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Schools of Sanctuary Magazine
The Schools of Sanctuary Magazine is an insightful resource where you can find out more about the Schools of Sanctuary Award as a way of recognising the work you are likely already doing in educating all children about refugees and asylum seekers and the welcome and...
Leeds Church Institute Scholarships for Theology and Religious Studies
Leeds Church Institute helps local people to study at post graduate level in Leeds. The Leeds Church Institute Scholarships support the development of theologians who will bridge between the academy and faith communities in Leeds. The vision is for future theologians...
Sacrament by Shaeron Caton Rose permanently exhibited at LCI
Leeds Church Institute are delighted to announce a permanent exhibition of artwork by Shaeron Caton Rose. The prints were made during Shaeron’s residency in a monastic community to represent their faith life and community. Using Albrecht Durer’s ‘Praying Hands’...
Power to the People – Empowerment through Music
On 21st March, 2020, I attended a performance of a ballet Geisha at the Grand Theatre, Leeds. It was the last night of the show, prematurely closing because of rising concern about what we then called the coronavirus. Walking back to my car after a riveting evening,...
Leeds Lit Fest 2022
Leeds Church Institute are thrilled to be involved in the 4th Leeds Lit Fest taking place from Saturday 26th Feb to Sunday 6th March to celebrate the vibrant and thriving literature scene that exists in Leeds with local writers, performers and artists showcasing their...
Power to the People, Profile of Jenya Stashkov
Welcome back to readers of these blogs, after a protracted Christmas and New Year break. As it turned out, although this year we swerved an official lockdown over the festive season, I imagine many of you shared the rather fractured and anxious Christmas I...
Report: Church and Christian responses to the Coronavirus Pandemic in Leeds
Power To The People Reprise of Poet Theologian Hannah Stone
Poets love sharing their work with readers and audiences; for many of us, it is only when our poetry is heard and experienced by others that it fully becomes alive. Poems just scribbled in a notebook, or saved in a computer file, may be only embryonic. There is an...
Winter Hook Lecture 2021 – Thinking about Faith and the Climate, What do we want to sustain?
Brought to you by Dr Carmody Grey and delivered at Leeds Minster.
Power to the People Profile: John Battle
Last week I wrote about the warm welcome I had received at the Poetry and Pizza event, hosted by John Battle. Wherever I go, I hear John’s name mentioned, and without fail it is in connection with community endeavours, which are seeking to support, encourage and...