David Jackson, from Shipley, has been a lifelong supporter of working for Justice & Peace and in more recent times has focussed on our Climate Change crisis and what we, as Church, should be doing about it.Due to ill health, David had to retire from his role as Laudato Si animator for the Leeds Diocese. […]
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11 Sep – Commission Planning Meeting
Saturday 27 September at Hinsley Hall from 10:30 until 14:30Our quarterly meetings are usually hybrid affairs, with some of us joining via Zoom and some people together in a meeting room at Hinsley Hall. However, once a year we get together for an extended meeting to reflect on what we have done in the past […]
10 Sep – Walking and reflecting, as pilgrims of hope, in our world today
by Angela Powell, CAFOD community participation co-ordinator LeedsIt was a privilege to walk with pilgrims from across Leeds diocese on the first leg of St Marks’ Way, part of the National Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope in this holy year. I joined volunteers and supporters, and at the pilgrims Mass at the Cathedral we were reminded […]
5 Sep – Urgent Action Required for Graduate Employment Crisis
by Iesha , a recent graduate from Leeds Trinity University and SPARK member Thousands of young people are graduating from UK universities every year full of skills, ambition, and energy to contribute to society. But instead of doors opening, they are walking straight into closed-off job markets, exploitative “entry-level” roles that require years of experience, […]
1 Sep – Why we have decided to talk about Interculturalism, Faith and Racial Justice in Leeds
by Dwayne Hutchinson – Faith and Racial Justice Lead at Leeds Church InstituteRecently, I have been learning more about interculturalism. A lot of my key learning comes from conversations with Paul Lancaster, MA in Global Leadership in Intercultural Context and Guest Lecturer at Leeds Trinity University, who has spent many years in this area of […]
Working for peace in a time of war – how do Christian peace and justice activists keep going?
by Sean Morris, Commission memberFor anyone watching or reading the news, we are in one of the most worrying times since the end of the Cold War. Awful and destructive conflict in Gaza and the West Bank, along with regular attacks across the Middle East in the likes of Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Then […]
16 Aug – October Day Retreat: Sustaining Hope in Today’s World
Saturday October 11 202510:30am – 4pm So many terrible things are happening in the world today. How do we cope? Where do we look to find signs of Hope? Earlier in 2025 we welcomed Fr Luis Orlando to give the Romero Lecture. People attending were moved by his descriptions of his work with the families of the disappeared […]