CAFOD’s Live Simply Award scheme is starting to take off across the country and, slowly but surely, across the Leeds Diocese as well. Here are some brief updates on parishes […]
Climate Change
05 Nov – Climate Change back on the Agenda
Just in the last couple of weeks bishops’ conferences from across the world have signed a rare joint statement urging political leaders to solve climate change. The bishops’ call is […]
24 Jan – Good Shepherd Mytholmroyd & Live Simply
We asked people who attended our Live Simply Workshop in June 2017 if they had done anything following it. At the start of January Michael Emly gave an update from […]
02 Jan – Creating a Buzz in Leeds
This update on one parish’s work towards the Live Simply Award has been provided by Michael Emly What will help the “average parishioner” engage with the Church’s social teaching? What […]
31 Oct – Update on Carbon reduction in the Leeds Diocese
In July we reported how the Commission had engaged with the University of Leeds for an MSc student on the Sustainability and Consulting course (Mohamed Juma) to evaluate whether the […]
19 Jul – Can we reduce the Carbon Footprint of the Leeds Diocese?
Some months ago we reported how our Diocese has moved to a ‘green energy’ supplier, along with a number of other dioceses. In the Commission we wondered if there were […]
24 Jun 17 -Live Simply Workshop
Fifty five people from across our Diocese and beyond came along to the Workshop that we organised about Live Simply – with the financial support of CAFOD. The event ended […]