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10 Oct – Philanthropy & Justice with Paul Vallely
The title of the Paul Vallely’s latest book is ‘Philanthropy from Aristotle to Zuckerberg’.We were delighted to have Paul, well-known British writer on religion, ethics, Africa and development issues, lead a Zoom session about his book on October 6th. It turned out to be a fascinating sweep of the history of philanthropy and generated a […]
05 Oct – Conflict & Climate Change Liturgy
The feast of St. Francis on October 4th marked the end of the Season of Creation. The J&P Commission celebrated this feast with a liturgy exploring and praying about the links between Conflict and Climate Change. Using the YCW See, Judge Act approach, short videos were used to find out about the experiences of people […]
16 Sep – Climate Emergency Walk to Bradford: an Invitation
photo courtesy of CAFODIn December 2015, we went with a small number of people to Paris to encourage the nations meeting there to take climate change seriously. Even the Pope had written about its importance for humanity!Now, 6 years later has any progress been made? In our churches or anywhere outside?Once […]
04 Sep – Reflections from the Action for Life on Earth Conference
By Sara of Margaret Clitherow parish in Leeds Sara was one of the young people sponsored to attend this conference by our SPARK Social Justice Project. My intentions in attending the Justice and Peace Climate Change Conference were to educate myself more on the global crisis and try to understand how churches were taking action. […]
30 Jul – Ideas for the Season of Creation
Now is the time to start thinking about what your parish could do to celebrate the Season of Creation: Sep 1st through to Oct 4th.Our Climate Crisis is a shared concern and one which needs to be reflected in our prayers, liturgies and parish community actions. We need to reflect on our role as co-creators: […]
26 Jul – Action for Life on Earth NJPN Conference
By Matty Maslen – parish of St Blaise, Bradford whose attendance was sponsored by SPARK Social JusticeLast weekend, 23rd to 25th August, the National Justice and Peace Network met for their annual conference at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. The topic for 2021 was climate change, calling the network together to discuss ‘Action for […]