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1. Leicester Cathedral celebrates arrival new Dean 17th May 2013 - On Saturday 18th May at 3.30 pm in Leicester Cathedral the Very Reverend David Monteith will take up office as Dean of Leicester during a service of installation and celebration. Continue Reading
2. Crowds brave cold for Christ in the Centre 2nd Apr 2013 - Crowds of thousands braved Good Friday’s cold weather to witness Leicester’s Christ in the Centre event, and were rewarded with a passionate retelling of the Easter story. Continue Reading
3. Food and Hunger campaign launches this week 21st Jan 2013 - This January a major joint agency campaign on food and hunger will be launching, with over 100 organisations involved. We are coming together because, despite there being enough food in the world to feed everyone, nearly one billion people go to bed hungry every night and over two million children die from malnutrition annually. Join us in Leicester on Friday for the regional launch event Continue Reading
4. Dean of Leicester to be Dean of York 5th Jul 2012 - The Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Tim Stevens is delighted hear the news from 10 Downing Street this morning (Thursday 5th July) that the next Dean of York is to be the Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, currently Dean of Leicester. This is one of the most senior and prestigious Deaneries in the Church of England. Continue Reading
5. Pray One For Me for Holy Week 26th Mar 2012 - We have produced some postcards that can be used to give out to people during events you run during the week. They are FREE and I'll post 50 of them to you if you email with your name and postal address, and which church or group will be using them. Continue Reading
6. Life in Abundance: Lent Lectures 15th Mar 2012 - Tuesday 20th March at St Martins House join us for the third of four conversations in Lent exploring faith and contemporary issues in our society. The topic for the evening will be Helath and Bishop Tim, will be joined by Prof David Haslam, President of the British Medical Association Continue Reading
7. Figures show Church marriages up four percent 20th Jan 2012 - Provisional attendance figures for 2010 released – marriages up four per cent, national ‘mapping’ identifies at least 1,000 fresh expressions of church The latest local church attendance figures from the Church of England for 2010 show that approaching 1.7 million people continue to attend Church of England services each month, and around 1.1 million attend one of the Church of England’s 16,000 churches as part of a typical week. Continue Reading
8. Your Torch Relay Needs You! 10th Jan 2012 - Market Harborough to Lubenham. Lubenham to Foxton. On to Kibworth. Continuing through Oadby. An evening celebration in Leicester. Next day on to Quorn, Loughborough, Hoton, Wymeswold. Then to Asfordby, Melton and onwards. With thousands expected to line the route, the torch relay is a huge opportunity for churches to “use the power of the Games to inspire change” (official 2012 vision). As part of the ongoing work of the nine main Christian denominations, a new taskgroup is being launched to meet this wonderful opportunity, but it needs people to be apart of it! To find out how to get involved continue reading. Continue Reading

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