Diocesan News

Bishop Richard's Weekly Reflection: "Truthfulness and humility are deeply related"

October 24, 2025

"Prayer must always be honest. There is no need to be anything but honest, because God knows us better than we know ourselves."

Ecumenical Anti-Slavery Ambassadors raise awareness of modern slavery across Sussex & Surrey

October 23, 2025

Ambassadors join Sussex Police, The Clewer Initiative and Mothers' Union to raise awareness of modern slavery.

Bishop Richard's Weekly Reflection: On the Feast of St Philip Howard

October 17, 2025

"May the patron of our Diocese intercede for us, as we seek to serve Christ."

Married couples from across the Diocese journeyed to Mass in Weybridge on Saturday

October 16, 2025

Our popular annual Marriage Anniversaries Mass celebrated 1,190 years of marriage!

Find out more about fighting Modern Slavery in our Diocese this Anti-Slavery Day

October 16, 2025

Meet our ecumenical Anti-Slavery Ambassadors and discover how to 'spot the signs' of Modern Slavery.

"Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples" - A Message for World Mission Sunday

October 13, 2025

"By praying, we keep alive the spark of hope lit by God within us, so that it can become a great fire."

Prisoners' Sunday: help prisoners and their families to make a fresh start

October 11, 2025

Prisoners’ Sunday is an opportunity to consider how we are serving our brothers and sisters affected by imprisonment.

Bishop Richard's Weekly Reflection: "I was in prison, and you visited me."

October 10, 2025

We might reflect this Prisoners’ Sunday, on the need to enable prisoners and all those affected by crime, to refind lost hope.

Education News

Archbishop Romero Trust & Oscar Romero Award Anniversary Mass in Southwark

November 3, 2025

Archbishop John Wilson held St Oscar up as an example to parishes & schools: a bishop who "made his own the plight" of his people.

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Leatherhead, joins Xavier Catholic Education Trust

November 3, 2025

The school becomes the eighteenth primary and twenty-second school to join Xavier CET.

Pope Leo issues Apostolic Letter on Catholic Education: "Drawing New Maps of Hope"

October 28, 2025

"Educate to promote dignity, justice, and trust in a war-torn world"

New survey on neurodiversity and the Catholic Faith

October 28, 2025

The Catholic Bishop's Conference and Birmingham Newman University would like to hear from neurodivergent Catholic adults and caregivers.

Pope Leo to name St John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education

October 24, 2025

The Holy Father will designate Newman as co-patron saint of education, with St Thomas Aquinas, during the Jubilee for Education.

Sussex Catholic Education Trust launched to support Sussex diocesan schools

October 21, 2025

The Trust aims to ensure every child access to a high-quality education that nurtures their spiritual, academic, and personal growth.

St Oscar Romero students raise £15,000 for St Vincent de Paul Society, Worthing

October 14, 2025

Participants in this year's Overnight Walk and Mountain Challenge brought the school's 5-year fundraising total to £65,000.

Bishop Richard inducts Sarah McCurdy at St Philip's, Uckfield

October 13, 2025

Sarah, a long-serving teacher at the school was inducted as Headteacher during Mass at Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church.

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