1 Cafod supporter Eleanor Margetts urges MPs, including Commons Speaker John Bercow, not to ignore the plight of the world’s poorest people ahead of the general election.
2 British Paralympic swimmer Hannah Russell visits St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester.
3 Pupils and staff at St George’s Junior School welcome Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton as they celebrate St George’s Day.
4 Septuagenarian Jean O’Sullivan is preparing to fly a Spitfire at Biggin Hill Airport to raise money for good causes, including the Catholic Parish of St Mellitus, Tollington Park, London.
5 Bishop John Keenan of Paisley launches Sciaf’s inaugural 5km fun run with Izabela Trzopek, charity director Alistair Dutton (centre) and Val Morgan (photo: Martin Shields).
6 The site of Theodore House, the retreat, study and leadership centre of the Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst, is blessed ahead of building work this week.
7 Clare Short, from the vestments business Di Clara, presents Benedict XVI with a vestment set with a design based on Our Lady of Altötting to mark his 90th birthday.
8 Lord MacLaurin, former chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, opens new cricket nets at Prior Park College in Bath.
9 Theo and Ting Chen, with their godparents and parish priest Fr Stephen Goodman, following the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Wolverhampton, when they received the Sacraments of Initiation.
10 Students from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, have visited Chester Zoo for their Art studies.
11 The Oratory School Consort from Woodcote, South Oxfordshire, has sung at cathedrals in Hong Kong and Macau during a recent tour.
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