Conversations about race, culture and identity continue to shape many aspects of modern life, including the life of the Christian church. Yet our desire as a diocese is to not only talk about race, but move towards racial justice, both in our churches and society at large.
Members of the Vale of Charnwood Minster Community recently came together for a celebratory ‘launch’ service in thanksgiving for this newly formed Minster Community. The Church of All Saints, Thorpe Acre, was packed with people representing the breadth and diversity of the minster parishes, united in worship and gratitude for the faith, companionship and gifts shared across their worshipping communities.
Many of our churches have already registered with A Rocha as Eco Churches and achieved status from bronze through to gold, but we thought it might be helpful for those churches who haven’t yet started their Eco Church journey yet, to see how easy it is to get started.
The church of St Peter in Kirby Bellars is celebrating the arrival of four new Tower bell ringers, who have recently joined the team and begun learning the centuries-old art of change ringing.
Churches are invited to mark Homelessness Sunday on 4 October 2026. The day is an opportunity for us to raise awareness of homelessness, poverty and housing insecurity, to reflect on how we, as worshipping communities in the Diocese of Leicester, can support people experiencing homelessness and to take practical action through volunteering, hosting, fundraising and community projects.
Earlier in September, the Revd Rhianne O’Rourke was licensed as Minster Community Growing Faith Minister and Associate Priest in the Benefice of Coalville with Bardon Hill and Ravenstone.
It was an honour and a blessing to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dame Sarah Mullally, to the Diocese of Leicester.
This summer, St Philip’s Centre helped bring together women from different faiths and communities through a series of visits, conversations and shared meals.
In the diocese, we will ordain five new priests and six new deacons this year, coming from the breadth of the Church of England across all its diversity in theological conviction, practice and understanding.
A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dame Sarah Mullally, ahead of her visit to the Diocese of Leicester this weekend.
