London Mass for Migrant Workers

Image from 2009 Mass

The annual Mass for Migrants will be celebrated in Westminster Cathedral on Bank Holiday Monday, 6 May 2013 at 11am. Migrants workers from London's three dioceses: Westminster, Brentwood and Southwark will be taking part. The Mass will begin with a colourful procession of representatives at 10.30am from London's diverse communities, occupations and civic organisations.

The main celebrant at the Mass for Migrants will be The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. The Catholic Church in England and Wales has greatly benefited from ‘the faith and witness’ of migrant communities not only in our present day, but down through the years.

In recent years, Catholic Churches in England and Wales, particularly in urban areas, have seen a growing number of parishioners from Africa and Asia, from Eastern and Western Europe, from the islands of the Caribbean and more recently from South America.