CAFOD launches emergency appeal to support ‘world’s worst crisis’ in Sudan CAFOD has launched an emergency appeal to support families in Sudan, as Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations says that Sudan is in the grip of the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis. With over eight million people having fled their homes to escape […]
Refugees & migrants
10 Jul – From Asylum Seeker to Priest: A Journey of Faith
By Father Yemane AradomI was a stranger and you welcomed me… (Mt 25:35)I am Father Yemane Aradom. I was born in Sudan and raised in Eritrea. My childhood was a happy one and I grew up in a loving Christian family. I will tell you the main events of my story which took me from […]
20 Jun – Refugee Week events across the Leeds Diocese
By Matthew Maslen, J&P Newsletter editorThis week (19th – 25th June), is Refugee Week. This year, the 25th Anniversary of Refugee Week, the theme is Compassion.The organisers, Refugee Week UK, “invite you to celebrate what compassion looks like in action”. They call on us to draw on our experiences to help us to be compassionate […]
07 May – Commission writes to Home Secretary over ‘New Plan for immigration’
John Battle, on behalf of the Commission has written the following letter to the Home Secretary regarding recent proposals from Government about immigration:-Dear Home Secretary,The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Leeds is alarmed by the proposals for asylum seekers as outlined in the Government’s New Plan for Immigration, which we consider […]
06 Feb -Update on LEDAS (Leeds Destitute Asylum Seekers Network)
By Tony Pickles, Trustee of LEDASWhat a year 2020 turned out to be. With a pandemic which unfolded at lightning speed, so too have other things taken record time to develop. Who would have thought a vaccine could be brought in for use in just a few months, not just one but several possibilities are […]
25 Jun – Imaginative work about Refugee Week
Schools may have been in lockdown but children from the Faith in Action group at St Benedict’s primary school in Garforth had already decided to do some work on International Days. The idea is to broaden out the childrens’ views of what it might mean to take action because of their faith: that it is […]
08 Feb – expanding involvement in the Syrian refugee Resettlement Scheme
An interview with Sue Parsons – the new part-time Community Sponsorship Coordinator at Catholic Care Who are you?I’m Sue Parsons and I live in the parish of St Francis of Assissi and the Immaculate Conception, Bradford. I’ve just been appointed Community Sponsorship Coordinator at Catholic Care, so I work across the diocese and at the […]