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Annual Mass at the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey, 6 October 2018

Posted on October 4, 2018

The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom organise this annual Mass.  Please see this link for further information:  Click here

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ECHA Annual General Meeting and Day Conference – Saturday 20 October, Westminster

Posted on October 4, 2018

Click here for all the information you need on our upcoming Annual General Meeting and Day Conference on the subject of Bishop Challoner to be held at Westminster Cathedral (Hinsley Room) on Saturday 20th October

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ECHA Newsletter for September 2018

Posted on October 4, 2018

Click here to open our latest (September 2018) Newsletter    

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A History of Reading Abbey by John and Lindsay Mullaney

Posted on September 5, 2018

Reading Abbey, a Cluniac monastery, was founded in 1121 by Henry I, the son of William the Conqueror, in remembrance of his own son William, who had died tragically at sea. Little remains now of what was once the largest and … Continue reading →

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Bishop Youens of Northampton by Mrs Margaret Orborne

Posted on June 3, 2018

Bishop Laurence Walter Youens was a convert to the Catholic faith from Anglicanism, and was ordained priest in 1901 in High Wycombe, the first Catholic priest ordained there since the Reformation. After a period of missionary work in North Africa, … Continue reading →

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Day Conference in Birmingham

Posted on May 21, 2018

Archdiocese of Birmingham Historical Commission England and Rome: Anglo-Papal relations c1350 to 1870 at Cathedral House (Grimshaw Room) Birmingham Monday 25 June 2018 10.45 am to 4.00 pm (registration from 9.45 am) Speakers Prof. R.N. Swanson  ‘Exploiters or exploited’; the … Continue reading →

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ECHA Visit to London to join the Annual Martyr’s Walk, 24 June 2018

Posted on April 25, 2018

24 June 2018 – ECHA members invited to join the Annual Martyr’s Walk, London, organised by Joanna Bogle.  Preceeded by Mass at St Etheldreda’s, Ely Place and afterwards by Benediction and tea at Tyburn Convent.  This event is free but … Continue reading →

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