Our new vision: Making Jesus Known
Making Jesus Known is the new vision for the Diocese of Salisbury. It emerged after months of listening to people across the diocese, both inside and outside church.
Annual Review 2023
Read our Annual Review 2023, out now! Watch our recap of our year of Making Jesus Known in 2023.
Church Changemakers- Diocesan Synod Elections 2024
The synod of the Diocese of Salisbury sets the direction and priorities of the local Church, find out more on how to join!
Daily Prayer Podcast
Cycle of Prayer 13-19 May
Reading this week's prayers is Louise Ellis. Louise is the Vicar of the Church of the Holy Angels in Lilliput, Poole, and acts as the lead Diocesan Vocations Coordinator, fostering a culture of talking about vocations for everyone, including young people. Louise oversees the recruitment, training, and resourcing of a team of Vocation Mentors who collaborates with individuals alongside their vicar in developing their understanding of calling. Through Vocation Enquiry events, we aim to offer a clear entry point of discerning a vocational pathway to lay and ordained roles. ...
Latest News
“Is it your will…?” The First Ordination of Women to the Priesthood.
As I look at the order of service for the first women to be ordained as a priest in the Diocese of London I notice something is wrong. On the cover there is the place, the date and the time of the service. It does not mention the ordaining bishop, which would normally appear on the cover, and the list of candidates does not include any parishes which is also very strange. Why? I will tell you why. This is what I recall of that day....
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....
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...