Sr Maria Crowley of the Holy Family Sisters, Bradford reflects on their work with asylum seekersThis is a real challenge to us, in these dark times, where we are confronted daily with the great harm, we are capable of doing to each other. As we listen to the news and read the newspapers we hear […]
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06 Dec – The General Election is coming!
As a Commission of the Catholic Church it is not our role to advise you to vote for specific candidates or parties. However, there are two key messages that we would like to get across to everyone in the Diocese of Leeds:-Go out and Vote!Catholic Social teaching is where Faith and Politics meet. Think about […]
06 Dec – SPARK Social Justice Catches Fire!
Our project working with people aged 16-30 is starting to take off. Earlier this week over 100 students at St Mary’s High School in Menston took part in workshops exploring UK poverty through drama.Aoibheann Kelly, the talented theatre professional who is leading this work commented ”Drama can help young people to make sense of the […]
02 Dec – Great Progress at St Monica’s Housing
This update was provided by John McLaughlin, a member of the St.Monica’s Housing Management Committee and a member of the J&P CommissionSt. Monica’s Housing was founded in 2010 by a member of the Justice and Peace Commission and a member of the SVP. Since then many women who are made deliberately destitute when their first […]
28 Nov – Settle Re-SETTLEment update
Paul Kelly, parishioner at Ss Mary & Michael, Settle, and project lead for the Refugee ReSETTLEment Community sponsorship Group, sends this update. Twenty months since a parish meeting agreed to start the community-wide project to welcome and provide for a family displaced by the Syrian conflict, 5 months since the Home Office approved our intensive […]
26 Nov – Voices Across the Divide
The Commission has shown films about Palestine in the past but in a new venture we recently joined forces with the Leeds Pax Christi Group to show a film as part of the Fifth Leeds Palestinian Film Festival.The film was called ‘Voices Across the Divide’ and we showed it at Wheeler Hall at the back […]
10 Nov – Wakefield Refugee Response Meeting
By Lucy Irven, Facilitator for the Diocesan Refugee Support GroupOnce more the Diocesan Refugee Support group invited parishioners and organisations to share news and ideas of our support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. This time we were warmly welcomed by Fr Simon Bradbury and Parishioners of Ss Peter and Paul Parish in Wakefield to their […]