Forthcoming Events

For details of parishes, Masses, Prayer Resources and other events online see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/39170

2025

DECEMBER

Tuesday 2 December, 7pm
PACT (Prison Advice and Care Trust) Advent Carol Service 2025
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, London

Tuesday 2 December Webinar at 7pm
Online: Advancing Nonviolence
With Nicholas Paz, Chairperson of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative at Pax Christi International.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../register/TH6ToeP5TPSryA16iT1pew

Wednesday, 3 December - Friday, 5 December
Twickenham: Gaudium et Spes at 60: Social Justice and Catholic Education
St Mary's University, in association with Caritas Social Action Network, is holding a special conference that will be dedicated to exploring the ongoing relevance of 'Gaudium et Spes'. This conference will explore the theology, legacy, and influence of Gaudium et Spes. It will draw out the way it committed the whole Church to social justice, and part and parcel of this is the centrality of Catholic education and the provision of Catholic schools.
Register at: https://estore.stmarys.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences-events/institute-of-theology-conferences/gaudium-et-spes-at-60-social-justice-and-catholic-education-3rd-5th-december-2025

Thursday 4 December, 7pm - 8.30pm
London: Youth 2000 Holy Hour
At Holy Trinity Church, Brook Green, W6 7BL.
with a pub social afterwards.
The Holy Hour will be the first Thursday of every month.

Thursday 4 December 8pm
Spiritual Classics Online Book Club
For more information see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53365

Friday 5 December, 7.30pm
Peace Prayers for Advent
On line event with Pax Christi and Fellowship of Reconciliation - https://paxchristi.org.uk/event/pax-christi-fellowship-of-reconciliation-online-advent-reflection/

5-7/8 December
Boarbank Hall: Hope in Health
For all who support or care for anyone who is sick, professionals and others. For further information or to book please contact Sr Margaret Atkins: margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk Tel: 015395 32288

Saturday 6 December, 2pm
Friends of the Holy Land Ecumenical Advent Service
in St Andrew's West Parish Church, Glasgow, praying for peace in the Holy Land. There will be a special live stream broadcast from the Lady of Shepherds Church in Bethlehem, provided conditions on the day allow.

Saturday 6 December, 3pm
London: World Aids Day Mass - Journeying Together for an HIV-free World
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 3AH
Celebrant Canon Pat Browne. CAPS Patron Cardinal Timothy Radclife OP will give the homily.

Saturday 6 December, 10am-6pm
London: Young Adults ADVENT RETREAT DAY
Milleret House, 20 Kensington Square, London, W8 5HH
Programme: including talks • prayer, adoration and confessions • faith sharing • mass and social time.
£5 registration fee/ subsidised student places available on request
Register at: www.forms.office.com/e/DQZdYHTm0M

Sunday 7 December, Doors: 6.30pm Show: 7.30pm
London: Young artists from Aida Refugee Camp turn hardship into theatre, music and dance
At Union Chapel, 19b Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN. Tickets: £20/£15 concessions
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53830

Monday 8 December, 6.30pm
London: Cardinal Hume Centre Advent Carols
Music from the London Oratory School Chamber Choir, followed by a reception at their Family Centre. Sacred Heart Church, 112 Horseferry Road, SW1P 2EF. Reserve free tickets by contacting events@cardinalhumecentre.org.uk or calling 020 7222 1602.

Tuesday, 9 December, 7pm
London: HCPT Carol Service at Westminster Cathedral
Ppen to all and is a traditional part of HCPT's Advent and Christmas events.

Wednesday 10 December 7pm
Southwark: CAFOD's annual Advent Carol Service
St George's Cathedral, St George's Rd, London, SE1 6HR.

Wednesday 10 December
Stroud: Quiet Day
We invite you to spend some time in prayer and reflection in our monastery.
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/10dec

Thursday 11 December 8pm
Spiritual Classics Online Book Club (last one of the year)
For more information see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53365

Thursday 11 December, 7pm
Glasgow: SCIAF Carol Service
St Mungo's Church, Parson Street, Glasgow, G4 0RX.

Thursday 11 December 2025, 7.15pm
London: Stella Maris Christmas Service
at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family (Duke Street, London W1K 5BQ). Presided over by Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, the Ukrainian Eparch, there will be singing of carols from England and Ukraine and prayers for seafarers and fishers. Afterwards, traditional Ukrainian Christmas food and drink.

Thursday 11 December, 7pm
Kennington Bethlehem Link's evening of carols, community and good cheer
in support of work establishing cultural and educational links between Kennington & Bethlehem. https://kenningtonbethlehem.org.uk/

Friday 12 December 12.15pm
Birmingham: Mass for Life at St Chad's Cathedral
Supporters welcome from all faiths and none
Celebrant: Archbishop Bernard Longley

Friday 12 December, 7.30pm
London: Advent Taizé Prayer
at the FCJ Centre for Spirituality and EcoJustice, London NW1.
See: www.facebook.com/FCJSpiritualityCentreLondon

Friday, 12 December, at 12.30pm.
Edinburgh: Funeral Mass for Fr Fergus Kerr OP

Sunday 14 December 4pm
The body of Bishop Thomas McMahon will be received into the church of Our Lady and St Joseph,
Mill Road, Stock, CM4 9LJ. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Thomas.

Monday 15 December 5pm.
Brentwood: Vespers - when the body of Bishop Thomas McMahon will be received into the Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Helen,
28 Ingrave Road, Brentwood, CM15 8AT

Monday 15 December, 4pm, online
Looking ahead with Hope?
A moment of advent formation and reflection for those with a heart for young people, post-COP30 and pre-Christmas.
The FCJ Centre for Spirituality and EcoJustice and the Columbans invites teachers, youth ministers, chaplains, parents and others concerned for our young people and their futures, for a time of input, prayer and reflection. Will look back at the UN climate meeting in Brazil and forward to the coming of Christ, source of our hope, at Christmas. Register at https://bit.ly/LookingAheadWithHOPE

Four invitations for a Reflective Advent at the FCJ Centre for Spirituality and EcoJustice in London. www.facebook.com/FCJSpiritualityCentreLondon

Living Advent in the Spirit of Laudato Si' Downloadable from the Laudato Si' Movement
https://laudatosimovement.org/news/living-advent-in-the-spirit-of-laudato-si/

Tuesday 16 December 11.30 a.m.
Brentwood: Requiem Mass for Bishop Thomas McMahon
Cardinal Nichols will preside. The burial will take place in the Cathedral cemetery.

Monday 15 December 12.30pm
Home Office Monthly Vigil for Refugees
Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF

Monday 15 December, 4pm
Online: Looking ahead with Hope
A moment of Advent formation and reflection for those with a heart for young people, post-COP30 and pre-Christmas.
The FCJ Centre for Spirituality and EcoJustice and the Columbans invite teachers, youth ministers, chaplains, parents and others concerned for our young people and their futures, for a time of input, prayer and reflection. Together we will look back at the UN climate meeting in Brazil, and forward to the coming of Christ, source of our hope, at Christmas.
Register at: https://bit.ly/LookingAheadWithHOPE

Wednesday 17 December, 7pm
Aid to the Church in Need Carol Service
at the London Oratory, Brompton Road London SW7 2RP.

Sunday 21 December 3.30pm
Worth Abbey Pilgrims Advent Carol Service
In the Abbey Church. Celebrate the joy and hope of Advent with a beautiful blend of traditional and contemporary carols performed by the Worth Abbey Choir. After the service, festive refreshments will be served in the Narthex. Families are warmly welcomed.

Monday, 22 December 2025 - Friday, 2 January 2026
Stroud: Christmas 2025 at the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
We welcome you to spend Christmas in our monastery where you can celebrate the liturgy with the community and enjoy the fellowship of other Christians. Together, we worship the Christ child and contemplate the mystery of the incarnation.
See: www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/1/29/quiet-day-wed-29th-january-2025

Sunday 28 December 12noon
Westminster : Closing of the Jubilee Year in the Diocese
Solemn Mass celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols

2026

JANUARY

January - 2 March
Threads through the Bible | Creation + Cross + Revelation
TBC BATH ABBEY + ST MICHAELS + ST SWITHENS

9-11 January
Northampton: Annual Conference of Christians Aware - 'Listening to Minorities'
Website: www.christiansaware.co.uk

Thursday 15 January 8pm
Spiritual Classics Online Book Club (first one of the new year)
For more information see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/53365

Saturday, 17 January 11am.
Oxford: Requiem Mass for Fr Fergus Kerr OP
At Blackfriars

FEBRUARY

2 February 2026
London: Catholic Union Pub Talk in London with the Mizen Foundation on Forgiveness, Peace and Hope.
Booking at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/catholic-union-pub-talk-forgiveness-peace-hope-tickets-1974650924070?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tuesday 3 February
Stroud: Quiet Day at the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
We invite you to spend some time in prayer and reflection in our monastery.
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/1/29/quiet-day-19th-jun-2025-4dfg2

Friday - Sunday 20 - 22 February
Stroud: Lent Retreat 2026
Enter more deeply into the joyful season of Lent with this weekend retreat, led by Sisters of the community. There will be the opportunity to participate in the Divine Office with the community and time set aside to reflect and pray. www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2024/2/16/lent-retreat-9wwb9

MARCH

Thursday, 5 March
Stroud: Quiet Day at the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
Come and find rest in the Lord's love and mercy.
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/1/29/quiet-day-19th-jun-2025-4dfg2-5j6zn

Monday 9 March
Examining Nostra Aetate with Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald
At St Mary's University
See: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-journey-into-hope-examining-nostra-aetate-tickets-1513226123069?aff=oddtdtcreator

APRIL

Wednesday, 22 April
Stroud: Quiet Day at the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
A quiet time and a peaceful space, the Lord has prepared for you…
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/1/29/quiet-day-19th-jun-2025-4dfg2-5j6zn-m5z4b

MAY

Monday 4 May
Ayelsford: Annual Rally for Southwark Altar Servers
at The Friars, Aylesford Priory, Kent.
All are most welcome to attend, including anyone who wishes to 'Come and See', to learn more about serving in their parish.
For further details please visit: https://rcaos.org.uk/news-events/events/guild-of-st-stephen-altar-servers-rally-2026/

9 May - 29 June
Chester: Threads through the Bible | Creation + Cross + Revelation
CHESTER CATHEDRAL

Wednesday, 13 May
Stroud: Quiet Day at the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
Be still and know that I am God
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/1/29/quiet-day-19th-jun-2025-4dfg2-5j6zn-m5z4b-ndg43-k5s2h

Friday - Sunday 15-17 May
Stroud: Prayer Live-in at the Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
I want to pray… but I don't know how and where to start… Come to the Monastery for this weekend to experience prayer in the Christian tradition. There will be talks given by members of the community and opportunities to pray together and alone. We invite you to enter into the rhythm of prayer that shapes every day in the monastery, and to take time to listen in silence "with the ear of your heart". See: www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/5/30/prayer-live-in-kk8mk

JUNE

JULY

4 July - 31 August
Threads through the Bible | Creation + Cross + Revelation
LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

24 - 26 July 2026
NJPN Conference at Swanwick.
contact admin@justice-and-peace.org.uk for information

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 5th September
London: March for Life
Details to follow. This event promises to be the biggest March for Life UK ever.