The fifteenth National Conference for Rural Catholics takes place from Monday 25 February 2019 – Wednesday 27 February 2019. It will be held at the Sarum College, 19 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EE.
The full conference programme can be found below:
Monday 25 February
| Time | Details |
| 15:30 | Arrivals and Coffee |
| 16:00 | The View from Parliament – Neil Parish MP, Chairman, EFRA Parliamentary Committee |
| 17:00 | TBC |
| 17:45 | Evening Prayer |
| 18:15 | Dinner |
| 20:00 | The Rural Post Office – Ed Rigg (Tisbury PO) |
| 21:15 | Compline |
Tuesday 26 February
| Time | Details |
| 08:00 | Morning Prayer & Mass – St Osmund’s |
| 08:30 | Breakfast |
| 09:30 | Sarum College’s pastoral training programme for rural ministry – The Rev. Paul Burden |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | The Changing World of Farm Machinery – Colin Smart, MD Smart Agricultural Services Ltd. (John Deere & JCB) |
| 12:30 | MDO |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Fish Farm visit, guided tour of Salisbury, or leisure. |
| 16:00 | Coffee |
| 16:30 | TBC |
| 17:45 | Evening Prayer |
| 18:15 | Dinner |
| 20:00 | Bruce Tozer: Agricultural Finance & the Environment |
| 21:15 | Compline |
Wednesday 27 February
| Time | Details |
| 08:00 | Morning Prayer & Mass – St Osmund’s |
| 08:30 | Breakfast (please vacate your room by 9.30) |
| 09:30 | Lord Talbot, The Paper Farmer |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 11:00 | David Waters: Reintroducing the Great Bustard to Wiltshire |
| 12:00 | Business Meeting |
| 12:30 | Angelus and lunch |