"Change is what we are about" is not a statement expected in popular commentary about the Church of England. Yet 'Ordinary time' in the Church's year signals the extraordinary according to Bishop Ann in her Chad Blog for June, the season following Pentecost and the arrival of God’s Spirit - "a presence that signals freshness, energy, transformation, new creation".
St Matthew's Church Walsall has received a Scientists in Congregations grant of £9850 for 'Embodied Faith: How Does God Meet Us in Body?' The project explores how Christian worship and prayer are experienced through the body.
After nomination by Bishop Michael and agreement from Chapter, new prebendaries and a lay canon were installed in Lichfield Cathedral last week
The General Synod, the national parliament of the Church of England is up for new elections this summer. Outgoing veteran, Tug Wilson highlights the campaign for younger voices to be included in the next synod
The Revd Jules Walker, Team Vicar in the Uttoxeter Team Ministry, has been appointed as Vocations Officer. This reconfigured post embraces the work of a Director of Ordinands but also leads the work of encouraging vocations across the diocese, from all traditions and from among the great diversity of people living and worshipping in the diocese, to lay and ordained ministry and to the call of every person to service of God and others in the church.
Bishop Michael has written widely across the diocese giving details of arrangements following his retirement in September 2026. He has also shared a downloadable prayer for the 100th Bishop of Lichfield.
St John the Baptist, Tixall, is one of the churches in the Cannock Chase area which has benefitted
Dementia Action Week (18–24 May 2026) invites us to challenge stigma, deepen understanding and walk more compassionately with people living with dementia. This year’s Diocese of Lichfield prayer, written by Jeremy Stretton from Ellesmere, supports us all in doing just this.
Eight new Prebendaries, an Ecumenical Canon and a Lay Canon are to be installed in Lichfield Cathedral, Bishop Michael has announced. Seven of the total of ten will be installed at the Ascension Day Service on 14th May at 5:30pm.
How do we live faithfully in anxious times? Bishop Tim has some answers in his pastoral letter for the start of May.
Lichfield Diocese is aware that an independent investigation commissioned by the Anglican Church in Southern Queensland, Australia has shared serious safeguarding disclosures relating to the late Revd Kesh Govan, who previously served here.
Revd Sue Cooke talks frankly about her experience of God through her husband's advancing dementia.
New life and new green award
Bishop Sarah's sermon for Easter morning
Bishop Tim's sermon at the Chrism Eucharist on Maundy Thursday in Lichfield Cathedral
Bishop Matthew put his thoughts ahead of Easter on paper.
Speculation, expectation and controversy: Bishop Michael's blog for April - and Easter
Bishop Sarah is inviting parishes and individuals to support this year’s Good Friday Offering for the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East, which in 2026 is dedicated to the work of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza
What is it to be rich and what is it to be generous? In this month's Chad Blog, Sam Rushton, Diocesan Secretary of Lichfield Diocese and former banker muses on the value of cabbages.
St Luke’s Church, Endon sits in the Staffordshire Moorlands with wide, panoramic views. It is a place of beauty and tranquillity. For two years, its small, elderly pastoral team has been exploring new dementia-friendly pastoral care. The Dementia-friendly Churches Certificate provides a framework. But the real story lies in the relationships formed and sustained.
“I know that I have been blessed over the last ten years to work in one of the friendliest, most down to earth and least pretentious parts of the Church of England; thank you from my heart.”
A special choral evensong at Lichfield Cathedral today celebrated two groups of people on the eve of St Chad's Day: 11 St Chad 's Medals were presented to honour laypeople who've made valuable contributions to the life of the diocese; and members of the Community of St Chad renewed their commitment for the coming year.
A special apple tree, re-discovered in the grounds of Much Wenlock Priory, home of Shropshire's patron saint, was planted this week at the Bishop of Shrewsbury's house.
Bishop Matthew's sees the 'quiet revival' in Confirmation candidates and challenges us in supporting new faith.
Shropshire Day, commemorating St Milburga, falls on 23 February. The Bishop of Lichfield, he Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Shrewsbury and others marked it together in three locations in the presence of Anna Turner, HIs Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
Helen Emery, the diocese’s Whole Life Discipleship Officer is excited about ways of adding meaning to Lent this year.
The Church of England has confirmed the remaining £3.7 million towards a £5.9 million investment to strengthen Christian presence across Stoke‑upon‑Trent through its churches, schools, and community partnerships. Funding runs until 2032 and builds on work already making a real difference locally.
"When we make space, we become more attentive. And it is often through attentiveness that the Holy Spirit speaks." Bishop Sarah's contemplation for the start of February
'Be Yourself' was the phrase at the heart of the enigmatic personal message in the Charge given to the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury on her Confirmation of Election at St Paul's Cathedral. "Don't be yourself; but all we can do is to be ourselves."
Shropshire Council commemorated HMD 2026 at Whitchurch CE Federation's junior school while Bishop Sarah attended the national commemoration in Westminster having preached on Holocaust and other genocides at the weekend.
