Friendship, faith and family were the major themes driving the celebration of our Association's Centenary year which began in May 2008.

As far as the UK is concerned we celebrated with a national Mass in Westminster Cathedral and regional ones in such splendid venues as York Minster, Lichfield Cathedral and at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. We fulfilled our aim of helping youth by running our first ever National Public Speaking Competition for Catholic Sixth Formers. We also fulfilled our role of being proud to stand up for our faith by holding a number of Centenary lectures at which authoritative and gifted speakers addressed aspects of Catholic teaching that are threatened by increasing secularism and legislation which denies freedom of conscience.

There was also a Formal Gala Dinner in Guildhall in the presence of HE Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.

Similar events which reflect these different aspects of the Catenian Association's aims and ethos were also arranged by local Catenians in Australia, Malta, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.


To download Centenary homilies click here