1 Headteacher Roisin Maguire, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw and Tristram Hunt MP at St Joseph’s College, Stoke-on-Trent, where Sir Michael launched a pioneering new partnership to raise standards in maths.
2 Catherine Webster, who is accompanying pilgrims to Lourdes over Easter, receives a £75 grant from Lincoln Catenian Circle president Terry O’Halloran.
3 Novelist Piers Paul Read talks to author Henry Sire at the launch of the latter’s new book, The Knights of Malta: A Modern Resurrection (Third Millennium, £28), at St Wilfrid’s Hall at the London Oratory.
4 Students at Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby take part in the Tenner Challenge, in which they are given £10 as start-up capital to create a business that makes a profit for a charity or the school.
5 Jackie Carpenter and Chris Mills talk to students at Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy in Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire, about the work of the Derventio Housing Trust.
6 Samuel Maggs, manager of a campaign called Got Ya Back, visits Prior Park College, Bath, where he spoke to teenagers about the dangers of walking alone at night.
7 Ellie Wild, a former student of Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy, will begin climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on August 24 for Childreach International (support her at https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/eleanorwild2).
8 Fr Anthony Prendergast leads children from St Brigid’s Primary School in Adoration at St Patrick’s Church, Cranagh, Co Tyrone, as part of a parish mission.
9 Year 11 pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe visit the Manchester Climbing Centre.
10 Pupils at the Marist School in Sunninghill, Berkshire, pilot a new app, ChatFOSS, aimed at keeping social media safe for children.
11 Young Catholics attend a Mass in the Extraordinary Form for persecuted
Christians, celebrated by Fr Armand de Malleray FSSP at St Mary Moorfields in the City of London.
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