A Festival Church is a church building which is not used for weekly worship, but is an open church, a local icon and a community asset. We’ve released a new suite of resources, designed to enable Festival Church conversations to take place.
Dates and details for the timing of ordination services this year in the Diocese of Leicester, including future dates and details up until 2030. We ask for your prayers for those who will be ordained priest and deacon in 2025, and those who are in preparation and training.
Bishop Saju recently joined Canon Malcolm Britton and around 150 other people from the farming communities and surrounding villages of Melton and Loughborough in an ecumenical ‘lambing service’ at Hall Farm in Brooksby.
A service of welcome and commitment to shared ministry in the Benefice of the Resurrection was recently held to receive the Reverend Dr Vijay Kumar in his role as Pioneer Priest.
With the Bishops’ Lent Appeal well underway, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have donated to the cause so far.
Earlier this month, senior members of the diocese and link partner colleagues travelled to Tanzania to visit our Christian brothers and sisters in Kiteto and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Leicester Cathedral was the site of a poignant and historic gathering last Wednesday (26 March 2025), as the city and county came together to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the reinterment of King Richard III.
Church, community and school children came together in the Launde Minster Community to celebrate World Day of Prayer 2025 earlier this month. The church of St Michael and All Angels in Hallaton was packed to the rafters for a ‘joyful’ service.
This month, we bring you two confirmations services that were held during the first weekend of March, before the beginning of Lent. Across the Diocese of Leicester, a number of people - of all ages - made a commitment to God, sharing their faith stories and celebrating with their church communities, friends, and families.
St Peter’s Church in Horninghold was recently awarded a grant of £174,926 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to address repairs, make the building more accessible, and celebrate its history.
