Forthcoming Events

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

2026

OCTOBER

Wednesdays to Saturdays to January 2027 from 9- 9.50pm.
Luminiscence at Westminster Cathedral
For more information see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55356

Thursday 22 October 1pm.
London: Stella Maris Mass in Farm Street Church
Bishop Paul Mason wil be presiding.

Thursday 22 October 8pm
London: Catechesis series on the Neocatechumenal Way
In the parish of St Charles Borromeo, 8 Ogle Street, W1W 6HS
Tenth of 15 sessions on Mondays and Thursdays

Thursday 22 October, 7-8.30pm.
Westminster: Online Knife Crime Reduction Forum
For more information see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/56074

Friday 23 October 7.30pm
London: Radio Maria UK to host Footsteps of the Saints, Songs of the Ages concert at Farm Street Church
With Sophie Clarke and Lithuanian kanklės player Emilija Karaliūtė for an evening of music and storytelling.
For more inforamtion and tickets see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/56125

Saturday 24 October 12 noon
New Barnet: Nuclear Risk and Moral Reflection - You Decide conversation
At Mary Immaculate & St Peter's Church, 63 Somerset Road, New Barnet, EN51RF
Register to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nuclear-risk-and-moral-reflection-a-you-decide-conversation-tickets-2000534867642

Saturday 24 October 12pm & 2.30pm
Faversham: Feast of Saint Jude
Whitefriars, Tanners Street, Faversham, Kent
Saint Jude Mass, followed by anointing
Please call 01795 539 214, visit www.stjudeshrine.org.uk, or email: shrineoffice@stjudeshrine.org.uk for more information.

Sunday 25 October 12.30pm
Faversham: Feast of Saint Jude
Saint Jude Mass, followed by anointing
Please call 01795 539 214, visit www.stjudeshrine.org.uk, or email: shrineoffice@stjudeshrine.org.uk for more information.

Monday 26 October
Craigmyle Lecture
To be given by Sir Gabriele Finaldi, the Director of the National Gallery The lecture will be chaired by Baroness Hollins, President of the Catholic Union, and sponsored by Stone King, a leading legal practice for the charity, education and faith sectors.

Monday 26 October 8pm
London: Catechesis series on the Neocatechumenal Way
In the parish of St Charles Borromeo, 8 Ogle Street, W1W 6HS starting on
Eleventh of 15 sessions on Mondays and Thursdays

Monday 26 October
Craigmyle Lecture by Sir Gabriele Finaldi, Director of the National Gallery
The lecture will be Chaired by Baroness Hollins, President of the Catholic Union, and sponsored by Stone King, a leading legal practice for the charity, education and faith sectors. The title of the lecture will be: How Art Can Lead Us to Faith and Faith Can Lead Us to Art. Tickets, at £10 each can be booked here.

Wednesday 28 October 5.30pm
Faversham: Feast of Saint Jude
Saint Jude Mass, followed by anointing
ALL ARE WELCOME
Please call 01795 539 214, visit www.stjudeshrine.org.uk, or email: shrineoffice@stjudeshrine.org.uk for more information.

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

Thursday 29 October 8pm
London: Catechesis series on the Neocatechumenal Way
In the parish of St Charles Borromeo, 8 Ogle Street, W1W 6HS
Twelfth of 15 sessions on Mondays and Thursdays

Thursday 29 October 7.30 - 9pm.
All Kinds of Catholic online gathering with Ruth Gledhill
Please register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/k3XJ7SVGQxKShgojS6qA8Q#/registration .

Friday 30 October 5.30pm
Thanksgiving Mass at Westminster Cathedral
With Bishop-elect Stephen Wang

Saturday 31 October 10.30am - 4pm
London: English Catholic History Association Day Conference
At the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street.
Speakers Charles Coulombe and Fr Stewart Foster. All welcome. ECHA members £9/non-members £12.

Saturday 31 October 12 noon
New Barnet: Nuclear Risk and Moral Reflection - You Decide conversation
At Mary Immaculate & St Peter's Church, 63 Somerset Road, New Barnet, EN51RF
Register to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nuclear-risk-and-moral-reflection-a-you-decide-conversation-tickets-2000534867642

31 October 2026 - 30 October 2027
Stonyhurst: The Northern Connection - The story of the Jesuits in the north of England, 1600 to the present
What links the Bash St Kids, Charlie Chaplin, the northern Catholic missionaries and martyrs, a Romantic Jesuit chronicler of the Lake District who inspired William Wordsworth, the first gaslit streets in England and Pugin's transformational Victorian Gothic Revival movement? These questions will be addressed in an exciting collaborative exhibition opening in late October, in Stonyhurst College's award-winning museum.

NOVEMBER

Monday 2 November 8pm
London: Catechesis series on the Neocatechumenal Way
In the parish of St Charles Borromeo, 8 Ogle Street, W1W 6HS
Thirteenth of 15 sessions on Mondays and Thursdays

Thursday 5 November 11am -1pm
London: Service to commemorate those whose lives have been shortened due to homelessness
At St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square.
For more information and call for names see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55900

Thursday 5 November 8pm
London: Catechesis series on the Neocatechumenal Way
In the parish of St Charles Borromeo, 8 Ogle Street, W1W 6HS
Forteenth of 15 sessions on Mondays and Thursdays

6 -8 November
Brownshill Monastery: Vocation Weekend - Taste the goodness of the Lord who loves you
An opportunity to experience monastic life
www.bernardine.org/brownshill-programme/2026/4/17/vocation-weekend-taste-the-goodness-of-the-lord-who-loves-you-athh2

Monday 9 November 8pm
London: Catechesis series on the Neocatechumenal Way
In the parish of St Charles Borromeo, 8 Ogle Street, W1W 6HS
Final of 15 sessions on Mondays and Thursdays

Tuesday 10 November 6.30-8pm
London: Spanish Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia in conversation with Anthony Weaver
At the Sala Luis Cernuda (in Spanish)
Instituto Cervantes Londres

Wed 11 November 6.30 for 7pm
London: A Saint in the Trenches - Lecture by Bro Nigel Cave
To markRemembrance Week, the Irish Cultural Centre is honoured to welcome Bro Nigel Cave, one of the foremost authorities on the life ofFr Willie Doyle MC SJ, the Dublin-born Jesuit priest whose courage on the battlefields of the First World War has inspired generations. Book tickets: https://irishculturalcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173691750

14 November 2026
London: 2026 CHRISTIAN ART CONFERENCE
Join Fr Patrick and the Christian Art team at the QEII Centre for a day dedicated to Beauty & Sacred Art.

Saturday, 14 November 12.45 - 3.30pm
South Woodford: Refugees and People seeking asylum talk from the Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes.
Hosted by St Anne Line Church, South Woodford
Followed by lived experience from parishioners in St Antony of Padua Parish, Forest Gate.

Monday 30 November
Pub Talk.
Details to follow, please save the date.

DECEMBER

Saturday 5 December 10am - 4pm
London: MagnifiCards - Advent Card Making Retreat
At FCJ Centre for Spirituality and EcoJustice, 32 Phoenix Road, Somers Town, London NW1 1TA
We will have time for guided reflection on the Magnificat and then develop our reflections into Christmas greeting cards during a Lino carving and printing workshop. All materials will be provided on the day but please feel free to bring your own Lino printing, dry media, pens or watercolour equipment if you wish.
For further information or to book: https://tinyurl.com/magnificards

2027

JANUARY

Wednesday 13 January, 6pm
Webinar: Evangelisation Through Music: Reclaiming the Church's Musical Heritage in our State Schools
Catholic Union webinar to explore how we can use sacred music to drive school engagement and youth mission and social mobility across the UK. Chaired by Catherine Pepinster, attendees will hear from Benjamin Saunders, the architect of the National Schools Singing Programme (NSSP). Those wishing to register for the webinar please email info@catholicunion.org.uk and a zoom link will be provided. Booking is essential, but all are welcome.

Monday 18 January - Monday 25 January
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2027
Churches and Christian communities worldwide are invited to use the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2027 resources to prepare for joint prayers for Christian unity in January and throughout the year. The prayers and reflections for this year are prepared by the Irish Council of Churches and the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2027-resources-available-worldwide

FEBRUARY

6 February - 23 May 2027
Liverpool: Walker Art Gallery
MARY MAGDALENE: WOMAN AND MYTH
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55497

Saturday 27 February 3.30pm
London: Marriage Care 50th Anniversary Mass at Westminster Cathedral
To be celebrated by Most Rev Richard Moth, Archbishop of Westminster and Marriage Care's President.

MARCH
APRIL
MAY

Friday 7 May 3pm - Sunday 9 May 2pm
Weekend Retreat:- Animals, Laudato si', and the Call of Creation: What does the Church really think about animals?
Retreat Leader: Fr Terry Martin - at the Kairos Centre.. See: www.thekairoscentre.co.uk/

JUNE

17 June - 12 September 2027
Sheffield: Millennium Gallery
MARY MAGDALENE: WOMAN AND MYTH
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55497

JULY
AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

29 September 2027 - 2 January 2028
Bishop Auckland: Auckland Palace
MARY MAGDALENE: WOMAN AND MYTH
See: www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55497

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