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Holy Trinity Church, Biscot, will remain open under proposals
5th August 2020
St Albans Diocese’s plans for the future of the parish of Holy Trinity, Biscot, are currently open for public consultation, but Peter Adams, Lay Chair of Luton Deanery, is concerned… Read more »
Licensing of Lay Workers
29th June 2020
Licensings of Ordinands as Lay-Workers – Petertide 2020 pending ordination in the Autumn. More photos to follow Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June saw the licensing of 14 Ordinands as… Read more »
Luton Churches Midsummer food collection
24th June 2020
Over the midsummer weekend some twenty churches around Luton worked together to collect food for Luton Foodbank (LFB). In all they collected… Read more »
The Revd Paula Vennells
24th June 2020
The Revd Paula Vennells – a statement from the Bishop of St Albans I am aware of the recent court action, with regard to Post Office Limited and the Horizon software… Read more »
Black Lives Matter
6th June 2020
Parish responses The Diocese of St Albans has a race equality policy, actively seeks black and ethnic minority ordinands and has a programme of unconscious bias training. For more see here…. Read more »
Luton Vicar leads Archbishop’s celebration
6th June 2020
In a service led by his daughter, Luton Vicar, Grace, The Archbishop of York will take part in a time of music, prayer and reflection across BBC Local Radio on… Read more »
Cooking brings people together during lockdown to support local youth mental health charity
3rd June 2020
St Albans church youth group creates a delicious online cookbook during lockdown to share wonderful recipes with each other and the wider community. What began as sharing each other’s latest culinary… Read more »
New Vicar of Streatley: first licensing by Zoom conference
26th April 2020
The Revd Nigel Richards became the first priest in the diocese to be licensed via videoconference on 22nd April, when Bishop Alan licensed him as Vicar of Streatley and Chaplain… Read more »
Send us your good news stories
25th March 2020
It has been lovely to hear of some good news stories from parishes of small things that have brought joy and hope amidst the crisis. Please do send us your… Read more »