This world is ours; This world is everyone’s!Saturday November 15th Merrion Gardens, Leeds, LS2 8JEA big event planned in Leeds on Saturday 15th November to mark the mid-point of negotiations at COP30 in Brazil. Groups and organisations are invited to join together under the umbrella of the Yorkshire and Humberside Climate Justice Coalition. A chance to […]
Laudato Si
13 Oct – Season of Creation: St. John Vianney
by Tony O’Brien and St John Vianney ParishSeason of Creation at the Parish of St. John Vianney in North Leeds.Our parish is currently gathering evidence for CAFOD’s LiveSimply Award. One of our nine actions is ‘to embed within our weekly and cyclic liturgies opportunities for collective prayer and reflection on living simply and our ecological […]
7 Oct – Pilgrims of Hope despite the storm
by Marg Siberry, Commission Member
30 Sep – A religious (but soggy) experience
By Joe Burns, Commission memberA few weeks ago I wrote an article to promote a mini-pilgrimage of Hope, in celebration of ten years since the publication of Laudato Si. I remarked at the time on the lack of water in the canal, due to the prolonged dry spell.Well, no such problem when we actually did […]
22 Sep – Trees of Hope Update
The Commission are delighted to announce that we have recently received £5,000 for this project from the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace.We have mentioned the project in previous news articles. We obtained some seeds and some one year old ginkgo tree saplings that originate from a tree that was in the blast zone of […]
13 Sep – New Book by David Jackson
David Jackson, from Shipley, has been a lifelong supporter of working for Justice & Peace and in more recent times has focussed on our Climate Change crisis and what we, as Church, should be doing about it.Due to ill health, David had to retire from his role as Laudato Si animator for the Leeds Diocese. […]
29 July – Laudato Si in Children’s Liturgy
by Liz Firth, Commission MemberThe challenge of how to engage children in a meaningful way during the Children’s Liturgy is one which is faced by volunteers in parishes everywhere on a weekly basis, often on a Saturday evening when you suddenly wonder the week has gone and what on earth to do with the children […]