The increase in Confirmations of 246 on last year follows the trend also observed in increasing Mass attendance and adult baptisms.
The Council of Priests has voted in favour of canonically establishing three new parishes: Brighton & Hove, Guildford, and Weybridge.
Cardinal Nichols condemns the "appalling strike on the Church [and] prays for the dead and injured."
The new building, with English classrooms, Library and Resource Centre, will be a place where love of the students informs the learning.
Each year, the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton takes hundreds of pilgrims to Lourdes to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes.
"Prisoners and their families need support. We must not forget their hidden sentences."
This listening "brings the Word of God to the very core of our being, the place of love."
"Immersive, empathy-led, international placements offer students life-shaping experiences."
Children are enjoying developing their repertoire and participating in school and parish Masses.
During Mass at the Sacred Heart, Caterham, Bishop Richard said that command to love God and neighbour is at the heart of a Catholic school.
The school's approach is guided by the Schools, Students and Teachers network's Framework for Exceptional Education.
The Catholic Children’s Society has distribute over £1 million of emergency funding in Arundel & Brighton, Westminster and Southwark.
The building marks an important new chapter in the life of the school community.
A pilot programme offering counselling to all Year 9 students has just been launched.
Carmel Martin was inducted by Bishop Richard, who spoke of the vocation to teaching and the call to service.
The Samaritans' Dawn Walk challenge is to walk 5 kilometres at sunrise.
