Web Pages
![](/content/images/thumbnail/u8djx402lwi6oa19q5rmvt3sn7gphczbkye.jpeg)
This section covers external and internal communication within the diocese, and also offers advice for church communications.
![](/content/webpage/thumbnail/7137Claire_Billington_1649432912.jpg)
The Revd Claire Billington has been appointed as Curate-in-Charge of the Bowland benefice.
![](/content/images/thumbnail/1qf2lmzua8yrtxdgeb74j6wniphko5scv39.jpeg)
28 people received a certificate from Bishop John last Sunday to mark the completion of their courses to become Authorised Lay Ministers (ALMs). The special service at Worcester Cathedral was a celebration of this form of lay ministry.
![](/content/pages/uploaded_images/Honorary_Canons_2019_wide.jpg)
Six new honorary Canons have been appointed at Worcester Cathedral in recognition of their work in both the Diocese and the wider Church.
![](/content/webpage/thumbnail/2006LiveLent_thumbnail_6_1649513966.jpg)
Bishop Martin offers a reflection as we begin to 'walk through Holy Week'.
![](/content/webpage/thumbnail/9770Shield_Sermon_Podcast_new_1588597455.jpg)
A sermon podcast for Easter Sunday on 17 April 2022 from the Bishop of Dudley, Martin Gorick.
![](/content/pages/uploaded_images/xmas_bags_for_school_children_wide.jpg)
On the eve of St. Nicholas Feast Day (6 December) many children across Central Europe put out their shoes to be filledwith fruit, nuts, chocolate and biscuits. On the actual day, St. Nicholas,dressed as a bishop, may arrive on a white horse in v
St Wulfstan’s feast day is on 19 January and each year, the Cross of St Wulfstan is awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the Church in our diocese.
Documents
MDR_1_Ministerial_Development_Review_Guidance_-_v3_Jan_2020.pdf
Bishops Certificate 2021 - 2022 Registration Form V1.docx
Videos
The Bishop of Worcester, John Inge, reflects on how different this Palm Sunday is, when even the city of Jerusalem is closed, and the only gates we can open are those of our hearts.
As today would have been the Chrism Eucharist in the Cathedral, Bishop John and Bishop Martin have prepared this video. "It's a great sadness to Bishop Martin and to me that we're not able to be together with you in the cathedral, as we normally would be on this Monday of Holy Week for the Chrism Eucharist."
On the Tuesday of Holy Week, Bishop Martin reflects on the value of taking some time to be at the foot of the cross – to be with Mary Magdalene, Mary, Jesus' own mother, John, the beloved disciple, and, of course, above all, to be there with Jesus, the crucified.
The Bishop of Dudley, recalling his own experience of bereavement, reflects on the dark days of Jesus' last week before his crucifixion, and particularly on the character of Judas.
This Maundy Thursday, everything is different because of the pandemic. However, across the country the unchanging value of serving our fellow humans is being rediscovered. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we see so many people stepping up and selflessly serving others. It is the model Jesus gives at his Last Supper, the model the Queen has embodied for so many years, and it is the model we see all around us as so many people, in work – especially in the NHS – and as volunteers, selflessly serve those who are in need.
Bishop John reflects on Good Friday outside Worcester Cathedral, a building which has seen hundreds of Good Fridays, but none quite like this one.
Bishop Martin reflects on Holy Saturday, a solemn day when we can stop and be present with Jesus and wait by the tomb.
A special digital Easter Sunday Eucharist with Bishop John and others.
Bishop John reflects on the strangeness of keeping Holy Week and Easter with locked churches, and yet still finding the light of faith in the darkness
In "Low Week" Bishop John reflects on being forced by the lockdown to slow down and look around