Caritas Leeds, which calls together all those in the Diocese in our organisations , groups and parishioners involved in charitable activities and social action, held an annual Diocesan reflection […]
05 Sep – Family Poverty Parish Programme update
We are working with Church Action on Poverty to produce a series of 5 meetings to be undertaken in parish groups to explore issues of family poverty. We now have […]
24 Aug – Diocesan Financial Support for the Commission
We have recently had some good news in respect of funding (for a change). The Diocese has agreed to provide £5,000 in this financial year and the following financial year […]
25 July – Family Poverty: Food bank Shortages and Holiday Hunger
As the long Summer holidays start and people go on holiday, contributions to foodbanks tend to dip. However, this is going on whilst, at the same time there is a […]
24 July – Refugee Action in the Leeds Diocese Updates
Share the Journey Walks Various walks have now taken place in support of the international Share the Journey campaign, managed in the UK by CAFOD. Last month we highlighted the […]
18 Jul – Live Simply in the Leeds Diocese – Updates
Our Lady of Kirkstall Parish, Leeds This parish is now well into carrying out the plan developed and presented to the Parish Council in the middle of last year. Michael […]
12 Jun – Family Poverty Project update
As previously reported, the Commission has obtained a grant from the Society of the Holy Child Jesus to follow up our workshop about Family Poverty with a programme of small […]