by Kathy Shaw, SPARK ManagerAs we come to the end of the year, it’s good to reflect not only on the ongoing issues throughout the world, but also to celebrate […]
International Development
22 Nov – G20: Global Debt Crisis Exposed by actor Alex Macqueen in Spoof Pay-Day Loan Ad
With the global debt crisis high on the agenda at this week’s G20 summit, actor Alex Macqueen is starring in a spoof television advert released in the UK today (19 November 2025). […]
16 Oct – If you are shepherds…
By Luis Orlando Perez Jimenez SJFr Luis, who led the SPARK retreat day on Saturday, also did an event just for SPARK members on Friday evening – a ‘Conversation of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
23 June – Laudato Si 10th Birthday Celebrations
by Angela Powell, CAFOD Community Participation Coordinator for the diocese of Leeds and the diocese of HallamOn 15th June there was a 10th birthday party of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, to remember how justice for the […]