction

20 Mar 2020

Venetian masterpiece could save Suffolk church

08 Mar 2019

Church Commissioners allocate £35m more in strategic grants to counter decline

23 Jan 2019

Canon Gaze appointed first Archdeacon for Rural Mission

18 Jan 2019

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