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
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 of a dance theatre performance of the story of St Francis and St Clare in the context of climate change. The film will be shown in the Cathedral on Sunday 5th September at 6.30pm. Originally a live performance, the piece had to be filmed due to the Covid pandemic. The renowned poet, singer-songwriter and priest, Malcolm Guite, will be present to help lead the discussion which will follow the film.
In the film, two children worried about climate change ask St Francis and St Clare for help inspiring people to address our environmental emergency and save the planet. All Creation Waits is the story which follows, imagining a contemporary Francis and Clare, coming to terms with the need to leave their existing lives and join the movement for change. It is the story of a growing friendship between Clare, a symbol of the earth herself, wounded and desecrated, and Francis, who is first disturbed by Clare’s arrival before being ultimately transformed through their relationship.
The piece is created by Claire Henderson Davis, (who also made Passion, which came to Lichfield Cathedral in 2015), Fraser Paterson and Ian Bysh. The text is by the renowned Malcolm Guite with a soundtrack by Gary Lloyd.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Claire Henderson Davis and Malcolm Guite.
A Cathedral spokesperson said, “As the news continues to remind us of the reality of climate change, and as the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow draws nearer, we’re all encouraged to do all we can to better understand our relationship with our planet, the damage we have done and how we might be able to help it to heal. We at the Cathedral are pleased to be able to offer a space in which these issues can be thoughtfully considered.”
Sunday 5 September 6.30-8.30pm (film 45 min/ discussion 45 min)
Tickets £8 from - Click here to book.
Lichfield Cathedral has Good to Go COVID secure status