Latest news | The Diocese of Blackburn 2026-04-07T02:17:01+00:00 Diocese of Blackburn https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/feed The Diocesan online multilingual Christmas service 2021 https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/653 Join us online or in person, December 19 at 3pm, for this special event 2021-12-23T18:45:38+00:00 Christmas message for 2021 from Rt Rev Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/649 'The gift to us of the Christ child is the way, the truth and the life' 2021-12-23T18:46:13+00:00 Christmas message for 2021 from the Bishop of Burnley, Rt Rev Philip North https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/650 'This Christmas ... look at Jesus and offer your life to him afresh' 2021-12-23T18:47:18+00:00 Christmas message for 2021 from the Bishop of Lancaster, Rt Rev Dr Jill Duff https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/651 'May you know the blessing of Jesus, whose light shines in the darkness' 2021-12-23T18:46:37+00:00 Parishes across the County are preparing for Christmas https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/655 'At Christmas, we are reminded of a name given to Jesus, Emmanuel, which means God with us' 2021-12-23T18:52:39+00:00 Huge new Advent and Christmas resources page for parishes goes live on this website https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/646 Wide range of 'local' materials available, plus the national 'At The Heart of Christmas' campaign 2021-12-23T18:48:14+00:00 Parish Administrators benefit from six week training course from Diocese https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/643 Awayday at the weekend plus five other 'online learning' sessions 2021-12-09T17:37:31+00:00