As a Commission of the Diocese of Leeds we express our solidarity with the local churches in Jerusalem and their anguish and concern at the ongoing violence there. We wholeheartedly support the statement issued on 09 May by the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, as reported on the Bishops’ Conference website. Palestinians are being harassed, evicted […]
Palestine
27 Nov – Film review: Jews Step Forward
By Anne Tracy, Newman parish, LeedsThis year, as part on the online Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, the Justice and Peace Commission sponsored the film ‘Jews Step Forward’ The panel discussion is available online until the 28th November.It is easy to get the impression from the media that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is regarded by all […]
16 Oct – J&P Sponsors Film and Discussion event as part of Film Festival
The Leeds Palestinian Film Festival provides an opportunity to find out about the Palestine Israel conflict from various angles – and with stories that are rarely told in the mainstream media.Last year we took the step of sponsoring a film called ‘Voices Across the Divide – with voices of Palestinian and Jewish people who had […]
21 Jul – J&P Diocesan Annual Gathering
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 […]
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 […]