As previously reported, the Commission has obtained a grant from the Society of the Holy Child Jesus to follow up our workshop about Family Poverty with a programme of small group meetings suitable for use in parishes and other small groups. We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with Church Action on Poverty […]
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10 May – Share the Journey
Pope Francis launched the ‘Share the Journey’ campaign in September 2017. The campaign is about getting world leaders to endorse new UN agreements on refugees and migration – and they are meeting at the UN in September where there is an opportunity to do this. There are petitions to sign and, in particular, the campaign […]
19 Apr – CAFOD’s work in El Salvador & Nicaragua
by Sophie Aulton the CAFOD Step into the Gap volunteer at Leeds Trinity University. I have recently returned from a two-and-a-half-week trip to El Salvador and Nicaragua as part of my gap year on CAFODs Step into the Gap programme for 18-30 year olds. Before the trip, I had few expectations never having visited a […]
17 Apr – A Carmelite approach to Justice
This was originally scheduled to take place in March but for a variety of reasons this was not possible.Having to re-arrange the date of this event meant that there were less people who were able to go. However, the dozen people who were able to attend had a delightful day – helped by some lovely […]
21 Mar – Family Poverty: A Diocese Acts – but only if you help!
The Commission are pleased to announce that we have received some funding from the Society of the Holy Child Jesus order for a follow up project to the Workshop about family poverty that we held in Bradford in February 2018. The idea behind the project is to examine the same issues we tackled in the […]
17 Mar Faith in Action Awards – New Programme in the Leeds Diocese
Contributed by Jessica Wilkinson, Youth Coordinator for the Leeds Diocese It will be probably not surprise you to hear that many young people are passionate about justice and fantastic at social action! Social Action is just part of what they have to do to gain their Faith in Action Award from Bishop Marcus. Established by […]
13-Feb Family Poverty: From Awareness to Action Workshop Report
This was the title of the workshop we held last Saturday in the Kala Sangam centre in the central Bradford. About 50 people turned up on a very wet morning to examine in some depth different aspects of family poverty and what is already being done and what more could be done. Liz Firth led […]