News & Stories

It's not too late to share your experience, anecdote or story of how lockdown has been for you, and how it has affected your everyday faith, as part of the Shaped by God Together Process.

Jon Barrett chats with Joel Payne from Resound Worship about their new album Doxecology.

There are some great resources and events around at the moment to help those who preach to reflect on the how and why of their preaching ministry. We’ve highlighted three different opportunities for clergy, licensed readers and anyone who preaches in our churches and fresh expressions to continue to learn and think about how they communicate the gospel.

Vee Pinto and Kat Gibson were licensed by Bishop Martyn as Intercultural Pioneer Ministers to lead the newly forming Roots Intercultural Worshipping Community.

Please will you help us make everyone’s experience count? Your role in shaping the future of our faith communities in this diocese is vital and alongside praying, it will make a real difference to the Shaped By God Together process if you can help us capture the real, honest views of everyone in our faith communities, especially those who wouldn’t normally contribute to such conversations.

Like many other events involving the gathering together of people, the ordinations of priests and deacons, which normally take place in the Summer at Petertide, were delayed due to Covid. This Sunday the delayed ordinations of twelve priests took place across three services

Ten new residents have arrived to start their year at our new monastic community, The Community of the Tree of Life

This year's ordinations are taking place over three services on Sunday 13 September for the ordination of priests, and three services on Sunday 27 September for the ordination of deacons, all at Leicester Cathedral.

Liturgical resources designed to act as a stimulus for prayer for the Shaped by God Together process, have been published on our website.

Jon, Nick and Dave brought people together online to reflect on hope through creativity during the pandemic. We spoke to them about where this idea came from and what they believe the link between faith and creativity lies.