About 30 people turned out on 09 April to a film viewing sponsored by the Commission that took place at Mill Hill Chapel, City Square, in central Leeds. It was a film called “Disturbing the Peace” and it was an event jointly organised with the Leeds Pax Christi group.The film was introduced by Tricia Griffin […]
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04 Apr – New CAFOD Director, Christine Allan, visits Leeds
Christine Allen, the new Director of CAFOD, was in Leeds today to meet with Bishop Marcus. She described her meeting with Bishop Marcus as ‘very positive’ with the Bishop asking what else he could do to support the work of CAFOD in the Diocese. Christine also visited the CAFOD Volunteer centre in St Monica’s House, […]
31 Mar – Reflecting on our ‘Common Home: the Earth
About 30 people gathered from ten parishes at SS John Fisher & Thomas More parish (Burley in Wharfedale) on Saturday 30 March to reflect more deeply about ‘Caring for our ‘common home’: the Earth’. This day of Reflection organised by the Commission was also partly a trial run of some of the resources that CAFOD […]
08 Mar – St Mary’s Menston get animated about Climate Change!
Over 50 students from St Mary’s Menston High School, Menston, took part in an event organised by the Leeds Diocesan Justice & Peace Commission on Thursday 7th March. It was an ‘Inter-generational conversation about Climate Change’. Facilitated by the Commission Chair, John Battle, the panel consisted of two students from the school (Hannah Jenkins from […]
12 Feb – Helping Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2019
On Tuesday 12 February the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes & St William’s (Parish of St. Blaise), Ingleby Road, Bradford, hosted another very successful meeting for the Diocesan Refugee Support Group. The spacious parish hall was packed with nearly 100 people and at least 15 organisations that support refugees and asylum seekers in and […]
27 Jan – Holocaust Memorial Day in Huddersfield
Walking with the ‘Weeping Sisters’. A reflective account of this event by John Duffy, Commission member from Huddersfield. We meet in the cold dark outside the Jug & Bottle, people shuffling round, nodding to old friends, nobody anxious to be seen to be too happy, because we are walking through town to mark Holocaust Memorial […]
17 Jan – J&P PAID WORK OPPORTUNITY
The Commission has received funding to work with people between 16 and 30 on issues of Social Justice. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual or an organisation to create, set up and implement the activities of this new project. What do we need doing? • Develop a set of 1-2 hour workshops […]