My hope and prayer is that each of us may find the love we need, to gladden our hearts and to ready us for the year to come. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
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On behalf of Bishop Mark Ashcroft and Bishop Mark Davies, we warmly invite people in our diocese – church officers, members of our congregations and our lay and ordained leaders – to events in January in each of our archdeaconries to discuss proposals for creating Mission Communities.
Each month we will explore prayer on a different theme, shaped by a three-fold invitation to Pray, Act, Be.
Recovering from chemotherapy during lockdown, Revd Deborah Sandercock-Pickles has finished a virtual jog that involved 17250 laps of her vicarage garden, raising £3700 for cancer research.
Manchester Diocese is excited to announce that it has received an Eco Diocese award from the national environmental charity A Rocha in recognition of its work to embed environmental issues into the life of the diocese.
Planting wildflowers, recycling bras, and creating a bat hotel earn a Silver Eco Church award for Saddleworth church
Churches prepare to welcome you to a different kind of Christmas this year!
Greater Manchester Faith Community Leaders: The right to pray together in a crisis
The Bishop of Manchester has recorded a message for churches in the run-up to Christmas. His prayer is that we will find times of rest, and outpourings of joy, as we prepare our Christmas celebrations after a very difficult year.
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Join with voices from across the diocese to sing O Come All Ye Faithful
