Are we accidentally ‘ableist’?
Published: 23rd November 2022Was the Queen misguided? Revd Zoe Hemmings on having her own prejudice challenged by a good friend.
News
Inaction is not an option
Published: 18th November 2022The Rt Hon Lord Paul Boateng urged Christians to fight racial justice as part of the “imperative to act” as followers of Jesus Christ.
Warm welcome at Lichfield fire station
Published: 11th November 2022A fire station and a parish church in Lichfield have combined to create a warm space for local people as winter approaches.
Celebration for churchyard excellence
Published: 7th November 2022Fifty churchyard volunteers gathered in Doxey for this year’s Churchyard Award Scheme’s celebration event. There were representatives from many of the 44 churches who participated in the scheme this year, as well as a team of 13 volunteer judges.
How still we see thee lie
Published: 1st November 2022Bishop Sarah recently experienced moments where the world seemed to stand still despite being in the middle of cosmopolitan chaos, hearing about the risks some take to engage in building peace and reconciliation.
Committing afresh to unity
Published: 7th October 2022Bishops from the diocese join with other church leaders at a special summit.
Appointments and Departures
Published: 6th October 20225th October 2022
Past Cases Review 2 published
Published: 5th October 2022The diocese has taken part in the most extensive review of safeguarding records ever by the Church of England.
Lord Boateng to speak at racial justice event
Published: 28th September 2022Lichfield Cathedral will host the landmark event to which all are welcome on 18 November.
Partnerships in Probation
Published: 1st October 2022‘Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them’, the author of the Letter to the Hebrews wrote.
Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.
Published: 27th September 2022It's the month of new beginnings - new school and university terms. We usually think it's for the young, not those approaching retirement. Revd Charmaine Host asks us to think again.
Treena to be new Bishop's Chaplain
Published: 26th September 2022The Bishop of Lichfield has appointed the Revd Treena Larkin as his new chaplain.
Crowds attend new King proclamation
Published: 12th September 2022People streamed to Lichfield Cathedral to hear the proclamation of King Charles III
Bishop of Lichfield pays tribute to Her Late Majesty The Queen
Published: 8th September 2022Bishop Michael gives thanks for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Appointments and Departures
Published: 7th September 20227th September 2022
New Readers licensed
Published: 1st September 2022Ten people from churches across the diocese were commissioned for lay ministry at a special service at Lichfield Cathedral.
Reason for response
Published: 31st August 2022Bishop Matthew contemplates the coming months not with hopeful cheerfulness but with an uneasy dread provoked by international upheavals, the unsettling evidence of a changing climate and, most immediately for many, a crippling cost of living crisis.
Church's stained glass future secured
Published: 23rd August 2022A National Lottery Heritage Fund grant has been awarded to St Mary's in Shrewsbury.
Diocesan Chancellor to step down
Published: 23rd August 2022Bishop Michael pays tribute to the Honourable Mr Justice Eyre who is resigning after more than ten years as Diocesan Chancellor.
Reflections on the Lambeth Conference
Published: 10th August 2022A letter from the bishops of Lichfield, Shrewsbury and Stafford
People of hope
Published: 2nd August 2022The focus of the Lambeth Conference is to discern the Holy Spirit’s directing in exploring what it means to be ‘God’s Church for God’s World’
Churches celebrate Platinum Jubilee with special grants
Published: 27th July 2022A royal Bake Off in the Black Country was among the community events hosted by churches.
Pelsall publication picks up national award
Published: 26th July 2022St Michael's church magazine team have been recognized for their excellent work.
West Midlands team returns Hands at Work to Africa
Published: 21st July 2022On Saturday 23 July a team of people from churches in our diocese and other parts of the Midlands will be heading off to South Africa and Eswatini with the charity ‘Hands at Work, Africa’.
Hear the Word of the Lord: Matthew’s Gospel
Published: 19th July 2022The summer holidays are coming! If you’re heading away, you might be thinking what books to enjoy on the sunny beach - or kill the time until the rainclouds pass. But there’s one blockbuster you can save for the autumn – and even have read aloud to you!
Clare joins Vocations & Training Team
Published: 15th July 2022Clare Whitney is our new Lay Ministerial and Learning Development Officer.
Statement on Telford Inquiry report
Published: 14th July 2022A response to the public inquiry report into child sex abuse in Telford.
Appointments and Departures
Published: 13th July 202213th July 2022
Dementia-Friendly Cathedral
Published: 4th July 2022Lichfield Cathedral has recently joined 94 other churches in our Diocese that our recognised with a Dementia-Friendly Church Certificate
Bishop of Oswestry proposals approved
Published: 30th June 2022Diocesan synod members have voted in favour of plans to revive the suffragan See of Oswestry.
