IS THE CHURCH CALLED TO BE PROPHET OR PROVIDER?This is the title of the 2025 Hook Lecture. This is an annual public lecture on the ways faith interacts with public life and is jointly organised by Leeds Church Institute, Leeds Minster, and the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds.This year […]
Catholic Social Thought
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16 Sep – Happy Birthday to Mgr Peter Rosser
Happy Birthday!Mgr. Peter Rosser recently celebrated his 80th birthday. Fr Peter was a member of the J&P Commission for many years and spent several years as episcopal vicar covering J&P issues.In the early days of J&P in the 1970s he would regularly say a monthly mass at the J&P office, which at the time was […]
13 Sep – New Book by David Jackson
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. […]
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, […]
02 Sep – Have a religious experience on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal!
By Joe Burns, Commission member The Northern Dioceses Environment Group (NDEG) organise at least one in-person event every year. This year they are doing a mini-pilgrimage from Leeds City Station to Kirkstall Abbey in celebration of 10 years since the publication of Laudato Si. A similar mini-pilgrimage, organised by the Diocesan Communications Director, took place […]