We are living in a time of great political turmoil. Many of us feel paralysed by uncertainty as to what to do next: how do we adequately respond to what is happening?Very rarely do we hear concerns raised about making sure that, whatever happens with regard to Brexit, the needs of the poorest in our […]
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04 Sep – World Day of the Poor 2019
By John Battle, Chair of the Commission Pope Francis who has established the Church’s World Day of Prayer for the Poor three years ago has announced the theme for this year’s day to be held on 17th November. In his message announcing the theme he stressed the vital importance of the both “embracing and assisting […]
03 Sep – Diocesan Environment Policy in Preparation
For about 12 months now the Commission has had a small project steering group working on the development of an Environment Policy that could be adopted by the Diocese. Since the publication of Laudato Si’ in 2015 there have been 4 dioceses that have adopted such policies and some other dioceses also have them in […]
01 Sep – Getting a CAFOD Live Simply Award is the start of something – not the end
By Trish Sandbach, St Benedict\’s parish Garforth. We have been a Live Simply parish for over two years and the award is something that continues to inspire action in our parish. Most of the activities we undertook in order to achieve the award have continued because they were part of the sustainable structure we developed, […]
16 Aug – Women in Black Group started in Leeds
By Carol Burns, Leeds Pax Christ group. In Leeds, a group of women (of faith and none) have gathered together to protest against the Occupation of Palestine. The first “Women in Black” Vigil was held on Tuesday 6th August from 1:30 – 2:30pm at Dortmund Square. Following vigils will be held on the first Tuesday […]
26 Jul – Launch of Leeds Big Climate Conversation
By Michael Emly, Our Lady of Kirkstall parish, LeedsOn 17th July, I attended a lengthy session on climate change called the Leeds Big Climate Conversation. Leeds City Council has declared a climate emergency and this session was the launch of a 3 month consultation across the city about what action people felt should be taken […]
09 Jul – Poems of Hope
By Lucy Irven, Coordinator Leeds Diocesan Refugee Support Group Last year, Refugee Week celebrated its 20th Anniversary and to raise awareness amongst the younger members of our community, the Refugee Support Group asked the schools in the Diocese to write Poems of Hope on the theme of refugees as part of a competition. The children […]