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.
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 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 theme for the 2021 World Day of Social Communications, chosen by Pope Francis, echoes the words of the Apostle Philip, recognising that authentic communication leads to “encountering people as and where they are”.
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
Content relating to the major seasons of the Church such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week and Easter.
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
