Bells ring out as Saju and Lusa are consecrated bishops at St Paul's Cathedral
25th January 2022A special Eucharist service in London saw three new bishops consecrated with lots of links to Leicestershire
News & Stories
Diocesan Synod Votes In Favour of A Minster Communities Framework
9th October 2021Our Minster Communities framework will have a stipendiary leadership team of at least four in each of the 20-25 MCs and will include an Oversight Minister who is ordained, as well as one or more lay colleagues.
Our Racial Equity Strategy is published as the Church of England shares its action plan to tackle institutional racism
22nd April 2021The national Church's Anti-Racism Taskforce report is published and our own diocese's Racial Equity Strategy
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Past Cases Review 2 continues
30th November 2020Work is still underway in our diocese as part of the nationwide review of safeguarding cases in the Church of England
Bishops' Lent Appeal to raise funds for Cook and Eat Hubs
10th February 2020Our Bishops have chosen the Together Leicester Cook and Eat project for this year's Lent Appeal
St Barnabas CofE School welcomes Bishop Martyn for an afternoon
10th February 2020Children and staff welcomed were keen to share the school's story
Good news for churches in need of help with building funding
7th February 2020National Churches Trust (NCT) now offers three different programmes for churches to apply to for funding
Bishop Martyn hears about community life in rural Avon Swift
6th February 2020Bishop Martyn shared lunch with people from 11 villages to hear about local communities and led an informal Candlemas service in one of our schools
A church for all ages, backgrounds, cultures and nationalities
5th February 2020Churches in Leicestershire are taking small steps towards a more culturally inclusive approach to growing and following Jesus
Bishop's call for European churches to strengthen solidarity
31st January 2020The Conference for European Churches commits to ongoing cooperation post Brexit and calls for prayers and work towards reconciliation.
