News Stories
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13 Dec. 2018
Bishop of Hereford's Article - Hereford Times 13/12/18
I wonder if you read about the restaurant chain – Frankie and Benny’s – which has introduced a ban on mobile phones in order to try to make families talk to each other rather than... Read more
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10 Dec. 2018
in NewslettersParish Magazine Article - January 2019
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3 Dec. 2018
in People NewsBishop’s portrait moves from paint to photograph
A photograph of the Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd Richard Frith has been presented at Hereford Cathedral ahead of going on display at the Bishop’s Palace. The portrait was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant the Dowager Countess of Darnley, and is a modern take on what until now has been a painting. It will be hung... Read more
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21 Nov. 2018
Community worker gives evidence to UN hearing into rural poverty
A UN inquiry into poverty has heard evidence of the hardship experienced by people in rural areas as documented by Hereford Diocese. Eight experts gave evidence at a regional hearing for the UN Special Rapporteur about the effects of austerity and the... Read more
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16 Nov. 2018
Christmas attendance at ten year high
Attendance at Christmas services in Hereford Diocese is at its highest level for more than a decade, according to new figures published this week.
The latest annual Statistics for Mission report shows... Read more -
14 Nov. 2018
in NewslettersParish Magazine Article - December 2018
THE CEREMONY OF THE BOY BISHOP
Have you ever attend this traditional ceremony at our cathedral? It’s a medieval custom with much relevance today.
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1 Nov. 2018
Bishop of Hereford's Article - Hereford Times 01/11/18
Tim Berners-Lee: there can be few people who have had such an impact on human history but who have been so relatively little known... Read more
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17 Oct. 2018
Presentations of the Order of St Ethelbert
The Order was instituted in 2015 as a means of recognising devoted and loyal service to the diocese and cathedral through their parish churches and community... Read more
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15 Oct. 2018
in NewslettersParish Magazine Article - November 2018
Anyone driving around the Counties of Hereford and Shropshire over the last couple of months cannot have failed to see in many different locations the black silhouettes of a lone soldier arrayed in the kit and uniform of the first world war infantry man commonly known as the Tommy... Read more
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11 Oct. 2018
Bishop of Hereford's Article - Hereford Times 11/10/18
“Does it concern you,” someone asked me the other day, “that fewer and fewer people go to church?”
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