The arts play a vital role in expressing the human instinct to search for God and to celebrate the mystery of faith. Paint and stone, words and music, drama, film, ritual and dance - through all these media human imagination and religious faith enter into creative dialogue.

The Edmund Centre will be a space where that dialogue can be pursued; where artists, theologians, believers and half-believers can learn from each other; where serious critical reflection can flourish alongside the practice of the arts, sustained by the beauty and facilities of Suffolk's cathedral.

You can read here about Passion for Poetry, a sponsored reading by the Dean and Dr Elizabeth Cook that helped to raise money for our Writer in Residence.

ECAT Aims

The arts – poetry, painting, sculpture, photography, music – inspire us. Art brings us together: people of all backgrounds, religious and non-religious, talk about art. When times are tough, art – far from being a luxury – becomes a necessity to keep the human spirit alive, not downtrodden.

The Edmund Centre is there to provide for those who want to explore further, and deepen their understanding of art as a universal human impulse. Often such enquiry brings us to the threshold of theological questions, questions about God. The Edmund Centre will encourage participants to travel together towards greater understanding of what it means to flourish as a human being.

Poetry Competition

On Friday 8 March the Cathedral hosted an evening of poetry, music and drama to celebrate its recent poetry competition on the theme of 'Our Mother'. Over 300 entries were been received for the competition which was open to all ages, with many of the entries coming from local school children.

A panel of judges chose the winners, runners up and commended who were invited to read their poems in the Cathedral at the evening. The prizes were sponsored by Waterstones and Suffolk magazine. 

You can see a list of all the winners here and photos from the evening here.

You can also now see the poems of the winners, runners up and those that were commended here.

 

 

 

To find out more about ECAT , take a look at our brochure.

 
 

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Please contact Sharron Stowe via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   or phone 01284 748730 for further information
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