The following are the dates set by the Diocese or the Conference of Bishops for Special Collections in 2026.

Sick and Retired Priests

1^st March 2026            (2nd Sunday of Lent)

SCIAF

15^th March 2026           (4th Sunday of Lent)

Holy Places

3^rd April 2026               (Good Friday)

Communications

17^th May 2026              (7th Sunday of Easter)

Day for Life

21^st June 2026              (3rd Sunday in June)

Peter’s Pence

28^th June 2026             (Sunday closest to Solemnity of Peter and Paul)

Ecclesiastical Students

6^th September 2026       (23rd Sunday of the Year)

Mission Sunday

18^th October 2026         (Penultimate Sunday in October)

Education Sunday

15^th/22^nd November 2026.

In addition to these collections, the Franciscan Sisters will be here as part of the annual appeals that take place. Aid to the Church in Need, the largest Catholic Charity in the world, have also asked to come for an appeal. It is many years since they were here and they are a Catholic Charity, so I have agreed to this. Dates are yet to be set for these two.