By Aoibheann Kelly, Project Director for SPARK Social Justice – A Leeds J&P Project Stories can conquer fear and make the heart grow larger. Listening to and sharing stories has […]
Catholic Social Thought
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09 Jul – Poems of Hope
By Lucy Irven, Coordinator Leeds Diocesan Refugee Support Group Last year, Refugee Week celebrated its 20th Anniversary and to raise awareness amongst the younger members of our community, the Refugee […]
22 May – SPARK Social Justice, our new project
For a while now we have been only too aware of the lack of younger people (with some exceptions) coming along to events organised by the Justice & Peace Commission.With […]
14 Apr – Family Poverty workshops, could your parish participate?
Our workshops about Family Poverty (Family Poverty: A Diocese Acts) are now ready to be rolled out to more parishes. In his Foreword to the Facilitator Workshop pack, Bishop Marcus […]
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 […]
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 […]
12 Dec – Faith Day at St Mary’s Menston
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’ […]