Bishop Donald rallied the support of church leaders in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday (Thursday 23rd January) to join the mission to end leprosy. Leprosy is thought to be the world’s oldest disease, and it is estimated that around 10 million people live with leprosy-related disabilities, including blindness. Leprosy has been entirely curable since 1982, but misunderstandings and […]
The Northampton-based charity The Wildlife Trust has announced its 2020 Conservation Churchyard Award Scheme which aims to help churches to increase the wildlife in their churchyards or gardens. Churches can register for the scheme and will receive an advisory visit on making the most of their trees, shrubs, grasslands and meadow plants, as well as […]
St Giles Church in Desborough enjoyed ‘a Christmas miracle’ during the festive season when stolen silverware from the church turned up in a neighbour’s garden! The discovery was made during a TV interview about the burglary. St Giles’ Assistant Priest, the Revd Canon Neil Clarke, takes up the story: “We were filming a piece for […]
This summer, almost 1,000 bishops from all over the world will be gathering in Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference. Some of the bishops, including from our link dioceses in Korea, will be spending a few days beforehand at Launde Abbey with Bishop Donald and myself. A key theme of the conference will be the global […]
A statement from the Diocese of Peterborough On the 13th and 14th January 2020, the BBC broadcast Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret, which looked at the sexual abuse carried out by the former Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop Peter Ball, and the attempts to bring him to justice. It also revealed failures by the Church of […]
Last night, BBC2 broadcast the first part of Exposed: The Church’s Darkest Secret, which looked at the sexual abuse carried out by the former Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop Peter Ball, and the attempts to bring him to justice. The second part will be broadcast tonight at 9pm. If anybody was affected by this programme, please […]
It was a sad day on Wednesday 18th December as staff members past and present bade farewell to Sally Crossley, who is retiring at the end of this week (Friday 20th December). Based at our Bouverie Court office in Northampton, Sally has been the Administrator for three teams at the Diocese of Peterborough for the past […]
Pete Squires, Giving Officer for the Diocese of Peterborough, gives us an update on the Parish Giving Scheme, which began to be implemented by the Diocese in June 2019. As you may already know, the Diocese of Peterborough is in the process of changing its planned giving arrangements to the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS). We […]
As I write, more than a fortnight before the fourth general election in ten years, it is even harder to say anything about 2020 than it will be at the time you are reading this – and predictions will still be foolhardy on or around New Year’s Day. Fortunately, we are not in the business […]
Have you got your Advent and Christmas services listed on A Church Near You? The Church of England’s local church-finder website gets more than 12 million views a year – and 80% of those people are new visitors to the site. At this time of year, people are looking to come to church services. Church […]