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Spreading Christmas magic across the faiths

Submitted by jane-bower on Wed, 21/12/2016 - 19:43

Projects from our Diocese are spreading some magic this Christmas and beyond and have been featured in a special Christmas blog post by the Church of England today...you can read it here.... How...

Homeless at Christmas - Bishop Toby's Yorkshire Post message

Submitted by john-carter on Tue, 20/12/2016 - 16:39

Bishop Toby writes about the challenge of homelessness and his own experience of sleeping out at the Advent Sleep Out Challenge in this week's Yorkshire Post. Homeless at Christmas I spent a night...

Young people – and a bishop - accept the Advent Sleep Out Challenge

Submitted by john-carter on Wed, 07/12/2016 - 18:08

During Advent, people across the diocese are giving up a night of comfort and sleeping out with their friends, families, church groups, clubs and community groups. Among them was Bishop Toby Howarth...

Bishop of Bradford responds to Casey Review on integration

Submitted by john-carter on Mon, 05/12/2016 - 14:38

Bishop Toby Howarth, the Bishop of Bradford, has responded on the national media to the Casey Review on segregation and social exclusion in minority communities. Dame Louise Casey’s review, (...

Memorial Service to be held at Bradford Cathedral for popular head teacher

Submitted by john-carter on Mon, 28/11/2016 - 15:17

Bradford Cathedral is to host a memorial service on Wednesday (November 30th) for popular head teacher Gareth Dawkins who died suddenly in October. Bradford Academy, the Church of England Academy...

Bishop calls for new vision for Bradford

Submitted by john-carter on Tue, 22/11/2016 - 14:50

“We are entering a new world. The old alliances are breaking down: how do we respond in Bradford?” The Rt Rev Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford ( pictured left with Dr Prem Sharma ), called for a new...

Bradford Area Map redrawn as new Area Deans announced

Submitted by john-carter on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 09:45

The map of Bradford Episcopal Area has been radically redrawn with four new deaneries coming into being on January 1, 2017 – to be led by four Area Deans whose appointments were announced this week...

Bishop of Bradford speaks out on latest benefit caps

Submitted by john-carter on Tue, 08/11/2016 - 15:20

Bishop Toby Howarth has spoken out following the latest benefits cap reduction. Speaking to the Bradford Telegraph and Argus newspaper he says he fears the latest cuts could lead to homelessness and...

Bishop Toby speaks about Bradford at interfaith conference in Abu Dhabi

Submitted by john-carter on Thu, 03/11/2016 - 19:32

The Bishop of Bradford, Bishop Toby Howarth, has spoken about recent events in Bradford in a keynote address at an international interfaith conference which has taken place in the United Arab...

Candles and prayers in Arabic as Burley church hears first-hand account from Syria

Submitted by john-carter on Mon, 17/10/2016 - 15:53

Candles were lit and prayers were said for the Syrian city of Aleppo at Burley-in-Wharfedale at the weekend. The Bishop of Bradford, Toby Howarth and the congregation of St Mary’s heard first-hand...