CCSP Christmas Card on Sale!
– Designed by Diocesan School Children
CCSP Christmas cards are now available to purchase. The cards have been designed by children in our CAST schools as part of a design competition, with over 300 entrees, from across the diocese. Packs of 12 cards are available for £5 and can be obtained from our local parish church or through the CCSP website here.
Proceeds from card sales will go to help support the work of the CCSP.
News and events from across the diocese
Bishop of Plymouth opens church in Gillingham, Dorset, to serve growing Catholic communities
In response to increasing Catholic congregations and housing growth, one of the first episcopal acts of the new Bishop of Plymouth, the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson, will be to celebrate a Mass for the Dedication of the new church and altar of St Benedict’s, formerly a Methodist chapel, in Gillingham, Dorset on Tuesday 9 December.
Installation Newsletter
A special edition newsletter shares some of the highlights of the installation of the Rt Rev. Nicholas Hudson as Bishop of Plymouth.
Bishop Nicholas Celebrates First Public Mass at Plymouth Cathedral
In his first public Mass as Bishop of Plymouth at the Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Boniface, on Advent Sunday 30th November 2025, the Right Reverend Nicholas Hudson called for prayers for peace in the land of Jesus’s birth, and for all those places where there is strife and suffering, particularly South Sudan and Ukraine. The bishop also urged the congregation to pray for themselves during Advent, for those nearest and dearest to them and for all those who find themselves in real need.
