On Tuesday 4 November 2025, officers and staff from police forces around the country gathered with serving and retired members of the Guild in Westminster Cathedral to celebrate the 102nd Annual National Police Requiem. Representing HM Government was The Minister Of State for Policing, Sarah Jones MP and also in attendance was The Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Philp MP. The Chief Celebrant was the Guilds' National Chaplain, Fr Barry Lomax. His co-celebrants were RC Priest Cha

Thursday 16 October Ss Margaret Mary Alacoque, Hedwig and Richard Gwyn Following on from previous day : the small matter of meeting His Holiness The Pope and afternoon tea in the UK Ambassadors residence, we resumed our pilgrimage and met once again at Piazza Pia for what was our last full day in The Eternal City. This particular location is at the end of the Via della Concilliazione, the long road that leads away from St Peters Basilica and it is also the starting point for

Wednesday 15 October St Teresa of Jesus, Doctor of the Church The day started very early with a planned 0630HRS meet for the group at the Piazza Pia which is a familiar Roman landmark situated at the opposite end to St Peters Basilica on the Via della Conciliazione. Wednesdays are set aside for the general Papal audience in St Peters Square and there had been much anticipation leading up to this day given that we knew that Chris had, via contacting his local Archdiocese secur

Tuesday 14 October St Callistus I, Pope and Martyr The morning was taken up with a bit of free time for the group before we met up and took an open top bus tour of Rome to see all the usual tourist sites and fully appreciate the Rome traffic jams and the Italian way of driving ! Following the tour and some lunch, the group assembled at the Venerable English College for daily Mass. In his homily, our National Chaplain Fr. Barry Lomax mentioned the terrorist attack that had tak