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Ukraine – What should we do?

March 11, 2022

What can we do about the tragic situation unfolding in Ukraine?

flower with quote from Elie Weisel

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Peace

17 Jan – The Time for Renewal

January 17, 2022

What are the questions that we should now be addressing as Church as a whole, as parishes and specifically as the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission?

Contributed by: Sir John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Yorkshire

Young People, Church, Spirituality & becoming Leaders

January 14, 2022

Laudato Si’ talks about the ‘cult of celebrity’ which dominates much of the lives of our young people today. The journey into faith and Christian spirituality, however, is much more engaged and involved than all of this.

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Contributed by: Dr Ann Marie Mealey, Commission member

Categories Catholic Social Thought

Tags CitizensOrganising,leadership,youth

In-work Poverty & the SVP (Pt2)

December 15, 2021

The latest twist in the pandemic will only make the economic situation worse for millions of people. As Christians, what changes to social policy should we be advocating?

Contributed by: John Battle, Chair of the Commission

Categories Catholic Social Thought,UK Poverty

Tags CitizensUK,RealLivingWage,SVP

In-Work Poverty & the SVP

October 21, 2021

‘Give us this day our daily bread’ – but millions work and do not take home enough money for them and their families to live on and the pandemic has made things worse.

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Contributed by: John Battle, Chair of the Commission

Categories UK Poverty

A Catholic Response to the Environmental Crisis

May 23, 2021

Things we can do NOW!

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Contributed by: David Jackson, Laudato Si Animator

Categories Climate Change

Tags Laudato Si

Housing the Homeless

April 20, 2021

More, longer term, housing provision is needed for homeless people

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories UK Poverty,Yorkshire

Tags StGeorgescrypt

We need your money!

March 20, 2021

The Commission is doing OK financially – and we need more!

scales of compassion and justice

Contributed by: Joe Burns, Commission Treasurer

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Yorkshire

Stations of the Cross

March 7, 2021

a shut Church and limited services does not mean the end of our prayer life

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Contributed by: John Battle, Chair of the Commission

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Prayer

Tags Stations of the Cross

Commemoration of the Women Martyrs of El Salvador

December 9, 2020

The death of the women martyrs of El Salvador lays wide open, even today, questions which continue to challenge us.

A cross in a field

Contributed by: Sr Gemma Simmonds

Categories International Development,Peace

The Food bank

November 30, 2020

A Guardian article about a food bank in Huddersfield turned into a poem

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Contributed by: John Duffy, Commission Member

Categories UK Poverty

New Economic Relationships?

November 23, 2020

We need a different economic narrative as we come out of the pandemic, according to Pope Francis

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Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Catholic Social Thought,UK Poverty

Tags World Day of the Poor

A Reflection on Creation

October 31, 2020

It’s time for your onion catechism class!

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Contributed by: David Jackson, Shipley

Categories Catholic Social Thought,Climate Change

A walk in the Woods

September 9, 2020

The cathedral of the forest is calling to us

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Contributed by: David Jackson

Categories Climate Change,Prayer

John Hume RIP

August 31, 2020

John Hume was a politician of integrity who was a real peacemaker

Photo of John Hume

Contributed by: John Battle, Commission Chair

Categories Peace

Tags John Hume

We could all do with a bit of ‘FACTFULNESS’

July 15, 2020

If you care about World development then a little appreciation of Statistics is necessary!

cover of book

Contributed by: Joe Burns, Commission Treasurer

Categories International Development

Tags dollar street,Rosling

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