2024 Newsletters
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| December | -Where Olive Trees Weep: SPARK FIlm presentation -SPARK and the launch of the Leeds Diocese Catholic Education Network -New Chair for the SPARK Programme Steering Group -Just Stop Oil action by Bradford parishioner -What's changed since the publication of Laudato Si? -Red Carpet in Gaza | Download |
| November | -The Evolution of Love -Mayors for Peace Conference -UK Poverty and the Real Living Wage -Was Jesus a supporter of the Real Living Wage -Jubilee Year 2025 | Download |
| October | -Racism: An Agenda for Change -Celebrating Creation in Garforth -Season of Creation at St John Mary Vianney parish -Acting with Compassion, seeking justice -World Migrant Day SPARK event -SPARK Let us Dream workshop at LTU -Developments in CAFOD's LiveSimply Award Scheme | Download |
| September | -Racial Justice: an urgent Church Priority -The Evolution of Love -The Peace Museum: It's time to go there! -World Day of Migrants & Refugees SPARK event -What difference can a diocesan environment policy make? | Download |
| July | -Laudato Si animators meeting in Leeds -Gingko Tree project update -J&P newsletter editor appointed to CAFOD board -Tending the the Earth through our gardening -Season of Creation 2024 -Gaza & Arms Sales to Israel -Election Hustings in Garforth | Download |
| June | -General Election Special! - linking Catholic Social Teaching to our priorities -Faith and Food event write up | Download |
| May | -Write up of our Listening event about poverty - which was held in Cottingley -SPARK at Leeds Citizens Accountability Assembly -Youth & Student CND at Parliament -In memoriam Suzanne Oakes -Gingko Tree Project update | Download |
| April | -Faith in food event promotion -Just Politics -Leeds Lives: Bishop Tony Parry -Lessons from the East - the radical power of a community pantry -Stop Arming Israel -NJPN joins calls for a Gaza ceasefire | Download |
| March | -Financial Appeal -Farewell celebration for Dr Helen Reid of Leeds Church Institute -Resilience & working for Justice-the 2024 Romero Lecture -Leeds Trinity creating a future for the Global Common Good in partnership with CAFOD -Peace Education & Conflict Resolution | Download |
| February | -LiveSimply parishes across Leeds meet together -2024 Romero Lecture details -Mazzini's dreams in London -Leeds Lent Prayer Diary -Holocaust Memorial Day: the fragility of freedom | Download |
| January | -Listening to the Signs of the Times -Partnership with Palestinian Film Festival goes from strength to strength -Nuclear Ban Treaty - a week in New York - In someone else's shoes (Modern Day slavery) | Download |
2023 Newsletters
| Month | Articles Include | |
|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | -Listening to the Signs of the Times -A Call for solidarity with Filipino Health Workers -SPARK Advent event at Wibsey -The Second Meeting of the State Parties to the TPNW – From our own Correspondent! -What can we do about the conflict in Gaza? - | Download |
| November 2023 | -An Introduction to SPARK -Empower, Lead, Change - a SPARK leadership event -Season of Creation events at Mary Mother of God parish, Bradford -Leeds Palestinian Film festival & SPARK Social Justice -Faith & Creativity - a tool for leadership in Social Justice -The Windrush Generation -The nonviolence of Jesus in a Violent World | Download |
| October 2023 | -Advocacy, Faith & Justice: an exploration -New premises for the Peace Museum -Trees for Life, remembrance and Peace | Download |
| September 2023 | -Laudato Si in action - a visit to the Salford Diocese climate change garden & centre -Signs of Hope in a troubled world (with CAFOD) -A reflection on climate Change -A reflection on the 2023 NJPN Conference -Follow-ups from the NJPN Conference -Peacejam 'Slam' comes to Leeds in November | Download |
| July 2023 | -LiveSimply comes to John Mary Vianney parish -Climate Action & Schools -Environmental stewardship in places of Worship -The Season of Creation 2023 -From asylum seeker to Priest - a journey of faith. -The anti-boycott bill -Fossil-free Parliament - A celebration of creation in Our Lady of Kirkstall | Download |
| June 2023 | -Progress on the Journey to 2030 -CAFOD needs you! -Refugee Week 2023 -International Conscientious Objectors' Day write up -LCI features work of Craftivists | Download |
| May 2023 | -Encounter, Conversion, Hope - our Day of Reflection about Climate Change -Northern Dioceses' Environment Group to meet in Leeds - Husan Zomlot in Glasgow | Download |
| April 2023 | -Appeal for New Commission Members -Listen to J&P Podcasts! -Join the SPARK Community -People of the Move -LCI Creativity Carousel -Women in Black in Yorkshire | Download |
| March 2023 | -Yorkshire CND gig in Bradford -Christian Groups and April Climate action events -Lent at CAFOD -Commission members meet with The Twelve | Download |
| February 2023 | -Romero Lecture 2023 -Director of Catholic Mission at Leeds Trinity University -Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 | Download |
| January 2023 | -'They keep us sane': A visit to the Faslane Peace Camp -Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI RIP -CAFOD's 2022 Reflection and Hopes for 2023 - Leeds Church Institute in 2023 | Download |
2022 Newsletters
| Date | Articles include | |
|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | - Climate Prayer vigil at Bishops' Conference meeting at Hinsley Hall - Comboni abuse survivors update - CAFOD: Thank to the Achille Ratti Climbing Club for your support - A Christmas of Discontent? by Joe Burns - Boycott: Learning lessons from the American experience - The Poor pay the Price by John Battle | Download |
| November 2022 | - Meet our new Leeds CAFOD Community Participation Co-ordinator - One year on from COP 26 - Nigerian Flooding - Exploring Prophecy- our Day of reflection in Harrogate - Commission to sponsor film in 2022 Leeds Palestinian Film festival - SPARK Project Advent Action | Download |
| October 2022 | -Bike for Peace by Tim Devereux - An introduction to LCI (Leeds Church Institute) -Is it time for a One State Solution in Israel Palestine? - Racial Justice and the J&P Commission -Leeds Charities offering Cost of Living Support | Download |
| September 2022 | -Thank you to Bronagh Daly - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemorations across Yorkshire -The Need for Priorities by John Battle -Ss John Fisher & Thomas More parish, Burley in Wharfedale, gains CAFOD Live Simply Award -Major event for SPARK Social Justice -Follow up to Fr Paul article | Download |
| July 2022 | -Vienna TPNW Treaty Conference -Roe Vs Wade overturned -From A to B via C : Anglia to Bentham via CAFOD -Beard Protest - new idea for protesting! | Download |
| June 2022 | -Yorkshire CND at Lakenheath -TPNW Youth conference final thoughts - Bradford City of Culture 2025 - LGBT inclusion in Catholic Schools - Diverse Educators -Fix the Food System-CAFOD's new campaign -What can we do about Palestine? | Download |
| May 2022 | -Renewing the work of Justice & Peace in the Leeds Diocese -A New saint with Diocesan Connections: St Charles de Foucauld -SPARK Social Justice welcomes new Project Manager -What can we do about Palestine? | Download |
| April 2022 | -CAFOD's 60th Anniversary -CAFOD remembered in the Leeds DIocese -Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -Commemorating the Assassination of St Oscar Romero | Download |
| March 2022 | -Ukraine: What should we do? -Laudato Si for Parishes and Homes -Current Commission Climate Work -Never too young to help: CAFOD's Walk Against Hunger | Download |
| February 2022 | -Commission Response to the Diocesan Listening Process -War & Climate Change -Church Action on Poverty Sunday & Health for All 'pantries' -CAFOD's Lenten Walk Against Hunger | Download |
| January 2022 | -Congratulations to our Chair on his knighthood -2022 - a time for renewal -Young women in the Church: A million Minutes webinar -The Nationality & Border Bill -Young People, Church, Spirituality and becoming leaders by Dr Ann Marie Mealey -Racial Justice in the Leeds Diocese | Download |
2021 Newsletters
| Date | Articles Include | |
|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | -New funding for SPARK Social Justice -Palestinian Film festival event write up -Synodal Listening Process -Comboni Survivors -In work poverty and the SVP (part 2) | Download |
| November 2021 | -An Invitation to Catholics of Colour -COP26 events around the Leeds Diocese -Stephen Cottrell Webinar -The Diocesan Synodal Listening Process -Attending COP26 with CAFOD | Download |
| October 2021 | -Conflict & Climate Change -Charity, Justice & Philanthropy -In-work Poverty and the SVP -Leeds Palestinian Film festival & the Commission | Download |
| September 2021 | -Season of Creation & COP26 -'Caring for Life on Earth' conference, personal reflections from Sara Parker & Matty Maslen -Bradford Climate Emergency Walk | Download |
| July 2021 | -NJPN Climate Change Conference Report -Campaigning about Climate Change: meet your MP! -Ideas for the Season of Creation 2021 | Download |
| June 2021 | -G7 Cornwall meeting a wasted opportunity -Commission response to the Government's 'New Plan for Immigration' -Season of Creation 2021 | Download |
| May 2021 | -Introduction to our Annual Review, by John Battle -Bishops' Pentecost Statement -A Catholic response to the Environmental Crisis -Commission expresses solidarity with Jerusalem Churches | Download |
| April 2021 | -Write up of the 'Politics rooted in the People' International Conference -Sponsorship scheme for Climate Change Conference -Reflections on the Nonviolence course we organised with Leeds Pax Christi -J&P Commission Easter Statement -Housing the Homeless -Celebrating Earth Day 2021 | Download |
| March 2021 | -SVP Respond to the Budget -Peace Sunday write up -Stations of the Cross by John Battle -Financial Appeal | Download |
| February 2021 | -Lent Online 2021 -Poverty Sunday 2021 -Update on Leeds Destitute Asylum Seekers Support -Global Healing -CAFOD's Lenten challenge | Download |
| January 2021 | -Still Rolling with the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative -SPARK Social Justice Project Update -the Pope's Message for Peace Sunday | Download |
2020 Newsletters
| Date | Articles Include | |
|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | -A time to Reflect -Living Laudato Si by Sr Margaret Atkins -Commemoration of the Women Martyrs of El Salvador by Sr Gemma Simmonds | Download |
| November 2020 | -New Economic relationships by John Battle -J&P Online -Church Action on Poverty: Reset the debt -The Foodbank - an arranged Guardian article Film Review: Jews Step Forward | Download |
| October 2020 | -An Age of Meditation and Prayer by John Battle -The Onion: A Creation Reflection by David Jackson -SPARK Social Justice project update -J&P Sponsorship of 2020 Leeds Palestinian Film festival | Download |
| September 2020 | -John Hume RIP by John Battle -Hiroshima & Nagasaki remembered -Nonviolence & the Catholic Church -Where is your money invested? -A Way through the Woods, a Reflection by David Jackson -Letter to Power by John Duffy | Download |
| July 2020 | -Report on the J&P Annual Gathering (via Zoom) -CAFOD's Summer of Hope -Caritas Leeds: Criminal Justice Inquiry -Bishop Marcus signs up to Anti-nuclear weapons statement by Christian CND -We could all do with a bit of 'Factfulness' - a book review | Download |
| June 2020 | -News from the refugee support group in lockdown by Lucy Irven -LEDAS-Leeds Destitute Asylum Seekers network -Was Jesus in favour of a universal Basic Income? | Download |
| May 2020 | -A just wage? - Courage is what is needed by Dr Ann Marie Mealey -J&P Climate Crisis Action Group update -Can we still campaign in a time of lockdown? | Download |
| April 2020 | -Our new 'virtual' J&P world -Pilgrimage, Palestine & acting justly -SPARK Social Justice goes virtual -Charitable Action? - by John Battle - A review of 'Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story | Download |
| March 2020 | -St Mary & St Michael, Settle, Obtain Live Simply Award -Update from our project with young people -SPARK Social Justice -Investing for Peace -UK Poverty by John Battle | Download |
| February 2020 | -A Taste of Palestine -Expanding Involvement in the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Scheme -Hello and Goodbye -Northern Dioceses' Environment Grp Report Back | Download |
| January 2020 | -The life of a CAFOD Schools' Volunteer -the work of the Holy Family Sisters in Bradford -Little Voices: Big Difference | Download |
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