Liturgical Calendar
Liturgical Calendar - 2024 / 2025
"The school has a carefully planned calendar for prayer and liturgy" CSI Inspection
Year of prayer & Jubilee year of hope
| Date | Day | Event | Year Group |
| 01/09/2025 | Monday | Staff Inset – In house | All Staff |
| 08/01/2025 Feast | Monday | Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary | All |
| 09/09/2025 | Tuesday | Year 7 Saint Carlo Acutis - Chapel Form Time | 7 |
| 10/09/2025 | Wednesday | Year 7 Saint Josephine Bakhita – Chapel Form Time | 7 |
| 11/09/2025 | Thursday | Year 7 Saint John Bosco – Chapel Form Time | 7 |
| 12/09/2025 | Friday | Year 7 Saint John Paul II – Chapel Form Time | 7 |
| 15/09/2025 | Monday | Year 7 Saint Oscar Romero – Chapel Form Time | 7 |
| 16/09/2024 | Tuesday | Year 7 Saint Bernadette Soubirous – Chapel Form Time | 7 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic Trust Mass - SS Peter and Paul’s RC Church @ 4pm. | All Staff Invited | ||
| 19/09/2025 | Friday | Year 7 & 12 Welcome Mass - SS Peter and Paul’s RC Church @ 14:00 | 7 & 12 |
| 24/09/2025 Feast | Wednesday | Our Lady of Walsingham | All |
| 26/09/2025 | Friday | Academic Mass - St Cedd’s RC Church - Year 10-11 & 13 @ 8:50am - Year 8-9 @ 14:00pm | 8-11 & 13 |
| 30/09/2025 - Saint Jerome | Tuesday | Commissioning Service - Palmer hall @ 14:00 | 7-13 |
| 02/10/2025 - Holy Guardian Angels | Thursday | Diocesan Jubilee Youth Mass at Brentwood Cathedral @ 6.30pm | 7-13 |
| 07/10/2025 - Our Lady of the Rosary | Tuesday | Rosary in Chapel – Lunch time | Rosary in Chapel – Lunch time All Invited |
| 12/10/2025St Carlo Acutis - Form Saint | Sunday | Saint Carlo Acutis – Forms Feast day (Presentations by each form group at Assembly for the week beginning: Monday, 13/10/2025) | All Saint Carlo Acutis Forms (7-13) |
| 15/10/2025 | Wednesday | YEAR 10, 11 & 13 RETREAT (In house) | 10, 11 & 13 |
| 22/10/2025 - St Pope John Paul II - Form Saint | Wednesday | Saint John Paul II – Forms Feast day (Presentations by each form group at Assembly for the week beginning: Monday, 20/10/2025) | All St John Paull II Forms (7-13) |
| 27th – 31st October | Monday | Half Term | All |
| 3/11/2025 | Monday | All Souls | All |
| 11/11/2025 | Tuesday | Remembrance Day | All |
| 24/11/2025 | Monday ff | Season of Advent Preparation /Reconciliation/Christmas Hamper Appeal | 7-13 |
| 28/11/2025 | Friday | Staff Inset | All staff |
| Advent Season 01/12/2025 | Monday ff | Reconciliation in RE lessons - Chapel - Season of Advent | 7-13 |
| 08/12/25 - Immaculate Conception – (Solemnity) | Monday | Immaculate Conception – Solemnity | All |
| 10/12/2025 | Wednesday | Academy Jubilee Pledge day | TPC |
| 12/12/2025 | Friday | Christmas Jumper Appeal | All |
| 16/12/2025 | Tuesday | Carol Concert - Palmer Hall - 18:00-19:30 | All |
| 17/12/2025 | Wednesday | Christmas Liturgy - Years 7 & 9 Period 1 - Years 8 & 11 Period 2 - Years 10,12 & 13 Period 3 | 7-13 |
| 22/12/2025 – 02/01/2026 | Monday ff | CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY | 02/01/2026 |
| 05/01/2026 | Monday | STAFF INSET | All staff |
| 06/01/2026 - Solemnity | Tuesday | The Epiphany of the Lord | All |
| 14th - 15th January 2026 | Wednesday - Thursday | Year 7 Saint Carlo Acutis - Overnight Retreat | 7 |
| 15th - 16th January 2026 | Thursday - Friday | Year 7 Saint Josephine Bakhita – Overnight Retreat | 7 |
| 21st - 22nd January 2026 | Wednesday - Thursday | Year 7 Saint John Bosco – Overnight Retreat | 7 |
| 22nd - 23rd January 2026 | Thursday - Friday | Year 7 Saint John Paul II – Overnight Retreat | 7 |
| 28th - 29th January 2026 | Wednesday -Thursday | Year 7 Saint Oscar Romero – Overnight Retreat | 7 |
| 29th - 30th January 2026 | Thursday - Friday | Year 7 Saint Bernadette Soubirous – Overnight Retreat | 7 |
| 31/01/2026 - St John Bosco - Form Saint | Saturday | Saint John Bosco – Forms Feast day (Presentations by each form group at Assembly for the week beginning: Monday, 02/02/2026) | All St John Bosco Forms (7-13) |
| 02/02/2026 (Feast) | Monday | The Presentation of the Lord – Candle Mass | All |
| 08/02/2026 St Josephine Bakhita - Form Saint | Sunday | Saint Josephine Bakhita – Forms Feast day (Presentations by each form group at Assembly for the week beginning: Monday, 09/02/2026) | All St Josephine Bakhita Forms (7-13) |
| 13/02/2026 | Friday | Joint Staff Inset with MAT Primary Schools | All Staff |
| 16/02/2026 - 20/02/2026 | Monday | FEBRUARY HALF TERM | |
| 18/02/2026 - Ash Wednesday | Wednesday | Half term break – Pupils to attend at local Parishes | All |
| 23/02/2026 | Monday ff | Season of Lent/Reconciliation Preparation | 7-13 |
| 02/03/2026 | Monday ff | Reconciliation in RE lessons - Chapel - Season of Lent | 7-13 |
| 16/03/2026 | Monday ff | Lent Fast Day – Fundraiser – CAFOD/SVP | 7-13 |
| 17/03/2026 - Feast | Tuesday | Saint Patrick – Missionary (Share slides) | All |
| 19/03/2026 - St Joseph, (Solemnity) | Thursday | St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity) – Shared slides in forms | All |
| 24/03/2026 - St Oscar Romero Form Saint | Tuesday | Saint Oscar Romero – Forms Feast day (Presentations by each form group at Assembly for the week beginning: Monday, 23/03/2026) | All St Saint Oscar Romero Forms (7-13) |
| 25/03/2026 - (Solemnity) | Wednesday | The Annunciation of the Lord – Shared slides in forms | All |
| 26/03/2026 | Thursday | Easter Liturgy - Palmer Hall – SVP & CAFOD Student Leaders | 7-13 |
| 30/03/2026 - 05/04/2026 | Monday | EASTER HOLIDAY | Easter Sunday - 10/04/2026 |
| 16/04/2026 - St Bernadette Form Saint | Thursday | Saint Bernadette Soubirous – Forms Feast day (Presentations by each form group at Assembly for the week beginning: Monday, 13/04/2026) | St Bernadette Soubirous Forms (7 – 13) |
| 05/05/2026 | Monday | May devotion – Rosary in school chapel | All |
| 19/05/2026 | Tuesday | Year 8 Retreat - Aylesford Priory - Whole Year Group - 2 Forms per day. | 8 |
| 20/05/2026 | Wednesday | Year 8 Retreat - Aylesford Priory - Whole Year Group - 2 Forms per day. | 8 |
| 21/05/2026 | Thursday | Year 8 Retreat - Aylesford Priory - Whole Year Group - 2 Forms per day. | 8 |
| 22/05/2026 | Friday | Birthday of Canon Patrick Palmer - Young Leaders’ visit to Canon Palmer’s grave side. | CAFOD/SVP |
| 25/05/2026 - 29/05/2026 | Monday | MAY HALF TERM | |
| June | Pilgrimage to Rome (TBC) | 7-9 | |
| 12/06/2026 - Sacred Heart of Jesus (Solemnity) | Friday | Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Mass in School chapel | All invited |
| 17/06/2026 | Wednesday | Year 9 Retreat – Wintershall | 9 |
| 24/06/2026 - Nativity of John the Baptist (Solemnity) | Wednesday | Nativity of John the Baptist – Shared slides in form | All |
| 20/07/2026 | Monday | Staff Inset | All staff |