Pope Francis’ Loss Is Enormous Pope Francis’ loss is deeply felt. He brought to Catholicism much-needed values of humility, compassion, and reform. Tirelessly, he worked to address poverty, inequality, and climate change—urging the Church to become more inclusive and responsive

Today. 🙏

Every week, 685,000 .. go to a CofE church, 650,000 to Catholic Mass, hundreds of thousands ..to… Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostalists etc. Compare that to, say, Premier League football, … about 400,000 a week, and only then during the season. S Bleach, Sunday Times 20.4.25

Carrie Prior, Director of Education for Chelmsford Diocese, has recorded our #chelmsdiosermon for today – the second Sunday of Easter, Sunday 27 April. Watch here: buff.ly/gU7L6VW 🙏

In London ready for Leadership Conference in Royal Albert Hall Mon & Tues and Nikki sightseeing!

The SIAMS case study library is now live! Watch & read some innovative ways that inspectors have found Church of England schools being deeply Christian & serving the common good. Christian vision at its best. ow.ly/gJB950VLLcs

Arrived!

Seeing the end of the fly past during lunch break! Or was the fly past actually for Leadership Conference

Day 2 IN ALBERT HALL- this after at HTB Leadership Conference

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, talented and effective educational professional to our existing team of School Advisers. Do you have a successful track record of school leadership, a Christian heart & passion for school improvement? Apply at shorturl.at/JiVDS

Please pray for, The Cathedral CofE VA Primary School in Chelmsford, The Cathedral School: Gemma Smith (HT). #CycleOfPrayer #ChelmsDioPrayers

Do you have a successful track record of school leadership, a Christian heart & passion for school improvement? We are looking to appoint a talented educational professional to our existing team of School Advisers. Apply before 15 May at shorturl.at/JiVDS

Praying for all students taking their SATs this week. 🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏🏼

May half-term episode of the Governance Podcast is now available at governancepodcast.buzzsprout.com from Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Education ChiDioEducation @LivDioceseEd & Hereford Diocese Schools for ALL Church school governors! Mike shares about the Quiet Revival and unpacks the Diocesan Measure.

Ministers engaged in schools work across the diocese, both lay and ordained, are invited to a Conference on 26 June 2025, aiming to strengthen church-school relationships. Find out more at shorturl.at/yncZI

There’s one month to go until this year’s Bradwell Pilgrimage! Bishop Adam invites everyone to come along on 5 July, 10.30am – 3.15pm, for a day of faith, fellowship, and reflection in the beautiful and historic setting of Bradwell-on-Sea. Find out more at buff.ly/nxQqCSz

This weekend we celebrated 105 ordinand leavers at our June residential. They will head out to serve in 19 UK dioceses! Join us in praying for them as they begin this next chapter. #StMellitusCollege #ThinkTheology #OrdinationTraining