1 Polish Ambassador Arkady Rzegocki presents Kevin Grant with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. The president of Poland conferred the honour for “outstanding services in supporting democratic changes in Poland and for activities for the benefit of the Polish community in Great Britain”.
2 The Golden Jubilee of Our Lady and St Werburgh’s Catholic Primary School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, is celebrated following the annual Grandparents’ Mass.
3 Students at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, make a Year of Mercy pilgrimage to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
4 The opera choir from St Benedict’s School in Ealing, west London, perform in Midsummer Opera’s production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, with Joanne Whalley as the Sleep Fairy, in St John’s Church, Waterloo.
5 Students at The Towers Convent School in Upper Beeding, West Sussex, perform West Side Story.
6 A Syrian refugee family has spoken to sixth-form students from two Christian Brothers schools about their recent escape from Aleppo. They visited St Ambrose College in Hale Barns, Cheshire, to meet local students, as well as young men and women from St Joseph’s College in Stoke.
7 Bishop Alan Williams has celebrated a Mass at Brentwood Cathedral marking Medaille Trust’s 10th anniversary.
8 Pupils at Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, take part in an workshop run by the energy company E.ON.
9 Downside Abbey has welcomed record numbers of visitors to the monastery to celebrate the closing of the Year of Mercy.
10 Medaille Trust staff attend the general assembly of Renate (Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation) at the Vatican.
11 Members of the Parish of The Holy Family in Thanet, Kent, make a two-day pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham.
