News & Stories

A ‘fun’ style of worship is breathing new life into the church of St Thomas the Apostle in South Wigston.

Fun, laughter and serious reflection on faith were all in evidence at the “Pizza and Prayer evening” at the Cathedral. The event, a follow-up to last year’s Bishop’s Big Conversation weekend was attended by members of Chalk (the Cathedral’s youth ministry), youth and children from the choir or congregation members aged between 11 and 15.

This model of a church, made entirely of cardboard, was a nice surprise for the team of chaplains and volunteers who lead a regular “Songs of Praise” on Ward 29 of the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Leicester City Council has given planning permission to the Cathedral’s plan for a renewal and new build project creating a Heritage Learning Centre beside the main building.

Hannah Miles has done just that. The 18 year-old is on a ‘gap year’ from her studies and will be traveling to Malawi next month (March 15th) to work with children in crisis centres and orphanages where HIV and AIDS is having a drastic effect on people’s lives.

The newly-opened St Martins Lodge accommodation has been shortlisted for a prestigious regional award.

Chaplain to the Filipino community here in our Diocese, Father Herbert Fadriquela has been appointed a Member of the Chapter of Canons of the National Cathedral in Manila, Philippines.

Bishop Guli confirmed nine people and received another into the Church of England on Sunday, all from St Mary in Charnwood, Nanpantan and All Saints, Loughborough.

Jennifer is a PhD human rights student and a musician, and attends Church of the Martyrs in Leicester. She talks to us here about how her singing and studying is part of her living out of her every day faith:

Cake, balloons, songs and a special new status were all part of a Celebration Service for SoundCafe, the pioneering Leicester charity which welcomes people who find themselves without a home or socially isolated.