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School of Mission Welcomes Racial Justice Advisers for Practical Teaching Session
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5 On Saturday 24 February, tutors and students training for Licensed Lay and Ordained Ministry joined together...
Lent Reflections 2024: Lent 4 – Habits of Looking at Jesus
Richard Brand, Archdeacon of Winchester, reflects on Lenten disciplines, and how we can, over time, get into good habits. He invites us to consider our habits of prayer, Bible...
Winchester Diocese Hosts National Online Service for the First Time
We were delighted that the Revd Dr Rob Rees recently led our diocese’s first ever offering to the National Online Service, gathering around the Lord’s Table for the Third Sunday...
Reflections Thirty Years After the First Ordinations of Women as Priests
To mark 30 years since the first services to ordain women as priests in the Church of England, we spoke to two women in our diocese who were ordained...
Unsung Heroines: Those Who Paved the Way for Women’s Ordination
On 12 March 1994, the first 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests at a service at Bristol Cathedral. Thirty years on, we look at the lives...
Putting Young People at the Heart of Worship Through Parish Church Choirs
The Church of England is seeking to address the fact that fewer children and young people than ever are coming to church, with Covid-19 having negatively impacted youth ministry...
Lent Reflections 2024: Lent 3 – Interrupting Business as Usual
Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bournemouth, reflects on John 2:13-22, the passage where Jesus overturns the tables in the Temple, and its invitation to allow Jesus to interrupt our lives...
Bishop Philip Visits Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police Chaplaincy
On 21 February, the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary (HIOWC) Chaplaincy was delighted to welcome the Bishop of Winchester who wished to recognise those involved in such vital...
Lent Reflections 2024: Recognising Jesus
Bishop Geoff reflects on the issue of identity, and how we recognise others. He asks us to consider how we recognise Jesus this Lenten period… Text below: I was...