1 Cardinal Vincent Nichols with the RE captains of St James’s Catholic Primary School in Twickenham, Middlesex. The cardinal blessed the school’s new hall, prayer garden and Stations of the Cross.
2 Mgr Keith Newton celebrates an Ordinariate Use Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church in Wolverhampton (photo: Antoni Łopuszyński).
3 Natalie Hatfield, a Year 7 pupil at St Bede’s Catholic Middle School in Redditch, Worcestershire, has represented the West Midlands in the Mini London Marathon.
4 Staff and pupils from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, visit Wythenshawe FM to discuss their programme to train every pupil in the school in first aid.
5 The Towers Convent School in Upper Beeding, West Sussex, welcomes speakers engaged in the fight against modern slavery.
6 Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor blesses and opens “The Ark”, a new building at St George’s Junior School in Weybridge, Surrey.
7 The U13 rugby sevens team at St Benedict’s School in Ealing, west London, has won two tournaments this season and reached the semi-finals of the Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens competition.
8 Members of the U15 and U14 cricket squads at St Benedict’s School in Ealing enjoy a tour in Sri Lanka. Students raised £4,700 for the charity Foundation of Goodness before the tour.
9 Fr Michael Patey of Luton skydives over Hinton, Northamptonshire, in aid of young people going to World Youth Day.
10 Pilgrims from the Isle of Wight arrive at the Slipper Chapel during their Year of Mercy pilgrimage to Walsingham.
11 Barry and Margaret Mizen, founders of the For Jimmy charity, launch the Good Hope café at New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex.
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