Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: CCEE Presidents; Meeting (day 2), 11.00am. Returns from Luxembourg, 3.00pm. Tue: Catholic Children’s Society Carol Service, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, London, SW1P 1LT, 2.00pm. Wed: Meeting with Bishops’ Conference Staff, London, SW1P 1QJ, 10.00am. Travels to Rome, 4.00pm. Thu: Meetings in Rome, 9.00am. Returns from Rome, 7.00pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, SW1P 1QJ, 9.30am.
Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Tue: Father Hudson’s Care Trustees’ Meeting, Coleshill, 4.30pm. Thu: Birmingham City University Carol Service, Birmingham Cathedral, 3.00pm. Fri: St Chad’s Sanctuary Religious Literacy Group, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 2.00pm. City of Coventry Circle Catenian Association Dinner, 7.00pm. Sat: Mass, Aston Hall, Staffordshire, 11.00am. Advent Carol Service, St Mary’s College, Oscott, 6.00pm.
Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Sun: Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 11.00am. North West Cancer Research ‘Concert for a Cure’, Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool, 3.00pm. Tue: Ushaw College Trustees Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11.00am. NSPCC ‘Carols by Candlelight’ Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Liverpool, 10.15am. SAMM Merseyside Annual Remembrance Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm. Fri: Celebrates Mass, St Wilfrid, Garston, 9.30am. Bellerive FCJ Catholic College Prizegiving, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 1.00pm.
Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Sun: Mass, Emmaus Centre, West Wickham, 2.30pm. Wed: Mass and meeting with OGF Overseas Group, Croydon West, 12 noon. Thu: Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 10.00am.
Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun: Attends a Festival in celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, Longsight. Mon: Celebration of Mass with anointing of the Sick, Nazareth House Care Home, 11.00am. Private meetings. Tue: CAFOD Trustees meeting, Romero House, 9.30am. Wed: Private engagements, Wardley Hall. Thu: Council of Deans, Wardley Hall, 11.00am. Attends a Christmas Concert, St Joseph and St Bede’s Primary School, Bury, 2.00pm. Fri: Private meetings, Wardley Hall. Visit to St Ambrose Primary School, Chorlton, 2.00pm. Celebration of Mass for 60th Anniversary of the church, St Catherine’s, Didsbury, 7.30pm.
Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Sun: Parish Visitation-Our Lady of the Rosary & St Therese of Lisieux, Saltley. Mon: Provincial Bishop’s Gathering, Clifton. Tue: Meeting with Birmingham vocation Director, 3.30pm. Wed: Visit to Rosary School, Saltley. Christmas celebration at Aston Hall, Staffs, 12 noon. Sat: SVP Christmas Lunch, St George’s Hub, Newtown, Birmingham, 2.00pm. Advent Carol Service, Oscott College, 6.00pm.
Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Tue: Attends Seminar, Education Centre, Lancaster, pm. Thu: Meeting in Kendal, am. Attends Cathedral Primary School Nativity Production, pm.
Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Tue: Ushaw Trustees Meeting at Hinsley Hall, Leeds. Wed: Board of Directors Meeting at St Hilda’s Resource Centre, Newcastle, 10.00am. Thu: Confirmations at Sacred Heart, North Gosforth, 7.00pm. Sat: Reconciliation Service at St Mary’s Cathedral, Newcastle, 12.00pm.
Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Sun: Pastoral Visitation of St Ambrose, Stockport and St Vincent’s, Bramhall. Masses – Bramhall 9.30am and Adswood 11.00am. Tue: Ushaw Trustees, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11.00am. Wed: Campaign Advisory Committee for ‘Our Mission Together’, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, 11.00am. Diocesan Trustees, Holy Angels, Hale Barns, 4.00pm. Fri: Pastoral Visit to St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Hazel Grove, 9.30am. Pastoral Visit to St Simon’s Catholic Primary School, Hazel Grove, 11.00am.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun: Visitation continues, Holy Family and St John’s, Luton. Tue: Safeguarding Commission, Bishop’s House, 10.00am. Wed: Walking Humbly with our God, Bishop’s House, 11.00am. Sat: Advent Day of Reflection, Turvey. Visitation begins, Sacred Heart, Luton.
Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Sun-Mon: Bishops’ Gathering, Bristol. Thu: Bishop’s Council meeting, Bishop’s House. Sat: Parish visitation-Our Lady of Lourdes and St Swithun’s, Southsea.
Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Feast day Mass Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, Surrey Docks, 10.30am. Mon: Finance Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 11.00am. Tue: Christian Muslim Forum Trustees Meeting, 4.00pm. Thu: OGF Day of Recollection, Aylesford, all day. Sat: Confirmations, St Matthias, Worcester Park, 11.00am.
Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 10.30am. Mass, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 12.30pm. Mon: Meeting of Council of Priests, Pastoral Centre, 2.00pm. Faith Leaders meeting, Kingfield Hall, 7.30pm. Tue: Meeting of Ushaw Trustees, Hinsley Hall, 11.00am. Wed: CTSY Area Leaders, Quaker Meeting House, 12.30pm. Thu: Carol Service, Doncaster Minster, 5.00pm. Fri: St Vincent’s Furniture Store, Sheffield, 4.30pm. Sat: Concert, Cathedral Church of St Marie, 7.30pm.
Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sun: Mass at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, 6.00pm. Mon: Engagements, White House, am. Engagements, White House, pm. Tue: At Home Event, The White House, pm. Wed: Walsingham Pilgrimage Meeting, Walsingham, 2.30pm. Thu: Bishop’s Council, Poringland, 11.00am. Engagements, White House, pm. Sat: Engagements, White House, 11.00am.
Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Visitation to Guardian Angels, Mile End. Tue: Parish Support Team meeting, Vaughan House, 10.00am. Nativity Play, English Martyrs School, Tower Hill, 2.15pm. Wed: Visit to Guardian Angels School, Bow, 9.30am. SPEC Advent Celebration, Waxwell Lane, Pinner, 5.00pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am.
Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Mon: BBC Radio Oxford Christmas Service, St Mary’s Church, Witney, 6.45pm. Wed: Deacons’ Dinner, St John Fisher, Coventry, 7.00pm. Thu: Christmas Celebration, Aston Hall, 12.00pm. Kenelm Youth Trust meeting, 6.00pm. Fri: Confirmation, St Gregory’s, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7.00pm. Sat: Parish Visitation of SS John Fisher & Thomas More, Burford, 12.00pm.
Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun: Visitation, Holy Family Swindon. Tue: Overseas Mission meeting, London. Wed: Wiltshire churches together meeting, 12.00pm. Thu: Chapter and Honorary Mass, Clifton Cathedral, 11.30am. Fri: HR Committee Meeting, St Ambrose, 10.30am. Implementation Group Meeting, St Ambrose, 3.00pm.
Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham, 8.30am. Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows, Peckham, 10.00am. Tue: Overseas Mission Committee Meeting, 11.00am. Wed: Catholic Schools Festival, Sacred Heart, Camberwell, 6.00pm. Thu: Santa Marta Group Meeting, 10.30am. Interfaith Carol Service, Lewisham Police Station, 6.00pm. Sat: Penitential Service, Lewisham, 11.00am.
Bishop McAleenan (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Candidacy Mass, Stonebridge, 12.00pm. Mon: Italian Church, 6.00pm. Tue: Parish Support Team Meeting, Vaughan House, 10.00am. Meeting Office of Migration Policy, Archbishop’s House, 4.00pm. Wed: Advent Talk, Much Hadham, 7.45pm. Thu: Induction Mass, The Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue, London, 10.00am. Fri: Archbishop’s Council meeting, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am. Office of Migration Policy Meeting, 3.00pm. Meeting, Potters Bar, 7.00pm.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Sun: Provincial Bishops’ Gathering, Clifton, 7.30pm. Wed: Carol Service, Keele University Chaplaincy, 5.15pm. Thu: Aston Hall, Stone, 1.00pm. Mass, St Anne’s, Streetly, 7.00pm. Fri: Carol Service with Friends of the Holy Land, Lichfield Cathedral, 7.30pm. Sat: Confirmations, HMP Stafford, 8.45am.
Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Mon: Bishop’s Council, Bishop’s House, 11.00am. Tue: CAFOD Board Meeting, Romero House, London, 10.00am. Wed: Requiem Mass for Rev Michael Lynch, RIP, Ss Peter & Paul, Lincoln, 11.30am. Thu: Carol Service, HMP Nottingham, 9.15am. Chapter Meeting, Bishop’s House, 11.00am. BBC Radio Nottingham Carol Service, St Barnabas Cathedral, 7.00pm. Fri: CEO Interviews, Diocesan Centre, Mackworth.
Bishop Malone (Liverpool) Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Liverpool, 10.15am. Sat: Dickensian Christmas Carol Concert, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.00pm.
Bishop Mason (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Confirmations in Edenbridge Parish, 10.00am. Mon: Meeting with KCSP. Tue: Mass and Meeting for Chatham Deanery Day at The Friars, Aylesford, 11.00am. Wed: Meeting with KCSP at Teston. Confirmations in Tenterden, 6.30pm. Thu: Meeting in Westminster Diocese, 12.30pm. Sat: Diaconate Ordinations in Wornesh, 10.30am.
Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun: Mass at Sacred Heart parish, Sunningdale, 10.00am. Friends of Arundel Cathedral Advent Vespers, Arundel Cathedral, 6.30pm. Mon: Trustees Meeting and Episcopal Council Meeting at High Oaks, 11.00am. Meeting, High Oaks, 6.00pm and 7.00pm. Tue: Mass at Gossops Green Convent, Crawley, 7.30am. Meetings, DABCEC, 9.00am. Carol Service at HMP Coldingley, 5.30pm. Wed: Worthing Deanery Advent Service, Arundel Cathedral, 6.30pm. Thu: Visit to HMP Wymott, Lancs, 9.00am. Fri: Meeting, DABCEC, 8.30am. Sat: Christmas Friends Celebration, St Cuthman’s, 11.30am. Christmas Concert, St Wilfrid’s Church, Haywards Heath, 7.30pm.
Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Sun: Attends Extraordinary Form Latin Mass, St Edwards the Confessor, Peverell, 11.30am. Regional Bishop’s Meeting, St Ambrose, Clifton, 6.00pm. Tue: Visit’s St Petroc’s House, Bodmin, 12 noon. Attends HMP Channings Wood Christmas Carol Service, Newton Abbot, 6.00pm. Wed: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, all day. Thu: Bishop’s Council Meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 11.00am. Attends Mass in thanksgiving for Ministry of Fr Francesco Donega, Allen Hall, London, 5.30pm. Fri: Attends the Lord Mayor of Plymouth’s Carol Service at St Andrews Church, Plymouth, 7.30pm. Sat: Engagements, Bishop’s House, Plymouth, all day.
Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Parish visitation (day 2), The Annunciation, Burnt Oak, all day. Tue: Parish Support Team, Vaughan House, 10.00am. Catholic Children’s Society Nativity service, Westminster Cathedral, 11.00am. Wed: Meetings, Archbishop’s House, 2.00pm. Speaks at RCIA programme, Vaughan House, 7.30pm. Thu: Visits St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Headstone Lane, 9.30am. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am. Meetings, Archbishop’s House, 2.00pm. Sat: Parish visitation (day 1), St Anthony of Padua, Edgware, all day. Sun: Visitation to Guardian Angels, Mile End, all day. Tue: Parish Support Team meeting, Vaughan House, 10.00am.
Bishop Stock (Leeds) Sun: Advent Carol Service, Leeds Cathedral, Great George Street, Leeds, LS2 8BE, 4.00pm. Tue: Ushaw Trustees’ Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds,11.00am. Individual Engagements, Bishop’s House, Leeds, 3.30pm. Wed: Meeting with the Vicar General, Bishop’s House, Leeds, 9.00am. Visit to Bradford Teaching Hospital Trust, Chestnut House, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, 11.30am. Thu: Catholic Care Trustees’ Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11.00am. Individual Engagements, Bishop’s House, Leeds, 2.30pm.
Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun: Pastoral Visitation and Confirmation, Stanford-Le-Hope. Mon: Attends meeting of Chapter of Canons, Cathedral House, am. Wed: Visits La Salette Primary School, Rainham, 10.30am. Thu: Meetings, Cathedral House. Fri: Lunches with Cathedral House, Staff. Meetings, Cathedral House, pm.
Bishop Williams (Auxiliary Bishop in Liverpool) Sun: ‘Light up a Life’ Service, St Joseph’s Hospice, Thornton, 4.00pm. Tue: Ushaw College Trustees Meeting, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 11.00am. NSPCC ‘Carols by Candlelight’ Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm. Wed: Nugent ‘Light up a Life’ Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 12.30pm. Governors’ Meeting, Our Lady Immaculate RC Primary School, Liverpool, 5.30pm. Thu: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Liverpool, 10.15am. SAMM Merseyside Annual Remembrance Service, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm.
Bishop Wilson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Confirmation, Teddington, 11.15am. Tue: Parish Support Team Meeting, 10.00am. Our Lady of sorrows and St Bridget of Sweden, 112 Twickenham Road, Isleworth, TW7 6DL, 1.00pm. Wed: St Bernadette’s Church, Hillingdon, Mass 10.00am. Our Lady queen of Apostles RC Church, 15 The Green, Heston, Hounslow, TW5 0RL, 6.00pm. Thu: Grenfell Memorial Service, St Paul’s Cathedral, Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD, 11.00am. Fri: Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 8.30am. Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 9.30am. SMS 125 years Anniversary-Mass at St Mary’s in Kensington and Chelsea, East Row, W10 5AW (RBKC), 2.00pm. Mass, Daughters of St Paul, Kensington High Street (Pauline Books and Media), 6.30pm.
WALES
Archbishop Stack (Cardiff) Sun: Meeting with Education Consultants, Archbishop’s House, 6.00pm. Mon: Schools Commission Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 10.00am. ICEL Executive Teleconference, 12.00pm. Tue: Meeting with Newport Deanery, St Mary’s, Stow Hill, 7.00pm. Thu: Christmas Carol Service, St David’s College, 7.00pm. Fri: Advent Day of Recollection.
Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Sun: Pastoral Visitation continues of Llay/Rossett parish. Tue: Finance Secretariat meeting, Curial Office, 10.30am. Diocesan Board of Trustees meeting, Curial Office, 1.00pm. Wed: St Winefride’s Well Shrine meeting, Holywell, 9.30am.
Bishop Burns (Menevia) Sun: Bishops’ Gathering, Clifton Diocese, 6.00pm. Mon: Meeting with the chancellors, Swansea University, 3.00pm. Thu: Trustees & Professional Advisers Meeting, Diocesan Office, 10.30am & 11.30am. Fri: HCPT Evening, Sketty Parish, 7.00pm.
SCOTLAND
Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews & Edinburgh) Sun: Studen Mass, Chaplaincy, George Square, Edinburgh, 7.15pm. Tue-Wed: CYSS Meeting, Archdiocesan Offices, Edinburgh. Thu: Falkirk Deanery Meeting, St Francis Xavier Church, Falkirk, 11.00am. Fri: SCIAF Board Meeting, Glasgow, 9.45am. Advent Talk for Young People, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 7.00pm. Sat: Ordination Mass (Ordinariate), St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 2.00pm.
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