Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: Rome. Mon-Fri: Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales – Spring 2017 Meeting and Retreat, English College Villa, Palazzola, Rome. Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Sun-Fri: Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Cultural Exchange with China AGM, St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference Meeting, Palazzola, Rome. Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Sun-Fri: Meeting of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: National Mass for Parish Family Groups, Northampton Cathedral, 12.30pm. Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun-Fri: Attends Bishops’ Plenary meeting and retreat, Palazzola, Italy. Sat: Leads Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham. Bishop Byrne (Birmingham) Sun-Fri: Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Campbell (Lancaster) Sun-Fri: Attends CBCEW Retreat and Plenary Meeting, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Cunningham (Hexham and Newcastle) Sun-Sat: Retreat with Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales followed by Retreat with the Bishops of England & Wales, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Catholic Women’s League Annual Mass & 60th Anniversary, St Columba’s, Chester, 12 noon. Visit of Chester University Catholic Society, Cathedral, 4.00pm. Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Family Group Mass and Lunch, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate, Northampton, 12 noon. Bishop Drainey (Middlesbrough) Sun-Fri: Attends Bishops’ Spring Meeting and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Gives introduction and welcome to Lourdes Hospitalité Formation Event at Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough, 10.00am. Confirmations at Ampleforth, 5.00pm. Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference Plenary Assembly and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Confirmation Mass, St John’s Cathedral, Portsmouth, 11.00am. Dialogue with Sectors Meeting, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth, 2.30pm. Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Edel Quinn Day, Aylesford, 11.00am. Vespers and Reception, Coptic Orthodox Church, Stevenage, 6.00pm. Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference Plenary Meeting, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Confirmations, St Francis of Assisi, Sheffield, 3.00pm. Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sun: Mass, Young People’s Ignite Festival, Swaffham, 12.00 noon. Mon: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham, 12.00 noon. Tue-Fri: Bishops’ Conference Plenary Assembly and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Catholic Conference of Musicians, Cambridge, 3.00pm. Mass at Barhill, Cambridge, 6.00pm. Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun-Fri: CBCEW Plenary Assembly Meeting and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Mass for Parish Family Groups, Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas, Northampton, 12.30pm. Confirmation, St Peter’s Italian Church, Clerkenwell, 7.00pm. Bishop Kenney (Birmingham) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference & Retreat, Villa Palazzola, Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy. Sat: Deacon Terry Hum Retirement Celebration, Our Lady and St Wulstan, Southam, 11.00am. Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun-Sat: Catholic Bishops’ Conference Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun: Visitation, Kidbrooke, St John Fisher. Tue: Meeting with Dr Anne Bamford-Education Commission, Blackheath, 1.30pm. Wed: Internment of Fr Jack Madden’s Ashes, Gunnersbury, 11.00am. Thu: C.R.L. Trustees Meeting, Eltham, 11.00am. Confirmations, Mottingham & Chislehurst West, Our Lady Help of Christians & St Patricks (Service will be held at Mottingham), 6.30pm. Fri: Visitation, St Peter The Apostle, Woolwich. Sat: Confirmations, Holy Cross, Catford, 11.30am. Visitation, St Peter The Apostle, Woolwich. Confirmations, St Peter The Apostle, Woolwich, 6.00pm. Bishop McAleenan (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Confirmation, St Alban and St Stephens, St Albans, 11.00am. Confirmation, St Albans and St Stephens, St Albans, 3.00pm. Bishop McGough (Birmingham) Sun-Sat: Catholic Bishops’ Conference Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop McKinney (Nottingham) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Fri: Attends Silver Jubilee Mass, Church of the Assumption, Beeston, 6.30pm. Sat: National Mass for Parish Family Groups, Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas, Northampton, 12.30pm. Bishop Mason (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Meeting, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference Plenary & Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Epsom Deanery Confirmations, Epsom, 11.00am. Epsom Deanery Confirmations, Epsom, 2.30pm. Bishop O’Toole (Plymouth) Sun-Fri: Attends Spring Plenary Meeting and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Engagements Bishop’s House, Plymouth, all day. Bishop Sherrington (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference and Retreat, Villa Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Confirmation, St Monica’s, Palmers Green, 11.00am and 2.30pm. Confirmation, St Peter in Chains, Stroud Green, 6.30pm. Bishop Stock (Leeds) Sun-Fri: Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Williams (Brentwood) Sun-Fri: Attends Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Williams (Auxiliary Bishop in Liverpool) Sun-Thu: Bishops’ Conference Meeting, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Wilson (Auxiliary Bishop in Westminster) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Sat: Confirmation, Most Sacred Heart, Ruislip, 2.30pm. Vespers, Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George, Stevenage, 5.30pm. WALES Archbishop Stack (Cardiff) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Brignall (Wrexham) Sun-Fri: Bishops’ Conference, Palazzola, Rome. Bishop Burns (Menevia) Sun-Sat: Bishops’ of England and Wales Conference and Retreat, Palazzola, Rome. SCOTLAND Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews & Edinburgh) Sun: Confirmations, St Mary of the Assumption, Bo’ness, 10.00am. Confirmations, St Margaret’s, Loanhead, 3.00pm. Tue: Confirmations, St Mary’s, Haddington, 7.00pm. Wed: Confirmations, St Kentigern’s, Edinburgh, 7.00pm. Thu: Confirmations, St Matthew’s, Rosewell, 7.00pm. Fri: Confirmations, The Immaculate Conception, Jedburgh, 7.00pm. Sat: Confirmations, Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackburn, 3.00pm. This listing was compiled by The Universe Media Group Ltd and also appears in the Universe and Catholic Times