We are a community of faith. We are Catholic. We live in, work in and serve the local communities across Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.
The Bishop is the “Chief Shepherd” of the Diocese: he is appointed to govern, teach and guide the priests and people of the diocese.
Our mission is to live out our Catholic faith and through witness and example bring people closer to Jesus Christ through His Church.
The parish lies at the heart of every community. Families, churches, schools, chaplaincies to hospitals and prisons. Parishes provide an inclusive hub for people of all walks of life to journey together in faith and to reach out to the wider community to serve in social action.
Young people are visible in the Church. They are involved in parish life, school and university communities and the wider community, witnessing to their relationship with Jesus Christ. The Diocese supports young people to respond to the invitation of faith in various ways.
The fast pace of today's world often has us rushing through our daily life, with little direction or thought as to the kind of life we should be leading. Fortunately, the Catholic faith provides us with a solid moral compass and many great role models to help us find our way.
Got Questions? We believe that everyone should have the chance to explore the Christian faith, ask questions and discover their purpose in life.
Whether you want to offer your time and talents or support our vital work financially, it's all part of Christian Stewardship and you can really make a difference.
Good communication is really important to us. Whether it's sharing the impact of our community projects and sharing the witness of inspiring individuals, or reaching out to collaborate and dialogue with groups and individuals, and providing resources to enable others, we want to build long lasting effective relationships and help people to develop their faith journey.
To equip and ensure that our parishes meet the challenges of the New Evangelisation, many of them are embarking on a process of parish renewal. This process of renewal is unique to each parish. However, many of the attributes that need to be developed are common, for example, the development of a parish vision and the establishment of a leadership group to support the priest. To work their way through this process of change, some of our parishes have implemented the Divine Renovation process and others use a similar process.
Divine Renovation has a simple goal: to inspire and equip parishes to be missionary and through them bring people to Jesus. It aims to accomplish this through events, resources and hands-on coaching.
Divine Renovation exists to inspire, connect, and equip priests and their parishes to go from maintenance to mission; for every Catholic parish to be a place where people can come and have their lives transformed by entering into a relationship with Jesus.
Divine Renovation’s vision for the UK is to inspire, connect and create community among a network of parishes intentionally pursuing mission, through the best of leadership principles, in the power of the Holy Spirit and that’s our vision too!
In the 4 years since parishes have started implementing Divine Renovation principles, we are seeing parishes bearing fruit as lives are transformed. Divine Renovation is currently connected with around 500 UK parishes – from parish leadership teams receiving one-to-one coaching, to cohorts of priests experiencing Kickstart; and from parishes in group coaching, to those curious to learn more.
For more information about Divine Renovation click here – https://www.divinerenovation.org/united-kingdom
If you would like to visit one of our parishes that are involved with Divine Renovation, please follow this link.
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