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 […]
RacialJustice
10 June – Reclaiming Histories: Slavery, Race and the Churches
Report on the day by Kathy Shaw, SPARK ManagerReclaiming Histories: Slavery, Race and the ChurchesJointly funded by the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds, Leeds […]
30 May – Jubilee for Schools – Making the Jubilee Pledge
by Sharon Matthews, CAFOD Community Participation Coordinator (Education Focus)It doesn’t seem that long ago when, back in January, we celebrated the Jubilee Year Launch Day for schools and colleges. A […]
31 Mar – Excavating Hope
by Cath Mahoney, member of the church community at Holy Rosary Church, part of the Leeds Cathedral parishFr Luis Orlando is a Mexican Jesuit priest who gave the Romero lecture in […]
21 Mar – Oscar Romero Lecture
by Kathy Shaw, SPARK Social JusticeOscar Romero lecture – Excavating Hope on 13th March at Leeds Trinity city centre campusPresented in the Leeds Diocese by SPARK Social Justice working in […]
17 Feb – EXCAVATING HOPE – THE 2025 ROMERO LECTURE on 13 MARCH
By Joe Burns, Commission MemberWe are delighted that SPARK Social Justice, our project working with younger Catholics, working in partnership with Leeds Trinity University, will support a Leeds presentation of […]
24 Sep – Racism: An Agenda for Change
By John Duffy, Commission Member Last weekend I attended the 40th anniversary conference of the Catholic Association for Racial Justice (CARJ). After welcome and introductions by Yogi Sutton (Chair of CARJ) […]