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Pupils from St Thomas More Catholic School, along with pupils from St George's Catholic School, Maida Vale and Bishop Douglass School, East Finchley, have successfully completed their second annual pilgrimage to Rome. St Thomas More is committed...Read more
St Paul's Catholic College in Sunbury over the last year has been raising funds for its nominated charity, Shooting Star Chase Hospice for Children. On Friday 7 October the Headteacher, James McNulty and Deputy Headteacher, Louisa Davies, toget...Read more
A sixth form student from St Benedict's School, Ealing, has won the final of the European Youth Debating Competition, held in Budapest on 4 October. Caroline Gakpetor defeated competitors from nine other European countries, including Germany, Sp...Read more
Following an inspection of the seven highest performing multi academy trusts (MATs) in the country, among them the Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust (DOWAT), Sir Michael Wilshaw praised their work of 'raising standards and providing a high-qu...Read more
Caritas Westminster and PACT have got together to encourage more people the volunteer in prisons and with prisoner's families. During National Prisoners Week, the two charities jointly hosted an event to encourage people to reach out to those cu...Read more
In an address given at a service to commemorate the work of William Wilberforce and to inaugurate the office of the Anti-slavery Commissioner at Westminster Abbey on 12 October, Cardinal Vincent reaffirmed the Church's commitment to combating mode...Read more
On Thursday 13 October, St Paul's Catholic Primary School celebrated 130 years of Catholic education in Wood Green with a thanksgiving Mass celebrated by Cardinal Vincent in the parish church. Among the concelebrants was Canon Vincent Berry, who...Read more
On Saturday, 8 October, Bishop John Sherrington and Paul McAleenan led a pilgrimage of mercy to St Albans, in honour of the proto-martyr of England who is also a patron saint of the diocese. The ecumenical pilgrimage was a sign of the shared witne...Read more
St Anthony's School for Girls, the new independent Catholic school located at Ivy House, Golders Green, welcomed founding parents, governors, and other guests on the evening of 12 October to celebrate its official opening.
Laura Martin, head te...Read more
Following the destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew, Cardinal Vincent has written to Jean Robert Pillard, the Chargé d'Affaires for Haiti, to express condolences and offer prayers for the victims. In his letter, sent 11 October 2016, he writes:...Read more
The parish of St Augustine's, Hammersmith, celebrated their centenary on 9 October with Mass presided by the Augustinian Cardinal Prospero Grech followed by a party.
In 1902, Cardinal Vaughan asked the Augustinian Friars to fill a missionary ga...Read more
On 22 September, Holy Rood Catholic Primary School in Watford celebrated 120 years of Catholic education. The school first opened its doors in September 1896 and was at that time, the only Catholic primary school in South Hertfordshire. The pupils...Read more
Citizens UK has identified that there are currently 387 unaccompanied minor children currently in Calais, eligible for relocation to the UK. To find out how you can help Citizens UK campaign for these children to be allowed entry to the UK...Read more
 By Ann StirlingÂ
On 22 September a team from Caritas Westminster and a small group of volunteers set off to Calais to visit Maria Skobtsova House, a hospitality house run by Brother Johannes Maertens that seeks to help the most vulnerable in...Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols presided at a special mass at St Mary's church in Hampstead on Sunday 11 September to mark the bicentenary of the Church's foundation.
 The church was filled to overflowing for the mass which formed the climax of a year ...Read more
The European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year at St Paul's School since 2001 on 26 Septemberand this year a huge effort was made to immerse students as much as possible in other languages and cultures.
The day began on Monday 26...Read more