New Year messages from our Bishops
Last Updated: 9th January 2023 | Published: 28th December 2022Read messages from Bishop John and Bishop Martin as we enter 2023.
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Christmas messages from our bishops
Last Updated: 9th January 2023 | Published: 20th December 2022Read Christmas messages from Bishop John and Bishop Martin.
Happy New Year
Last Updated: 9th December 2022 | Published: 9th December 2022An article for January editions of parish magazines from Bishop John.
Breakfast with Bishop Martin
Last Updated: 7th December 2022 | Published: 7th December 2022Bishop Martin hosted a breakfast at the Black Country Institute of Technology yesterday with 20 people from the faith, charity, public and private sectors coming together to share their hopes and dreams for Dudley.
Bishop John visits Peru
Last Updated: 2nd December 2022 | Published: 2nd December 2022Bishop John has recently returned from a visit to our partner diocese of Peru, visiting some of the projects which have been supported by previous Lent appeals. Read his reflections on the visit.
Bishop Martin’s People and Places pilgrimage continued
Last Updated: 23rd November 2022 | Published: 23rd November 2022Yesterday Bishop Martin visited two very different retail settings. Merry Hill in Brierley Hill and Saturday Books in Dudley town centre.
31 confirmed at the Cathedral
Last Updated: 21st November 2022 | Published: 21st November 202231 people from across the Diocese were confirmed yesterday evening in a service at the Cathedral for the Feast of Christ the King. Those being confirmed ranged from age 11 to 77 and came from 16 different parishes.
Bishop Martin's People and Places Pilgrimage
Last Updated: 10th November 2022 | Published: 10th November 2022As part of a series of visits to different people and places across Dudley Borough, yesterday Bishop Martin spent time at Black Country Radio, the Life Centre Debt advice in Stourbridge and Mary Stevens Hospice.
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Living in Love and Faith - A letter from our bishops
Last Updated: 7th November 2022 | Published: 4th November 2022Bishops John and Martin have written to all clergy setting out their views on same sex marriage in church following the Living in Love and Faith process.
Bishop's Certificates presented
Last Updated: 21st October 2022 | Published: 21st October 2022People from across the Diocese have received a certificate from Bishop John, marking the completion of a course designed to help them relate their Christian faith to their own life and locality.
Bishop John to take part in the Big Sleep Out
Last Updated: 16th October 2022 | Published: 13th October 2022Bishop John will take part in the Worcester Big Sleep Out on Friday night to raise money for St Paul's Hostel, Warriors Community Foundation, and Maggs Day Centre.
West Midlands Church Leaders commit to work together
Last Updated: 13th October 2022 | Published: 13th October 2022Church leaders from across the West Midlands representing a range of traditions and ethnicities met together earlier in the month to pray together and encourage each other.
Praying the psalms
Last Updated: 10th October 2022 | Published: 10th October 2022An article for November's editions of parish magazines from the Bishop of Dudley, Martin Gorick.
Bishops' statements on the death of HM The Queen
Last Updated: 20th September 2022 | Published: 8th September 2022Statements from the Bishops of Worcester and Dudley.
An open letter from our bishops
Last Updated: 1st September 2022 | Published: 11th August 2022Following the end of the Lambeth Conference, Bishops John and Martin have sent a letter to all clergy and Readers. It is published here so it can be read by everyone in our diocese.
Community confirmation in Martley
Last Updated: 3rd August 2022 | Published: 3rd August 2022Bishop Michael Hooper recently baptised and confirmed Karen at Heaton House in Martley where the parish hold a twice monthly communion service.
Plaque commemorating persecuted Jews unveiled in Worcester
Last Updated: 3rd August 2022 | Published: 22nd July 2022Dignitaries have gathered in Worcester to commemorate the city’s medieval Jewish community. Bishop John attended the event, apologising for his predecessor’s actions in helping to drive the Jewish Community from the city in around 1275.
Following in the footsteps of the Worcester Pilgrim
Last Updated: 5th July 2022 | Published: 5th July 2022In this article for August parish magazines, Bishop John reflects on his recent pilgrimage on the Camino.
Wulfstan Cross awarded to Dormston Church member
Last Updated: 20th June 2022 | Published: 20th June 2022This year’s Cross of St Wulfstan has been given to Miss Marian Collins, 92, who for many years has been PCC Secretary and Churchwarden at St Nicholas Church in Dormston.
Churches Count on Nature
Last Updated: 4th May 2022 | Published: 4th May 2022An article for June editions of parish magazines from Bishop Martin.
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Churches invited to mark Disability Awareness Sunday on 28 September
15th August 2025
Churches across the UK are invited to celebrate Disability Awareness Sunday on 28 September 2025 by the Christian Disability charity ‘Through the Roof’ who are offering free resources via their website.