This year the national catholic peace organisation, Pax Christi, held its AGM and conference in Yorkshire at the Oxford Place centre in Leeds. Both the Leeds Pax Christi group and the Justice and Peace Commission were actively involved in organising and promoting the event locally.The overall message was that Pax Christi’s work in schools, parishes […]
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16 MAR 16 – Romero Lecture 2016
The Commission hosted a presentation of the 2016 Romero Lecture, which the Archbishop Romero Trust organises (with support from CAFOD and Pax Christi) every year. This year the title of the lecture was “The Violence of Peacemaking: Oscar Romero and the search for peace” The lecture was given by Fr. Francisco de Roux SJ, Provincial […]
17-19 July 2015 – NJPN National Conference
This was the 37th Conference organised by the National Justice and Peace Network (NJPN). Over 300 people from all around the country gathered at the Swanwick Christian Conference centre focussed around the theme of \’The Things that make for Peace\’.These conferences are a mix of keynote speakers, panel discussions and workshops.