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Special prayer day for seafarers in a time of crisis

First published on: 8th June 2022

Christian support for mariners at a time of international conflict is the focus of this year’s Sea ...


Diocese of Leeds Church Building Grants Scheme open for 2022

First published on: 7th June 2022

The Diocese of Leeds Church Building Grants and Loan Scheme is now open for 2022 applications. The scheme supports ...


Platinum Jubilee celebrated across diocese

First published on: 6th June 2022

People from across the diocese braved the weekend weather to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum ...


Pentecost and Platinum Jubilee celebrated outdoors in Keighley

First published on: 6th June 2022

More than a hundred people of different ages and nationalities turned out for an open-air service in Cliffe ...


Ripon Cathedral host Summer Organ Festival as part of 1,350th anniversary

First published on: 6th June 2022

The pipe organ of Ripon Cathedral is revealed in all its glory this month, with a Summer Organ ...


Fr Darren honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List

First published on: 2nd June 2022

Father Darren Percival, parish priest of St Hilda’s, Cross Green and St Saviour’s, Richmond Hill, Leeds, ...


Bishop Nick and Canon Ailsa reflect on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

First published on: 2nd June 2022

To mark the start of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Bishop Nick and Canon Ailsa Newby of ...


First day in the diocese for our new Leeds Area bishop

First published on: 30th May 2022

Lunch with school pupils and meeting workers at a Leeds Area foodbank formed parts of Revd Canon Arun ...


Asylum seekers, who have found Christ, are baptised in Leeds

First published on: 30th May 2022

Farsi speaking asylum seekers and university students were among those baptised recently at two joyous services, held at ...


Bishop Helen-Ann shares story of who inspired her for BBC Radio York

First published on: 30th May 2022

The Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Ripon, has been talking recently about the inspirational woman who ...

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