1 Canon William Clements, a former Administrator of Southwark Cathedral and lately parish priest at Birchington, Kent, is presented with the Légion d’honneur at the Coloma Nursing Home at West Wickham. Canon Clements, 95, was a gunnery rating aboard HMS Hawkins on D-Day, supporting the US landing on Utah Beach.
2 Olympic boxer Natasha Jonas joins students at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, on the school’s Share Your Talents Day.
3 Natasha Coyle, a student at Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby, meets Chris Williamson MP during a visit to the Houses of Parliament after winning a public speaking competition.
4 Pupils at St Joseph’s School in Banbury, Oxfordshire, have helped to send 114 shoeboxes to needy children around the world.
5 Downside pupils have sung alongside the award-winning chamber choir Tenebrae, under conductor Nigel Short (photo: Merille Ryder).
6 Bishop Mark O’Toole receives the Lampedusa Cross, hand-made from the wreckage of capsized refugee boats, on the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth.
7 Junior pupils at The Towers Convent School in Upper Beeding, West Sussex, dress up for Animal Day.
8 Staff and pupils at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Matlock, Derbyshire, have attended a Mass celebrating the school’s decision to join the Saint Robert Lawrence Catholic Academy Trust.
9 Bishop John Keenan of Paisley attends a weekend retreat for the Scottish Network of Catholic Students at Schoenstatt Scotland.
10 Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Education, visits St Francis’ Catholic Primary School in Birmingham.
11 Students at Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby enjoy a Come Dine With Me-inspired dinner and discussion of social issues with students from Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Ashbourne, organised by the University of Derby and the Economic Social Research Council.
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