The Guild of St Stephen, Brentwood Diocese warmly invites all altar servers and their families to the Mass for Altar Servers on Saturday 19 September 2026 at 11.30am, taking place at St Joseph the Worker, Hutton (CM13 1BJ). Servers are asked to arrive by 11.15am and to bring their own alb/cassock and cotta. Parking is available onsite, and the nearest train
St Clare’s Catholic Primary School in Clacton is celebrating becoming the first school in the town to achieve the prestigious Platinum award in the Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) Primary Programme. The award recognises the school’s commitment to creating rich, inclusive and adventurous play opportunities, with pupils benefiting from exciting new outdoor spaces that encourage creativity, resilience and wellbeing.
'This draft legislation undermines respect for the innate value of human life, could lead vulnerable people feeling pressured into ending their lives, and risks putting many hospices and care homes into the position of no longer being able to operate.'
Caritas Diocese of Brentwood is inviting parishioners, clergy, school staff, catechists, volunteers and young adults to a range of stimulating in-person events on the environment, homelessness and the cost of living, and refugees.
Stephen has been the organist at Brentwood Cathedral for 33 years and has played at Notre Dame and St Peter's Basilica in Rome. At an event marking his retirement, Vincent Thompson, a former High Sheriff of Essex, former Deputy Lieutenant of Essex and a trustee of the Brentwood Cathedral and Choral Trust for over 25 years, paid tribute to Stephen’s “extraordinary technical skills and dedication”.
Jimmy Lai is a British citizen whose ‘crime’ was to voice concerns, engage in peaceful protest, and publish a newspaper which was critical of oppressive new laws in Hong Kong. He has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
