This group has been meeting a couple of times a year for the last two years.It is a way of sharing information on the work being done about the Climate Crisis in the northern dioceses (by which I mean Liverpool, Lancaster, Salford, Leeds, Hallam, Middlesbrough and Hexham and Newcastle). Mark Wiggin, Caritas Director for the […]
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14 Feb – Goodbye and Hello!
First the Goodbye! – from Joe Burns What is happening?I’m retiring from providing paid services to the J&P Commission. I had my 65th birthday recently and have been providing the Commission with my services since mid-2014. What have you been doing for the Commission?I put together the newsletters, I developed and update the website and […]
08 Feb – expanding involvement in the Syrian refugee Resettlement Scheme
An interview with Sue Parsons – the new part-time Community Sponsorship Coordinator at Catholic Care Who are you?I’m Sue Parsons and I live in the parish of St Francis of Assissi and the Immaculate Conception, Bradford. I’ve just been appointed Community Sponsorship Coordinator at Catholic Care, so I work across the diocese and at the […]
06 Feb – Fixed term job opp with Caritas Leeds
The Diocese of Leeds is seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic researcher with a passion for social justice. Your main task will be working with volunteers to develop outcomes from an exciting action research project: the Caritas Leeds Criminal Justice Inquiry. This is a fixed term contract of two-days a week (April-September 2020). Closing […]
31 Jan – A Taste of Palestine-but in Our Lady & St Joseph of the Aire Valley
A personal reflection on a trip to the Holy Land by Annette Mitchell, Moira Smith & John Mazzucchi at a meeting on 17 Jan 2020 About 40 people gathered at St Mary & St Monica’s Church, Cottingley, Bingley, to hear an illustrated talk on the current situation in the occupied West Bank territories and take […]
23 Jan – Women in Black now in Bradford
We recently featured the start up of the Women in Black group in Leeds. Now a group has started up in Bradford and they would welcome any women who are able to come along to their regular vigils (dressed in black, of course). They are holding their vigils on 1st Thursday of every month. They […]
23 Jan – St Monica’s Housing needs a Treasurer
St Monica’s Housing Ltd. is a small charity providing accommodation for failed women asylum seekers. It is based in Leeds and is working to extend to other parts of the Diocese. Members of the Commission were instrumental in helping to set this charity up and continue to be involved. We quite regularly provide updates about […]