The Catholic Union Summer Gathering is due to take place on Saturday 4 July at St Mary’s Twickenham. More details will follow in due course.
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AGM 2020 to be held in Archbishop’s House on 19 November
The Catholic Union’s 2020 AGM will take place on Thursday 19 November at 6.30pm. By kind permission of Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the AGM will this year be held in the Throne Room at Archbishop’s House, next to Westminster Cathedral. The choice of this special venue marks the 150th Anniversary of the Catholic Union.
The AGM will be preceded by Mass at 5.30pm in Westminster Cathedral and followed by a Reception.
Newsletter January 2020
Please click on the link below to see the January 2020 Newsletter.
CUCT talk on Interreligious Dialogue CANCELLED
Please note that the CUCT Talk by Cardinal Fitzgerald on Interreligious Dialogue scheduled for 27 March at the University of Notre Dame in London has with regret been cancelled by the venue in accordance with their policy on gatherings in respect of the coronavirus.
The CUCT hope that the Talk might be rescheduled at a later date and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Catholic Union General Election Statement December 2019
Manifesto Comparison Table for Other Parties
This table selects a number of relevant extracts from the manifestos of parties other than the three main national parties which were covered in the previous table. These parties (in alphabetical order) are the Brexit Party, Green Party, Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party.
Manifesto Comparison Table
The Catholic Union is publishing an Election Statement which includes a link to this table:
Ask Your Candidate about Religious Freedom
Please click below to see some questions about religious freedom to ask your parliamentary candidates in the forthcoming General Election.
150th Anniversary Mass at Farm St Church on 19 February 2020
Holy Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols at 6pm on Wednesday 19 February 2020 at Farm St Church (postal address 114 Mount Street, London W1K 3AH). This Mass will mark the 150th anniversary of the Catholic Union of Great Britain and will be followed by a Reception kindly sponsored by the Catholic Union Charitable Trust. All welcome.
Please register for the Reception with the office (020 8749 1321 or info@catholicunion.org.uk) or on Eventbrite here.
Christian Persecution: Truro Review event on 7 November
The Catholic Union Charitable Trust has organised the following meeting:
Thursday 7 November at 7pm – Christian Persecution: Problems and Progress
Bishop Philip Mounstephen of Truro, author of the Independent Review of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians, and Rehman Chishti MP, Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, discuss the persecution of Christians four months after publication of the Truro Review.
Doors at 6.30pm. Followed by a Drinks Reception.
Venue: St Mary Moorfields Church, 4-5 Eldon Street, London EC2M 7LS (not wheelchair accessible).
Please register by email at info@cuct.org or phone 020 8749 1321 or online at Eventbrite