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Formation
Jo Wood
Readers Formation Day

On Saturday 28th February 2026 a group of over 35 parish readers gathered in our church hall for a formation day.  We welcomed Mary Rouse from the Society of Saint Gregory who led the day. In the morning Mary gave some background about recent changes that have taken place, in

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RCIA
Jo Wood
RCIA – Rite of Election

On Saturday 21st February 2026 our two catechumens Keeley and Owen, and our candidates Daniel, Carla, Luca, Elliott, Matthew and Michael were presented to Bishop Philip at the Rite of Election in the Cathedral.   Read a full report from the Bishop in Portsmouth e-News. Read about the experience of one

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Parish
Paul Bryanhill
Annual Parish Meeting

On Sunday 15th February 2026, straight after the 10.30am Mass, we held our annual parish meeting in the Hall.  The meeting was introduced by Paul Bryanhill, Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council. Paul Swallow, Chair of the Finance Committee presented the year’s accounts and gave a short finance report before

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Parish
Jo Wood
Lenten Soup Lunch & CAFOD Fast Day

Our first Lenten Soup Lunch (pictured) was held in the Hall on Friday 20th February 2026.  We enjoyed homemade soup (leek and potato) freshly cooked by Martin Wood.  A simple but very tasty lunch in good company and with donations to CAFOD. During Lent we are asked to help those

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Formation
Jo Wood
PPC Formation Morning

The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) met together for a morning of formation on Saturday 31st January 2026.  We were very fortunate to have Fr Tony Fernandes (known to us all as ‘Fr T’) with us and he spoke beautifully and inspiringly about the Salesian charism.   The Parish Pastoral Council is

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Mamma Margherita Fellowship
Mary Burgess
Clarinet Quartet

On the 8th January 2026 we met in the hall and over 50 of our members braved the inclement weather to come and listen to a music recital by ‘Clarinet Jam’. The recently formed clarinet quartet included parish member Jo Wood and three friends, Anne Simon and Andrew who play

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