In October, Newcastle Cathedral will host the Illuminated Sheep artwork by artist Deepa Mann-Kler, The Cathedral would like to use the period before the installation goes live to showcase the work the Church is doing, particularly in our more rural communities. One way you can do this is by ‘decorating’ the sheep for a one-week period and having a display about your ministry alongside it.
A new chaplaincy service to support the LGBTQI+ community is being established within Newcastle Diocese.
160 Year 4 children, five primary schools, two days of drama, craft and prayer workshops and an insight into the life of St Aidan can only mean one thing: Lifepath returns to Holy Trinity Jesmond.
“I am grateful to have had further to engage with victims and survivors and +Joanne and all who are working to make us a safer Church and exemplar of best practice.” Bishop Helen-Ann spoke at Synod this morning, supporting item number 22 on safeguarding.
Five of our new deacons were ordained at Newcastle Cathedral this afternoon by Bishop Helen-Ann.
There was great joy at Newcastle Cathedral earlier today as three new priests were ordained by Bishop Mark.
On Sunday 23 June, a wonderful service took place at Newcastle Cathedral celebrating women’s ministry in our Diocese, both past and present.
Territorio Trail Media, a Spanish media company which specialises in trail running, recently interviewed Bishop Helen-Ann after recognising her passion for running and avid following of both the Spine Race and Barkley Marathons.
This Sunday, 23 June, four women will be installed as Canons at Newcastle Cathedral in a service celebrating 30 years of the ordination of female priests in the Church of England.
A key figure who has led the North East Religious Learning Resources Centre (NERLRC) for more than 30 years has announced that she will retire later this year.
This week, we have had the privilege of welcoming Y4 and Y6 pupils to Newcastle Cathedral as they prepare to transition to their next school.
The Bishop of Newcastle is pleased to announce that the Reverend Dr Kelly Brown Douglas, currently Interim President of Episcopal Divinity School in New York, has agreed to become Newcastle Cathedral’s first Anglican Communion Canon.
Thomas Bewick School, part of the Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust, is celebrating the outcome of their recent OFSTED inspection, which judged the school to be ‘Good’ in all aspects.
Delegates from five northern Church of England dioceses gathered near Hadrian’s Wall at the weekend, near to the space once occupied by the famous Sycamore tree, in a celebration of our rural communities.
There was an excellent turnout for the annual Newcastle Mothers’ Union Diocesan Festival, which took place on Saturday 8 June.
Congratulations to our ordinands who will become deacons and priests this Petertide. Find out more about each of them here.
An award-winning eco church has given its congregation an opportunity to experience electric car travel.
Longhorsley Church of England First School promotes children's mental health and wellbeing as they celebrate the Grand Opening of their long-awaited Wellbeing Room this week.
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A church community project which began during Covid has evolved into a wider-ranging initiative which was a key part of the Jesmond Festival this year.
The Alnwick Deanery hosted a service ‘Celebrating God in Creation’ at St Bartholomew’s Church in Whittingham on Sunday 2 June.
A pupil from a church school in Newcastle Diocese has taken a seedling from Sycamore Gap to the Chelsea Flower Show, where she placed it on public display with Dame Judi Dench.
On Monday 20 May, Bishop Helen-Ann spoke in the House of Lords to support an amendment to the Media Bill.
When Holy Trinity Church in Jesmond celebrated their centenary in 2022, a plan to mark it by planting 100 trees in the UK was hampered by bureaucracy. They took the project to Africa where a reforestation initiative is supporting communities.
A Victorian lychgate which was demolished following a road accident three years ago at St John’s Church in Longhirst has been restored to its former glory.
A veteran cyclist is preparing to pedal from Holy Island to key sites around North Northumberland and Tyneside in a three-day journey of more than 100 miles.
An organist at a North Tyneside church has completed the latest stage of a unique bike ride to raise vital funds for an ambitious fundraising project.
The Revd Anthony O'Grady took his chaplaincy duties with the RNLI a step further when he was invited to become part of his local crew.
On Thursday 18 April, Bishop Helen-Ann spoke during the 'Children in Care' debate in the House of Lords
Bishop Helen-Ann has paid tribute to the work of our emergency services after gaining first-hand experience of front-line policing.
