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Stop Returns to Danger

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace

Please help to stop the removal of Jean-Michel Bomvoy and other Congolese nationals who are seeking asylum here in the UK. Jean-Michel is one of many based on Teesside who are facing forcible deportation back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. A petition has been...

Early Day Motion against deportation of refused asylum seekers to Congo

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Justice and Peace

Puck de Raadt of the Churches Refugee and Racial Justice Network writes, So far the Early Day Motion (EDM) against deportation of refused asylum seekers to Congo has 2 signatures only…An ‘EDM’ becomes noteworthy only after some 45...

Walk the Tyne Bridges for LIFE

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Event Calendar, Organisations

26 April, 10am start, from St Joseph’s, Gateshead to St Dominic’s, Newcastle. Tel: (01642) 466400 – Adrienne; (01642) 312383 or 07808 405398 – Steve, for further details and sponsorship forms (coach available)

Lent – A Time to Act

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Organisations

CAFOD Lent Fast Day Friday 6th March The Jesuit Theologian, Rev Jon Sobrino tells us that ‘To believe in God is not just to love life but to work so that there is life’. As we move through Lent towards celebrating the time when our Lord put his life on the...

CAFOD Pilgrimage to Holy Island

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | CAFOD, Event Calendar, Organisations

Saturday 13th June. Walk across causeway begins at 11.00 am. Also a liturgy in the parish church for those not walking the causeway and Mass at 2.00 pm. For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol Cross on (01904) 671767, E-mail...

CAFOD/Christian Aid Humber Bridge Sponsored Walk

by webmaster | Feb 28, 2009 | Appeals and Special Events, CAFOD, CAFOD Appeals, Event Calendar, Organisations

Saturday 9th May – Join us at the Humber Bridge for an easy and relatively painless way to raise funds for CAFOD. Contact the CAFOD Middlesbrough Office for your sponsorship pack! For further information or to volunteer for CAFOD please contact David or Carol...