On Saturday 28th February 2026 a group of over 35 parish readers gathered in our church hall for a formation day. We welcomed Mary Rouse from the Society of Saint Gregory who led the day. In the morning Mary gave some background about recent changes that have taken place, in...
On Saturday 21st February 2026 our two catechumens Keeley and Owen, and our candidates Daniel, Carla, Luca, Elliott, Matthew and Michael were presented to Bishop Philip at the Rite of Election in the Cathedral. Read a full report from the Bishop in Portsmouth e-News. Read about the experience of one...
Our first Lenten Soup Lunch (pictured) was held in the Hall on Friday 20th February 2026. We enjoyed homemade soup (leek and potato) freshly cooked by Martin Wood. A simple but very tasty lunch in good company and with donations to CAFOD. During Lent we are asked to help those...
The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) met together for a morning of formation on Saturday 31st January 2026. We were very fortunate to have Fr Tony Fernandes (known to us all as ‘Fr T’) with us and he spoke beautifully and inspiringly about the Salesian charism. The Parish Pastoral Council is...
The parish celebrated the first Sunday of Advent in a number of ways over the weekend of 29th/30th November 2025. At the 5.30pm Vigil Mass on Saturday, singing was led jointly by the OLSD choir and the ecumenical Mosaic Arts choir (members from many Christian churches in Cove including OLSD)...
Blessing of the Graves On Sunday 2nd November 2025 parishioners joined Fr Anthony for the blessing of the graves at Ship Lane Cemetery. All Souls Morning Mass on Monday 3rd November 2025, was celebrated in Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. Service of Light On Friday 7th November 2025 at 7.30pm...
50 years to the day since our lovely church was officially opened on 24th September 1975, those at weekday Mass celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham and afterwards were treated to a delicious cake baked by Liz Rose. Amongst those present were quite a number of our ‘elders’...
A happy gathering of parish volunteers took place in the Church Hall last on Saturday 30th August 2025. After a couple of short presentations on safeguarding and ChurchSuite, they were treated to food, drinks and games as a ‘thank you’ for their contribution to church life throughout the year. The...
Last week I attended this year’s Society of Saint Gregory (SSG) Summer School along with two other representatives of our parish – Martin Wood and Valerie Strange from the parish Liturgy Ministry. Martin and Valerie’s course fees were kindly paid for with parish support for Liturgy and Worship. The Society...
Sunday 8th June marked 50 days since Easter and the wonderful celebration of Pentecost when we celebrate the birthday of the Church. But this is no ordinary birthday. It’s not marked by cake or candles, but by wind and fire, tongues and transformation, unity and mission. Fr Anthony explained in...
