Last month a group of Catholics walked 35 miles over two days to show solidarity with refugees and honour of Our Lady and of St Wilfrid, the great Diocesan saint […]
09 OCT 16 – Garforth Parish achieves ‘greenest in Leeds’ award.
St Benedict’s in Garforth recently celebrated gaining the Live Simply award and much of the following is courtesy of Katie Binns of the Leeds CAFOD office. The prestigious award, achieved […]
17 SEP 16 – J&P Day of reflection
The Commission organised a Day of Reflection on 17 September in Settle. For those coming from farther parts of the diocese (i.e. most of us!) it was a lovely day […]
06 SEP 16 – Rerum Novarum explored at St.Benedict’s Garforth
About 30 people gathered at St Benedicts in Garforth to hear Lyn Smith, a theologian who lives in New Zealand (but who hails from Yorkshire), talk about Catholic Social Teaching […]
01 SEP 16 – Leeds CAFOD Office presents Lampedusa cross to Bishop Marcus
CAFOD is undertaking significant work with refugees in various parts of the world. However, as well as the practical help it provides it is also campaigning to raise awareness among […]
09 JUN 16 – Catholic Social Teaching and the EU Referendum
A public Lecture given by John Battle at Leeds Trinity University on June 9th. This is an extract from the full text of his lecture. You can download the full […]
21 MAY 16 -Pax Christi UK AGM in Yorkshire
This year the national catholic peace organisation, Pax Christi, held its AGM and conference in Yorkshire at the Oxford Place centre in Leeds. Both the Leeds Pax Christi group and […]