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St Clements Boscombe Sees God at Work Through its Kids’ Breakfasts Scheme
St Clements Church in Boscombe is situated in an area of significant poverty. In March last year the community started providing breakfasts each Thursday morning for children on their...
Safeguarding Officers Share Experiences of Safeguarding Sunday
Safeguarding Sunday is an awareness campaign spearheaded by Christian charity Thirtyone:eight, which encourages churches to speak openly about safeguarding and help protect vulnerable people. Defending the rights of vulnerable...
Archbishop Justin Encourages Diocese to “Share the Good News” at Cathedral Eucharist
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby, addressed people from across the Diocese of Winchester who gathered for a Service of Morning Prayer and Eucharist this morning,...
Encouraging Report from the Creation Care and Sustainable Buildings Day
On Saturday 19 October, over 70 people gathered at Christ Church Winchester for the diocesan Creation Care and Sustainable Buildings Day. It was an opportunity to consider God’s call...
Celebrating the Service of Consecration for Our New Bishop Rhiannon
The new Bishop of Southampton, the Rt Revd Rhiannon King, was consecrated as bishop at a service held at Canterbury Cathedral last Friday 18th October. Many representatives from our...
Bishop of Winchester Writes to Clergy About Assisted Suicide
Bishop Philip wrote to clergy in our diocese last week regarding the passage of legislation relating to assisted suicide currently under debate. The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd...
Update on Bishop’s Review of Winchester Cathedral
23 October 2024 In June this year, the Bishop of Winchester commissioned a review of Winchester Cathedral under the terms of the Cathedrals’ Measure 2021. Bishop Philip appointed Patti...
New Rector of Beaulieu Abbey Church Joins Quiz on Local BBC Radio
The new rector of Beaulieu Abbey church was invited on to BBC Radio Solent’s “Tomorrow’s news today” programme to answer a quiz question – ‘how many times is the...
Celebrating the Licensing of Over 70 Lay Ministers
The annual diocesan Lay-Licensing service took place at Winchester Cathedral on Saturday 12th October. In a beautiful service of praise and worship, 8 people from across the diocese became...