Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Foundation marked the start of the new cricket season with its annual Season Blessing. The event included a multi-faith blessing by religious and community leaders from across Leicestershire, in a service led by the Ven Richard Trethewey, Archdeacon of Leicester, and was a celebration of unity, reflection and community spirit.
Clergy and lay leaders recently gathered for a Bishop’s Study Day on the theme of Christians and Politics, to learn more about how our faith inspires our engagement with social and political issues.
Bishop Martyn and his Social Policy Advisor, Florence Gildea, have launched a blog designed to help Christian leaders participate in public debates about contested questions. The aim behind “Faith in the Public Square” is to bring evidence from the social sciences together with theology to help readers think through areas of our common life which are the subject of heated debate.
Around 120 people from organisations across the city gathered at Leicester Cathedral to mark one year since the launch of the Intercultural City project, to hear about the successes so far, and to make pledges for the future.
As we continue sharing stories during East & Southeast Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month, we hear from Revd Fr. Herbert Jr F Fadriquela as he reflects upon the lived experience of the Filipino Chaplaincy in the Diocese of Leicester. A Eucharistic Pilgrimage of Faith, Hope, and Solidarity...
Creationtide is a month of unity, when Christians around the world celebrate the beauty and wonder of creation and commit to caring for our common home.
The theme for this year's South Asian Heritage Month, which runs from 18 July – 17 August, is 'Roots to Routes'.
It was a time of celebration in the Diocese of Leicester as church, school and community united to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).
A community gathering to exchange thoughts and feelings and explore how Leicester can continue to grow as an ‘intercultural city’ was hosted by Leicester Cathedral on Monday (3 March).
Following a discernment morning in January, members of Diocesan Synod, Diocesan Trustees, Bishop’s Children and Youth Council, Bishop’s Council, Area Deans, Lay Chairs and the Bishop’s Leadership Team met on Wednesday 19 June to review the draft diocesan strategy, in advance of it coming to Diocesan Synod in September.
