Bishop Peter Collins’ engagements:

2024

Jan 11, Thur: Bishop and Dr Andy Stone to meet with CES Interschools MAT in Cambridge 

Jan 13, Sat: Caritas Commission, Poringland 

Jan 16, Tue: Bishop’s Council, Poringland 

Jan 19, Fri: Bishop to meet with the Ignite Team, White House, Poringland 

Jan 20, Sat: Diocesan Commission for Evangelisation, Poringland 

Jan 21, Sun: Churches Together in Felixstowe, Bishop to speak at the CTF Unity Service at the end of Christian Unity Week, St Peter & Paul Church, Felixstowe, 3pm 

Jan 22-29: Bishop Peter to Rome for part of the IARCCUM Meeting Jan 22-26 & then to Canterbury from Jan 26-29 for the rest of the Meeting.  

Jan 30 & 31: Bishop to attend the Ecumenical Gathering of Catholic and Anglican Bishops, Norwich. 

Feb 1, Thur: Bishop to attend the Bishops‘ Conference of England and Wales, Department for Dialogue and Unity Meeting, London 

Feb 2, Fri: Annual Meeting of Religious and Mass, St John’s Cathedral 

Feb 3, Sat: MFL Commission, Poringland, 11am 

Feb 4, Sun: Bishop Peter to celebrate Mass and preach at St Edmunds College, Cambridge, 10.30am 

Feb 8, Thur: Bishop to attend the Diocesan Liturgy Commission, Poringland, 10 am 

Feb 9, Fri: Meeting with Andy Stone, the Bishop and Lay Chaplains, Poringland, 10am 

Feb 10, Sat: Bishop to the Annual Mass to celebrate Our Lady of Lourdes with Anointing of the Sick, St John’s Cathedral, 11.30am 

Feb 13, Tue: Bishop to St Edmunds College, 6pm, to be admitted as an Honorary Fellow. Ceremony begins 6.15pm 

Feb 14, Ash Wednesday: Bishop to Solemn Pontifical Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 7pm 

Feb 15, Thur: Bishop holding the Meeting of the Deans, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start 

Feb 15, Thur: Bishop to Commission for Catechesis and Formation, 6.30pm

Feb 16, Fri: Bishop to Walsingham Trustees, Walsingham 

Feb 17, Sat: Bishop to attend the KHS Annual Mass, Cambridge, Our Lady and the English Martyrs 

Feb 18, Sun: Bishop to Rite of Election, St John’s Cathedral, 3pm 

Feb 20, Tue: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, St Peter and All Souls, Peterborough, Fr Adam Sowa, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm Light buffet or soup 

Feb 22, Thur: Bishop to attend the Cathedral Trustees meeting, Cathedral, 10.30am – 1pm 

Feb 23-25: Parish Visitation to St Mary’s, Ipswich

Feb 23, Fri: Bishop to visit St Mary’s Primary School, Ipswich, details still to be finalised 

Feb 24, Sat: Bishop to say Mass, 9.30am, followed by the Caritas Festival, St Mary’s, Ipswich, until 2.30pm 

Feb 25, Sun: Bishop to say Mass, St Mary’s Ipswich, 10am 

Feb 27, Tue: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, Church of the Holy Family, King’s Lynn, Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm Light buffet or soup 

Feb 29, Thur: Bishop to attend Diocesan Schools‘  Service Commission Meeting, 10.30am, 10.45am start 

Feb 29, Thur: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, St Mary’s, Ipswich, Fr Jude Belnas, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm light buffet or soup 

Mar 1, Fri: Bishop meeting with the Ignite Team, White House, Poringland, 6pm 

Mar 2, Sat: Annual Safeguarding Event in Newmarket, training day

Mar 5, Tue: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, St Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm light buffet or soup

Mar 6, Wed: Bishop to Ecumenical Pilgrimage, Walsingham

Mar 7, Thur: Bishop to hold Council of Priests, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start 

Mar 7, Thur: Lenten Station Mass, St Mary’s, Great Yarmouth, Fr Anthony Nwankwo, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm light buffet or soup 

Mar 9, Sat: Bishop to say Listening and Prayer Mass, 12pm, Poringland, followed by a bring and share lunch in the Conference Centre

Mar 12, Tue: Bishop’s Council Meeting, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start 

Mar 12, Tue: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, St John’s Cathedral, Norwich, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm light buffet or soup 

Mar 13, Wed: Bishop to Chapter of Canons, St John’s Cathedral, 12pm Capitular Mass, Cathedral 

Mar 14, Thur: Bishop to attend the Diocesan Board of Trustees Meeting, Poringland, 10am, 10.30am start 

Mar 14, Thur: Bishop to Lenten Station Mass, Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs, Canon Eugene Harkness, 6pm Exposition, 7pm Mass, 8pm Light buffet or soup 

Mar 15, Fri: Bishop to meet the Primary Co-ordinators for Religious Education (RE) for Schools, Poringland, 8.30am 

Mar 16, Sat: Annual Meeting of the College of Deacons, Walsingham

Mar 21, Thur: Bishop to Vocations Committee Meeting, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start

Mar 23, Sat: Bishop to attend the Diocesan Commission for Dialogue & Unity Meeting, Poringland, 10.30am, 11am start 

Mar 24, Sun: Palm Sunday Solemn Procession and Pontifical Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 11am

Mar 25, Mon: Hamish & World Youth Day (WYD) Union Retreat with Bishop Peter, White House, overnight culminating in the Chrism Mass on Mar 26, Tue, 11.30am 

Mar 26, Tue: Bishop to Chrism Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 11.30am 

Mar 28, Thur: Bishop to Maundy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, St John’s Cathedral, Pontifical Mass with Washing of the Feet and Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament 

Mar 29, Fri: Bishop to Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, St John’s Cathedral, Tenebrae, 10am 

Mar 29, Fri: Good Friday Solemn Liturgy of the Passion, St John’s Cathedral, 3pm 

Mar 30, Sat: Tenebrae, St John’s Cathedral, 10am 

Mar 30, Sat: Solemn Vigil and First Mass of Easter (with Baptisms and Confirmations), St John’s Cathedral, 8pm 

Mar 31, Sun: Bishop, Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, Solemn Pontifical Mass, St John’s Cathedral, 11am 

Mar 31, Sun: Easter Sunday Solemn Pontifical Vespers, St John’s Cathedral, 4.30pm 

Apr 2 – 9: Bishop on leave after Easter 

Apr 12 – 19: Bishop to Spring Plenary Assembly & Retreat of the Bishops‘ Conference of England and Wales, Buckfast Abbey 

Apr 20 – 24: Bishop and his Personal Secretary, Fr Peter Wygnanski, to Valladolid, Madrid 

Apr 25, Thur: Bishop to meet with the MAT CEOs, White House, Poringland, 10am 

Apr 26, Fri: Requiem Mass, The Holy Family & St Michael, Canon Michael Hazell on the anniversary of his burial during covid

Apr 26, Fri: Bishop to meet with the Ignite Team at the White House, Poringland, 6pm 

Apr 28, Sun: Bishop to attend the Veterans Memorial Service, St John’s Cathedral

Apr 29, Mon: Bishop to Confimation Mass, St Peter & All Souls, 7pm for 23 candidates

Apr 30, Tue: Bishop to attend a training day, Poringland, Governance Around Safeguarding which will be presented to the Diocesan Trustees, Bishop’s Council and Deans