Grace Thomas
@gracerethomas.bsky.social
Priest. Canon Missioner at Manchester Cathedral. Diocesan Environment Officer. Tutor at Luther King Centre. Researching Ecological Grief. Writes, reads occasionally on the radio. Manc/Welsh/Indian
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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20 years ago this week, Dean Rogers Govender was installed as the Dean of Manchester. We were delighted to be joined by many dignitaries from the city for the morning service.
The order of service included a hymn that the Dean requested for his installation - Beauty for Brokenness
The order of service included a hymn that the Dean requested for his installation - Beauty for Brokenness
January 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
20 years ago this week, Dean Rogers Govender was installed as the Dean of Manchester. We were delighted to be joined by many dignitaries from the city for the morning service.
The order of service included a hymn that the Dean requested for his installation - Beauty for Brokenness
The order of service included a hymn that the Dean requested for his installation - Beauty for Brokenness
Tomorrow's Daily Service is a delightful collaboration with the fabulous people at St. Ann's Church. Loved giving an Epiphany reflection about how Isaiah compels us to lift up our eyes and notice God's loving presence, even when under the darkest of skies
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BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Epiphany - Ancient Wisdom: Epiphany
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music from St Ann's Church, Manchester
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January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Tomorrow's Daily Service is a delightful collaboration with the fabulous people at St. Ann's Church. Loved giving an Epiphany reflection about how Isaiah compels us to lift up our eyes and notice God's loving presence, even when under the darkest of skies
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I love doing these walks. It's a great way to notice what is happening on our doorstep and to get to know one another! The walks planned for Winter/Spring are 2-3miles max and involve a cafe stop. All welcome! Details below
#Manchester #Walking #Parish
#Manchester #Walking #Parish
The parish walks are back! Booking isn't essential -helps keep people informed in case of changes
Tues 3rd Feb
Mon 2nd March
Mon 13th Apr
Thurs 14th May
All walks: 10am meet at South Entrance. Max 2 hr walk, with a cafe stop
Longer walks planned June -Aug
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cathedral-...
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Tues 3rd Feb
Mon 2nd March
Mon 13th Apr
Thurs 14th May
All walks: 10am meet at South Entrance. Max 2 hr walk, with a cafe stop
Longer walks planned June -Aug
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cathedral-...
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Cathedral parish walks Winter - Spring 2026
A 2hour walk in the city centre that will include a cafe stop! Anyone can come - booking helps in case the walk is cancelled
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I love doing these walks. It's a great way to notice what is happening on our doorstep and to get to know one another! The walks planned for Winter/Spring are 2-3miles max and involve a cafe stop. All welcome! Details below
#Manchester #Walking #Parish
#Manchester #Walking #Parish
Started the New Year by completing another stage of the #GMRingway @gojauntly.bsky.social
Absolute scenes
#ItsGrimUpNorth
Absolute scenes
#ItsGrimUpNorth
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Started the New Year by completing another stage of the #GMRingway @gojauntly.bsky.social
Absolute scenes
#ItsGrimUpNorth
Absolute scenes
#ItsGrimUpNorth
As it's still Christmas, getting the table ready for a celebration with friends! Curries on the menu tonight though!
#ItsStillChristmas #TenthDayOfChristmas
#ItsStillChristmas #TenthDayOfChristmas
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
As it's still Christmas, getting the table ready for a celebration with friends! Curries on the menu tonight though!
#ItsStillChristmas #TenthDayOfChristmas
#ItsStillChristmas #TenthDayOfChristmas
Well, it's fair to say my reading this year was quite broad, but a lot directed towards study!
#GoodreadsYearInBooks #BookSky
#GoodreadsYearInBooks #BookSky
December 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Well, it's fair to say my reading this year was quite broad, but a lot directed towards study!
#GoodreadsYearInBooks #BookSky
#GoodreadsYearInBooks #BookSky
I've spent the last four hours writing one paragraph on my thesis. Please tell me this is normal 😭
#StudentLife #Doctorate
#StudentLife #Doctorate
December 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I've spent the last four hours writing one paragraph on my thesis. Please tell me this is normal 😭
#StudentLife #Doctorate
#StudentLife #Doctorate
Just finished the e-version and WOW
Insightful exploration of creation language in the Hebrew Bible. Very helpful for exploring ecotheology and responding to the climate crisis
The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, NonHumans and the Living Landscape by Mari Joerstad
#booksky
Insightful exploration of creation language in the Hebrew Bible. Very helpful for exploring ecotheology and responding to the climate crisis
The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, NonHumans and the Living Landscape by Mari Joerstad
#booksky
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just finished the e-version and WOW
Insightful exploration of creation language in the Hebrew Bible. Very helpful for exploring ecotheology and responding to the climate crisis
The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, NonHumans and the Living Landscape by Mari Joerstad
#booksky
Insightful exploration of creation language in the Hebrew Bible. Very helpful for exploring ecotheology and responding to the climate crisis
The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, NonHumans and the Living Landscape by Mari Joerstad
#booksky
Catching up with Only Connect and got this by clue two
Never have I ever enjoyed getting a sequence right as much
#90sPopCulture
Never have I ever enjoyed getting a sequence right as much
#90sPopCulture
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Catching up with Only Connect and got this by clue two
Never have I ever enjoyed getting a sequence right as much
#90sPopCulture
Never have I ever enjoyed getting a sequence right as much
#90sPopCulture
'One of the saddest aspects of where we have reached as a Church, is the erosion of the witness of real lives and a disregard for the fear and distress our LGBTQI+ siblings live with'
Excellent address on loving thy neighbour by +Newcastle
www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/bishop-...
Excellent address on loving thy neighbour by +Newcastle
www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/bishop-...
Bishop Helen-Ann’s Presidential Address to Diocesan Synod - Newcastle Diocese
Over the past couple of months, one question has been something of a guiding light in my daily life and work: who is my neighbour? It’s a question asked of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. Jesus’ answer comes ...
www.newcastle.anglican.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
'One of the saddest aspects of where we have reached as a Church, is the erosion of the witness of real lives and a disregard for the fear and distress our LGBTQI+ siblings live with'
Excellent address on loving thy neighbour by +Newcastle
www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/bishop-...
Excellent address on loving thy neighbour by +Newcastle
www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/bishop-...
Such a gorgeous evening with some fabulous people, recording for BBC Radio 4xtra's Daily Services in Christmas week. Will also be broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester on Christmas Day
Big recommend - the music was incredible!
Big recommend - the music was incredible!
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Such a gorgeous evening with some fabulous people, recording for BBC Radio 4xtra's Daily Services in Christmas week. Will also be broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester on Christmas Day
Big recommend - the music was incredible!
Big recommend - the music was incredible!
Have managed to avoid the Black Friday sales but made use of the amazing 25% off interrail passes, ahead of a trip next year that has been in the planning for three years!!
So excited!
So excited!
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Have managed to avoid the Black Friday sales but made use of the amazing 25% off interrail passes, ahead of a trip next year that has been in the planning for three years!!
So excited!
So excited!
This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
6pm on the 1st of December and I'm already out because the teenager apparently has never heard this long held, deeply important tradition
#Whamageddon
#Whamageddon
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
6pm on the 1st of December and I'm already out because the teenager apparently has never heard this long held, deeply important tradition
#Whamageddon
#Whamageddon
Reposted by Grace Thomas
📢What's on this week📢
Handel - Messiah
Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the festive season.
📌 Saturday 6th December, 7pm @mancathedral.bsky.social
🎟️ manchesterbaroque.co.uk/whats-on/han...
Handel - Messiah
Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the festive season.
📌 Saturday 6th December, 7pm @mancathedral.bsky.social
🎟️ manchesterbaroque.co.uk/whats-on/han...
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📢What's on this week📢
Handel - Messiah
Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the festive season.
📌 Saturday 6th December, 7pm @mancathedral.bsky.social
🎟️ manchesterbaroque.co.uk/whats-on/han...
Handel - Messiah
Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the festive season.
📌 Saturday 6th December, 7pm @mancathedral.bsky.social
🎟️ manchesterbaroque.co.uk/whats-on/han...
I spent a number of years as a HIV nurse. By then, the meds meant people could live full lives, but the stigma still existed. And access to preventative measures & meds varies
This #WorldAidsDay, as I lead prayers at @mancathedral.bsky.social, I'll be praying for justice, awareness & reduced stigma
This #WorldAidsDay, as I lead prayers at @mancathedral.bsky.social, I'll be praying for justice, awareness & reduced stigma
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I spent a number of years as a HIV nurse. By then, the meds meant people could live full lives, but the stigma still existed. And access to preventative measures & meds varies
This #WorldAidsDay, as I lead prayers at @mancathedral.bsky.social, I'll be praying for justice, awareness & reduced stigma
This #WorldAidsDay, as I lead prayers at @mancathedral.bsky.social, I'll be praying for justice, awareness & reduced stigma
Enjoyed recording this one 'as live' with the Daily Service Singers. Reflecting on the call we all have to be active disciples in this season of expectant waiting
#Advent
BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah) share.google/dzHeQwmT1iCq...
#Advent
BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah) share.google/dzHeQwmT1iCq...
BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah)
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Reverend Grace Thomas.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Enjoyed recording this one 'as live' with the Daily Service Singers. Reflecting on the call we all have to be active disciples in this season of expectant waiting
#Advent
BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah) share.google/dzHeQwmT1iCq...
#Advent
BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah) share.google/dzHeQwmT1iCq...
I'm on a bus and there's a toddler saying hello to everyone who embarks
Everyone is saying a cheerful hello back
A young couple are engaged in a lengthy game of peek a boo with her while others smile and watch
Joy being shared by strangers
A simple blessing on a dull, rainy Saturday afternoon
Everyone is saying a cheerful hello back
A young couple are engaged in a lengthy game of peek a boo with her while others smile and watch
Joy being shared by strangers
A simple blessing on a dull, rainy Saturday afternoon
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm on a bus and there's a toddler saying hello to everyone who embarks
Everyone is saying a cheerful hello back
A young couple are engaged in a lengthy game of peek a boo with her while others smile and watch
Joy being shared by strangers
A simple blessing on a dull, rainy Saturday afternoon
Everyone is saying a cheerful hello back
A young couple are engaged in a lengthy game of peek a boo with her while others smile and watch
Joy being shared by strangers
A simple blessing on a dull, rainy Saturday afternoon
Was delighted that this was on the radio as I travelled this morning. Margery Kempe is such a fascinating woman
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
In Our Time - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism (Archive Episode) - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Was delighted that this was on the radio as I travelled this morning. Margery Kempe is such a fascinating woman
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Grace Thomas
⚠️ Following yesterday’s announcement by the Home Secretary to radically overhaul the UK asylum system, we condemn in the strongest terms the proposals made.
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
🧵1/4
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
🧵1/4
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
⚠️ Following yesterday’s announcement by the Home Secretary to radically overhaul the UK asylum system, we condemn in the strongest terms the proposals made.
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
🧵1/4
The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection.
🧵1/4
A year ago today I embarked on a 30 hour coach trip to Berlin. Berlin was amazing, and despite seriously questioning my life choices on the bus more than once, it hasn't completely put me off long distance coach travel!
#FlightFree #GreenTravel
#FlightFree #GreenTravel
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A year ago today I embarked on a 30 hour coach trip to Berlin. Berlin was amazing, and despite seriously questioning my life choices on the bus more than once, it hasn't completely put me off long distance coach travel!
#FlightFree #GreenTravel
#FlightFree #GreenTravel
Really enjoyed this gathering
The best bit was, as I said in my talk, the recognition that a #NetZero world can improve our standards of living & wellbeing
Not just by reducing bills, but also by sharing resources and connecting with our communities in ways that build friendship & neighbourliness
The best bit was, as I said in my talk, the recognition that a #NetZero world can improve our standards of living & wellbeing
Not just by reducing bills, but also by sharing resources and connecting with our communities in ways that build friendship & neighbourliness
Last night was our annual Our Faith Our Planet conference. Speakers shared perspectives from different faiths, read poems, gave updates on eco projects happening across Greater Manchester and delegates even had the opportunity to participate in a quiz!
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Really enjoyed this gathering
The best bit was, as I said in my talk, the recognition that a #NetZero world can improve our standards of living & wellbeing
Not just by reducing bills, but also by sharing resources and connecting with our communities in ways that build friendship & neighbourliness
The best bit was, as I said in my talk, the recognition that a #NetZero world can improve our standards of living & wellbeing
Not just by reducing bills, but also by sharing resources and connecting with our communities in ways that build friendship & neighbourliness
It's my rest day today and, apart from a long overdue coffee catch up with a friend, I think I'll binge watch Only Connect, presented by the most excellent Victoria Coren Mitchell
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's my rest day today and, apart from a long overdue coffee catch up with a friend, I think I'll binge watch Only Connect, presented by the most excellent Victoria Coren Mitchell