Diocese of Leeds

Name: BBC R4 Daily Service from our Diocese
Start: 2026-05-28T09:45:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00
Location: BBC Radio 4 Extra

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				2 events 1 2 events, 1 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! May 1 - May 31 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! As a charity, St Gemma's Hospice relies heavily on the generosity of our local communities to keep their services running, which costs £15 million a year! Throughout the month of May, St Gemma's is encouraging local religious groups to help them 'Turn Leeds Purple' for the month by hosting small fundraising activities, such as a […] 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Women’s Prayer Group May 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Women’s Prayer Group The 'Handmaids' Women's Prayer Group organised and led by the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal (based at St Clare Convent, Corpus Christi Church) has been running for several years at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Neville Rd, Leeds LS9 0HD. The monthly meetings are 7pm - 9.30pm and include Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and social time. […]	1 event 2 1 event, 2 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 3 1 event, 3 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!
2 events 4 2 events, 4 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-04 Feast Day of Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla: Patron of Gypsies, Roma & Travellers Feast Day of Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla: Patron of Gypsies, Roma & Travellers May 4 Feast Day of Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla: Patron of Gypsies, Roma & Travellers On the Feast Day of the Patron of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, we remember in our prayers all members of those communities in our Diocese. Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla (1864 - 1936) was born in Spain to a Catholic Roma Gypsy family. During the Spanish Civil War, Ceferino intervened on behalf of a priest who […]	2 events 5 2 events, 5 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 6 1 event, 6 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 7 1 event, 7 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 8 1 event, 8 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	2 events 9 2 events, 9 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Leeds Cathedral: Signed Mass for Deaf & Hearing Impaired May 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Leeds Cathedral: Signed Mass for Deaf & Hearing Impaired	1 event 10 1 event, 10 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!
1 event 11 1 event, 11 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 12 1 event, 12 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 13 1 event, 13 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	2 events 14 2 events, 14 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena May 14 - May 23 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena As part of the Eastertide social media series Tomb to Mission, the Dioceses of Leeds Middlesbrough and Hallam will be hosting a Pentecost Novena. As we prepare to celebrate the great Feast of Pentecost, all parishioners are warmly invited to take part in the Novena, beginning on Thursday 14 May, when Bishop Marcus will be […]	3 events 15 3 events, 15 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough – Ruby Jubilee Mass May 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough – Ruby Jubilee Mass As Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Middlesbrough, Bishop Marcus will be celebrating Holy Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in our Sister Diocese in honour of the Cathedral's 40th Anniversary! Visit Middlesbrough Cathedral's YouTube channel for the livestream!	2 events 16 2 events, 16 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena	2 events 17 2 events, 17 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena
3 events 18 3 events, 18 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm Leeds International Organ Festival (LIOF) 2026 May 18 @ 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm Leeds International Organ Festival (LIOF) 2026 Join us at Leeds Cathedral for the Leeds International Organ Festival, featuring a series of recitals by outstanding organists from across the UK and around the world. Mondays 11 May to 13 July (no recital 25 May), 1.15pm, Leeds Cathedral – free entry. For more information visit https://www.leedsiof.org/home FREE	2 events 19 2 events, 19 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena	3 events 20 3 events, 20 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena 7:00 pm - 9:15 pm Care for Creation! Local screenings of ‘The People’s Emergency Briefing’ May 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:15 pm Care for Creation! Local screenings of ‘The People’s Emergency Briefing’ A message from our environmental collaborators at Climate Action Leeds! The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency. Yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives, our economy and our future. So much of what we do hear is either outdated or misinformed - and sometimes even […]	2 events 21 2 events, 21 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena	3 events 22 3 events, 22 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena 2026-05-22 Safeguarding Saints’ Days: St Rita Safeguarding Saints’ Days: St Rita May 22 Safeguarding Saints’ Days: St Rita St Rita of Cascia (1381-1457) became an Augustinian nun after being widowed. She had previously endured 18 years of marriage to a rich, but quick-tempered and violent husband. She prayed constantly for her husband to experience a change of heart - and he did. When he was later killed in a 'vendetta' or 'honour-feud', she […]	3 events 23 3 events, 23 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 2026-05-14 Tomb to Mission: a Pentecost Novena 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Knaresborough Choral Society Concert: Haydn ‘The Creation’ May 23 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Knaresborough Choral Society Concert: Haydn ‘The Creation’ The concert is part of Knaresborough Choral Society's 40th Anniversary celebrations - and it's conducted by one of our Diocesan Choral Directors, Daniel Rodriguez! Full details on the poster ... and as the venue is Ripon Cathedral, it's easily accessible by many people from our 'sister' Diocese of Middlesbrough!	1 event 24 1 event, 24 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!
1 event 25 1 event, 25 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 26 1 event, 26 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 27 1 event, 27 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	2 events 28 2 events, 28 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign! 9:45 am - 10:00 am BBC R4 Daily Service from our Diocese May 28 @ 9:45 am - 10:00 am BBC R4 Daily Service from our Diocese The BBC's Daily Service will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest. Recorded with the Leeds Cathedral Senior Girls' Choir and visiting singers from Vanderbilt University, conducted by Choral Director Amy Howe and accompanied on the organ by Benjamin Newlove. The presenter is Rowan […]	1 event 29 1 event, 29 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 30 1 event, 30 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!	1 event 31 1 event, 31 2026-05-01 Fund-raise for St Gemma’s Hospice ‘Go Purple’ Campaign!