IS THE CHURCH CALLED TO BE PROPHET OR PROVIDER?This is the title of the 2025 Hook Lecture. This is an annual public lecture on the ways faith interacts with public […]
Social Action
taking actions on issues of social justice
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 […]
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 […]
24 May – From Rerum Novarum to Pope Leo XIV via Leeds
by John Battle May 2025 at Church HouseTwo recent distractions; hearing echo loudly in the Eucharistic prayer at Mass after the Consecration the phrase “together in the FULLNESS of charity” […]
15 May – Habemus Papam!
by Kathy Shaw, SPARK managerCardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIVPope Leo XIV holds dual citizenship in both the US and Peru […]
27 Mar – Social Justice with Sixth Formers
by Notre Dame Social Justice GroupSPARK Visit Our Social Justice GroupOn Wednesday 19th March, Kathy from SPARK visited our Social Justice Group to support the group develop ideas and events […]
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 […]