Pope Francis has instituted a new ‘World Day of the Poor’, inviting us “to embrace the culture of encounter” and to understand that sharing with those living in poverty “enables us to understand the deepest truth of the Gospel”. In his message for the first World Day Pope Francis asks all of us, whatever our […]
Prayer
20 Sep – A Carmelite Approach to Justice
On Saturday 16 September the Commission held a Day of Reflection with the Carmelite nuns at their Wood Hall monastery, near Wetherby. We made the practical arrangements and they did the hard work of putting together talks and time for prayer – as well as devising a programme that left some space for silent reflection. […]
Lest we forget…
With the demise of the Soviet bloc in the late 80’s the fear of a nuclear holocaust receded for a few years only to be replaced by a fear that a terrorist group of some sort would get its hands on such a weapon. More recently, with the likes of the expansionist Vladimir Putin, the […]
20 Apr 17 – Icon of Peace Completes its tour of Yorkshire
In the last three weeks of its time in the Leeds Diocese the Icon of Peace was in Leeds, Garforth and Cottingley. Between 27 March and 02 April it was at the Holy Rosary Church on Chapeltown Road in Leeds – part of the parish of Our Lady of Unfailing Help. They had an event […]
22 Mar 17 – Icon of Peace ‘Progress’ through Yorkshire
This is an update based on the parishes where the icon has been used so far. It arrived in the diocese just in time to be taken to John Henry Newman parish in Crossgates to be welcomed at the Sunday evening mass at St Theresa’s church. The first thing to say about the icon is […]
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 […]
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 […]
17 SEP 16 – J&P Day of reflection
The Commission organised a Day of Reflection on 17 September in Settle. For those coming from farther parts of the diocese (i.e. most of us!) it was a lovely day for travelling into the Dales. The church (St.Mary & St.Michael) and associated hall are not much to look at from the outside but they provided […]