In case you are wondering, NDEG = The Northern Dioceses’ Environment Group and is made up from people concerned about our climate crisis who live in parishes across the North of England.They are organizing 3 Zoom meetings during this Autumn that may well be of interest to many in the Leeds Diocese.The first one on […]
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08 Sep – World Day of Migrants & Refugees
By Kathy Shaw, SPARK Project ManagerThe Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on the last Sunday in September since 1914. It is always an occasion to highlight the need for global unity in supporting refugees; to pray for different vulnerable people on the move as they face many challenges; and […]
05 Sep – The Peace Museum – It’s time to go there!
The Peace Museum re-opened its doors during August in its new location at Salt’s Mill in Saltaire. The museum closed its former location in central Bradford some time ago. The photograph shows the bare space before they started working on it. It illustrates why it has taken them quite a while to sort everything out […]
03 Sep – The Evolution of Love
Sometimes it can be quite depressing when you realise how few people have actually heard of Laudato Si. The fact that it is rarely heard about from the pulpit is also distressing. Yet, the background to taking action on our Climate crisis is a wonderfully positive ‘creation theology’.The title of this piece is the title […]
31 Aug – Commission to reimburse travel costs to Racial Justice Conference
We recently reported about the upcoming 40th anniversary conference of CARJ – The Catholic Association for Racial Justice. ( read about it here ). This will be held in Oldham on 21 September.The Commission has agreed to reimburse public transport costs for anyone from the Leeds Diocese who wishes to go to this conference. It’s […]
28 Aug – Racial Justice: An Urgent Church Priority
in March 2023 on the UN International Day for the Elimination of racism Pope Francis denounced racism , likening it to a ” virus that quickly mutates and instead of disappearing goes into hiding and lurks in waiting”.Disturbingly, recent so called ” protests”, particularly in northern towns, left without real ” levelling up”, and in […]
24 Jul – Wanted: E-News editor for our website**Closing 10 Sep**
We are seeking someone who can take on the responsibility for the news & views section of our website. This involves:seeking out suitable articles from people in parishes across the Diocese of Leeds about social justice issues. These might be factual articles about actions being taken in different parishes or it could more of an […]