This article is by Nikki Evans, CAFOD’s Programme Officer for Bolivia. As she lives in Yorkshire she is regularly to be seen around the Leeds CAFOD Volunteer Centre. This article […]
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17 APR 17 -New CAFOD Volunteer Campaigns Coordinator
This is Patrick Taulo Chabviaka. He is the new volunteer Campaigns Coordinator in the Leeds Diocese CAFOD Volunteer Centre. Patrick says about himself: “I come from Malawi which is a […]
22 Mar 17 – Refugee Support Group Facilitator Update
We reported in January about the appointment of a part time refugee Action Worker in the Diocese. Unfortunately, the initial appointment did not work out but a replacement has now […]
12 Jan 17 – Diocesan Refugee Action Worker Starts
A while ago the Diocese recognised that they needed to provide some help to coordinate and advise parishes who want to respond to the needs of refugees coming to live […]
05 Dec 16 ICON OF PEACE TO GO ON ‘DIOCESAN TOUR’
The Icon of Peace is a large sacred painting that was made in the Monastery of St John in the Desert, near Jerusalem, and was gifted to Pax Christi International […]
30 Nov 16-REFUGEE ACTION GROUP INFO EVNG
Much of the mainstream media dismisses responses to the international refugee crisis as “compassion fatigue”. The active responses of the parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Leeds was more than […]
16 MAR 16 – Romero Lecture 2016
The Commission hosted a presentation of the 2016 Romero Lecture, which the Archbishop Romero Trust organises (with support from CAFOD and Pax Christi) every year. This year the title of […]