Posts by Linette Blackmore

Booking are open at the following link for our Diocesan Headteachers’ Conference 2019:   https://courses.rcdow.org.uk/event/headteachers-conference-2019/   Registration will open on the day  at 16:00 on Wednesday 6th February. Departures will be following lunch on Friday 8th February. When making your booking please purchase the ticket corresponding to your preferred tour option and programme option. It would be greatly appreciated if you…

Lord Patten of Barnes, alumnus and Patron of St Benedict’s School in Ealing, presented the Patten Scholarships on November 12th. Lord Patten attends the Sixth Form Scholars’ Evening each year. Chancellor of Oxford University and a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, Chris Patten was the last British Governor of Hong Kong and a…

On 5th July the Education Service recognised the outstanding service of over 40 individuals who have served Catholic education in our Diocese. Teaching staff, support staff, governors and Headteachers were represented from across our 209 schools. The evening included a special Mass at Westminster Cathedral followed by a reception on the roof terrace of the…

Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) hosted work experience student, Ciaran Bourke, from Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, London, at its head office in Eccleston Square for two weeks in July. Ciaran helped in various jobs including working on spreadsheets detailing the ships and seafarers, and a stock-take of items sold on the AoS online shop. The…

St. Dominic’s Sixth Form College marked the last weeks of the 2017-18 academic year by celebrating the faith of their community and raising money for charity. Firstly, the Harrow-on-the-Hill college came together in Westminster Cathedral on Friday 6th July to celebrate Mass, and with the end of the year approaching they shared a moment of…

On Thursday 5th July students from across the diocese gathered for the Catholic Children’s Society (CCS) annual Good Samaritan and Good Shepherd Masses at Westminster Cathedral. The Good Shepherd Mass for primary school pupils was celebrated by Bishop Paul McAleenan in the morning followed by Bishop John Wilson celebrating the Good Samaritan Mass for secondary…

Bishop Challoner Catholic Federation of Schools celebrated an open air Mass of thanksgiving with Bishop Nicholas Hudson, on the feast day of Ss Peter and Paul, Friday 29th June. The ground was filled with students and staff beating the hot summer’s day with a bottle of water beneath every seat and teachers looking after the…