There are still 350 million children in our world in extreme poverty at risk from death by hunger, lack of clean fresh water, healthcare and with little chance of education, or productive supporting work. Despite decades of international efforts and resolutions at the United Nations and some real reductions in the scale of poverty world-wide, […]
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16 Jan 17 – A new face around the Leeds CAFOD Volunteer Centre
This is Nikki Evans who is the CAFOD Programme Officer for Bolivia, supporting the ten partner organisations that CAFOD works with in that country. Nikki is part of the CAFOD Head Office team in London. However, she currently lives in Saltaire. So, CAFOD have agreed that she can work 3 days a week in London […]
13 Jan 17 – Icon of Peace now fully booked
As reported in December, the Pax Christi Icon of Peace will go on an ‘8 week tour’ in the Leeds Diocese. All the available time slots have now been filled and the J&P Office will shortly be sending out resource material about how the Icon can be used. The details of the different places are […]
12 Jan 17 – Diocesan Refugee Action Worker Starts
A while ago the Diocese recognised that they needed to provide some help to coordinate and advise parishes who want to respond to the needs of refugees coming to live in Yorkshire. That was why the Diocesan Refugee Action Support Group was set up. They have now followed through on this by appointing someone to […]
05 Dec 16 ICON OF PEACE TO GO ON ‘DIOCESAN TOUR’
The Icon of Peace is a large sacred painting that was made in the Monastery of St John in the Desert, near Jerusalem, and was gifted to Pax Christi International in 1999. The icon depicts Christ as the source of reconciliation, liberation and peace. It is an icon symbolising in itself the living connection between […]
30 Nov 16-REFUGEE ACTION GROUP INFO EVNG
Much of the mainstream media dismisses responses to the international refugee crisis as “compassion fatigue”. The active responses of the parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Leeds was more than evident at a meeting of the Diocesan Refugee Action Support Group with Bishop Marcus and over 100 parishioners from across the Diocese at Hinsley Hall […]
28 Nov 16 Housing Justice
by John Battle. The national homelessness charity HOUSING JUSTICE, formed from the Catholic Housing Aid Society has for some years now worked to build and enable local groups and churches to provide practical help to people in housing need. The recent “Faith in Affordable Housing“ project is campaigning to release surplus land or buildings for […]