Latest news | The Diocese of Blackburn 2026-04-07T05:30:00+00:00 Diocese of Blackburn https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/feed Sunday service with the Rev Damian Platt, Vicar of Thornton-le-Fylde Christ Church https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/525 Available to view on the Diocesan YouTube channel 2020-12-24T13:12:45+00:00 Christmas message for 2020 from Rt Rev. Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/518 'Love came down at Christmas. We celebrate God's intervention.' 2020-12-24T13:56:29+00:00 Christmas message for 2020 from Rt Rev. Philip North, Bishop of Burnley https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/519 'As you offer you heart to Jesus you will find a joy that nothing, not a pandemic, not even death itself, can ever take away' 2020-12-21T15:36:01+00:00 Christmas message for 2020 from Rt Rev. Dr Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/520 'In our fragility, may you live securely in the strength of the Lord who stands with you' 2020-12-21T15:40:10+00:00 Special packages deliver message of Christmas Comfort and Joy https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/534 1000 'Comfort and Joy' packages and 1500 DIY Christingles delivered to a Lancashire town this Christmas 2020-12-22T18:02:25+00:00 Pupils plant tree at town centre church to help future generations remember pandemic https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/532 Special service and tree planting ceremony was the idea from Year 6 at St George's CofE school 2020-12-21T11:55:40+00:00 Burnley vicar highlighting food poverty in town as part of BBC report https://blackburn.anglican.org/news/511 Fr Alex Frost from Burnley St Matthew and his friend Pastor Mick from Church on the Streets Ministry appeared on the national BBC News on Monday 30th November 2020-12-22T16:56:24+00:00