1 Bishop Matthew Kukah, Fr Salar Kajo, Sister Annie Demerjian and Melkite Archbishop John Darwish with Lord Alton, Baroness Cox and Aid to the Church in Need staff at the launch of the charity’s Persecuted and Forgotten? report (Weenson Oo/picture-u.net).
2 Students from Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, visit the University of Manchester.
3 Charlotte Hall, a pupil at Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby, is celebrating outstanding performances at two national swimming competitions, including first place in the 200m free final at the Swim England National Summer Meet.
4 Pupils take part in 50 hours of non-stop music practice marking the 50th anniversary of Cranmore School in Surrey.
5 Twenty Year 10 and 11 students at Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, visit Nepal on a World Challenge trip.
6 Thousands of Catholics take part in the annual Rosary Crusade through central London (Anthony Keegan).
7 Detail from David Tovey’s Self Portrait (after “Schmuÿle”) is one of many specially commissioned artworks being auctioned in support of The Passage. To bid, visit jumblebee.co.uk/picturesreimagined.
8 Year 3 pupils at Ratcliffe College Prep School in Leicestershire enjoy a retreat day at the Rosmini House of Prayer, learning about St Francis of Assisi.
9 Cardinal Vincent Nichols meets members of the Catholic Grandparents Association in Walsingham (Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk).
10 Pupilss at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, welcome the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Eddy Newman, to the school.
11 Students at Our Lady’s Convent High School in north London with shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, who spoke about what it takes to succeed in life and politics.
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