St Peter’s Church in Winchester warmly invites people of all faiths and none to experience the building transformed into a place of beauty, hope and wonder. Through illuminations, live music, [...]
The Columbans in Britain have launched their next Schools Competition 2025/26, which has the theme: Becoming a refugee is never a choice. But how we respond is.” It is a [...]
On Monday 8th December, St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Maidenhead Lower Junior Choir, had the opportunity to perform at Windsor Castle for all the visitors. The children were supported [...]
Are you a Catholic currently teaching in a non-Catholic school? Have you considered applying for a post in one of our schools but are unsure how they are different and [...]
Bishop Philip Egan welcomes the new appointment of Right Reverend Richard Moth as Archbishop of Westminster. His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Right Reverend Richard Moth as Archbishop [...]
Read or watch Bishop Philip's newest pastoral letter. The letter can be read in full here or watched here. For more information on the event being organised by the Bishop, [...]
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales and Birmingham Newman University are conducting research into Neurodiversity and our Faith. If you're an adult neurodivergent Catholic or a Caregiver of [...]
Thank you for all the wonderful donations received for Bamenda Sunday. They help fund projects to support our brothers and sisters in Bamenda who are impacted by the continuing civil [...]
Being at sea over the Christmas period is a tough reality many seafarers and fishers face, often under challenging conditions. They miss spending this special time of the year with [...]
Bishop Philip wrote on e-news:On Sunday 30th November, we celebrated a special Sung Vespers in the cathedral for the First Sunday of Advent. Afterwards we had a gathering of parish [...]
The new Ordo has now been published. It can be accessed by searching "Ordo 2025 - 2026" or by clicking in the button below. Ordo 2025 - 2026 [...]
This Saturday 18th October is Anti-Slavery Day and we are launching our Modern Slavery Statement. Modern Slavery was described by Pope Francis as a “crime against humanity”. It exists in [...]
Each year, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (4-5 October 2025) invites us to express our Christian concern, care and solidarity with migrants and refugees. It offers us a [...]
PORTSMOUTH’s two bishops have issued a statement on immigration and asylum in the wake of protests outside a Southsea hotel. The Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, Church of England Bishop of [...]
The Season of Creation runs from 1st September – 4th October. A time renew our relationship with our Creator and all of creation, through celebration, conversion and commitment. This guide [...]
This text was taken from Bishop Philip's weekly newsletter. To keep up to speed with what happens in the Diocese, you can subscribe to the e-news through here.Over these last weeks [...]
On Saturday, 19th July 2025, we gathered in St John's Cathedral as Fr Ryan Browne was ordained to the priesthood, a significant milestone marking the beginning of his ministry. [...]
The below text was taken from Bishop Philip's e-news. You can access it here . "Congratulations to my predecessor, Bishop Crispian! Friday 11th July is his 60th anniversary of [...]
“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” (1 Peter 4:10) The Bishop is inviting applications from people [...]
Pope Francis 1936 - 2025 Requiescat in Pace Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s [...]
Bishop Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, has released a statement following the conviction of Father Piotr (Peter) Glas. Click here to read the statement.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On Sunday 10th September Bishop Philip Egan published his Pastoral Letter to be read in all churches and chapels of the Diocese of Portsmouth on 10th September 2023, the Twenty-Third Sunday of the [...]
Over the last three to four years, we have been discussing the future of the Diocese and our ten-year mission plan You Will Be My Witnesses. The mission plan revolves around [...]
If you have ever visited St John’s Catholic Cathedral in Portsmouth or have even just sat in traffic outside the amazing building, you will have looked up and seen above [...]
Bishop Paul McAleenan, Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has made a statement supporting the Archbishop of Canterbury’s comments in The [...]
This Friday, 19th May 2023, is the Feast of the Dedication of our Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist here in Portsmouth. It is in fact the 141st anniversary [...]
The service on Saturday will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and will mark the beginning of a long weekend of celebrations across the land, including a Coronation Concert [...]
