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Biggest ever South West Carol Service – join in!
To mark Christmas 2020, the biggest ever South West Carol Service is planned for December and you are all invited. The services, which will take place at 7pm, will be […]
Churches £12 billion ‘national help service’
Church leaders have called for urgent government support to protect church buildings after a new report highlighted the UK’s increasing reliance on mainly-volunteer led services including food banks, mental health […]
Our children are unhappy – what can we do about it?
Our children are unhappy. They are fearful of failure, struggle to make friends and are pressured by school, according to The Children’s Society Good Childhood report released at the end […]
Readers zoom in to annual service
The Readers’ Annual Service was very different this year being entirely online using ZOOM. It proved to be a heart-warming and thought-provoking experience with much joyous chat both before and […]
Diocese publishes ‘charter’ so people reporting abuse can know what to expect
The Diocese of Truro has published a Survivor Care Charter, to give assurances to individuals who come forward to make disclosures of abuse that happened in a church context. The […]
Cornish churches’ grants to help them survive the Covid-19 storm
Three parish churches in the Diocese of Truro have received nearly £50,000 in grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England. St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin, has been granted […]
Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse publishes full report on Anglican Church
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA, has published its overarching investigation report into the Anglican Church in England and Wales, based on the main public hearing in July […]
Celebration as five Readers licensed
As with most things in 2020, the service to celebrate Reader Ministry took a new format at the weekend. Due to Covid-19, the usual service full of pomp and ceremony […]
‘Loving our neighbours should be at the top of our list – but we also need to take care of ourselves’ says Bishop Hugh
Bishop Hugh has encouraged Christians throughout the diocese to make the care of society’s most vulnerable people their priority, in the face of a second wave of Coronavirus. Bishop Hugh […]
Welcome to our new Priests and Deacons
This weekend was extremely busy in the Diocese of Truro with nine ordination services taking place. St Petroc’s Church in Bodmin and Truro Cathedral hosted the services, which saw 19 […]
