CAFOD’s Live Simply Award scheme is starting to take off across the country and, slowly but surely, across the Leeds Diocese as well. Here are some brief updates on parishes in the Leeds Diocese who are working towards the award. What is stopping your parish from taking up the challenge to Live Simply? Good Shepherd […]
Live Simply
02 Jan – Creating a Buzz in Leeds
This update on one parish’s work towards the Live Simply Award has been provided by Michael Emly What will help the “average parishioner” engage with the Church’s social teaching? What will build unity in a parish formed by the merger of 3 formerly independent church communities? How can we make Pope Francis’ teaching in ‘Laudato […]
24 Jun 17 -Live Simply Workshop
Fifty five people from across our Diocese and beyond came along to the Workshop that we organised about Live Simply – with the financial support of CAFOD. The event ended with a mass signing by all those present of CAFOD’s ‘Power to Be’ petition cards (highlighting the need for support of renewable energy projects to […]
09 OCT 16 – Garforth Parish achieves ‘greenest in Leeds’ award.
St Benedict’s in Garforth recently celebrated gaining the Live Simply award and much of the following is courtesy of Katie Binns of the Leeds CAFOD office. The prestigious award, achieved by only 20 other parishes in England and Wales, was awarded to the parish in June with the official award ceremony at St Benedict’s on […]