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Chaplaincy Stories: LifeLink chaplaincy connects school,church and community

Published on: 6th November 2025

Jane Tate is the new LifeLink Chaplain for The Bishop of Hereford’s Bluecoat School in the Tupsley area of the city, connecting the school with church and community

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Bishop Richard welcomes faith and civic leaders ahead of interfaith week 2025

Published on: 5th November 2025

The first diocesan interfaith event was held on Tuesday 4 November 2025, at the Palace in Hereford

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Chaplaincy Stories: You either like hospitals or you don't!

Published on: 29th October 2025

Rev'd Philip Roberts has been an NHS Chaplain for over 35 years; when someone said 'you're not a proper' vicar', he took it as a compliment.

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Temporary closure of FoodShare at St Martin’s Church, Hereford

Published on: 27th October 2025

Organisers of FoodShare at St Martin’s Hereford have confirmed they are closing the service temporarily this Friday 31 October; a team at the diocesan office is stepping in to find a sustainable solution


New funeral ministry provides space to mourn

Published on: 22nd October 2025

The new Licensed Lay Funeral Ministers are an important new pastoral ministry for the diocese

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Ven Dr Fiona Gibson announced as the next Bishop of Taunton

Published on: 21st October 2025

Ven Dr Fiona Gibson announced as the next Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells


Chaplaincy Stories: Revs Phill Brown and Paul Roberts, Cadet Forces Chaplains

Published on: 15th October 2025

Chaplaincy to our cadet groups is "life-giving". Rev'd Phill Brown is chaplain to the Hereford Sea Cadets and Rev'd Paul Roberts is chaplain to the Hereford & Worcester Army Cadet Force

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Chaplaincy Stories: Jane Peeler, Anna Chaplain

Published on: 9th October 2025

"God knows, and that is enough” – the quiet work of Anna Chaplaincy reaches deep into the community in Bridgnorth. Jane Peeler is an Anna Chaplain; here she explains how it is a quiet ministry, but with Jesus at its heart

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Statement from Bishop Richard about the next Archbishop of Canterbury

Published on: 3rd October 2025

Announcement of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally. Bishop Sarah, will be the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to hold the office.


From the Wye’s Jubilee Maze to the Amazing Grace offered to tourists

Published on: 2nd October 2025

St Dubricius Church in Whitchurch is experiencing an encouraging response from visitor engagement this summer, as tourists increasingly seek something beyond the beautiful countryside of the Wye Valley and Symmonds Yat area – a deeper spiritual connection and welcome.

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