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Rainbow Church Service for Bereaved Mums
St Swithun’s Church in Nately Scures has held its first Rainbow service to provide support and comfort to mothers who have experienced the profound grief of losing a child....
All Saints Milford on Sea Talks About Death and Life
All Saints Church Milford has been running a ‘Death and Life’ course, giving people a safe space to explore and discuss the practical, emotional and spiritual aspects of dying....
Bishop Philip Pays Tribute to ‘A Good Man, Full of the Holy Spirit and of Faith’
The Holy Eucharist and Funeral Service for The Revd Canon Gary Philbrick took place yesterday, Thursday 8th August, at Winchester Cathedral. People travelled from all over the diocese and...
St Mary’s Church South Baddesley Hold Funeral for 16th Century Man ‘Known Only to God’
The community at St Mary the Virgin in South Baddesley has hosted a moving funeral service for a 16th century man whose skeletal remains were found on a beach...
Avon Valley Churches Launch New Miscarriage Support Group
Avon Valley Community Matters, the charity set up and run by the members of Avon Valley Churches to be the community outreach arm of the church, has recently begun...
Tribute to the Revd Canon Peter Seal
It was with great sadness that we recently announced the death of the Revd Canon Peter Seal who died last week after a short, serious illness. Peter served in...
Learnings From the Period of National Mourning
Churches across our diocese played an essential part, and worked really hard, in supporting people in their grief and remembrance following the death of Her Majesty the Queen –...
Images from Services of Commemoration From Across Our Diocese on the Death of Her Majesty the Queen
Winchester Cathedral © Harvey Mills 2022 St Mary’s, Southampton St Michaels, Basingstoke © Harvey Mills 2022
Letter of Condolence on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The letter reads: Sir On behalf of the Diocese of Winchester, I wish to express my deep sadness at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our parishes,...