Mission Masses and Events

Throughout the year, Mission Masses and Mission Animation Events take place across England and Wales to celebrate all things ‘mission’, pray for missionaries, and come together in prayer. Please do check back to this page for gatherings happening near you.

If you’d like to talk to someone about arranging a talk from a Missio representative in your parish, please get in touch.

Mission Masses

We are currently planning Masses for throughout 2025 and will update this page with all the details as soon as they are confirmed! Two Masses already planned are below.

SHREWSBURY

Shrewsbury Cathedral, Town Walls, Shrewsbury SY1 1UE
(Diocese of Shrewsbury)
When: Saturday 7 June 2025 at 12:15pm

Mass with Bishop Mark Davies, Fr Anthony Chantry MHM: National Director of Missio, Fr Anthony Grace: Missio Diocesan Director, and Fr Dermot Byrne MHM: British Regional of the Mill Hill Missionaries. Mass will be followed by refreshments.

SALFORD

Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, 250 Chapel Street, Salford M3 5LL.
(Diocese of Salford)
When: Saturday 21June 2025 at 3 p.m.

Mass with Fr Anthony Chantry MHM (National Director of Missio), Deacon Davie Nalikata (Missio Diocesan Director), and Fr Jan Klaver MHM. Mass will be followed by refreshments.

Other events

Salford Diocese Red Box Volunteers’ Gatherings

If you are a Red Box Volunteer in Salford Diocese then we would love to meet you at one of our Volunteers’ Gatherings! You will have a chance to share what is happening in your parish in regard to Red Boxes/Missio, and to meet the Diocese of Salford Missio Team – Deacon Davie Nalikata, Diocesan Director; Fr Jan Klaver MHM; Theresa Codd, Missio Regional Community Fundraiser.

We will be able to share upcoming plans and respond to any questions or queries that arise in the course of your work.

Dates/venues to choose from are:

Saturday 9 November – Bamber Bridge: St Mary’s, Brownedge Lane, Bamber Bridge PR5 6SP
Arrivals & refreshments from 10am for a 10:30am start, finishing by 12 noon. There is the opportunity to attend Mass at noon, if you wish.

Saturday 23 November – Fairfield: St Anne’s, Fairfield, Ashton Old Road M11 1GR
Arrivals & refreshments from 12 noon for a 12:30pm start, finishing by 2 pm.

Saturday 18 January 2025 – Eccles: St Mary’s Church (in the Parish of St John Paul II), Church Street, Eccles M30 0LU (side street for parking is Oxford Street: M30 0FW). Arrivals & refreshments from 10am for a 10:30am start, finishing by 12 noon. There is the opportunity to attend Mass at noon, if you wish.