Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth

Living our Faith

Living Our Faith Continues Success,
with Parishes Across the Diocese Raising over £11.7 Million!

Thanks to the hard work of clergy and volunteers, even more parishes are surpassing their Living Our Faith goals, helping propel the Campaign to more success. Below Are some Good News stories from across the Diocese:

• Living Our Faith was brought to a successful conclusion at St Margaret Mary Parish in Park Gate. After a wonderful Commitment Weekend the campaign pledging reached a total of £149,028—this puts the parish at 141% of their target. Congratulations to Fr John Cooke, Stan Wall (campaign administrator) and the volunteers!
  
  
• Commitment Weekend went extremely well at Our Lady Queen of Peace parish in Bournemouth, raising £35,600 or 41% of their goal over Saturday and Sunday. The outcome is that their Living Our Faith total moved to £105,000 thanks to the generosity of parishioners who responded to the leadership of Father Gerald Onyejuluwa, assisted by Pete Hartley, campaign administrator, and a very committed group of volunteers chaired by Hugh Parry. Having raised 125% of their goal means that they will be able to retain £37,250 for their pressing local needs.
  
  
• Commitment Weekends at both English Martyrs parish in Didcot and at St John The Evangelist in Wallingford (the two parishes of Fr David O’Sullivan) were very successful. The total raised by these two parishes in the Living Our Faith effort is £87,958 and £68,980 respectively —this represents 110% and 125% of their goals. As a result of their Commitment Weekends £36,388 were raised at English Martyrs parish and £20,500 at St John’s.
  
  
• St Joseph’s in Basingstoke had a lot of success at their Commitment Weekend. Their parish has now raised a total of £131,229 or 105% of their goal from 77 gifts. Congratulations to Father Mark Hogan and his team!
  
  
• The team at St Thomas More, Twyford successfully finished their Living Our Faith Campaign with an amazing Commitment Weekend. Having already gone over goal, they raised a further 30% of their target to finish with £143,000 or 130% of their target. Congratulations to Father Vincent Flanagan and all the team!
  
  
• Father Chris Whelan at St John Bosco, Woodley and his team went over goal this week, with a total of £87,718 raised from 43 pledges. With their Commitment Weekend to go, their Living Our Faith efforts should end on a high note!