News Stories
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7 Oct. 2025
in EnvironmentSolar panels installed at Southsea church
Solar panels have been installed on the roof of St Jude’s Church in Southsea – to help reduce carbon emissions and to save money on energy costs. The 36 panels should save the church at least £300 a month in energy costs, and will prevent three tons of CO2 entering the atmosphere each year. Read more
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6 Oct. 2025
Family-friendly Barn Church is launched
Dozens of worshippers have started to come to ‘Barn Church’ – a new style of church service aimed at those living in the Meon Valley. They meet every Sunday morning in the Soberton guide hut for coffee and pastries, worship, discussion, prayer and family-friendly activities. It’s one of several new congregations launched this Autumn across our diocese Read more
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3 Oct. 2025
in GeneralBishop welcomes new Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop Jonathan today welcomed the announcement that the Rt Rev Sarah Mullally is to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury will be the first woman to hold the role. Read more
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26 Sept. 2025
in GeneralSafeguarding conference examines trauma
Dozens of parish safeguarding officers, clergy and other church staff attended the fourth annual Safeguarding Conference, held at St Luke’s Church, Southsea. They heard from speakers about trauma-informed care, about the theology of trauma and about aspects of mental health. Read more
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26 Sept. 2025
in GeneralAmbitious Remembrance project to help us remember
An ambitious Remembrance project will help us to remember those who made sacrifices to preserve our freedoms. Christ Church Portsdown will host the event, which will include thousands of poppies cascading inside and outside the church, stories of wartime evacuees, and an exhibition within the church. The church site, on London Road, includes a military cemetery where those who died in the First and Second World Wars are buried. Read more
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23 Sept. 2025
in GeneralPrison chaplaincy can be a godsend
The chaplains based at HM Prison Isle of Wight offer regular Sunday services, pastoral care, Bible studies and help with bereavement issues. Every Sunday there is a Eucharistic service in both chapels, on the Parkhurst site and on the Albany site, led by one of the two Anglican chaplains on site. Around 30 inmates attend each. Read more
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17 Sept. 2025
in GeneralIndependent audit praises safeguarding in diocese and cathedral
An independent audit has praised the transformation of the safeguarding culture within our diocese and our cathedral over recent years. The report, by independent safeguarding group INEQE, was published after a digital survey earlier in the year and a week-long in-person visit in June. The audit said that our diocese had gone through “a substantial and positive transformation in its safeguarding culture, establishing a firmly embedded and robust framework.” Read more
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15 Sept. 2025
in GeneralLaunch of exciting new heritage film for 1,000-year-old church
One of Hampshire’s oldest churches – St Hubert’s at Idsworth – is now using modern technology to tell its fascinating story for all its many visitors to enjoy. Read more
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11 Sept. 2025
in EnvironmentChurches encouraged to switch to green energy to care for creation
This Creationtide, the Dioceses of Chichester, Guildford and Portsmouth are joining the call for churches to switch to a green energy tariff to help reduce their carbon emissions. Read more
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5 Sept. 2025
in General“My family has flashbacks when protesters surround hotel”
A churchgoing asylum seeker says his family live in fear when protesters chant outside the hotel they have been placed in. He has revealed something of what life is like when waiting in a hotel for an asylum claim to be processed. Read more