New Diocesan Catholic Fellowship
17th January 2022Find out more about the new Diocesan Catholic Fellowship group
News & Stories
Our journey into Minster Communities
17th January 2022This video gives further details about how each community will move from where they are now into Minster Communities by 2026. There are downloadable resources to share with your communities.
Services of farewell, consecration and welcome!
10th January 2022Find out more about the farewell service for Revd Canon Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, the consecration service during which Lusa will be consecrated Bishop of Willesden and Saju Muthalaly will be consecrated Bishop of Loughborough and the welcome service for Saju Muthalaly, Bishop-elect of Loughborough.
Community engagement over Christmas 2021
10th January 2022Another Christmas interrupted by Covid did little to stop our churches and fresh expressions from sharing the Good News with their communities over the festive period. It never fails to make us smile at the new and innovative ways Christians within our diocese find to engage with one another, no matter the restrictions in place.
Meet Florence Gildea our Bishop's Social Policy Adviser
10th January 2022Jon Barrett interviews our new Bishop's Social Policy Adviser Florence Gildea about her new role, her experience and what excites her about social action.
Churches see the blessing of their outdoor spaces through lockdown
10th January 2022We often think about how best to use our church buildings; but how about putting some thought into how we use the outside spaces that surround them? Covid restrictions and trying to be Covid-responsible led to churches in one of our parishes coming up with new and engaging ways to use their outside space for mission in their community. St Nicholas and St Hugh, in the Parish of the Transfiguration, Little Bowden, have made the most of their outside space in some of the most difficult times during the last two years.
Cathedral on the move as the building is closed until 2023
4th January 2022The Leicester Cathedral Revealed project is underway with extensive building works inside and out
Statements from the Diocese and Bishop of Leicester
22nd December 2021A former clergy person in the diocese has been convicted of sexual offences from his time as a teacher in a non-church school in the 1970s
New youth group meet in Great Glen during Advent
20th December 2021A fledgling church youth group has come together during Advent, to learn, laugh, eat dessert and explore faith together for the first time. The group made up of four teenagers, four adult leaders and curate Revd Ben Williams, have been meeting on Monday evenings since mid-November in Great Glen.
Carols Around the Tree in Hinckley
20th December 2021In another great example of churches working in partnership together churches from across Hinckley, supported by Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council, held ‘Carols around the Tree' in Hinckley Market Place, on Friday 10 December.
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