By Joe Burns, Commission Member
Last September, in his Pastoral Letter for the Season of Creation, Bishop Marcus encouraged parishes to think about signing up to work towards the LiveSimply award, which is managed by CAFOD.
Having lived in a parish where we worked towards the award and now being a schools assessor for the award scheme, it is something which I would encourage any parish or school in the diocese to seriously consider. To work for the award , your parish has to consider how everyone can live more simply, more sustainably and how they can show their solidarity with those experiencing poverty.
It is a wonderfully positive way of involving all sections of a parish and all ages. Everyone has something that they can contribute and the scheme is flexible enough to allow you to use the strengths and resources within your own church community.
The Commission is supporting a group of 4 parishes in the Leeds area to put on a day event about this scheme. We have a title (as above), a date (Saturday May 3rd) and a venue (Wheeler Hall at Leeds Cathedral) – but the rest is all a bit fluid at the moment!
Within the next few weeks we will have finalised more details and will have an Eventbrite page for people to sign up to come along….
In the meantime, save the date and mention it to other people at church. Watch this space!