Diocese of St Albans
- Licensing of Lay Workers
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 Lay-Workers: Vanessa Hadley-Spencer… - Luton Churches Midsummer food collection
Rev Grace Sentamu Baverstock with members of the Christ Believers Fellowship Rev Tim Madeley and his wife Amanda outside Christ Church Bushmead Over the midsummer weekend some twenty churches around Luton worked… - The Revd Paula Vennells
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 system,… - Black Lives Matter
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. Encouraging vocations… - Luton Vicar leads Archbishop’s celebration
Picture Credit Charlotte Graham 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… - Cooking brings people together during lockdown to support local youth mental health charity
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 experiments,… - New Vicar of Streatley: first licensing by Zoom conference
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… - Send us your good news stories
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… - Coronavirus: Holywell Lodge
In line with Government advice, the Diocesan Office at Holywell Lodge is closed to visitors and all staff have been working from home since Wednesday 18th March. Members of Committees will… - Ways of seeing the cross
This article first appeared in issue 2 of Alban Life – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles…
