Bishop Debbie leads service to honour airmen lost over Thorney
On Saturday 29 March Bishop Debbie led a service at Thorney Abbey to honour the 39 people killed during separate air incidents over Thorney.
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Why give?
As we look forward to Generosity Week in September this year, Pete Squires Parish Giving Officer considers the theological and spiritual basis for giving.
Primary School supporting pupils to be ‘ambitious, confident citizens'
Staff and pupils at St Luke’s CE Primary School, part of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust (PDET), are celebrating this month after a new Ofsted report praised the school for supporting pupils to be ‘ambitious, confident citizens’, following a recent school inspection.
Peace, Harmony, and Goodwill in Raunds!
On Sunday 13 April, St Peter's Church, Raunds held the Civic Service for the Mayor of Raunds, Councillor Paul Byrne.
All Saints Church hosts public art installation reflecting on climate change
All Saints Church, Earls Barton in the Wellingborough Deanery recently hosted ‘Halo’, a public art installation by Swiss Danish artist Tobias Zehntner in partnership with Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, an educational art charity based in Northamptonshire.
Maundy Thursday Chrism Mass at Peterborough Cathedral
Maundy Thursday offers a wonderful time of fellowship and reflection as all our Clergy join together in their Chrism Mass in Peterborough Cathedral.
Prayer boxes offer families the resources to express their faith at home
In this Diocesan Year of Prayer various benefices across the Diocese are beginning to utilize the prayer box resource.
Bell Fund ensures the church bells at St Mary’s can ring for future generations
After not being used since the 1970s, the bells at St Mary’s Church, Ashwell have been restored thanks to funding from the Peterborough Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers’ Bell Fund.
Children share a dramatization of the Easter story in a special service
On a beautifully sunny, but slightly blustery, Wednesday, Bishop Debbie and Peter Cantley, Director of Education, along with the Revd Dawn Stokes from Holy Cross Church in Daventry, were special guests at the Easter Service led by children from Monksmoor Park CE Primary School.
Bishop John announces his retirement.
The Bishop of Brixworth, the Right Reverend John Holbrook has announced he will retire later this year. After 14 years of dedicated service to the Diocese, Bishop John will lay down his crozier on 30 September 2025.
