News Stories
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11 March 2025
LENT APPEAL: Supporting mission in the global Church
Some of the proceeds from the Bishop’s Lent Appeal this year will go towards the Anglican mission agency USPG. Our clergy and lay ministers had an excellent opportunity to hear more about their work during a Bishop’s Study Day held in our cathedral. Read more
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6 March 2025
LENT APPEAL: Donations will help those in poverty
Donations from our Bishop’s Lent Appeal this year will go towards the global charity Tearfund. One of the ways in which they help those in poverty is by offering training in how to create self-help groups. This means those such as Ferdinand in Rwanda and his colleagues can discover ways to help each other. Read more
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23 Sept. 2024
Visit helps to deepen Stockholm link
A three-day visit from our director of education has helped to deepen our diocese’s links with Stockholm. Read more
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22 Aug. 2024
Canadian sailors remembered with 80th anniversary service
Worshippers remembered those who died aboard a Canadian ship that sunk off the coast of the Isle of Wight 80 years ago. A total of 59 sailors died when HMCS Alberni was torpedoed by a German submarine on 21 August 1944. Eight decades later, a bench and a memorial were unveiled in the Peace Garden in the grounds of St Lawrence Old Church, overlooking the spot where those lives were sadly lost. Read more
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17 May 2024
Bishop meets Anglican brothers and sisters in Ghana
Bishop Jonathan spent 10 days in Ghana, meeting all 13 of the bishops who lead the Anglican Church there. He also visited churches, schools and communities across the country. It was his first visit as part of the Inter-Diocesan West Africa Link between Portsmouth diocese and the Anglican dioceses of Ghana Read more
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8 Feb. 2023
Seeing refugees in Poland was an eye-opener
Our refugee co-ordinator Maricar Jagger visited Poland to see for herself the conditions Ukrainian refugees endure before they reach us. She saw the cramped conditions and lack of privacy they have while they wait to be matched. Having helped to match 51 refugees with 22 families in our diocese, she's now hoping to match another 50 as the conflict in Ukraine continues. Read more
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16 March 2022
Churches offer prayer and practical help to those in Ukraine
Churches have collected items and donations for those suffering in the war in Ukraine, and held prayer meetings since the invasion started Read more
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26 Oct. 2021
Senior staff issue statement on our links with Ghana
Our commissary bishop and senior staff have issued a statement regarding our links with the Anglican Church in Ghana, and the support by Ghanaian bishops of a bill being proposed in the country's Parliament. Read more
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16 March 2020
Bishop and former Archbishop pray for action on climate change
Bishop Christopher and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, joined other bishops, peers and MPs to pray for action on climate change at a vigil outside the Houses of Parliament Read more
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19 Sept. 2019
Mothers’ Union delegates come to Portsmouth
Representatives from Mothers’ Union groups from across the UK and beyond came to Portsmouth for their annual general meeting. Their time in our city also included two special Eucharists in our cathedral Read more