4 May 2026

40th May Fayre

Join us at St Mary’s Church for the May Bank Holiday, from 10am - 4pm. As always, there will be fairground rides and stalls for young people, a series of impressive music and dance performances, and a host of independent businesses selling food, crafts and bric-a-brac. Read more

9 May 2026

in Training

It’s Your Call roadshow

If you are sensing a call to serve God as a LLM/Reader, Pioneer, Youth Minister, Anna Chaplain, Evangelist, Lay Pastoral Assistant, Lay Worship Leader, Lay Preacher, or as an ordained Priest, or even as part of a religious community, then please join us at one of our roadshows in Portsmouth or on the Isle of Wight. Read more

20 May 2026

in Training

Clergy Financial Planning Seminar

The aim of this seminar is to help clergy (and their partners) at all stages of their ministry, demystify financial matters, and to help you plan for your financial future no matter how far you may be from retirement. Read more

31 May 2026

in Worship

Licensing of the Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight

Choral Evensong at our cathedral, including the licensing of the Ven Barry Dugmore as the new Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight Read more

13 Jun 2026

in Boards, Synods & Committees

Diocesan Synod

Meeting of our Diocesan Synod. Read more

20 Jun 2026

in Worship

Readers licensing service

Six new Readers, and on LLM Pioneer, will be licensed to serve in parishes across our diocese. Read more

29 Jun 2026

in Boards, Synods & Committees

Archdeacon’s Visitation | Portsmouth

Once a year, churchwardens from each parish spend an evening with their local Archdeacon, talking as a group and individually about how things are going in their churches. Read more