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Bishop John’s Lent Appeal this year will be for the Friends of the Holy Land.
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The diocese is led by the Bishop of Worcester, supported by the suffragan Bishop of Dudley.
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Martin will be consecrated as Bishop of Dudley on Tuesday 28 January at Southwark Cathedral.
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This weekend, Bishop John and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham, Bernard Longley are leading an ecumenical pilgrimage to Canterbury with a group from the two dioceses.
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Bishop Graham has welcomed a new globaljustice scheme launched this January by Christian Aid in partnership with theChurch of England which aims to empower a new generation of children to speakout against poverty and injustice.The scheme, GlobalNeigh
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Bishop John has written an open letter to the Diocese, setting out why he believes that the celebration and honouring of monogamous, faithful same-sex relationships by the Church would be consonant with the scriptural witness.
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Bishop John recently visited Harvington CE First School and joined in with their ‘climate day’ as they tidied the school grounds.
Documents
MDR_1_Ministerial_Development_Review_Guidance_-_v3_Jan_2020.pdf
Bishops Certificate 2021 - 2022 Registration Form V1.docx
Videos
"If ever we needed a Happy New Year this is it!" Watch a new year message from Bishop Martin.
Bishop John’s Lent Appeal this year will be for the Diocese of Peru where the Coronavirus pandemic has hit the people extremely hard. To find out more: www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/lent-appeal
Tomorrow is World Book Day and can you guess which book the Bishop of Dudley might be talking about in this week's video reflection?
"The death of Jesus, is at the heart of the Christian Festival of Easter; but death does not have the last word." Watch Bishop John's Easter message for 2021.
The Bishop of Dudley reflects this week on Pentecost, the birthday of the church. Pentecost is celebrated on the the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) from Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ, as described in the Acts of the Apostles.
Today we celebrate the life and witness of Augustine of Canterbury, the first Archbishop of the English Church and patron saint of the Anglican Communion. This week's video reflection comes from Bishop Robert Paterson.
In this week's reflection Bishop John talks about the #CathedralsCycleRoute, a relay which journeys round all 42 English cathedrals. The Bishop will be cycling the Hereford to Worcester leg next week. Find out more: www.cyclinguk.org/cathedrals-cycle-route-challenge #CCR
"Ordained ministry has at its core the call to enable the church to better be the church." In this week's video Director of Ordinands and Vocation, John Fitzmaurice, reflections on ordained ministry. This coming weekend, Bishop John and Bishop Martin will ordain 9 new priests and 5 new deacons in Worcester Cathedral. We will be live streaming the services on our Facebook page. Please pray for those who are ordained, and especially for those to be ordained this weekend.
In this week's video the Bishop's Chaplain, Stuart Currie reflects on Michael Ramsey, the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury - his holiness, his intellect, his passion for Christian unity and commitment to social justice, and his wise and sometimes pithy sayings!