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The True Spirit of Christmas

by webmaster | Dec 1, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events

A Conversation with our Neighbour in Iraq As you read your copy of the December Voice and with vast stocks of Christmas goods continuing to be sold in our shops (some Christmas items on sale since September), it is perhaps difficult to equate the preparation for...

IBVM (Loreto) helps Albanian Roma families

by webmaster | Nov 30, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events

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....

Hundreds make a Wave for Climate Justice

by webmaster | Nov 30, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations

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...

A Golden Jubilee – 50 Years of Fast Day

by webmaster | Nov 30, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations

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...

C.A.U.S.E. Christmas Hamper Campaign

by webmaster | Nov 29, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events

Catholics Against Unemployment and Social Evils (C.A.U.S.E.) A reminder to all our kind donors and helpers that the time has come to launch our annual appeal to provide hampers for needy families at Christmas. The recession has caused unemployment to rise once again...

Assisted Suicide – our Bishops respond

by webmaster | Nov 17, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events

Having Your Say on Assisted Suicide There is an important consultation taking place about when cases of ‘assisted suicide’ will be prosecuted. The law on ‘assisting suicide’ has not changed but the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has issued ‘interim guidelines’...