A hospital chaplain has been awarded accreditation to the UK Board for Healthcare Chaplains (UKBHC). It comes after the Revd Jane Easterby, Anglican Hospital Chaplain at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, achieved her Postgraduate Certificate in Chaplaincy from Durham University.
Three rare Magna Cartas will go on display next summer at Durham Cathedral to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the 1225 issue in the cathedral's collection.
Watch Bishop Sarah's final Presidential Address as Acting Bishop of Durham as the search for our next Diocesan Bishop enters its closing stages.
Durham Cathedral is going to be hosting a special time of 24/7 prayer to coincide with the final interviews for the next Bishop of Durham.
A statement from the Right Reverend Sarah Clark, Bishop of Jarrow and Acting Bishop of Durham, and the Very Reverend Dr Philip Plyming, Dean of Durham following the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
In a significant milestone for the local community, Dr. Fiona Hill, Chancellor of Durham University, unveiled a set of specially commissioned etched-glass windows at St Mary’s Church in Barnard Castle on Wednesday, 6 November. These “Windows for the King” were created to honour the 550th anniversary of Richard III’s lordship over Barnard Castle.
A long-serving member of a local parish church has been licensed as Associate Priest – almost 60 years after she first stepped foot inside.
On Saturday, 19 October, Sunderland came together at the Minster for a "Unity in the Community" festival, organised by a range of community and faith groups, from across the city, and supported by the Community Foundation and local businesses.
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Gainford in the Durham Dales, the starting point of the Way of Life on the Northern Saints Trail, has also become part of the Camino Inglés. As of 10 October, it is officially recognised as an accredited section of the Camino Inglés, allowing pilgrims to follow this route all the way to the Cathedral of Santiago on the Camino de Compostela.
