• 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 [...]

  • Hello, It has been the great privilege and joy of my life to know that God has called me and that I have heard and responded to His call. [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Stella Maris is delighted to invite sick, retired and active seafarers, fishers and their families from the UK and EU to join the charity on its inaugural Stella Maris Lourdes Pilgrimage, [...]

  • “Hope, sustained by God’s love poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, turns human hearts into fertile soil where charity for the life of the world can blossom.” Pope [...]

  • Each year on the first Sunday of November we celebrate the link between our diocese and the archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon. It is a time where we also ask [...]

  • This World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV is calling on parishes across the Portsmouth Diocese to support Missio, his chosen charity for World Mission. Missio ignites God’s love by [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • On Monday 29 September, Bishop Philip welcomed Mr Matt Woods, the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon, to the Diocese to recognise the link between the Catholic Diocese [...]

  • The text below was taken from e-news. Totton parishioner Clare Dickinson reports on the celebrations on Saturday 13th September of the centenary of the opening of the church of St [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • The Centenary of the Fatima Five First Saturdays devotion takes place this year, 2025, and as part of the celebrations, the World Apostolate of Fatima in England and Wales is [...]