1 Students from the University of Chester have made a pilgrimage to Rome carrying a cross carved from the driftwood of refugee boats.
2 A diocesan inspection has found that Catholic life at the Bishop Challoner Catholic Federation of Schools in Tower Hamlets, London, is “outstanding”.
3 Archbishop Bernard Longley with Ting Chen and Theo, from Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton, following the Rite of Election at St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham.
4 The Archdiocese of Liverpool has honoured 11 winners at an awards ceremony celebrating the achievements of Catholic schools.
5 Staff at New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex, receive the Independent School of the Year award at the TES Independent School Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
6 Pupils at Rye St Antony School in Oxford, which has been rated “excellent” by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
7 Year 13 students from St Anselm’s College, Birkenhead, visit Makeni in Sierra Leone.
8 Children at Barrow Hills School in Witley, Surrey, have decorated a glass fibre hog, which will be displayed at Haslemere Museum from April 1 as part of the Haslemere Hogs arts initiative.
9 Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton has confirmed 30 students at Woldingham School in Surrey.
10 Bishop Alan Hopes of East Anglia greets some of the 50 people preparing to be baptised or confirmed and received into the Catholic Church at the Rite of Election at St John’s Cathedral in Norwich.
11 Members of the eco club at Grays Convent High School in Essex take part in the Great British Spring Clean Event.
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