Two years ago, it took just a couple of parishioners to introduce LiveSimply at a parish meeting and then speak about it at Mass to get the parish started. From the talks at Mass a group of 12 people volunteered interest and started by reflecting on all the things the parish were already doing. And […]
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06 Feb – Fixed term job opp with Caritas Leeds
The Diocese of Leeds is seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic researcher with a passion for social justice. Your main task will be working with volunteers to develop outcomes from an exciting action research project: the Caritas Leeds Criminal Justice Inquiry. This is a fixed term contract of two-days a week (April-September 2020). Closing […]
15 Jan Living with Hope and Courage in a Hostile Environment
Sr Maria Crowley of the Holy Family Sisters, Bradford reflects on their work with asylum seekersThis is a real challenge to us, in these dark times, where we are confronted daily with the great harm, we are capable of doing to each other. As we listen to the news and read the newspapers we hear […]
01 Nov – Family Poverty Workshops in Shipley & Baildon
By Roman Hazulczuk, St Teresa Benedicta parishIn July 2019, a group met at St. Walburga’s Parish Hall in Shipley. They had decided to take part in a 5-week workshop programme on the causes and possible solutions to poverty in our respective parish communities and beyond. There were 16 participants and three more who could only […]
08 Oct – Live Simply Updates across the Diocese
Good Shepherd, MytholmroydJanet Almond writesThis summer, in keeping with the Good Shepherd’s goal to Live Simply by recycling and reusing, two parishioners (John and Bernadette Gibson) have introduced and co-ordinated the Mary’s Meals Backpack project – – Mary’s Meals ( www.marysmeals.org.uk) is all about offering practical help in tackling poverty, hunger and education in many […]
24 Sep – SPARK Social Justice
By Aoibheann Kelly, Project Director for SPARK Social Justice – A Leeds J&P Project Stories can conquer fear and make the heart grow larger. Listening to and sharing stories has been part of my life and I have had the privilege of witnessing first-hand how people’s perceptions about the society they live in and attitudes […]
03 Sep – Diocesan Environment Policy in Preparation
For about 12 months now the Commission has had a small project steering group working on the development of an Environment Policy that could be adopted by the Diocese. Since the publication of Laudato Si’ in 2015 there have been 4 dioceses that have adopted such policies and some other dioceses also have them in […]