Join us in prayer for the Holy Land The rapidly escalating and degenerating situation in Israel and Palestine awakens within us our deep compassion for our brothers and sisters of [...]
We shall be celebrating Bamenda Sunday in the Diocese on 5th November, when we shall be giving thanks for our link with the Archdiocese of Bamenda and for the ministry [...]
The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth was honoured at the prestigious South Coast Tech Awards this year, thanks to the outstanding talent and contribution of one of its employees. The judging [...]
A team of expert speakers, some of whom are internationally recognised, is lined up for Portsmouth Diocese’s first inter-religious dialogue conference, to be held on November 4, 2023 at St. [...]
A message from Cardinal Vincent Nichols ‘As President of Pact, I invite you to join with me in supporting Prisoners’ Sunday on 8th October 2023. Pact is the national Catholic [...]
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 [...]
Our Second Collection on Sunday 17th September 2023 is for Home Mission. Evangelisation is an essential work of the Church. At all levels, and through every avenue we can utilize, [...]
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Charity. The United Nations established the day to promote and encourage charity across the globe. It also commemorates the death anniversary of Mother [...]
The Second Collection on Sunday 10th September is for Education Sunday and is for the Catholic Education Service. Catholic schools make up 10% of the national total of maintained schools in [...]
Parishioners may like to listen to an interview by Fr James McAuley, Dean of the St John’s Catholic Cathedral, as he talks to the Portsmouth News about the restoration project for the [...]
The Season of Creation starts this Friday, 1st September, with an online global ecumenical prayer service starting at 2pm. You can join the service via the Season of Creation website. [...]
If you want to meet someone bursting with spiritual enthusiasm, you should talk with Christ the King and St. Colman parishioner Russ Fairman. Just six weeks after having sailed back [...]
This summer, Blouin Scholar students from Walsh University (a Catholic University in North Canton, Ohio) travelled to London with the aim of assisting Catholic dioceses in England including the Catholic [...]
Prisoners’ Sunday falls this year on 8 October. With the support of Liaison Bishop for Prisons Richard Moth, Pact invites parishes across England and Wales to bring people in prison, [...]
The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) has commissioned the services of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to review the national safeguarding policies and procedures. As a Regulated Affiliate [...]
Each and every one of us is made in the image and likeness of Christ. Yet each of us has been given a special role to play in our lives [...]
Jenny LeLean, Head of Charity, Caritas Portsmouth reminds us that The Season of Creation will soon be upon us once again… The Season of Creation runs from 1st September to [...]
Migration is very topical at the moment as we hear daily in the news about boats crossing the Channel, the illegal migration bill or about the barge in Portland. This [...]
For the first time since the Pandemic, St. Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School previously Convent school, in Slough is hosting a reunion on Saturday September 2nd at 6:30pm for all past [...]
It is so disappointing that the Illegal Immigration Bill will now become law. It effectively closes the door to nearly all people who seek to claim asylum as they escape war [...]
Our World Youth Day pilgrims have been met with glorious sunshine in Lisbon for World Youth Day 2023. The Holy Father, Pope Francis will lead parts of the programme throughout [...]
The legacies of Saint John Paul II and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be passed to the next generation of youth this summer through an American non-profit organization, the John [...]
Today I am happy to announce the new clergy appointments effective from 8th September 2023, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I would like to express [...]
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 [...]
The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the approval by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales for the new Lectionary. The Lectionary, which [...]
Our warmest Congratulations and prayers go to our newest Priest, Fr David Bateman, ordained to the Sacred Priesthood by Bishop Philip Egan on Saturday at St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth. Rev [...]
The Illegal Migration Bill will now become law after a series of votes in the House of Lords failed to result in further modern slavery protections and child detention limits. [...]
“His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50) Dear brothers and sisters! “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50). This is the theme of the Third World Day, [...]
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 [...]
