Mass times this week
Regular weekly timetable
Mon
- 12:00 (19 October 2026 only)
- 17:00 (standing page; 19 October 2026 newsletter lists 12:00; check current parish newsletter)
Tue
- 12:00
Wed
- –
Thu
- –
Fri
- 12:00
Sat
- –
Sun
- 09:45
- 17:00
Services with timing to confirm
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Parish schedules can change on holy days of obligation.
What the parish's page says
St Thomas of Canterbury, Pyle Street, Newport PO30 1UH Mass: Monday 1700, Tuesday & Friday 1200, Sunday 0945 and 1700
Another source gives different times for this church and we have not been able to settle which is current. Please check with the parish.
Monday 19 October feria 1000 STC 1200 OLR No Mass Today 1200 SPS Bill Robson RIP 1200 TCN Benefactors of the Missions of Newport & Ventnor P
About St Thomas of Canterbury, Newport
St Thomas of Canterbury, Newport is a Roman Catholic church in Newport, Isle of Wight. It is part of the Diocese of Portsmouth.
Introduction
St Thomas of Canterbury in Newport, within the Diocese of Portsmouth, is a Roman Catholic church completed in 1791, with construction funded by Elizabeth Heneage. The church was built in the garden of Elizabeth Heneage's mid-18th-century house, which later became a presbytery.
History
The church was certified for Catholic worship at the Quarter Session in Winchester on 17 April 1792. Elizabeth Heneage, née Brown (1734–1800), was the only child of John and Mary Brown, born in Sheate Manor, near Gatcombe. Following her husband's death in 1786, Elizabeth returned to the Isle of Wight and bought a house in Pyle Street, Newport, in the garden of which she would build the Church of St Thomas. Elizabeth brought her former family chaplain, Simon Lucas, to be the first resident priest in Newport. Elizabeth died in 1800 and was buried near the church entrance.
Architecture and furnishings
The church is built of brick laid in Flemish bond with stone detailing, with a front elevation of red brick and side and rear elevations incorporating blue-brick headers, under a pitched slate roof. The church nave contains 19th-century open-back pine pews. Adjacent to the entrance, on the nave's west wall, is a marble wall tablet dedicated to the church's founder Elizabeth Heneage. Below the wall tablet is an 18th-century marble font with an oval basin on a pedestal, with fluting to the underside and a contemporary cover. There is a 19th-century organ in the middle of the gallery above the entrance.
Music and liturgy
Coloured or stained glass appears over the main entrance doors, in the windows of the former founder's chapel, in the sacristy screens, and elsewhere, featuring pictorial scenes and plain coloured glass. The Stations of the Cross are wall-mounted stone reliefs.
Parish life
The church forms a strong group with the presbytery and with Holyrood Hall, a former Society of Friends' meeting house used as a hall associated with the church. The parish provides pastoral care for the central and western areas of the Isle of Wight through two Catholic parishes working together.
Visiting
The church is situated in the middle of Newport, the county town of the Island. The church welcomes both local parishioners and the many visitors to the Island.
Sources for this profile
- Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Pyle Street, Newport, Newport and Carisbrooke - 1232851 | Historic EnglandRetrieved 8 October 2026 Source text © Historic England, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Summarised by RomanCatholic.co.uk.
- About Us - St Thomas' Newport and St Saviour's Totland BayRetrieved 30 September 2026
Clergy
- Priest Rev Mohanraj Edward
- Deacon Rev Gary May
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Map location for St Thomas of Canterbury, Newport
96 Pyle Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UH