Lichfield related articles

  1. Churches in Newcastle-under-Lyme support vulnerable families during lockdown

  2. In a Shropshire town, a young church member’s idea to help people with shopping has seen more than 1,000 answered calls for practical support for the vulnerable and isolated.

  3. A parish church office in North Staffordshire has become a hub of community coordination after launching a helpline for those who can’t leave home.

  4. Churches and cathedrals are to toll bells, light thousands of candles and offer prayers as the country marks the first anniversary of lockdown tomorrow.

  5. COMMENT / Deanery becomes first in the country to have full-house of dementia friendly churches

  6. Downing Street has announced that the Revd Paul Thomas will be the new Bishop of Oswestry in the Diocese of Lichfield.

  7. Vaccines began to be administered in Lichfield Cathedral today, the first cathedral in England to host a public vaccination clinic.

  8. Churches and cathedrals across the country are to welcome their communities for thousands of events to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, from barbecues, tree planting and flower festivals to services of thanksgiving, the ringing of bells and lighting of beacons.

  9. In just a few years, a patch of once unused land in the middle of the Quarrendon estate in Aylesbury, Bucks, has been transformed into the beating heart of the community by the local church.

  10. The new Area Bishop of Stafford will be The Venerable Matthew Parker, who is currently serving as Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent.