April Materials for next CAFOD Campaign become available - 'Care for Our Common Home' - with events during the coming months.
4 Apr Sunday United Nations' Mine Awareness Day
6 Apr Tuesday International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7 Apr Wednesday United Nations' World Health Day
7 Apr Wednesday Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
19 Apr Monday Online conversation on “The Politics of Division” 7pm-8.30pm hosted by Church and Peace in Britain and Ireland. “Is the UK government pursuing a “white nationalist” agenda to split our communities?” Register at
www.church-and-peace.org/en/2021/02/online-conversation-politics-of-division/
21 Apr Wednesday 7pm: Green Christian Bible Discussion online with Deborah Tomkins: 'What does scripture say to believers about Creation Care?'
22 Apr Thursday Earth Day
26 Apr Monday International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
28 Apr Wednesday World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 Apr Thursday Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
1 May Saturday Day of Prayer for Human Work
1 May Saturday London Mass for Migrant Workers (Livestreamed), 11.30am. Details on Local Events page.
5 May Wednesday International Conscientious Objectors Day Peace Pledge Union www.ppu.org.uk
8 May Saturday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
8 May Saturday World Migratory Bird Day
9 May Sunday Start of Christian Aid Week https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christian-aid-week1
15 May Saturday International Day of Families
17-30 May UN Biodiversity Summit. (Preparation for COP15.)
21 May Friday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May Saturday International Day for Biological Diversity
22 May Saturday Pax Christi AGM - details to be announced
24 May Monday Laudato Si’ Year ends
29 May Saturday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 May Monday World No Tobacco Day
1 Jun Tuesday Global Day of Parents
4 Jun Friday International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 Jun Saturday World Environment Day
8 Jun Tuesday World Oceans Day 11-13 June G7 Meetings in Cornwall
11-13 Jun (Fri-Sun) G7 Meetings in Cornwall
12 Jun Saturday World Day Against Child Labour
13 Jun Sunday Day of Prayer for Human Life
15 Jun Tuesday World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
17 Jun Thursday World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
19 Jun Saturday International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20 Jun Sunday World Refugee Day
20 Jun Sunday Day of Prayer for Human Life
22 Jun Tuesday Day of Prayer for those who suffer Persecution, Oppression, and Denial of Human Rights
23 Jun Wednesday International Widows' Day
25 Jun Friday Day of the Seafarer
26 Jun Saturday International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 Jun Saturday International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
26 June – 4 July: London Climate Action Week – Harnessing the Power of London for Global Climate Action. (Schools Assembly on 29 June.) www.londonclimateactionweek.org
3 Jul Saturday International Day of Cooperatives
18 Jul Sunday Nelson Mandela Day
Friday 23 - Sunday 25 July, 43rd Annual J&P Conference, The Hayes, Swanwick. "Action for life on earth - moment of truth"
30 Jul Friday International Day of Friendship
30 Jul Friday World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Friday 6 and Monday 9 August, 75th anniversary of the first uses of nuclear weapons in warfare
9 Aug Monday International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 Aug Thursday International Youth Day
19 Aug Thursday World Humanitarian Day
23 Aug Monday International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
29 Aug Sunday International Day against Nuclear Tests
30 Aug Monday UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1 Sep Wednesday Day of Prayer for Creation; start of "Creation Time", which runs to Sunday 3 October - https://seasonofcreation.com/
5 Sep Sunday UN International Day of Charity
18 Feb Thursday First of six weekly Lenten talks organised by Catholic Climate Movement, 'Global Healng' on Thursdays from 7.30 to 8.30pm.
Speakers include Bishop John Arnold, Jane Mellett (Global Catholic Climate Movement), Dr Emma Gardner (Head of Environment, Salford Diocese),
and Graham Gordon (Head of Public Policy, CAFOD). To register please click here or email jane@catholicclimatemovement.global
23 Feb Tue Start of weekly Lent Talks on Tuesdays at 7.30pm for Edinburgh Jesuit Centre to mark the 8th anniversary of the installation of Pope Francis
Zoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2365092814or Meeting ID:236 509 2814
Talks will also be streaming to Facebook Live.View by typing Edinburgh Jesuit Centre into Facebook
Tuesday 23 February 7.30pm:Austen Ivereigh on Social Justice
Tuesday 2 March 7.30pm:Sr Imelda Poole MBE on Refugees and Migration
Tuesday 9 March 7.30pm:James Martin SJ on LGBTQ+ Ministry
Tuesday 16 March 7.30pm:Christopher Lamb on Church Hierarchy
Tuesday 23 March 7.30pm:Dr Lorna Gold on Pope Francis on the Environment
Tuesday 30 March 7.30pm:Gemma Simmonds CJ on Women in the Church
March Materials for the next CAFOD campaign become available: 'Reclaim Our Common Home', To be marked by events in the following months.
24 Mar Wednesday International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
25 Mar Thursday International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 Mar Thursday International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing UN Staff Members
25 Mar Thursday CAFOD training session about how to organise successful online and public meetings with your MP to promote international development -
repeated on 10 April. The sessions are free, but you need to sign up in advance.
More information at https://cafod.org.uk/News/Events/MP-meeting-training
Mar 25 Thursday 6.00 -7.30pm. 'All Sisters and Brothers': Sustaining hope with refugees and asylum seekers. More here
26 Mar Friday 'Reset the Debt' - Day of prayer and action. Prayer for just and compassionate solutions to the debt crisis we now face in our communities. Action to call on our government to support families weighed down by debt because of Covid-19.['Reset The Debt' is supported by Churches, faith-based groups and charities - find out more at their website.]
26 Mar Friday Day of Prayer for Victims of Sexual Abuse
26 Mar Friday 12h00: Webinar 'Changing the Narrative, One Story at a Time'- sponsored by Dominican Sisters at the United Nations and Domuni Universitas, featuring five women panelists from five continents. (A Parallel Event to the 65th session of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women.)
Registration here - closes on 24 March.
27 Mar Saturday 12.30pm Romero Anniversary Mass at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark with Archbishop John Wilson, who will speak on 'Unchanging Truth in Changing Times'. A limited number can gather in the cathedral, and the Mass will be streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uGCKQSpRto&feature=youtu.be
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5 Sep Sunday Climate Sunday
Wednesday 8 September, UN International Literacy Day
Wednesday 15 September, UN International Day of Democracy
Thursday 16 September, UN International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Monday 21 September, UN International Day of Peace.
Thursday 23 September, UN World Maritime Day
Sunday 26 September, UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Monday 27 September, UN World Tourism Day
Friday 1 October, International Day of Older Persons
Saturday 2 October, International Day of Non-Violence
Monday 5 October, UN World Teachers’ Day
Monday 4 October, UN World Habitat Day
Sunday 10 October, Day of Prayer for Prisoners and their Dependants
Monday 11 October, UN International Day of the Girl Child
Wednesday 13 October, UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
Friday 15 October, UN International Day of Rural Women
Friday 15 October 25th anniversary of the publication of "The Common Good and the Catholic Church's Social Teaching" by the Bishops of England and Wales.
Saturday 16 October, UN World Food Day
Sunday 17 October, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Sunday 24 October, UN United Nations Day
Sunday 24 October, UN World Development Information Day
Wednesday 1 to Friday 12 November, COP 26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow
Saturday 6 November, UN International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Wednesday 10 November, UN World Science Day for Peace and Development
Thursday 11 November, Remembrance Day
Sunday 14 November, Remembrance Sunday
Tuesday 16 November, UN International Day for Tolerance
Friday 19 November, UN World Toilet Day
Saturday 20 November, UN Unniversal Children's Day
Thurssday 25 November, UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Monday 29 November, UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Sunday 12 September, UN United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
Wednesday 1 December, UN Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Wednesday 1 December, UN World AIDS Day
Thursday 2 December, UN International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Friday 3 December, UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Friday 3 December, Day of Prayer for Migrants.
Sunday 5 December, UN International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Sunday 5 December, UN World Soil Day
Thursday 9 December, UN International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
Thursday 9 December, UN International Anti-Corruption Day
Friday 10 December, UN Human Rights Day
Saturday 18 December 2020, UN International Migrants Day
Monday 20 December 2020, UN International Human Solidarity Day