On Saturday, 13 February, the Revd Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler was consecrated as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Wyoming in a service which was streamed online. The Diocese of Wyoming is one of our international link dioceses.
Our links with overseas dioceses have been established over many years and we have tried to develop a mutually supportive partnership - these were featured in the
Over 30 people attended a special Black History Month service hosted by the Roots intercultural worshipping community last week. The celebration service was to mark Black History Month, which has been observed in the UK since 1987.
Lusa joins the new group which will recommend urgent to improve the Church's record on racial justice and equality
The Dioceses of Leicester and Kiteto in Tanzania have been linked since 1982. The Diocesan Tanzanian Link Committee are aiming to raise £7,500 for the eye clinic.
Leicester's Filipino Chaplaincy, Bayanihan Leicestershire and Kanlungan Filipino Consortium are taking part in Everyday Action by providing Filipino food for staff of three Hospitals and five Care Homes in Leicestershire.
A response from Christians who worship in the rural churches of Launde Deanery to the killing of George Floyd, demonstrating their commitment to the worth of all people and the Black Lives matter movement.
With the incessant virus news, it's easy to lose track of our sisters and brothers in our link sibling dioceses of Kilimanjaro & Kiteto in Tanzania, Trichy in India and Wyoming in USA. Here's an update, and how you can pray for them.
Revd Lusa Ngoy our diocesan BAME enabler and lead on Intercultural Worshipping Communities wrote this powerful poem as a personal response to the tragic killing of George Floyd. Here it is performed by a number of colleagues and friends from around the diocese. What do you see?
A recent online conversation with people in our churches of BAME heritage called for an ongoing process allowing more of such voices to be heard in our shared conversations as a diocese.
