CAFOD Lent Appeal: help families put food on the tableThis Lent, as we deepen and enliven our faith, we can reflect on Jesus’ call to “love your neighbour as yourself” […]
International Development
28 Dec – Good News from 2025!
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 […]
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 […]