Daily Archives: Monday November 30, 2009

IBVM (Loreto) helps Albanian Roma families

When Sister Imelda Poole IBVM (Loreto) moved to Tirana in 2005 (after 16 years working in grassroots ministry at Port Clarence on Teesside) she soon encountered families of Roma communities living in shanty towns near the railway station, close by to where she lives.
Roma communities originated in India many hundreds of years ago and [...]

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Hundreds make a Wave for Climate Justice

One of three thousand!
At 11.30 am on a damp and windy Saturday morning on 24th October, 400 people made a human wave for Climate Justice around York Minster. The event led by CAFOD and supported by Christian Aid and other networks of people concerned about the impact of climate change drew people, of all ages [...]

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A Golden Jubilee – 50 Years of Fast Day

2010 is a special year for CAFOD. It is the fiftieth anniversary of Fast Day which was first held on 12th March 1960 organised by volunteer members of the National Board of Catholic Women who wanted to raise funds for a mother and baby clinic on the Caribbean island of Dominica.

Ultimately, this was the driving [...]

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