News & Stories

There’s a feeling of excitement when you walk into Barwell Church of England Academy. The school is an explosion of colour, its walls are emblazoned with pictures and projects, and the handshake from head teacher Vicky Newman is welcoming and warm. Amazing things are happening here.

It’s not every day that I see elephants and giraffes on my way to visit a church. But that was my experience this week when visiting a new church in Tanzania.

Following the sad announcement that Reality Youth Project in Leicestershire is to close this summer (see by clicking here), the Diocese of Leicester is exploring some elements of its ministry might be continued.

One of Britain’s most important collections of modern religious art is being shown at venues in Leicestershire until Pentecost, accompanied by a series of workshops and events.

It’s rainy season in Tanzania. My first night in our partner diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro was punctuated by thunder and lightning and I awoke to a small river running down the path outside my room.

Scores of people came together at Leicester Cathedral for a vigil to remember those affected by the tragic events in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Canon Karen Rooms, Canon Missioner at Leicester Cathedral and Transition Priest, Holy Spirit Parish has been appointed to the new role of Women’s Ministry Enabler for the Diocese

Bishop Guli led a three-hour Good Friday meditation at London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields Church this Easter, and chose a Leicestershire school student’s art work for the Order of Service at the prestigious church event.

Crowds gathered to follow and watch the moving re-enactment of Jesus’s trial, death and resurrection with ‘Leicester at the Cross’ in the city centre with the Bishop of Leicester and church leaders of different denominations.

The Bishop of Leicester has issued his Easter message, sharing the good news of reconciliation brought by Jesus’s death and resurrection.