Bishop Rachel has spoken in the House of Lords twice today; in response to the King’s speech on Tuesday, and asking a question on the “Humanitarian Situation in the Occupied
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A statement from 44 Bishops on LLF
Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert have both added their signatures to this public statement made on Wednesday 1 November. A statement from 44 Bishops on LLF We write to reaffirm
Providing a warm welcome to people leaving prison
Bishop Rachel, in partnership with The Welcome Directory and the Community Chaplaincy Association, hosted an event at Gloucester Cathedral, highlighting the vital role faith communities hold in welcoming people coming
Israel-Palestine conflict: “We must not be silent.”
In our diocesan Bulletin I wrote of the danger of seeing the world through a simple binary lens, and I included the situation in Israel-Palestine. The details of the evil
Message from Bishop Rachel, 10 October 2023
In the midst of all the different strands of my ministry at present, I continue to reflect on a world in which oversimplistic binary views are so prevalent and so easily shape the way people view the world, yet the truth is that stories and lives are far messier than that.
Prisons: Are we asking the right questions?
Following the recent escape of a prisoner from HMP Wandsworth there were immediate answers being demanded of questions about how the prison could possibly have allowed this to happen. The problem is that the questions we ask can lead to answers which don’t actually shine the light in the right places.
Violence in Israel and Gaza
A message from Bishop Rachel I urge people across the diocese to pray for peace amid the horror of the violence in Gaza and Israel, and I support the Archbishops’
Bishop Rachel’s statement on HM Prisons
“Sending prisoners abroad is not the answer …” The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek said, “I am dismayed at the news that the Government is
Prayer resources for Prisons Week 2023
Prisons Week begins with Prisons Sunday on 8 October. For nearly 50 years, Prisons Week has encouraged Christians everywhere to pray for prisoners and their families, victims of crime and
Message from Bishop Rachel, 26 September 2023
For many years October has been marked out as Black History Month, during which black contributions to British society are highlighted and celebrated. There are specific opportunities to hear stories and insights and to look through a different lens not only as we promote and celebrate racial diversity and culture but also as we shine a light on racial justice.
Message from Bishop Rachel, 12 September 2023
Increasingly in my ministry, not least in my ministry with prisons and criminal justice, I reflect on the reality that all the brokenness in our world is rooted in broken relationship: Relationship with God, with neighbour and with self, and of course with the earth and the whole of creation. This is echoed in our failure to keep those commandments, underlined by Jesus Christ, to ‘love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength’ and to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’.
Clearwater Academy pupils add voices to Victim Support book
Children from Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy in Gloucester have collaborated on a book with local charity Victim Support, to help young people who have experienced crime talk about
Message from Bishop Robert, 1 August 2023
In this, my last contribution before I begin my sabbatical on Friday, I want to express my particular thanks to our retired clergy.
Message from Bishop Rachel, 25 July 2023
I seem to have spent quite a lot of time over the last two weeks in and around tents and marquees. Here at Bishopscourt, there has been a marquee in the garden and it has been wonderful hosting people for garden parties amid sunshine and rain: clergy and lay leaders, people from charities and organisations, children and adults – and all of it I hope has been about welcome, being present together and perhaps having a couple of hours of different rhythm.
Message from Bishop Rachel, 11 July 2023
Last week, it was a privilege to host a reception in the House of Lords the day before the Online Safety Bill returned for debate. At the event, a number of young people from Gloucestershire addressed MPs, peers and leaders of charities and organisations regarding social media and the impact it has had on them and some of the issues they would like the Government to address in the bill.
Bishop Rachel speaks in General Synod, on sentencing and rehabilitation
Speaking as Anglican Bishop for Prisons, Bishop Rachel spoke in General Synod on GS2294A; a motion from Worcester, on the Contribution of faith to the Rehabilitation of Offenders. Read the
Livestock, food and special guests at Royal Three Counties Show
Bishop Rachel joined record numbers of visitors at the Royal Three Counties show, with families journeying from across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and beyond to celebrate the best of the countryside
Message from Bishop Rachel, 20 June 2023
This Thursday will mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the passengers of the Empire Windrush to the UK, and a number of dioceses are hosting bishops from the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
Sportily’s summer residential camp is back
TRAC, Sportily’s annual five-day summer residential, is back and the team says it will be better than ever. With more children booked on than ever before, they are sure it’s
Message from Bishop Rachel, 6 June 2023
We do a lot of counting in the Church, often related to numbers of people or leaders or amounts of money – and much of that can help us identify the places where we are healthy as Church and where we are not. In the shaping of our current strategies and plans, not least within each deanery, there is a need for some counting and measuring, yet always being aware that noticing and nurturing growth and health involves so much more than counting.
Bishop Rachel speaks out on Online Safety Bill
Bishop Rachel supported an amendment to the Online Safety Bill in the House of Lords seeking to protect women and girls online. Watch her full speech in the video below
Message from Bishop Rachel, 16 May 2023
It is nearly a year since bishops from all over the world gathered for the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury. Among the highlights for me were our small groups in which we met a couple of times each day; and a day at Lambeth Palace on one of the hottest days of the year, focusing on climate change and hearing stark stories of the devastating impact on the lives of people and places across our world. One of the many contributors to that day was Christian Aid.
Message from Bishop Rachel, 2 May 2023
Last week, Bishop Robert shared some reflections on the Coronation and the truth that ‘the formation of our society needs the participation of us all’. Now that the details of the Coronation have been made public, we can see that this is fully reflected in the liturgy and events of this weekend.
Bishop Rachel’s Chrism Eucharist sermon
Here you can read the full transcript from Bishop Rachel’s Chrism Eucharist sermon, on Thursday 6 April 2023. Readings: Revelation 1.5b-8 and Luke 7.36-50 Over these last couple of weeks
