Pilgrimage to Iona
Led by Bishop Karen and Karen Hutchinson 25 April— 2 May 2025
News and Media
Women's ordinations celebratory service
On 15 June a celebratory service marking the 30th anniversary of women’s ordination in the Church of England is to be held at Salisbury Cathedral. Those first women ordained priest in 1994 in Salisbury, and women ordained elsewhere but now living in the diocese, are receiving personal invitations from the Bishop of Salisbury.
SML Younger Youth Weekend Away
SML Youth took 47 youth away last weekend for a time of games, activities, worship and teaching
Father and Son cycle across the world for Christian Aid!
Geoff and Will Sherwood from St Luke's Church, Parkstone, are setting off in May on a 3,700-mile ‘reverse pilgrimage’ from Cyprus to Canterbury, in support of Christian Aid. The determined cyclists are taking on a mammoth challenge to help people recovering from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Update on crisis in Sudan
Update on crisis in Sudan from Ian Woodward
Annual Review 2023
Across our diocese we saw the development in our Chaplaincy network, with the launch of Anna Chaplaincy, we covered nine locations (and events) in three days meeting more than 2000 people in the Archbishop of Canterbury's impactful mission and continued to develop the Growing Faith Network.
'Safeguarding embedded into parish culture' external audit finds
Bishop Stephen thanks parish safeguarding volunteers and the safeguarding team for their commitment as a new external audit reported that safeguarding is embedded in the culture of parishes across the diocese.
An Easter Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the West Bank
Revd Jonathan Herbert, Chaplain to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community, reflects on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land this Easter
Easter Day 2024
"Whether it is washing feet, or welcoming the refugee, or visiting the sick or caring for the oppressed, our calling to spring forward today is to live the resurrection life Jesus has given us."
Remembering HMS Stonehenge, 80 years on
Representatives from across the military and civilian communities came together at Stonehenge World Heritage Site today for a service of prayer and remembrance to mark 80 years since the loss of HMS Stonehenge at sea
