News & Stories

New Warden for Launde Abbey

10th June 2021

A new Warden has been appointed for Launde Abbey

Pilgrim Walks in the Upper Wreake

7th June 2021

Members of the community across the Upper Wreake Benefice recently enjoyed a prayerful week of pilgrim walks, taking in the beautiful, rural landscape and reflecting on where God was at work in their villages and the wider diocese. The four walks each covered between two and five miles and took place among the parishes of Frisby, Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale, Kirby Bellars and Brooksby.

Bishop's urgent appeal for Covid-19 aid in Leicester's Indian link diocese

4th June 2021

Bishop Martyn is asking for urgent financial support for our partners in India. We are hoping to help them purchase a new ambulance, oxygen concentrators, a ventilator and other equipment costing a total of £80,000.

Innovative Appointment of Executive Diocesan Director of Education (DDE) for Leicester and Derby Dioceses

24th May 2021

Our Diocesan Director of Education, Canon Carolyn Lewis has been asked by the Rt Rev Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby to lead the work of Derby's Diocesan Board of Education for an interim period. Carolyn will undertake this role in addition to her role in our diocese and so become one of the first Executive Diocesan Directors of Education (DDE) in the Church of England. This is a pioneering step for both Leicester and Derby's education teams.

Prayer quilt has been made to commemorating the coming together of the community during the pandemic

24th May 2021

Bishop Martyn unveiled the quilt at a special service at a church in Castle Donington

'Kickstarting' employment for local young adults

21st May 2021

A small network of churches and Christian organisations around the diocese have come together to help provide jobs for young people at risk of long-term unemployment.

Well-loved statue moves into re-opened St Martins House

17th May 2021

This morning (17 May) saw not only the re-opening of the diocesan offices in St Martins House, but also the relocation to it of the much-loved "Statue of the Welcoming Christ" from Launde Abbey, the diocesan Retreat House, and the opening of Cafe No 7 (formerly the White Rose café), which is open to the public and located in St Martins House, next to the Cathedral.