22nd January 2022 – OS Lunch at Preston Grasshoppers
The popular OS lunch at Preston Grasshoppers will take place on Saturday 22nd January when the Hoppers are playing Sandal. The cost of a three-course meal and entry to the match will be £25 per head. All OS, partners and friends are welcome and in the past this very informal event has attracted over 100 from all over the country. It has proved particularly attractive for OS years wishing to organise a mini reunion and details of convenient accommodation can be provided. To book or for further details please contact martinhothersall@outlook.com
There will be Mass in St Peter’s on Sunday morning at 11.00am, and all are welcome to attend.
24th January 2022 – Memorial Service at Farm Street for Fr Michael O’Halloran SJ
The service is at 6.00pm and will be followed by refreshments in the Church Hall.
4th February 2022 – Thirst Friday – Windsor
Sadly, the rugby match planned for the 5th February had to be cancelled. But we really don’t want to lose the opportunity to meet up with our SJBOS and our SMHOS, or indeed any other OS, parents and former parents who might have been planning to come along and support! So, we have arranged the next in the series of Association ‘Thirst Fridays’ on Friday 4th February at the Armstrong Gun, Englefield Green, at 6.00pm. Come along for an informal social gathering, all are welcome, first drink on us and pizza to be enjoyed!
26th February 2022 – Stonyhurst Association Annual Dinner
With our President, Dom Hartley OS 86 and guest speaker Jimmy Nelson OS 86, the dinner will be held at Pan Pacific London, a new, luxurious 43 storey bronze tower, with a shopping plaza and wellbeing suite. We have arranged a preferential room rate and rooms can be booked directly with them. Please contact their reservations department: reserve.pplon@panpacific.com or telephone +44 (0)20 7118 6888. Please use the reference 2202STONYH. The room rate is £250.00 per night and the rate includes VAT and breakfast. Tickets are priced at £125 for a sponsored ticket, £99 for the standard ticket and £75 for OS aged 25 and under.
Click here to complete the dinner booking form and reserve your tickets
14th – 17th April 2022 – Holy Week Retreat at Stonyhurst
We would be delighted for you and your family to join us for this special weekend of reflection, talks, and Easter Liturgy. The weekend is very much a gathering of friends, united by a sense of shared faith and spirit of belonging within the Stonyhurst community. There is a separate programme for children from the age of four upwards, and whole family attendance is very much welcomed and encouraged. Please click the link below for details of how to book.
6th May 2022 – Thirst Friday – Playground Theatre London – 6.00pm – 7.30pm
27th May 2022 – Stonyhurst Association AGM to be held at Stonyhurst College at 4.00pm
The Annual Report and Accounts and the Notice of the Agenda can be downloaded through the link below.
Annual Report and Accounts 2021
27th May 2022 – Great Academies Champagne Reception for parents and staff at 5.30pm.
30th May – 1st June 2022 – OS 71 Reunion
Andrew Lubienski is organising a reunion, to be held at Theodore House, Stonyhurst. Please contact Andrew directly if you are interested in attending.
3rd June 2022 – Rugby Centenary Tournament and Dinner at the College
11th June 2022 – OS Cricket v College
All Stonyhurst families are invited to watch the match – bring a picnic! We will finish at 5.00pm with drinks and a hog roast.
Any OS with an interest in playing cricket for the Wanderers team is asked to contact Richard Drinkwater OS91 at richard@svtech.co.uk
2nd July 2022 – Adrian Aylward – Memorial Service at Farm Street at 2.00pm
You are all very welcome to attend, please click the link to register your attendance: Adrian Aylward Memorial Service
18th August 2022 – Walk the Tolkien Trail, with our President, for Maundy Relief – save the date!
We are planning a circular family walk, starting and finishing at Hobbit Hill, where there will be parking and facilities. A family tea will be provided at the end of the walk. This will be a charitable event, in that we will ask you to bring appropriate donations for the local food banks – we will feed you, if you will feed them! Further details and a booking form will be available in early spring.
19th – 26th August 2022 – Lourdes Pilgrimage
After two ‘grace years’ dictated by the pandemic, we are returning to Lourdes this year. You are warmly invited to join us. However, despite our initial hopes, we have concluded that one of the lingering effects of the pandemic is that we will be unable to provide medical or nursing support for adults on this year’s CA pilgrimage. We will not be using the Accueil this year and, regrettably, we will not be able to support adult pilgrims with personal care needs. However, we will have access to wheelchairs and we will have volunteer helpers who will be able to push those wheelchairs while in Lourdes. Therefore, we hope that those who require assistance from us for their mobility issues but can independently meet their medical and personal care needs will still be able to join us. More details and booking forms will be available by the end of March. Please contact the Association Office if you have any queries.
2nd September 2022 – Thirst Friday – Richmond
To be held at Richmond Rugby Club, further details available shortly.
24th and 25th September 2022 – OS82 Reunion
A reunion will take place at the College, further details and a booking form will be available shortly.
8th December 2022 – Association Carol Service at the College, 7.00pm
18th February 2023 – Association Annual Dinner
Save the date! The dinner will be held at the College.