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 at the school learned about Marian apparitions all over the world and linked Our Lady of Walsingham to Lourdes and St Bernadette.
Bishop Richard inducted Helen at Mass on 22 September
Students, staff and alumni gathered to celebrate the school's founding in 1963
Bly, 14, won two bronze medals at this summer's Paralympic Games
In his homily Bishop Richard spoke about the call to service that is asked of each of us.
The first 78 Sixth Form students began their studies this month in a new purpose-built facility.
People from across the school community joined a service of celebration last term.
St Joseph's, Redhill, and St Francis', Caterham, have joined the Xavier Trust and St Wilfrid's, Burgess Hill, has joined the Bosco Trust.
