By John Battle, Commission Chair Saturday 16th Dec (11am to 1pm at Wheeler Hall) there is an open invitation to a “special event ” of our Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission to reflect on who we are now and our purpose and mission in the Diocese in the light of the Church’s ” Synodal Process” […]
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07 Nov – Film Presentation Israelism
This year SPARK Social Justice is sponsoring one of the films in the Palestinian Film festival. It will be the last film to be shown. The presentation will take place on Saturday December 9th at 2pm. As well as showing the film itself, the director will be available for a post-film discussion via Zoom. Additionally, […]
15 Oct – Faith & Creativity: A Tool for Social Justice
By Bronagh Daly, Faith and Creativity Lead LCIFaith and creativity are interconnected in helping us to discuss and convey hard to explain messages. Whether it is the banner on the protest march, or the font type we choose to promote a retreat, we would be hard pushed to find a faith or justice movement where […]
12 Oct – SPARK: Empower, Lead, Change
This was an inter-generational conversation about where faith might fit into how we view leadership. It was set up as an informal event where students could have conversations with a number of invited guests with different leadership experiences who acted as discussion facilitators. We almost cancelled the event as not only was there a train […]
05 Sep – Peacejam Slam in Leeds in November
By Matty Maslen, Newsletter editorPeaceJam is an international organisation led by 14 Nobel Peace Laureates working to support a generation of future Nobel Peace Laureates. Their vision is “To Make Peace a Verb”.So far, over 1.3 million young people in more than 40 countries have taken part in the PeaceJam programme.On the 11th of November […]
15 Aug – Laudato Si in Action: Good Shepherd church community visit Salford’s Laudato Si centre
By Sean Morris, Good Shepherd Church Community, Mytholmroyd & Commission memberThe Church, like so many parts of society, is acutely aware of the damage humans have made to our planet, and the real risks climate change has for all of us. It is important to encourage the Leeds Diocese to follow in the footsteps of […]
18 Jul – A Celebration of God’s Creation
By Michael Emly, Our Lady of Kirkstall parishNearly 200 parishioners of Our Lady of Kirkstall, Leeds, came together on June 25th for an afternoon that celebrated God’s creation. Inspired by Pope Francis’ teaching in Laudato Si’ and organised by our parish Live Simply group, the event was intended to bring people from the parish together […]