Dean launches Advent season at the Cathedral The Dean of Leicester has launched the Cathedral’s Advent, Christmas and Epiphany season with a video message about its ‘Stable Family’ theme. | ![]() |
Bishop’s Big Conversations in Rothley Rothley parish was the destination for the seventh and final Bishop’s Big Conversation of the year, and proved to be a great ending to what’s been a really fruitful first twelve months of weekend missions. | ![]() |
Bishop Guli to wear historic Windrush Cope at our first Global Carol Service Our Suffragan Bishop, the Rt Revd Guli Francis-Dehqani, will wear the historic Windrush Cope at Leicester Cathedral’s first-ever Global Carol Service at 5.30pm on 14th December. | ![]() |
Celebrations as Sharon March is licensed as Pioneer Minister for Avon Swift The Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, has welcomed Sharon March as House for Duty Pioneer Minister for the Avon Swift group of churches in South Leicestershire. | ![]() |
Local Christians Support Gifts 4 Kids As Christians we continually ask ourselves, how can we convey God’s love through loving service to those around us? | ![]() |
What’s new in A Church Near You AChurchNearYou.com,the national church-finder tool, receives more than 10 million page views a year – 80 per cent of these are from people visiting the site for the first time. | ![]() |
Video: Bishop and Prior sky dive to raise funds Watch the video of the Bishop of Leicester and Prior Rachel Bennetts sky diving | ![]() |
Leicester hosts Pioneers from link Diocese Earlier this month Leicester Diocese played host to 11 pioneers from Wyoming, one of our link Diocese. These Pioneers were visiting our diocese to explore and learn more about how we are pursuing and implementing our diocesan vision of pioneering and fresh expressions of church (320 fresh expressions by 2030). | ![]() |
St Martins Lodge opens for business in beautiful Cathedral Gardens setting St Martins Lodge is now open for business, providing elegant overnight accommodation in the beautiful setting of Leicester’s Cathedral Gardens – and has won praise from the local BBC. | ![]() |
Remembrance events around the Diocese A hundred years since the end of WWI were marked around the Diocese.
Our 320 churches and Cathedral organised services and a wide variety of remembrance events with local schools, community groups and other faiths. | ![]() |