Forming deacons for the archdioceses of Southwark, Westminster and Cardiff, dioceses of Arundel and Brighton, Brentwood and East Anglia, and the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

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Welcome to new website

uks64330 • 19 June 2019
WE:COME to the new Southern Diaconate website. We will continue to populate this over the next few weeks until it is ready for the next academic year 2019/20. The programme dates for this year are now available on the Formation Programme page of the website.

Please check in from  time to time to see added con tent, especially on the Resources page which will be the source for much of the required information.

Words of Life – Deacon pens new book

by uks64330 • 3 May 2022
Words of Life – Deacon pens new book

Change to Formation Day 8 - New Date

22 December 2021
Formation Day brought forward a week

Residential Weekends Cancelled for 2020/21

by uks64330 • 19 October 2020
Due to the restrictions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic it has proved impractical to go ahead with the Residential Weekends held at High Leigh as part of the Formation Programme. Alternative arrangements are being made and will be shown on the Formation Programme page of the website as they organised.

Farewell to Wonersh

by uks64330 • 19 October 2020
It is with great sadness that we note that St John's Seminary at Wonersh is to close it's doors after the 2020/21 academic year. As well as forming priests for 130 years, Wonersh has been the home of the Southern group of formation. for the Permanent Diaconate since its restoration and hundred's of deacons for Southwark, Westminster, Arundel & Brighton, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Brentwood, Cardiff, Northampton and East Anglia diocese (at least) and the Ordinariate have been formed there and will remember it with affection. The current programme is based at the moment at St Mary's University campus and would had been expected to return to Wonersh In September 2021.

2020/21 Formation Days at St Mary's

by uks64330 • 28 August 2020
Due to the unavailability of St John's Seminary until at least January 2021 it has been decided to relocate all Formation Days for the 2020/21 year to the Strawberry Hill Campus of St Mary's University, Twickenham TW1 4SX. There is no change at present to the dates of the Formation Days as previously published. The two Residential Weekends should still take place as usual at High Leigh.

Coronavirus Contingency Plan

by uks64330 • 15 March 2020
A contingency plan for the disruption of the Formation Programme due to the Coronavirus (Covid19) has been added to the Resources Page. This will be updated at the situation develops. As at 15 March all planned events are ON.

Programme for Formation Day 1

by uks64330 • 4 September 2019
The full programme for the Formation Day on 7 September 2019 is now available for download from the Resources page

2019/20 Formation Year Plan now available

by uks64330 • 2 September 2019
The draft programme for the 2019/20 year, listing all the sessions for each Formation Day and Residential Weekend is on the Resources Page of the website and via the link on the Formation Programme page. It is available for download from either location. Minor updates may be added to this programme in the next few weeks.

2020/21 Dates added to Resources page

by uks64330 • 27 June 2019
The dates for the Formation Programme for 2020-21 have now been agreed with our hosts and are available for download on the Resources page of the website.

Southwark Students Minor Ministries

by uks64330 • 22 June 2019
Six students from the Southwark Archdiocese received minor ministries from Bishop Patrick Lynch, Auxiliary Bishop for S E London, at St Edmunds Church, Beckenham on 22nd June. David Daly, Sandy Misquitta and David Silk (front row of photo) received the Ministry of Acolyte whilst Ray Williamson, Con Diver and John Fogarty received the Ministry of Lector.
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