Christine Allen, the new Director of CAFOD, was in Leeds today to meet with Bishop Marcus. She described her meeting with Bishop Marcus as ‘very positive’ with the Bishop asking […]
31 Mar – Reflecting on our ‘Common Home: the Earth
About 30 people gathered from ten parishes at SS John Fisher & Thomas More parish (Burley in Wharfedale) on Saturday 30 March to reflect more deeply about ‘Caring for our […]
08 Mar – St Mary’s Menston get animated about Climate Change!
Over 50 students from St Mary’s Menston High School, Menston, took part in an event organised by the Leeds Diocesan Justice & Peace Commission on Thursday 7th March. It was […]
12 Feb – Helping Asylum Seekers & Refugees in 2019
On Tuesday 12 February the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes & St William’s (Parish of St. Blaise), Ingleby Road, Bradford, hosted another very successful meeting for the Diocesan Refugee […]
27 Jan – Holocaust Memorial Day in Huddersfield
Walking with the ‘Weeping Sisters’. A reflective account of this event by John Duffy, Commission member from Huddersfield. We meet in the cold dark outside the Jug & Bottle, people […]
17 Jan – J&P PAID WORK OPPORTUNITY
The Commission has received funding to work with people between 16 and 30 on issues of Social Justice. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual or an organisation to […]
12 Jan – A Pilgrimage to Palestine
Contributed by Anne Tracy , Newman Parish, Leeds In November I was fortunate enough to be able to take part in a study tour of Palestine and Israel organised by […]