Past events, projects and initiatives supported by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
Adoremus - the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and Congress - was held in Liverpool from 7-9 September 2018 to celebrate the central place of the Eucharist in the life and mission of the Church.
The Third Sunday of Ordinary Time is the 'Sunday of the Word of God' - a day, instituted by Pope Francis on the Feast of Saint Jerome in 2019, devoted to the celebration and study of Sacred Scripture.
Cardinal Charles Bo, President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, has called on the faithful to engage in a Week of Prayer for the Church and people of China from Sunday, 23 May – Sunday, 30 May 2021.
The fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally known as Vocations Sunday or Good Shepherd Sunday as, in today’s gospel reading, Jesus says, ‘I am the Good Shepherd: the good shepherd is the one who lays down his life for his sheep’.
The inaugural World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly falls on Sunday 25 July 2021. Pope Francis has given it the theme “I am with you always” from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 28: 30).
Education Sunday is marked this year on 12 September - just after the new academic year starts. The theme for 2021 is ‘A word in season’, taken from Isaiah 50:4.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, in the northern hemisphere, is traditionally observed from the 18 - 25 January – the octave of St Peter and St Paul.
Cardinal John Henry Newman will become England's first Saint who lived in the past three hundred years when he is canonised by Pope Francis in Rome on Sunday 13 October 2019.
Behold 2020 is the event that celebrated the Re-dedication of England as "The Dowry of Mary". We made a personal promise and a communal entrustment.
World Mission Sunday – the one day in the year when the entire global Church comes together in support of mission – will happen on 24 October 2021.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” St Francis of Assisi
Throughout the year, the Catholic Church celebrates many days of prayer - some are international days founded by the Vatican, others are national days of prayer for England and Wales.
Explore the hidden depths of the Passion narratives with renowned biblical scholar Father Henry Wansbrough
