1 Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor celebrates Mass in Ealing Abbey on the patronal feast of St Benedict’s School. Feast day activities raised almost £7,000 for charity.
2 Students and staff at Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, take to the stage in support of the Motor Neurone Disease Foundation.
3 Pupils at The Towers Convent School in Upper Beeding, West Sussex, visit the Grumpy Man of Metal Workshop in Brighton.
4 Pupils at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, attend a tea party with senior members of staff as a reward to their achievements in the spring term.
5 Staff and students at New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex, have welcomed inspirational young people to receive their Diana Awards.
6 Sixth-form students from St Thomas More Catholic School in Wood Green, north London, attend a talk by US President Barack Obama at London’s Royal Horticultural Halls.
7 Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton visits Barrow Hills School, in Witley, Surrey.
8 Barlborough Hall School, a Jesuit school in northeast Derbyshire, has revived the traditional Barlborough Country Fair.
9 Mary Kirk, a 69-year-old parishioner at St Edmunds, Bungay, Suffolk, has began a 1,200-mile pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome in support of refugees. To sponsor her, visit quovadis-walkingtorome.uk.
10 Connor Doherty and Tom Walsh, students at St Ambrose College in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, have been selected for England’s under-16 team.
11 British astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted his support to students at Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy as they took part in a sponsored cycle at the Velodrome in Derby Arena.
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