As a Cathedral at the heart of our community and diocese, we are seeking to tackle the important issues;
- to allow space for healthy debate
- to be good stewards of this earth
- to be a voice for the vulnerable and marginalised
- to be a place of action that makes real and important changes towards a better future.
ECO Cathedral
As a Cathedral community, we are committed to caring for God’s Creation; we are a Partner in Action with A Rocha UK.
The Anglican Communion’s fifth Mark of Mission is
“to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth.”
We have adopted an ethical and sustainable framework to guide our policies and practices. In-line with the Eco Church framework, we divide our activity under the following areas: Worship & Teaching, Buildings, Land, Community & Global Engagement, and Lifestyle.
Healthy Healing Hub
“The ministry of healing and wholeness is at the centre of our life as a Cathedral. We are committed to the Cathedral itself being a place of healing, offering visitors opportunities to pray and to experience hope and peace during difficult times."
In partnership with The Guild of Health and St. Raphael, we have become a Healthy Healing Hub, offering support for health and wellbeing to the local community and empowering other organisations within the Diocese to do the same.
Central to our focus for 2022 and beyond, this partnership will put the needs of the community and diocese in prime position, seeking to ‘recover together’ following the traumatic circumstances of the last few years.
"Silence and beauty combine to nurture the soul."
As a Gold-Tier Healthy Healing Hub we seek to serve as a centre of excellence and training.
FairTrade Church
We are a FairTrade Church, committed to using fairly traded products and promoting fair trade. Find out more about Fair Trade: www.fairtrade.org.uk
Latest News
Helping Young People Find Hope
For the last year Lichfield Cathedral has been instrumental in helping almost 30 young unemployed people find valuable work placements across a number of job roles in the region, with still a few more placements to come.
Funding Helps Lichfield Cathedral Serve the Community
Lichfield Cathedral is looking ahead with optimism thanks to a grant from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. The grant of £213,700 went towards the Cathedral’s financial recovery from the coronavirus pandemic . . .
ECO - Lichfield Cathedral marks COP26 with Eco Award
Lichfield Cathedral has marked COP26 by working towards, and gaining, an Eco Church Bronze Award. Read more. . .
ECO - Lichfield Cathedral bells ring out for the Climate ahead of COP26
The bells of Lichfield Cathedral will ring out across the City for 30 minutes on Saturday 30th October at 6pm to mark the beginning of the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow (COP26) Read more . . .
ECO - Joint statement on climate change by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch
Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Justin Welby urge everyone to play their part in ‘choosing life’ for the future of the planet.
Let’s Talk – about keeping our children safe
Families from Staffordshire, Shropshire and the West Midlands are invited to a special event at Lichfield Cathedral on Saturday 18 September from 10.00-12.00 to consider together the impact of modern slavery and how to keep our children safe.
ECO - Lichfield Cathedral hosts the premiere of climate change film
Lichfield Cathedral is to be the venue for the premiere of a new film ‘All Creation Waits’. The film will be shown in the Cathedral on Sunday 5th September at 6.30pm. Read more...
Lichfield Cathedral shines brightly for National Day of Reflection
Lichfield Cathedral is joining in the National Day of Reflection on Tuesday 23 March - the anniversary of the beginning of the first national lockdown...