On 18 July 2023, the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence of Carla Foster to 14 months suspended, following her earlier imprisonment for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her [...]
The sun is shining down on the group of Parishioners, Priests and Seminarians all led by Bishop Philip Egan on this year’s Diocese pilgrimage to Lourdes. Having flown direct from [...]
The Reverend Dr Robert Billing has been appointed the new Rector of the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham in Norfolk. He will serve for a five-year term [...]
The Maryvale Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (HIRS) is the only ecclesial institute of this kind in the English-speaking world. The Ecclesiastical BDiv is a five-year part-time, collaborative-learning degree programme in [...]
An exciting opportunity has arisen for UK Catholics today, following the release of a unique invitation to engage with the eminent evangelist, speaker and author, Sherry Weddell. The best-selling writer [...]
As Seafarers Sunday on 9th July approaches we remember the fantastic work of our Catholic Maritime Charity Stella Maris. “The seafarers had several shopping trolleys filled with fresh fruit and [...]
Havant Passion Play (HPP) is seeking the right person to play the part of Jesus in its outdoor performances in Staunton Country Park this summer. The production company is made [...]
The Catholic Union will be hosting a webinar with His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Chris Trott, next month. The webinar is taking place on Thursday 13 July from [...]
The storm clouds parted over Winchester and radiant sunshine shone down on the beautiful St Peter’s Church for the Diocesan Evangelisation team summer social. Representatives from Caritas, the Bamenda Committee, [...]
A splendid Corpus Christi procession was held after our 10am mass on Sunday at Sacred Heart Hook. The Blessed Sacrament was carried by Fr John Chadwick who led us from [...]
Bishop Philip Egan today celebrated the annual Diocese Schools Mass at St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth with over forty school's attending from across the Diocese. The theme was "Making Peace with [...]
Mary Lee is the Acting Chair & Secretary of the Portsmouth Bamenda Committee hear her thoughts on The Day of the African Child 2023 and the good work that her [...]
The Minister responsible for higher education in England has expressed his concern at the results from a recent Catholic Union survey on faith in the workplace. Writing to the Catholic [...]
Thank you for your prayers. This year's Diocesan Discernment Conference was very fruitful and I thank Canon Gerard Flynn and Fr. John Cooke for their work, and thanks to the [...]
The Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth would like to express thanks to the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) for this thorough and comprehensive Review, which identifies learning at both a local [...]
The Little Chapel in Guernsey is famous as one of the smallest and yet most ornate chapels in the world. It was created and largely built by just one man, [...]
Many congratulations to Canon Peter Wilkie who has just celebrated his 70th anniversary of ordination as a priest! Canon Peter was ordained on 4th June 1953 at St Agatha’s in Kingston-on-Thames [...]
Andover Foodbank winners of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2022 (now King’s Award for Voluntary Service), were offered two places to a Royal Garden Party. So that all their [...]
Global Parents Day is one of those days most of us have not yet heard about, but it sits alongside Mother’s Day and Father’s day as an international day of [...]
The Portsmouth World Youth Day pilgrimage group are getting really excited for their departure for Lisbon on Monday 31st July. They have been meeting regularly to get to know one [...]
Congratulations to Portsmouth Seminarian Ryan Browne (centre), who was admitted as a Candidate for Holy Orders (Candidacy) by Bishop Paul Tighe (Dicastery for Culture and Education) during Mass at the Venerable English [...]
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 [...]
"Laudato Si" Week runs from 21-28th May and celebrates the 8th anniversary of the publication "Laudato Si" by Pope Francis, a letter to all humanity inviting us to come together [...]
We are proud to announce that St Joseph’s Church, Newbury, has been awarded Grade II Listed status by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and has been [...]
At a special Mass to welcome the new Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, Cardinal Vincent Nichols described the Catholics of England and Wales as "a faithful people" with a "depth [...]
Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Brian Croughan, who died on 29th April 2023. He was a priest of our diocese for almost [...]
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 [...]
Caritas Portsmouth supports parishes and schools to become the ‘church beyond walls’ to help met the needs in our local communities. Our volunteer team helps make this happen, by running [...]
Coronation celebrations were held across the nation over the weekend, and St Michael and All Angels, Leigh Park was no different. Over 120 members of the congregation and local community [...]
Congratulations must go to Fr Paul Leonard, Parish Priest of St Joseph’s Basingstoke who ran the London Marathon in an amazing 3 hours and 23 minutes in the pouring rain [...]
