SAVE THE DATE: FILM SCREENING OF ‘THERE IS ANOTHER WAY’We will be showing this film on Friday 21 November 2025 (doors open 6:30pm) at St Chad’s parish hall, Otley Road,Far Headingley, Leeds, LS16 5JTFor a third year in a row, SPARK is sponsoring one of the films in this year’s Leeds Palestinian Film Festival. It […]
Palestine
28 Sep – 174 miles to go!
3431 mile fundraising ride for Medical Aid for Palestinians3257 miles done – just 174 miles to go!Pudsey cyclist Tim Devereux is riding 3431 miles, the distance from Leeds to Gaza, to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians.He has just been riding around Yorkshire, aiming at an average of 12 miles a day.He says“In November […]
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 room at Hinsley Hall. However, once a year we get together for an extended meeting to reflect on what we have done in the past […]
7 Aug – Memorial for the Children of Gaza on 23 Aug
by Carol Burns, Leeds Diocese Pax Christi member
1 Aug – Only 1000 miles to go!
Tim’s 3431 mile fundraising ride for Medical Aid for Palestiniansby Tim DevereuxPudsey cyclist Tim Devereux says “I have now been riding for 200 days, and am within 1000 miles of my goal! Since the start of the year, I’ve been riding every day (except 2), averaging 12 miles each day. I’m aiming to get to […]
20 July – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR WOMENS’ CINEMA – IN GAZA!
By Joe Burns, Commission member
3 July – A HISTORY OF STARVATION IN GAZA
By Carol Burns, Leeds Pax ChristiThe starvation of the people of Gaza didn’t just happen in the last two years; it has being going on for one hundred years.This is the main theme of a new book by Leeds author E Mark Windle which was sent to the Justice and Peace Commission in June. This […]