Wakefield area church celebrates summer in style
First published on: 4th September 2023One of our Wakefield churches has been celebrating this summer, marking major milestones and sending people back to school in style.
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One of our Wakefield churches has been celebrating this summer, marking major milestones and sending people back to school in style.
A youth pilgrimage to one of England’s holiest sites saw 13 youngsters from our diocese travel to Walsingham this month.
One of our Wakefield parishes is able to connect more with children and families thanks to new funding.
As part of Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence, the Diocese of Leeds has been awarded nearly £1 million by the Church of England for a new project: Every Good Work in Wakefield.
The Ven Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract will leave the role he has held for 15 years to become an Assistant Minister in the Diocese of York, it was announced yesterday.
Services of joyful celebration have been held at Bradford Cathedral as we ordained this year’s class of new deacons.
Wakefield Cathedral’s Canon Theologian, Dr Mark Oakley, has received a prestigious award from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Twenty-four deacons were ordained priests this weekend at services across the diocese.
Wakefield Cathedral is celebrating green success, as they recently achieved their Bronze Eco Church Award.
Thirteen cyclists took part in a day of cycling on Friday, June 9, with two riders heading from Ripon Cathedral to Bradford, ten from Bradford Cathedral to Wakefield, and one covering the entire journey!