Welcome to the Diocese of Sheffield

The Diocese of Sheffield was formed at Pentecost in 1914, by the division from the Diocese of York. It covers most of the County of South Yorkshire, with a small part of East Yorkshire, one parish in North Yorkshire and one in North Lincolnshire – an area of almost 576 square miles.

Snippets

Designed and edited in the Communications Office, this internal professional bulletin of information and news goes out every month to all clergy and workers across the Diocese. Snippets has recently been revamped, and is a great way for workers across the Diocese to find out more about what courses, events and training events are taking place. Click here for Snippets.

On September 28th 2008 thousands of people will be inviting someone special back to church with them.
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Diocesan Development Day Saturday 4th October 2008

Creation Care and The Church
The 2008 Diocesan Development Day will take the form of a conference to explore issues of creation care and contemporary spirituality within the Church. The main sessions will be led by the Revd Dave Bookless, Director of A Rocha UK and author of the recently published: Planetwise'. More details

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Events

News

BISHOP CYRIL’S REFLECTIONS AFTER LAMBETH 2008

My one and only Lambeth Conference has been an extraordinarily enriching experience. Not only in the sense that I made new friends but also because I was given a much richer perspective on the nature of the Anglican Communion. Sharing with bishops from Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Sudan and Kenya have made me aware with fresh clarity how important our worldwide Anglican Communion is. It is clear for instance, that part of the responsibility of the Anglican Communion has been to sustain Zimbabwean Anglicans throughout this period of injustice and mass rejection of human rights and public welfare. Some of the images in the worship and in personal conversations will live with me forever. It is profoundly moving to hear bishops speak of the pressure that they are under simply to go on existing and caring for their people.

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