An award scheme with something for everyone in your parish to bring Hope in this Jubilee Year Saturday 03 May 2025 10:30 – 3:30pm @ Wheeler Hall, Leeds Cathedral A day to inspire renewal of everyone in your parish through living more simply, more sustainably, and in solidarity with those experiencing poverty. All are invited […]
Live Simply
10 Mar – CAFOD Opportunities
from CAFODWe are several months into the Year of Jubilee, a holy year named ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ by Pope Francis. It’s tempting, in our busy world, our busy lives, to just let it happen around us but that would be to miss a key moment in the life of faith, and a vital moment for […]
20 Feb – LIVE SIMPLY CARE DEEPLY
By Joe Burns, Commission MemberLast September, in his Pastoral Letter for the Season of Creation, Bishop Marcus encouraged parishes to think about signing up to work towards the LiveSimply award, which is managed by CAFOD.Having lived in a parish where we worked towards the award and now being a schools assessor for the award scheme, […]
16 Sep – Celebrating Creation Fair
The parish of St. Benedict’s in Garforth was one of the first 20 parishes in the country to receive a LiveSimply award in 2016. However, the award does not mark the end of working to live simply, live sustainably and live in solidarity with the world’s poor. One of their major actions was the creation […]
11 Jun – Progress on the Journey to 2030
As indicated last month, the Commission hosted a meeting of the Northern Dioceses’ Environment Group on 08 June, at Wheeler Hall in Leeds. This is an open group of interested people from each of the Northern Dioceses, and they meet about 4 times a year Five out of the seven dioceses in the North were […]
04 May – Encounter, Conversion, Hope!
The urgency of the Climate Emergency can sometimes feel overwhelming. There are so many calls for action. The changes required to ameliorate the worst effects are huge – and require international political action. In these circumstances it is easy for people to lose hope.This was the backdrop that led the Spirituality of Justice group within […]
29 Jan – Laudato Si: What more can we do?
On the 17 January we held our first Zoom conversation of 2023. It was with the Rt. Rev. John Arnold, Bishop of Salford. Bishop John is the lead on Climate Change for the Bishops’ Conference and he is also a trustee of CAFOD. He was in conversation with Commission Chair, John Battle, about the importance […]