Forthcoming Events

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

FEBRUARY

Ongoing: Mary Ward For Saint!
Sign the petition to have Mary Ward declared a Saint!
https://barconvent.co.uk/events/sign-the-petition-marywardforsaint/

Until 14 March: Becoming One Exhibition
York: Special exhibition marking the momentous coming together of the two branches of Mary Ward's global family:
the Congregation of Jesus and the IBVM (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Included in admission to the exhibition.
At the Bar Convent.

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

13 February - 22 March
London: "Shared Light" an interfaith art exhibition
At Zedwell, Piccadilly Circus, Great Windmill Street, Piccadilly Circus, London W1D 7DH on floor B1

19 - 22 February
California: Catholic Mobilizing Network at the Religious Education Conference
Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W Katella Ave | Anaheim, CA 92802
The annual RECongress is an invitation to gather with a global community of believers, religious educators, and ministry professionals to renew your faith and spirit; experience transformative workshops, meaningful connections, and engaging Liturgies: come celebrate your Catholic faith. CMN will be in the exhibit hall throughout the conference to educate participants on how they can advance the clemency campaign in California. Contact: Emmjolee Mendoza Waters: emmjolee@catholicsmobilizing.org

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

Saturday 21 February 2.30pm
London: Rite of Election
Westminster Cathedral

Saturday 21 February 2026, 10.30 am-4.10pm,
St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth
Visitors are welcome to join the monks for a day of worship and prayer
a free event centred on guided prayer, silence and community in the Abbey Church.
St Augustine's Abbey, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8QR www.chilworthbenedictines.com

February 21 to 23
Durham Cathedral: Rivers of Ink exhibition
At Galilee Chapel, Durham Cathedral.
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54287

Monday 23 February 4-4.30pm
London: Special Needs Mass
An adapted Mass with Holy Communion for those with additional needs and their carers and families
Our Lady and St Brigid's Church, Northfield. Refreshments after. 0121 476 8983. fr.cecil.rogerson@gmail.org

Tuesday 24 February 6.30-8.30pm
London: Sarah Churchwell at St Martin in the Fields
She will be discussing her Smithsonian book of the year, Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream, which overturns everything we thought we knew about the American dream, America First and the battle for the identity of modern America. Price: £15 for in person tickets. £10 for online tickets Ticket Link: www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/the-conversation/
Box Office: 020 7766 1100 BoxOffice@smitf.org

Saturday 28 February
St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth insights into Indigenous traditions
(£10 per person per session or £25 for three people: book at via www.ticketsource.co.uk)
St Augustine's Abbey, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8QR www.chilworthbenedictines.com

MARCH

Thursday 5 March 7-8.30pm
London: Unity and Hope - discussion on Pope Leo with Christopher Lamb and the Rev'd Erin Clark
The evening will be chaired by Fr David O Malley SDB.
At: Sacred Heart Church, Trott Street, Battersea, London SW11 3DS. Refreshments afterwards.
This is a free event. Register to attend here: https://link.getqr.com/jXP8gf7

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

Thursday 5 March. 1pm-1:30pm: Who is Mary Ward?
York: Free talk with Dr Hannah Thomas. No booking required. Part of York International
Women's Week. www.yorkwomen.org.uk

Friday 6 March 5pm
Pray the Rosary with Archbishop John Wilson
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54331

Monday 9 March 4-7pm
Southwark: Preaching the Living Word - Lessons from Oscar Romero with Dr Todd Walatka
Professor at University of Notre Dame
At Amigo Hall, St George's Cathedral, Southwark
To book please email: admin@catholicassociationofpreachers.org.uk
For more information see: www.catholicassociationofpreachers.org.uk

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

Tuesday 10 March 6.30-8.30 :
London: Carole Cadwalladr at St Martin in the Fields
Analysing the opaque and unaccountable Silicon Valley companies that are accelerating the global axis of autocracy in the How to Survive The Broligarchy Substack. Price: £15 for in person tickets. £10 for online tickets. Ticket Link: www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/the-conversation/ Box Office: 020 7766 1100 BoxOffice@smitf.org

Monday 16 March 12.30
London: Home Office vigil
2 Marsham Street SW1P 4DF

Monday 16 March 6pm
Webinar: Does Science Pose a Threat to Today's Catholicism?
Chaired by Catherine Pepinster, with Revd Dr Gareth Leyshon, Astrophysicist, Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia and parish priest of the four churches comprising Our Lady of the Valleys. Please email info@catholicunion.org.uk and a zoom link will be provided. Booking is essential.

Friday 20 March 2026, 7.30pm
St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth - Every photograph tells The Great Gatsby story
A cultural evening with images, music and narrative on F Scott Fitzgerald (£10 early bird if booked by 20 February, then £15): Advance booking essential via www.ticketsource.co.uk
St Augustine's Abbey, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8QR www.chilworthbenedictines.com

Saturday 21 March 11am -2.30pm
Leicester: All Kinds of Catholic podcast community - in-person gathering!
The Frassati Centre, Come and share in the conversation.
https://tinyurl.com/29ebafuc
Any questions? Theresa@kindsofcatholic.co.uk
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54313

Monday 23 March 4-4.30pm
London: Special Needs Mass
An adapted Mass with Holy Communion for those with additional needs and their carers and families
Our Lady and St Brigid's Church, Northfield. Refreshments after. 0121 476 8983. fr.cecil.rogerson@gmail.org

Wednesday 25 March
Birmingham: Born for This - 30th Anniversary Production
For more information and to book tickets, see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54165

Wednesday, 25 March - Time tba
USA: Next Gen for Justice at Loyola Marymount University
California: Loyola Marymount University Campus | Los Angeles, CA
Join Catholic Mobilizing Network and the community of Loyola Marymount University for an evening of storytelling and prayer focused on highlighting the injustices of the death penalty and uplifting the California Clemency campaign. Hear from death row exonerees and attorneys who have fought to end the death penalty and support those who were wrongly sentenced. Learn how you can take action to support clemency in California and to advocate for those scheduled for execution across the country.

Friday 27 March 5pm
Pray the Rosary with Archbishop John Wilson
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54331

Saturday 28 March 2026, 10 am-12 noon
St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth insights into Indigenous traditions
(£10 per person per session or £25 for three people: book at via www.ticketsource.co.uk)
St Augustine's Abbey, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8QR www.chilworthbenedictines.com

APRIL

Monday 20 April 12.30
London: Home Office vigil
2 Marsham Street SW1P 4DF

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

Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14
Stroud: Tools for The Journey Towards God, Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard
Jesus offers us tools to help us make our journey towards God lighter and easier. Join us this weekend as Fr Gerard Magee shares his exploration on Discernment, Discipleship, Discipline and Abandonment.
See: www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2026/6/12/tools-for-the-journey-towards-god

Friday 12 June - Sunday 14 June 2026
Somerset: Living Theology Beauty & the Arts: Encountering the sacred from Von Balthasar to CS Lewis'
At the Ammerdown Centre, Radstock, near Bath
F. Sean Connolly PhD; Sr Carolyn Morrison RA, PhD
Please email: ltammerdown@gmail.comwith enquiries & for booking form
or book online at: https://livingtheology.co.uk/

Tuesday, 16 June
Stroud: Quiet Day
Inviting you to spend some time with God through prayer and reflection at Monastery or Our Lady and St. Bernard
See: www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2025/1/29/quiet-day-19th-jun-2025-4dfg2-5j6zn-m5z4b-ndg43-k5s2h

June 26 - 28
Stroud: The Midsummer Martyrs
Exploring the lives of the martyrs through art; how the witness of their faith touches our lives through the creativity and masterpieces of the artists and how they can help us to live a holy life in the midst of today's society, led by Amina Wright who is an art lecturer and curator of historic art collections and has an MA in Christianity and the Arts from King's College London.
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2026/6/26/the-midsummer-martyrs

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

Saturday 1 August 12.30pm
London: 120th Anniversary Celebration of the Catholic Women's League
This is where Margaret Fletcher founder of the CWL was received into the Catholic Church.

Saturday 8 - Saturday 15 August
Catholic People's Week at Kintbury, West Berkshire.
Food for Mind, Body & Soul; the Wider Determinants of Health - an all age, pay what you can event
For more information or to book, go to www.catholicpeoplesweeks.org

SEPTEMBER

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

Sunday 13 - Sunday 20 September
CPW Augustine Camino
Rochester to Ramsgate, Kent. The Augustine Camino - adult only pilgrimage event (walking up to 13 miles each day)
For more information or to book, go to: www.catholicpeoplesweeks.org

OCTOBER

Thursday 29 October - Sunday 1 November.
Catholic People's Week at Alton, Staffordshire
Our Coats of Many Colours - an all age "taste and see" event with 50% discount for new members
For more information or to book, go to: www.catholicpeoplesweeks.org

For more information or to book, go to www.catholicpeoplesweeks.org

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER