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
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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 at the beginning of the Coronovirus pandemic.
On Tuesday 23 March the Cathedral’s doors will be open from 11:45 and people will be able to gather to observer together the National Silence at 12noon.
There will be a Requiem Eucharist said at 12:30 praying for all those who grieve the loss of a loved one in this past year and remembering those who have died - followed by an opportunity for people to come and spend time in quiet thought and reflection and light candles in memory of loved ones.
From 12 noon until 18:00 the Cathedral bell will be rung for a short period of time following the clock striking of each hour.
The Very Revd Adrian Dorber, Dean of Lichfield said: “There will be time enough for us to come together to reflect, to remember, to grieve, and to give thanks. But for now, on the anniversary of the first national lockdown while the country is still under lockdown restrictions, we invite you to take a moment to remember all those who have died, to reflect on our shared experience of this pandemic, to give thanks to all those working on the frontline in the health and social care services without whom our lives and those of our loved ones would have been very much different, and to offer care and compassion for each other.
“There will be tough times still to come, but know that whatever matters to us, matters to God”
The National Day of Reflection has been called to reflect on our collective loss, support those who have been bereaved, and hope for a brighter future. At Lichfield Cathedral we are aligning ourselves with those charities and organisations, including Marie Curie, that seek to support those people who are grieving and mourning the loss of a loved one, particularly in this most difficult of years.