On Friday 5th April the Commission jointly organised with the Leeds CAFOD Volunteer Centre a ‘Looking Back’ Lent lunch.Both Bronagh in the CAFOD office and Joe & John for the J&P Commission have been doing some serious ‘sorting out’ at the respective offices. There was much stuff that had to be thrown away – yellowing […]
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12 Feb – Helping Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2019
On Tuesday 12 February the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes & St William’s (Parish of St. Blaise), Ingleby Road, Bradford, hosted another very successful meeting for the Diocesan Refugee Support Group. The spacious parish hall was packed with nearly 100 people and at least 15 organisations that support refugees and asylum seekers in and […]
07 Jan – Syrian Refugee Resettlement update from Settle
It is now two years since the inaugural meeting of the Diocesan refugee Support Group. Last year’s meeting was attended by over 100 people. One of the speakers was Sean Ryan, He is the National Coordinator for the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) of the Community Sponsorship Scheme run by the Home Office for resettling […]
12 Dec – Faith Day at St Mary’s Menston
Saint Mary’s Menston can be justly proud of its active involvement in working for justice and peace for many years. Since its formation three years ago, the new ‘Global Warriors’ group has been extending this commitment and growing its influence throughout the school. The aim of the group is to raise awareness about issues of […]
10 Oct – Grace Hosting
By Moira Flynn When I heard about Grace Hosting I assumed it was called that because there was no money involved and it was a celebration of hospitality and the benefits that brings to both guest and host, but actually it got its name from its first guest who was called Grace! We heard about […]
09 Oct – Caritas Leeds Looks to the Year Ahead
Caritas Leeds, which calls together all those in the Diocese in our organisations , groups and parishioners involved in charitable activities and social action, held an annual Diocesan reflection day on the first Saturday in October. Opened by Bishop Marcus, it was launched with an introductory reflection on Pope Francis’s latest Apostolic Exhortation “Gaudete […]
18 Jul – Live Simply in the Leeds Diocese – Updates
Our Lady of Kirkstall Parish, Leeds This parish is now well into carrying out the plan developed and presented to the Parish Council in the middle of last year. Michael Emly writes: Since January, steady progress has been maintained in implementing our Action Plan. Our planning group continues to meet at approximately 2 monthly intervals […]