1 The headteachers of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and Newman Catholic College mark a new partnership agreement with the Diocese of Westminster. It will see the two London schools working closely over a two-year period.
2 Bishop Alan Williams of Brentwood celebrates the jubilee of the English Martyrs’ Church in Hornchurch, Essex, which was founded in 1955.
3 A portrait of Bishop Hugh Gilbert by the artist Stephanie Vandemeulebroucke is unveiled at Bishop’s House in Aberdeen.
4 Former pupils and teachers celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of St Augustine’s College in Ramsgate, Kent, and to remember its former headmaster, Fr Abbot Bernard Waldron OSB.
5 Headmaster Andrew Colpus addresses students at St Joseph’s College in Reading, Berkshire, which has been shortlisted for two TES Independent School Awards.
6 Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski is invested as an Ecclesiastical Knight Commander of Grace of the Constantinian Order at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, London.
7 Bishop John Hine cuts a cake as he officially opens a new room named in his honour at St Anselm’s in Pembury, Kent.
8 Irish education minister Jan O’Sullivan shakes hands with Michael Hayes, president of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, after announcing that the College will now incorporate St Patrick’s College, Thurles.
9 Parishioners of SS Peter and Paul, Wolverhampton, led by parish priest Mgr Mark Crisp, deliver a petition opposing assisted suicide to Rob Marris MP. Fr Guy Nicholls, local doctors and members of the Muslim community also joined the group opposed to Mr Marris’s Assisted Dying Bill, which was later defeated (photo: Peter Harrington).
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