4th-11th September -  Bishop Peter on holiday.

 

7-17th September. Visit of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the Diocese. A series of events will take place in the parishes and schools in Bedford and there will be a Procession on Sunday 12th September, and a Mass with Bishop Peter on Monday 13th, open to all. (Please note that the September Vine has mis-stated these dates as 13th and 14th Sept.)  More...

 

12th September. Holy Hour at Sacred Heart, Luton, 4pm, in preparation for the Papal Visit. Meeting afterwards for all parish Pilgrim Leaders. 

 

12th September: Racial Justice Sunday. See the website of the Catholic Association for Racial Justice. 

 

12th September - Veneration of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour at the Diocesan Shrine at Great Billing will take place at 3pm. Guest Speaker Sr Esther from Turvey Abbey on icons. Refreshments afterwards.

 

16-19th September. The Papal Visit to the UK.  Key dates for us are 18th September when Diocesan representatives will be at the morning Mass at Westminster Cathedral and the Vigil in Hyde Park, and 19th September when some of us will be attend the Beatification of John Henry Newman at Cofton Park, Birmingham. More information here. 

 

17th September. The Rosary Link invites you to pray for vocations, seminarians and priests:and, on this occasion, for the Pope's visit. Mass at 7pm followed by Rosary and Exposition at 7.30pm. At Our Lady of Charity and St Augustine, Daventry

 

19th September. Home Mission Sunday. As it falls during the Papal Visit, parishes are invited to pray for the spread of the Gospel in England and Wales.

 

25th September. Diocesan Gathering of parish Ecumenical Representatives. 10 for 10:30am at St Augustine's Church, Milton Keynes.

 

25th September. First session of the Autumn 2010 course leading to the Catholic Certficate in Religious Studies (CCRS) : all at Holy Redeemer parish, Wexham Rd, Slough. See the NORES website for the 2010-11 programme booklet or contact Deacon Paul Wyer if interested.  

 

2nd October. Diocesan Justice and Peace Conference - "Are we a Church with a Conscience ?". Being held at St John the Apostle, Sundon Park (296 Sundon Park Road, Luton), starting at 9:30 am with coffee and registration. More information here. 
 

 

 

 

11-15th October - Clergy Retreat at Carmelite Priory, Boars Hill, Oxford. Speaker: Fr John Hemer, MHM, the noted scripture scholar. Bookings throiugh Cathedral Office 01604 714556.

 

16th October. Diocesan Altar-servers' Mass, 1pm at the Cathedral. See the Archconfraternity of St Stephen website.

 

23-24th October. World Mission Sunday. Second collection for the APF.