Since the first Earth Day in 1970, this organisation has sought to diversify, educate, and activate the environmental movement worldwide. We, at the Cathedral, have actively taken steps to help play our part in decreasing our carbon footprint and supporting biodiversity.
Read MoreOn Tuesday 13 April we held an open session for all members of the Cathedral community on Zoom. At the event Dean Anthony and Richard Abraham, Chief Operating Officer, fed back how our community consultation helped to shape the Cathedral Vision statement (Portsmouth Cathedral: A beacon and safe haven, anchored in Jesus Christ) and the six strategic objectives.
Read MoreThirty years ago, on 9 April 1991, the trawler Wilhelmina J set out from Old Portsmouth to trawl for scallops in the English Channel. Shortly before 2am on 10 April, in thick fog off the Sussex coast, the boat was struck by the Zulfikar, a Cypriot cargo vessel.
Read MoreDid you know on 5 April 1684, the evacuated Tangier Garrison landed in Portsmouth. How did this country come to have a garrison in North Africa?
Read MoreDid you know on 5 April 1684, the evacuated Tangier Garrison landed in Portsmouth. How did this country come to have a garrison in North Africa?
Read MoreLast week’s Did You Know considered the way Becket’s assassins demonstrated their penitence (saying sorry and turning away from sin) after his murder. We continue the focus on penitence this week, as we look at the season of Lent.
Read MoreLent is a period extending from Ash Wednesday - the day after Pancake/Shrove Tuesday - to Holy Saturday - the day before Easter Sunday - observed as a time of penance and fasting in the Christian calendar.
Read MoreIn 1981 Ken Makins, the Surveyor of the Fabric, alerted the Cathedral Council that some bricks in the temporary west wall of the cathedral were failing. The utilitarian red brick wall had been hurriedly erected in 1939, when the start of the Second World War halted Sir Charles Nicholson’s extension. Remedial work was begun; but in June 1982 repairs were halted, while discussion proceeded on more substantial changes.
Read MoreTo mark International Women’s Day 2021, see Canon Kathryn in conversation with Professor June Purvis on this year’s theme: 'Women in Leadership – achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world'.
Read MoreOn 7 March 1927, Neville Lovett was appointed as joint Archdeacon of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and instituted Vicar of the Church of St Thomas.
Read MoreJane Stuart’s memorial stone in the Cathedral bears a most unusual date.
Read MoreOn 19 February 1991, a new memorial stone was unveiled in the Cathedral’s Garden of Remembrance. The stone is dedicated to a little-known and largely unrecognised group of servicemen – the British Nuclear Test Veterans, whose Association (BNTVA) was formed to campaign for the recognition and restitution of servicemen who participated in the British Nuclear Tests, effectively as human ‘guinea-pigs’.
Read MoreA lovely hour of fellowship and friendly competition took place via Zoom on Shrove Tuesday with members of the congregation including our Choral Scholars taking part
Read MoreHow do we find out about our heritage? We have to search for and piece together clues or evidence that people leave behind. Head guide Margaret, explores the of the ‘Cartulary of Southwick Priory’ and its importance in providing us an insight into the Cathedrals fascinating past…
Read MoreBy Friday 10th January 1941, Portsmouth had already endured an autumn and winter of frequent night-time air raids. Then, on Saturday 11 January 1941, the cathedral’s Service Register reads: ‘During this night Portsmouth was heavily raided & much of the Parish was destroyed.’
Read MoreDean Anthony shares a message of goodwill and cheer after a difficult year in his Christmas message.
Read More20 December marks the anniversary of the death in 1696 of Thomas Heather, he had been Vicar for 33 years, and had overseen the rebuilding of the church following the Civil War damage that the building had sustained in 1642.
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