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Home Mission Sunday

20 September 2026

Those with long memories will be familiar with Home Mission Sunday. It is the title given to the day we ask our parishes to pray for the work of evangelisation and to support this vital work through a second collection. A few years ago, this day was re-named Evangelii Gaudium Sunday after Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation the ‘Joy of the Gospel’. Now, in 2026, we revert to using the original name – Home Mission Sunday.

On Home Mission Sunday, the bishops of England and Wales ask the faithful of our countries to look for ways in which we can all do our part in sharing the beauty and joy of knowing Jesus Christ. More information.

Archbishop thanks those who united to defeat assisted suicide Bill

Our Lead Bishop for Life Issues, Archbishop John Sherrington, offers his gratitude and thanks to all those who wrote to their MPs to stop assisted suicide becoming law.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed after Second Reading by 270 (Yes) votes to 286 (No) – a majority of 16.

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Compassionate end of life care until your very last breath

St Peter’s Residence is a ‘gold standard’ care home for the elderly run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Vauxhall, London.

Season of Creation

“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4) is the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be on 1 September, thus beginning the Ecumenical Season of Creation, which will conclude on 4 October, the liturgical feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. Read more.

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