Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: Congregation for Clergy, Rome, 9am. Tue: Allen Hall Visitation Day, Allen Hall Seminary, 11am. Wed: Meetings with Bishops’ Conference Staff, London, 10am. Council of Priests, 10.30am. Interview for CaFE, Archbishops House, 3.30pm. Thy Kingdom Come, St George’s Church, 7.30pm. Thu: Cardinal Hume Centre Annual Reception, Archbishop’s House, 6pm.Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, 9.30am. Delivers the inaugural St Augustine’s Day Oration and also attends Evensong and Dinner, Goodenough College, 6.30am. Sat: Mass for the New Catholics, Westminster Cathedral, 6pm.
Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Sun: Confirmations, Corpus Christi, Headington, 11.00am. Wed: Council of Priests Meeting, Selly Park, 10.30am. Catholic Association of Secondary Headteachers, Coleshill, 1.00pm. Blessing Cotton Windows, St Peter’s, Bromsgrove, 7.00pm. Thu: Pilgrimage-Service, Coventry Cathedrals. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Oscott Trustees’ Meeting, Cathedral House, Birmingham, 1.00pm. Sat: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Mon: Mass of Thanksgiving on the Golden Jubilee of Rev John Johnson, St Mary, Wigan 7pm. Tues: Bishops Day of Recollection, Leeds. Wed: Private Engagements, Archbishop’s House,am. Thu: Pastoral Area Deans Meeting, St Ambrose Barlow, Astley, 11am. Fri: Celebrates Mass, St Wilfrid, Garston, 9.30am.
Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Wed: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Sat: Meeting, Archbishop’s House, 11.30am.
Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun: Celebration of Mass, St Malachy’s, Collyhurst, 11.30am. Mon: Celebration of Mass with Year 11 Leavers from St ambrose Barlow High School, St Luke’s, Salford, 6.45pm. Tues: Meeting of Northern Bishops, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, 10am. Wed: Private engagements, Wardley Hall. Thu: Private meetings, Wardley Hall. Celebration of Mass and lunch to celebrate the 140th anniversary, St Bede’s College, Manchester 12 noon. Attends a Lecture at Manchester University, Oxford Road, 4.30pm. Fri: Presents prizes to Diocesan Junior Prayer Competition winners, Wardley Hall, 10.30am. Sat: Celebration of Mass and Commissioning Service, Thornleigh Salesian College, 3pm.
Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Mass for 70th Anniversary of Polish Parish of St Michael in Birmingham, 11.30am. Mon: Eurcharistic Planning Meeting, Eccleston Square, London, 4.00pm. Wed: Council of Priests Meeting, Selly Park, Birmingham, 10.30am. Confirmations, St Mary’s, Harborne, Birmingham, 7.00pm. Thu: Mass for Vocations, Holy Family parish, Coventry, 6.30pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Solemn Mass, Oxford Oratory, 6.00pm.
Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Tue: Attends meeting of the Northern Bishops, Hinsley Hall, Leeds.
Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Northern Church Leaders Ecumenical Meeting, pm. Tue: Northern Bishops’ Meeting at Bishop’s House, Diocese of Leeds, 10.45am. Wed: Diocesan Board of Directors Meeting at St Vincent’s Diocesan Office, 10.00am. Thu: Visit to Our Lady Queen of Peach School, Penshaw for 80th Anniversary, 9.00am. Retirement Mass for Kathleen Smith at St Hilda’s Resource Centre, 12.00pm. Fri: Episcopal Council Meeting at Bishop’s House, 9.30am.
Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Sun: Mass followed by Official Opening of the Garden Shrine to Our Lady of Pity and the new Visitors’ Centre, Cathedral, 10.45am. Tue: Appointments, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, pm. Mass and Blessing of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, St Mary of the Angels, Hooton, 7.00pm. Wed: Commission for New Evangelisation, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, 12 noon. CARITAS Diocese of Shrewsbury Trustees’ Meeting, Curial Offices, Birkenhead, 1.30pm. Confirmation Mass (LPA 21), Holy Apostles & Martyrs, Wallasey Village, 7.00pm. Fri: Annual Lunch with Diocesan Tribunal Staff, St Chad’s, Cheadle, 12.30pm for 1.00pm. Sat: Pastoral Visitation of St Clare’s, Lache, Mass 6.00pm.
Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun: Confirmation Masses for the Pastoral Area, St Joseph’s, Gerrards Cross, 2pm. Tues: Council of Priests, Bishop’s House, 11am. Confirmation , St Martin de Porres, Luton, 7.30pm. Wed: Safeguarding Study Day, Holy Ghost, Luton, 10am. Confirmations, St Joseph’s, Luton, 7pm. Thu: Confirmation, St augustine’s, High Wycombe, 7pm. Fri: Confirmation, Sacred Heart, Leighton Buzzard, 7.30pm. Sat: Closing Mass to celebrate their Foundress’ 350 year anniversary, Our Lady of Christians, Olney, 12 noon.
Bishop Drainey (Middlesbrough) Mon: Attends meeting of the National Office of Vocations in Middlesbrough, 11am. Fri-Sat: attends annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Tues: Various Meetings, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Thu: Bishop’s Council Meeting, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Fri: Confirmation Mass, Farleigh School, Andover, 11am. Various Meetings, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Sat: Confirmation Mass, St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth, 11am.
Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Confirmations, St Anselm’s, Tooting Bec, 11.30am. Mon: School Mass, SS Peter and Paul, Mitcham, 10.00am. Tue: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, 10.00am. Sat: Confirmations, St Chad’s, South Norwood, 1.00pm. Confirmations, St Anne’s, Vauxhall, 6.30pm.
Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass, Inauguration of new Lord Mayor, Cathedral, 10.30am. Mon: May Procession, Rotherham Deanery Primary Schools, 10.30am. Tue: Jubilarians Lunch, Omega, 1.00pm. Safeguarding Commission, Pastoral Centre, 4.30pm. Wed: SCCCC event, 2.00pm. Youth Leaders Pilgrimage, 7.00pm. Thu: Bishops’ Conference Spirituality Day, Salford, 10.30am. Clergy for Lourdes, Bishop’s House, 7.00pm. Sat: Confirmations, Mount St Mary’s College, Spinkhill, 9.30am.
Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Confirmation Mass at All Souls, Peterborough, 10.45am. Confirmation Mass at St Luke’s, Peterborough, 2.00pm. Mon: Formation Day with schools and clergy, Newmarket, 10.00am-4.00pm. Newman Lecture, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 6.00pm. Tue: Engagements, the White House, am/pm. Wed: Feast of the Translation of St Dominic, Blackfriars, Cambridge, 12.00 noon. Thu: Bishop’s Council, Poringland, 11.00am. Confirmation Mass, St Etheldra, Ely, 7.00pm. Fri: Confirmation Mass, St Felix, Felixstowe, 7.00pm. Sat: Altar servers Mass and BBQ, Cathedral, Norwich, 12.00 noon.
Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sat: Confirmation for Camden Town and Kentish Town Parishes, Our Lady Help of Christians, Kentish Town. Confirmations for Hampstead and Swiss Cottage parishes, St Mary’s Hampstead. Tues: Six Deans Meeting, Newman House, Gower Street. Wed: Council of Priests, allen Hall. Confirmation at St James, Spanish Place. Thu: Meeting in archbishop’s House, Meets Notre Dame de France Confirmation Candidates, archbishop’s House. Cardinal Hume Centre spring Reception, Archbishop’s House. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House. Sat: Confirmation at Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic, Haverstock Hill. Confirmation at Notre Dame de France, French Church, Leicester Place.
Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Sun: Confirmation, Greyfriars, Oxford, 5.30pm. Mon: Meeting of Kenelm Trust, Coleshill, Birmingham, 6.00pm. Wed: Priests’ Council, Selly Park, Birmingham, 11.00am. Thu: Good Shepherd Mass, St George’s Church, Worcester, 1.00pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Sat: Confirmation, Sacred Heart, Henley-on-Thames, 6.00pm.
Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun: Mass to celebrate 50 years of the parish, Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Burham on Sea, 11am. Mon-Wed: Conference of Religious. Thu: Conference, St Mary’s, Chippenham, 7pm. Fri: Meetings, London.
Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Visitation, Our Lady of Grace, Charlton. Mon: Mass in St Philip Neri School, 11.00am. Tue: Archbishop’s Council, 10.30am. Thu: Blessing of Prayer Garden at Our Lady of the Rosary School, Blackfen, 2.00pm. Sat: Confirmations, St Edmund of Canterbury, Beckenham, 12 noon.
Bishop McAleenan (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Confirmation, St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth Garden City. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Annual Civic Service at St Francis of Assisi (Anglican) Church. Mon: AGM of Welwyn Hatfield Council. Tues: Herts Deans Meeting at WGC. Confirmation, The Immaculate Conception and St Joseph, Hertford. Wed: Council of Priests, Allen Hall. Meeting, archbishop’s House. Thu: Meeting Archbishop’s House. CWAB meeting, Archbishop’s House. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, archbishop’s House. Confirmation, Ricmansworth, Mill End, Maple Cross and Chorleywood. Sat: Allen Hall, Candidacy.
Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Mon: National Eucharistic Congress Planning Committee, London, 4.00pm. Tue: Good Shepherd Mass, St Michael’s, Wolverhampton, 2.00pm. Wed: Council of Priests Meeting, Selly Park, 10.30am. Thu: Visits St Joseph’s Primary School, Darlaston, 2.00pm. Confirmations, St Joseph’s, Darlaston, 7.00pm. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting, Archbishop’s House, Birmingham, 9.30am. Oscott Trustees’ Meeting, Cathedral House, Birmingham, 1.00pm. Sat: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Sun: Blessed Sacrament Processon, St Mary’s, Hyson Green, 2.30pm, followed by Benediction, St Barnabas Cathedral, 4.30pm. Mon: Meetings, Bishop’s House am. Confirmation, Our Lady and St Edward’s, Gordon Road, 7pm. Tues: Confirmation, St Peter’s, Hinckley, 7pm. Thu: Visits St Anne’s Primary School, Buxton, 2.30pm. Confirmation, All Saints, Glossop, 7pm. Fri: Primary Headteachers Conference, Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham. Confirmation, St Francis of Assisi, Long Eaton, 7pm.
Bishop Malone (Liverpool) Tues: Bishops Day of Recollection. Thu: Pastoral Area Deans Meeting, St Ambrose Barlow, Astley, 11am. Sat: University of Liverpool Chaplaincy Reunion, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7.30pm.
Bishop Mason (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Confirmations in Sheppey, 3.00pm. Tue: Archbishop’s Council Meeting at Archbishop’s House, 10.30am. Wed: The Good Shepherd Mass at Aylesford, 11.30am. Thu: Meetings at Barham Court, 11.00am.
Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun: Visits Lourdes Pilgrimage Leaders Retreat, Wonersh, 11am. Woking Deanery Confirmations, Frimley, 3pm. Mon: Parish Secretaries Day, Horsham, West Sussex, 10am. Meeting, London, 4pm. Tues: Requiem Mass for Rev Patrick Kenney, Our Lady of Ransom, Eastbourne, 10am. Visit to St Bernadette’s Primary School, Brighton, 2pm. Speaks at Haslemere Festival, 7.30pm. Wed: Mass for Fr Tony Collin’s Silver Jubilee, Danehill, 10am. St Mary’s University, Twickenham, 6.30pm. Thu: Meeting, High Oaks, 9am. Pastoral Team Formation Day, Dabcec, 10.30am. Fri: Mass at St Philip’s Primary School, Uckfield, 10am. Ordination to the Priesthood of Roy Waters, Arundel Cathedral, 7pm. Sat: Redhill Deanery Confirmations, Redhill, 11am. Crawley Deanery Confirmations, Crawley, 3pm.
Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Sun: Celebrates Confirmation at St Cuthbert Mayne, Launceston, 10.00am. Mon: Celebrates Mass and preaches for the Feast of St Rita of Cascia at the St Rita’s Centre, Honiton, 11.00am. Tue: Council of Priests Meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 11.00am. Deans meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 2.00pm. Wed: Attends Catholic Archives Society Conference at Brunel Manor, Torquay, 10.30am. Celebrates Confirmation at St Catherine, Wimborne, 7.00pm. Thu: Bishop’s Council Meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 11.00am. Trustees Meeting, St Boniface House, Buckfast, 2.00pm. Sat: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, all day.
Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Confirmation, St albans, Finchley North. Tues: Visitation Day, Allen Hall. Wed: Council of Priests, Allen Hall. Meeting, Eccleston Square. Fri: Archbishop’s Council Meeting. Confirmation, The Annuciation, Burnt Oak. Sat: Confirmation at 11.30am and 2.30pm Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George, Enfield.
Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun: Pastoral Visitation & Confirmation, English Martyrs, Hornchurch. Mon: Meetings, Cathedral House. Wed: Meetings, Cathedral House, am. Meets with University Cathedrals Group 5.00pm, London. Thu: Meetings in London.
Bishop Williams (Auxiliary Bishop in Liverpool) Sun: Celebrates Mass, St Joseph and St Laurence, Kirby, 11am. Mon: Eucharistic Congress Meeting, London, 4pm. Tues: Bishops Day of Recollection, Leeds. Wed: Visits St John Vianney RC Primary School, St Helens, 9.30pm, Visits St Anne’s RC Primary School, 1.30pm. Thu: Pastoral area Dens Meeting, St Ambrose Barlow, Astley, 11am. Fri: Opening of West Lancashire Cemetery and Crematorium, Burscough, 11am. Mass of Healing, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, 7pm.
Bishop Wilson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun: Confirmation St John the Evangelist, Brentford. Confirmation at Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Acton. Tue: Good Shepherd School, May Procession and Reception. West Deans Meeting. Wed: Council of Priests Meeting. Confirmation, St Bridgets, Isleworth. Thu: Our Lady of Grace Junior School 50th Anniversary Mass, Dollis Hill Lane. Hayes Confirmation Group Talk, Human Dignity. Fri: Archbishop’s Council, Archbishop’s House, Meetings at Archbishop’s House. Confirmation, St Aidan of Lindisfarne in East Acton. Sat: Yuth Deanery (Harrow) Confirmation, Cathedral.
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Archbishop Stack (Cardiff) Sun: National Pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Taper, 2.00pm. Tue: Good Shepherd Service for Schools, St David’s Cathedral, 11.30am. Leavers Mass, St Mary’s, Lugwardine, 2.00pm. Fri: Presents Prizes at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire.
Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Mon-Sat: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Bishop Burns (Menevia) Sun: Confirmations, Morriston Parish, 11.00am. Mon-Fri: Visit Valladolid.
This listing was compiled by The Universe Media Group Ltd and also appears in the Universe and Catholic Times
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