Lent is a season of prayer, simplicity, forgiveness and contemplation.
Tradition has been to fast or give something up during this period to help with the practice of spiritual discipline.
Lent is a time of preparation for the great celebration of Easter.
Ash Wednesday 5 March
08:00 | Morning Prayer
12:30 | Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes
17:30 | Choral Evensong
19:30 | Solemn Choral Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes
Lent Course
1700+ The Church: One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
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1900 Lent Course on 19 March
325 and 2025: Two years separated in time but united in typifying dispute and division in the church. The church has known troubles alongside joy and hope through her history, but when our repeated prayer is ‘restore to me O Lord, the joy of thy salvation,’ examining our roots and traditions has much to offer.
In 325, the Council of Nicaea first set out the creed recognisable to us today. In 381, the addition of ‘One, holy, catholic and apostolic’ completed the words which still unite us with the fourth century church whenever we utter them. Reaching deeply into such traditions can offer us fresh hope today.
Come and hear our Bishops reflecting on the challenges and gifts to today’s tremendously complex and fast-paced culture of being the ‘Church of the Nicene Creed: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic’
Wednesday 5 March | During 19:30 Eucharist
Ash Wednesday - Bishop of Lichfield
Wednesday 12 March | 19:00
We believe in the Church - Bishop of Wolverhampton
Wednesday 19 March | 19:00
The Church: One - Bishop of Stafford
Wednesday 26 March | 19:00
The Church: Holy - Bishop Tim Menezes
Wednesday 2 April | 19:00
The Church: Catholic - Bishop of Oswestry
Wednesday 9 April | 19:00
The Church: Apostolic - Bishop of Shrewsbury
Wednesday 16 April | 19:00
The Church of Jesus Christ - Bishop of Lichfield