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.
The Catholic Union Charitable Trust has organised the following meeting:
Venue: St Mary Moorfields Church, 4-5 Eldon Street, London EC2M 7LS (not wheelchair accessible).
Thursday 10 October at 6.30pm – The Craigmyle Lecture
“Catholic Social Thought and the Economics of the Common Good”.
This year’s Craigmyle Lecture will be given by Lord Maurice Glasman, the Labour peer, political theorist and best known as a founder of “Blue Labour”. All welcome.
Followed by a Drinks Reception.
Venue: Notre Dame University, 1 Suffolk Street, London SW1Y 4HG.
The Catholic Union Charitable Trust and Farm Street Church will host a talk by Fr James Hanvey SJ on:
“Pope Francis and his Vision of the Church”
on Friday 25 October 2019 at 7pm in the Church Hall, Farm St Church (Church of the Immaculate Conception), 114 Mount Street, London W1K 3AH. Mass in the Church is at 6pm.
Free entry. All welcome. Followed by a Drinks Reception.
Thursday 21 November 2019 at 6.45pm – Catholic Union AGM
The AGM will take place at Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, London SW1P 1QN after the 5.30 Mass at Westminster Cathedral. All members welcome. Followed by a Reception.
A full report on this talk is available courtesy of Independent Catholic News at https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/37298
The Catholic Union Charitable Trust has organised a talk by Patrick Grady MP on Wednesday 12 June 2019 at 6.45pm in Committee Room 6 in the House of Commons.
The title of the talk is “Catholicism and Public Life in Scotland”
Patrick Grady is the Chief Whip of the Scottish National Party and was elected MP for Glasgow North in 2015. Between 2011 and 2015 he worked as Advocacy Manager at the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund.
Members of the Catholic Union are also invited to attend Holy Mass in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft at 6pm by kind invitation of the Catholic chaplain, Canon Pat Browne. The chapel is located in the south west corner of Westminster Hall.
The Committee Room holds only 65 people. Please register to attend with the CUCT office on 020 8749 1321 or at info@cuct.org.
Please see all the details about the 2019 Summer Gathering and the booking form in the link below. We look forward to welcoming you to the Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9PZ on Saturday 29 June. Perhaps you will be able to stay overnight in one of the attractive en suite rooms and explore the Tolkien Trail the next day!
Photos of Theodore House are on this site: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qZEZdcFCyUmdrXwb7
Any questions? Please email director@catholicunion.org.uk.
A report on this event including the text of Cardinal Vincent’s homily is available at https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/36632
Wednesday 5 December 2018 – 7.30pm – Lecture by George Weigel on “Democracy and its Discontents: Catholicism and Public Life in Turbulent Times“. George Weigel is a well known American Catholic author, commentator and biographer of Pope John Paul II. Organised by the Thomistic Institute and cosponsored by the Catholic Union Charitable Trust.
The CUCT Craigmyle Lecture 2018 was delivered on 18 October by crossbencher Baroness Nuala O’Loan. It was an impressive and uplifting address some highlights of which are included in this press release.