Bishop Nick Baines returns to church for the first time since lockdown to celebrate one of the key festivals in the Church’s calendar at Ripon Cathedral. He will lead a 10.30am streamed service to be...

Shared global faith will be celebrated this weekend when Anglican Communion Sunday takes place on May 24. On that day in particular, all Anglicans are invited to pray for our worldwide family of...

Ascension Day is the start of ten days of faithful waiting and the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Tony Robinson, has invited everyone in our diocese to join in daily prayer. The national Church is...

Personal spiritual growth can flourish despite limited personal freedoms, if we learn from aspects of monastic practices, suggests Diocesan Prayer and Spirituality Co-ordinator Revd Canon Paul...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a free national phoneline as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes while church buildings are closed because of the...

The family of Revd Canon Leah Vasey-Saunders, the Canon Precentor of Wakefield Cathedral, will lead the CofE’s national virtual service from their living room this Sunday. Canon Leah will be assisted...

No Palm Sunday processions or donkeys this year, but the glory of Easter will be shared by online worshippers, urges Bishop Nick in a letter to clergy sent today. "We can still re-live the events and...

Thirty bishops of the Church of England from across the North will flock to the Diocese of York next month, to take part in a weekend of prayer, witness and welcome, at which the good news of God’s...

Natural and spiritual links are to the fore at this year’s Lent Retreat at Parcevall Hall. It is led by retired priest Revd Christine Shedd and picking up on her love of gardening and gardens, she...

Pray for the Police is the central message of a new step by step guide to help faith communities engage with the service in its many guises. The national document has been produced by Faith and...