By John Battle, Commission Chair On the 24th June 2020 we held the annual meeting of our Leeds Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission as an open “gathering” on ” Zoom” to announce the refocussing of our project work; responding as a Diocese to the climate crisis, developing our parish “Poverty in the UK” workshop pack […]
Palestine
27 Mar – Pilgrimage, Palestine & Acting Justly
Many people hope that one day they can go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land; to see for themselves the places where Jesus walked and where key events in the bible are thought to have taken place. All of us want to be able to identify better with the Gospel stories that we have heard […]
09 Mar – Investing for Peace: Sabeel-Kairos Feb Mtg
At their last meeting, on 19 February, the Yorkshire Friends of Sabeel-Kairos group had a speaker, Chi-Chi Shi, Campaigns Officer at War on Want. Her topic was the campaign for morally responsible investment and how local groups could become involved, especially as it related to the Israel Palestine situation (as that is the focus of […]
31 Jan – A Taste of Palestine-but in Our Lady & St Joseph of the Aire Valley
A personal reflection on a trip to the Holy Land by Annette Mitchell, Moira Smith & John Mazzucchi at a meeting on 17 Jan 2020 About 40 people gathered at St Mary & St Monica’s Church, Cottingley, Bingley, to hear an illustrated talk on the current situation in the occupied West Bank territories and take […]
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 […]
28 Oct – Drones and Modern Warfare
This is a precis of the talk given by Chris Cole (Director of Drone Wars UK and Vice Chair of Pax Christi UK) when he spoke at the Yorkshire Sabeel meeting in September. Although this talk focussed on the use of drones, Chris stressed the importance of looking at alternative thinking; to challenge the idea […]
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 […]