News & Stories

The Archdeacon of Leicester is encouraging everyone to help those keeping church life at the heart of Leicestershire communities, by signing up for the 30th Ride+Stride.

A striking artwork has been hung in Leicester Cathedral ahead of a free exhibition of new work inspired by members of the refugee and asylum-seeking community, including the Bishop of Loughborough.

The Bishop of Leicester is pleased to announce the appointment of the Hope Hamilton Vicar, the Revd Liz Rawlings, as the new Discipleship and Vocations Enabler.

No matter where you worship across the Diocese, Leicester Cathedral is your Cathedral, here for all to share in. Everyone is welcome to visit, whether that’s for silent prayer and a service; to look around the beautiful building, or to search for King Richard III.

Both of the Leicester city universities are welcoming new people to their chaplaincy teams.

This is the second in a series highlighting some of the great work that staff and pupils in our schools are doing alongside people in their own communities and further afield. The first was Barwell CofE Academy which you can see by clicking here.

“Could it be that the ending of our powerful status as a key institution governing the hearts and minds of millions of people who have little personal knowledge of Jesus Christ, is a good thing, which we should embrace?” These are the words the Bishop of Leicester, lead Bishop for lay ministry in the Church of England, who has posted on his Facebook page from General Synod in York. The Rt Revd Martyn Snow was responding to an item about fresh expressions of Church and you can read his full blog post below:

More than 80 Safeguarding Coordinators and clergy gathered for the annual service in Leicester Cathedral to give thanks and pray for their work within our churches, schools and chaplaincies.

A new approach to evangelists is needed according to a book edited by the Bishop of Leicester, lead Bishop for the Church of England’s lay ministry and Chair of the Archbishops’ College of Evangelists.

Bishop Guli visited the Falcons Primary School in Leicester recently and enjoyed talking and listening to the pupils and seeing their creative work around the school.