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The latest news and features from the Diocese of Oxford. To contact the press office, please call 01865 208 277 (out of hours 07880 716761) or email communications@oxford.anglican.org.
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This June, churches across the Diocese of Oxford are marking Pride Month.
Saturday 7 June marks 100 days in post for the new Bishops of Buckingham and Reading - what's their journey been like so far?
The Revd Philippa White has been appointed as the next Bishop's Chaplain for Bishop Steven.
For the first time since their records began, St Peter and St Paul’s church in Wantage has produced their own beer – DiscipAle.
What a difference 40 days makes! On Easter morning, Mark recorded that the women fled from the empty tomb, telling nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
For Kaid Henry and Helen Schneider, who were part of a youth exchange between the Diocese of Oxford and the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman last year, attending the day conference Seeking the Kingdom alongside our global partners event in Reading required a journey … in Helen’s case all the way from Birmingham.
A former allotment site in Waddesdon will become the site for 75 homes, including 30% of affordable housing. The site, originally owned by the Diocese of Oxford which secured the planning permission, will be developed by Greencore Homes a ‘better than net zero’ house builder.
The Reading Citizens Roundtable, hosted by Bishop Mary and Vice-Chancellor of Reading University, Robert Van de Noort, brought together 46 local leaders to explore how Community Organising methodology can build a better Reading for all.
To close the clergy conference, Bishop Howard Gregory spoke on the subject of commissioning, during the final Eucharist service.
Harnessing the qualities and skills of a political leader to become a better pastoral leader was the central theme of the Revd Canon Prof Luke Bretherton’s keynote speech at the clergy conference 2025.