Welcome From Bishop Richard

'Thank you for your visiting the Arundel & Brighton Diocesan Website – a ‘window’ into the life of the Catholic Church in Surrey and Sussex, a welcoming community of people committed to Christ and His Church. If the Gospel Message is new to you, or if you are seeking detailed information about the Diocese, this site will help you to explore the many ways in which the life of the Diocese and its parishes can help you on your pilgrimage of life.'

Diocesan News

CAFOD has launched an emergency appeal to support families in Sudan

There is a brief window to act before the growing season starts in June, with fears of an impending – yet preventable – famine growing.

Bishop Richard's Weekly Reflection: Our love is to be something real and active.

"The Lord’s call to each of us to bear fruit, to be His disciples, is a call to action to each and every one of us"

Church leaders speak out against the UK Government’s Rwandan asylum seeker plan

They paid tribute to all those living out Jesus’ call to ‘welcome the stranger’.

Fr Jonathan How shares an update on the progress of the pastoral plan in Guildford

‘The world needs the good news; we are the ones who have been sent.’

Our People

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Our Events

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Vocations

The word vocation comes from the Latin ‘vocare’, meaning ‘to call’ - so a vocation is a calling. Everyone has a vocation. Our first call is to love God and to be holy, or as Pope Francis put it, ‘to be saints is not a privilege for a few but a vocation for everyone.’