• Fishers arriving in the United Kingdom to earn a living can sometimes find themselves in extremely vulnerable situations. Some are exploited, abused, not paid their agreed wage, or even denied [...]

  • Diocesan Formation Days for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and for Readers – May and October 2025 Fr Anthony Fyk, Director of Liturgy Formation, will be running further formation days for [...]

  • To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the publication of Laudato Si’ by Pope Francis, on Saturday 10th May, 10am-1pm, CAFOD and CARITAS in Portsmouth are holding a joint event at St Peter’s, [...]

  • To celebrate Youth Week in the Jubilee Year 2025, Bishop Philip is inviting anyone who is 17+ to take part in the Diocese of Portsmouth Youth Pilgrimage to Rome. The [...]

  • The Diocese is keen to gather feedback from you about the current website, so that your views can help ensure that a revised site meets your needs and expectations. If [...]

  • The new Ordo for the 2024-2025 liturgical year is available to view.

  • Quarr Abbey Art Gallery:  January 16 – February 25, 2025 Gallery opening hours: 10am (11am on Sundays) – 4pm daily Free admission. Donations are welcome. The year 2032 will be [...]

  • Tuesday 3 December is Giving Tuesday (https://www.givingtuesday.org.uk/): a day that encourages people to do good. Created in 2012, over the last decade this idea has grown into a global movement [...]

  • Location: Andover Hours of Work: 25 per week (Monday to Friday) Type of Contract: Permanent Salary: c. £26,000 £20 per hour   The Andover Foodbank was started in 2006 to provide emergency food [...]

  • On Friday 29th November, MPs voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will now face many [...]

  • Management Accountant Hours of Work: 37.5 per week (Monday to Friday) Type of Contract: Permanent The successful post-holder will be part of our Diocesan Finance Team reporting to the Head of Finance [...]

  • The Administrator will be a member of the Catholic Academies and Schools Office, working collaboratively with the Diocesan Director of Education and team members to provide administrative and governance support. [...]

  • This Sunday 8 September, at the end of the first week of the new academic year, we celebrate Education Sunday. Our Catholic schools are a key element of the vitality [...]

  • The unrest of the last few days across the towns and cities of our land has been unsettling and we rightly pray for an end to violence and destruction. The [...]

  • Ahead of their ordination to the Diaconate in St John’s Cathedral on Saturday 27th July, Deacon in training Stephen Patterson reflects on the five-year journey he and fellow deacon in [...]

  • On the Memorial of St Henry, 13th July 2024, Bishop Philip Egan ordained two men to the priesthood to serve in the Diocese of Portsmouth.  St John’s Cathedral was full [...]

  • Sometimes even the most modest of funding can make the world of difference. This month, Becky's Café, at the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph's parish in Christchurch has been awarded [...]

  • Parishes across the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth will be holding Second Collections this Sunday 14th July to mark Sea Sunday. The Collections will be for Stella Maris (the Apostleship of [...]

  • The Diocese has been made aware by the States of Jersey police that one of our priests, Father Peter Glas, has been charged with 10 offences against a minor. The [...]

  • In the first audit of its safeguarding practice, the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth has received an overall assessment of ‘Results Being Achieved’ from the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA). ‍In [...]

  • Bournemouth Oratory Sacred Heart Church in the heart of the town centre serves a demographically diverse community with specific issues around poverty, homelessness and social isolation, which presents several distinct [...]

  • In last year’s Annual Report, we featured news of the creation of a Refugee Sanctuary Hub at St Peter’s Church, Winchester. The Hub was born out of parishioner response to [...]

  • Walking outdoors has proven long-term improvements for emotional and mental health, as well as bringing about a reduced risk of depression and higher levels of happiness and self-esteem. Coinciding with [...]

  • Across the Philippine archipelago, a tradition known as Flores de Mayo, a daily offering of flowers to Mary is observed throughout the month of May. Typically, the celebration culminates with [...]

  • Last year Pope Francis announced Friday that the Catholic Church will celebrate its first World Day of Children in May 2024. Speaking in his Angelus address on Dec. 8 to [...]

  • Congratulations to the Parish of Holy Family Southampton (Southampton Central Pastoral Area) which has been awarded a £20,000 grant by the Greendale Charitable Trust (https://www.greendalegroup.com/charitable-giving) that will ensure much-needed and [...]

  • The Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse is observed on Tuesday 30th April 2024. It is always marked on the Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter [...]

  • Critical Conversations into Critical Care Over 100 people from around the country packed into the auditorium of Winchester Arc Centre last Saturday for the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth’s What does [...]

  • Father Johnpromise Umeozuru discusses the Closer to Christ campaign with parishioners at Holy Trinity, Church Crookham. Diocesan Fundraising Campaign breaks all records The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth is celebrating the [...]

  • The new Ordo for the Liturgical Year 2023 - 2024 is now available to view on this website.