| A community restored to life by young families, growing in God’s love The worshipping community of a south Leicestershire benefice has been restored to life by young families growing in God’s love. |  |
| Heritage Lottery Fund grant helps, saves, and celebrates historic church A £97,000 grant has been awarded by Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to save one of Leicestershire’s most renowned medieval churches and support projects that will bring the historic place of worship back to the heart of village communities. |  |
| Telling the First World War stories of 100 local families at Leicester Cathedral Marking the centenary of the Armistice, WWI stories of 100 members of the church which became Leicester Cathedral are to be told on a new website. |  |
| Growing attention for the Tree of Life As the Church Times newspaper features our new monastic community, the Tree of Life, in this week’s edition, you can also watch the amazing story of how God led Prior Rachel Bennetts from a life-threatening accident to leading it, available on demand from the world’s largest Christian TV channel. |  |
| Renamed church primary school proud of its role in community A Leicestershire primary school is celebrating a new start as it focusses on its place as a church school at the heart of the local community. |  |
| Confirmation joy in two deaneries this September Two confirmation services have taken place this month, one in the City Deanery and the other taking place in Sparkenhoe West. |  |
| Bishop’s call to action with the End Hunger UK campaign The Bishop of Leicester is encouraging us to consider signing the End Hunger UK petition raised by Church Action Against Poverty, calling on the Government to review Universal Credit. |  |
| Video from our link dioceses and new opportunities Here’s our video of Bishop Martyn’s recent trip to our link dioceses in Africa as well as some information about some new opportunities there. |  |
| Read the sermon given by new Canon Theologian Dr Cathy Ross at Cathedral Leicester Cathedral has welcomed seven new honorary Canons at a service of installation. The sermon was preached by Dr Cathy Ross and, as she has kindly agreed to share them, you can read her notes for the sermon below. |  |
| Pioneer Retreat This weekend over 30 of our Diocesan pioneers came together at a weekend retreat in North Kilworth. Over the course of the weekend they followed the life of St Brendan the Navigator, exploring his voyages and what lessons could be drawn from them |  |
