Welcome to the English Martyrs Didcot and St John Wallingford parish website. We are two neighbouring churches within the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. We currently have about five hundred regular parishioners and many activities.

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English Martyrs Church Didcot is open daily for private prayers between 8am and 5pm.

St John the Evangelist Church Wallingford is open daily for private prayers between 8am and 6pm.

Month of October - Our Lady of the Rosary

Today we enter the month of October, traditionally a month dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. The Rosary developed in the High Middle Ages period and the reason that October came to be devoted to its recitation is primarily because the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually on 7th October. The Rosary is a wonderful prayer for us to say, praying to Our Lord for protection from all danger, sickness and evil. (Portsmouth Diocese e-News)

Learn more about the rosary.

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Eucharistic Ministers Retreat and Formation Day (Saturday 12 October)

The Eucharistic Ministers Formation Day will be led

by Sister Judith Russi of Saint Mary of Namur.

Venue: English Martyrs Church Didcot,

15 Manor Crescent, Didcot OX11 7AJ

Start time: 10:00 am

Finish time: 2:00 pm

(*Please bring a packed lunch.)

Participants are welcome to join the mass at 9:30 am at English Martyrs Church on that day.

For more information, please refer to our newsletter.

For enquiry and registration, please email didcot@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk.

Rosary prayers at St John Wallingford in October

Rosary praying will take place instead of adoration before Tuesday masses at St John Wallingford for the month of October, the month of Our Lady of the Rosary.

St Amand's Catholic Primary School Open Day

Did you know? We have been providing Catholic Primary Education for 160 years. We are located in a beautiful village with extensive outdoor grounds, including our own forest school and small woodland. We have a large catchment, from Wantage to Didcot and everywhere in between. Parents love our teaching staff and no-bullying atmosphere.
Please come to our Open Days on 16 October 9:30am and 21 November 1:30pm. For more information, please visit www.st-amands.oxon.sch.uk.

Giving Going Digital

You will find our DIGITAL COLLECTION PLATE contactless terminal at the back of the church. Just use your contactless debit/credit card or smart phone / device to make a donation.

When you register or fill out the parish membership form, you gain a sense of belonging and identity in the parish community. It is a commitment to practice your faith.

Please click here to register.

Are you registered in the parish?

First Holy Communion 2024-2025

Our First Holy Communion Formation team is glad to announce early preparations. If you have a child age 7 going 8, or between 8 and 10, the time has come to register them for the First Holy Communion preparation sessions or classes. The start date and other information shall be communicated to those concerned as soon as the Forms are handed in. It is our plan that our children will receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion before and on the Feast of Corpus Christi, 2025.

First Holy Communion Application Form

Adult Sacramental Program (RCIA) A Journey of Faith

We plan to re-start our Adult sacramental program, the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. This program promises to be interactive, experiential and supportive. This is a journey of faith! Come and lets journey together. For more information, please click here.

Junior RCIA Preparation

Parents often wonder if their teenage children still have a chance of doing the sacraments. The answer is YES. The answer is here. Come along let us start the Junior Rite of Christian Initiation. For more information, please click here.