Pope Francis will canonise Blessed John Henry Newman on Sunday 13 October in St Peter's Square, making him the first English saint recognised since the 17th century.
On Sunday 14 July, please support the vital work of AoS, whose port chaplains and volunteer ship visitors provide practical help and pastoral care to seafarers - without whom, all our lives would be poorer.
At a Mass in Westminster Cathedral on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, Cardinal Nichols gave thanks for gift of diocesan priesthood and offered his thoughts on renewal of hearts and minds.
Parishioners from Colchester and further afield attended Mass at the Abbey Gatehouse on the feast of St John the Baptist - a day very special to the Benedictine monks of five centuries ago.
Bishop Alan unveiled a marble chalice commemorating the 58 men from the parish who went on to become cardinals, bishops, priests and deacons through its 124-year history.
The concert in Brentwood Cathedral was arranged to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Brentwood Catholic Children's Society which helps thousands of children across Essex and East London every year.
