{"id":47862,"date":"2026-08-31T11:39:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47862"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:39:05","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-parish-priest-speaks-of-blitz-spirit-after-fire-devastates-leicester-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47862","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Parish priest speaks of \u2018Blitz spirit\u2019 after fire devastates Leicester church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:St_Andrews_Church_on_Jarrom_Street%2C_Leicester_%28geograph_4400298%29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/960px-St_Andrews_Church_on_Jarrom_Street2C_Leicester_28geograph_440029829.jpg\" alt=\"File:St Andrews Church on Jarrom Street, Leicester (geograph 4400298).jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47863\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4109347442680775;width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/960px-St_Andrews_Church_on_Jarrom_Street2C_Leicester_28geograph_440029829.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/960px-St_Andrews_Church_on_Jarrom_Street2C_Leicester_28geograph_440029829-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/960px-St_Andrews_Church_on_Jarrom_Street2C_Leicester_28geograph_440029829-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:St_Andrews_Church_on_Jarrom_Street%2C_Leicester_%28geograph_4400298%29.jpg\">Mat Fascione\u00a0\/\u00a0St Andrew&#8217;s Church on Jarrom Street, Leicester <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Church Times<\/u><\/em> reports that Canon Johannes Arens has confirmed the fire at St Andrew\u2019s Jarrom Street in Leicester was an accident and not a result of arson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Church Times<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The roof of St Andrew\u2019s, Jarrom Street, a 160-year-old church in Leicester, was \u2018severely damaged\u2019 by a fire discovered late on Tuesday night last week (News, 31 July)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parish priest, Canon Johannes Arens, told the Church Times\u2026 \u2018The whole community is in shock, but we are discovering our own \u2018Blitz spirit\u2019. We will rebuild our beautiful church. I don\u2019t yet know what funds we will need, but I am incredibly thankful to all those who are already coming forward..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/7-august\/news\/uk\/parish-priest-speaks-of-blitz-spirit-after-fire-devastates-leicester-church\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Mat Fascione\u00a0\/\u00a0St Andrew&#8217;s Church on Jarrom Street, Leicester CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Church Times reports that Canon Johannes Arens has confirmed the fire at St Andrew\u2019s Jarrom Street in Leicester was an accident and not a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47862\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47864,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47862\/revisions\/47864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}