Saint Mary’s Menston can be justly proud of its active involvement in working for justice and peace for many years. Since its formation three years ago, the new ‘Global Warriors’ […]
Catholic Social Thought
aspects of catholic social thought
23 Oct – A reflection on ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’
Part of the talk that John Battle gave at the Caritas Leeds Day of Reflection on 06 October 2018 Gaudate et Exsultate deliberately focusses on “now”, the present, and where […]
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 […]
27 Oct – Inter-generational Conversations on Faith and Justice
At the end of September some people from the Leeds Diocese attended a workshop in Salford Cathedral centre about this. The idea behind it is that there is value in […]
06 SEP 16 – Rerum Novarum explored at St.Benedict’s Garforth
About 30 people gathered at St Benedicts in Garforth to hear Lyn Smith, a theologian who lives in New Zealand (but who hails from Yorkshire), talk about Catholic Social Teaching […]
09 JUN 16 – Catholic Social Teaching and the EU Referendum
A public Lecture given by John Battle at Leeds Trinity University on June 9th. This is an extract from the full text of his lecture. You can download the full […]
Open Commission Meeting in Bradford 24 Feb 2016
The material for this post appeared in the March 2016 J&P Newsletter The second of our Open Meetings took place in Bradford at St.Cuthbert’s church hall, part of the parish […]