by Cath Mahoney, member of the church community at Holy Rosary Church, part of the Leeds Cathedral parishFr Luis Orlando is a Mexican Jesuit priest who gave the Romero lecture in Leeds, entitled ‘Excavating Hope’.He started by telling us about the day he went into the Jesuit Noviciate in Mexico and was confronted by a series […]
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21 Mar – Oscar Romero Lecture
by Kathy Shaw, SPARK Social JusticeOscar Romero lecture – Excavating Hope on 13th March at Leeds Trinity city centre campusPresented in the Leeds Diocese by SPARK Social Justice working in partnership with Leeds Trinity UniversityFr Luis Orlando Pérez Jiménez (speaker) supported by Julian Filochowski, Chair of the Archbishop Romero TrustFr Luis Orlando Pérez Jiménez is a […]
17 Feb – EXCAVATING HOPE – THE 2025 ROMERO LECTURE on 13 MARCH
By Joe Burns, Commission MemberWe are delighted that SPARK Social Justice, our project working with younger Catholics, working in partnership with Leeds Trinity University, will support a Leeds presentation of the 2025 Romero Lecture. It will take place at the new city centre campus of the university, which is on Trevelyan Square, just off Boar […]
24 Sep – Racism: An Agenda for Change
By John Duffy, Commission Member Last weekend I attended the 40th anniversary conference of the Catholic Association for Racial Justice (CARJ). After welcome and introductions by Yogi Sutton (Chair of CARJ) and Bishop John Arnold, Alison Lowe gave a keynote speech, describing her own journey and background, and describing aspects of her work as West Yorkshire’s […]
31 Aug – Commission to reimburse travel costs to Racial Justice Conference
We recently reported about the upcoming 40th anniversary conference of CARJ – The Catholic Association for Racial Justice. ( read about it here ). This will be held in Oldham on 21 September.The Commission has agreed to reimburse public transport costs for anyone from the Leeds Diocese who wishes to go to this conference. It’s […]
28 Aug – Racial Justice: An Urgent Church Priority
in March 2023 on the UN International Day for the Elimination of racism Pope Francis denounced racism , likening it to a ” virus that quickly mutates and instead of disappearing goes into hiding and lurks in waiting”.Disturbingly, recent so called ” protests”, particularly in northern towns, left without real ” levelling up”, and in […]
20 Apr – Leeds Lives: Bishop Tony Parry
By Emma Temple, LCIOn Thursday 14th March, Christians around Leeds gathered to hear Bishop Tony Parry tell his story of faith at New Testament Church of God.As Dr Helen Reid introduced him, it was clear from the extensive list of communities he’d served and titles he’d held that this was a life whose impact created […]