Celebrating the Year of St Francis of Assisi Together!

Now is the time to contact communications@dioceseofleeds.org.uk (for Leeds and Hallam) AND communications@rcdmidd.org.uk (for Middlesbrough) with what’s planned in YOUR parish, school, Catholic charity or association to celebrate the Year of St Francis of...

St Joseph’s Castleford UCM: stepping out for CAFOD!

Members of St Joseph’s Union of Catholic Mothers (UCM) have been stepping out together in prayer to raise funds for CAFOD’s Lenten Appeal – and Carol Sidebottom, Secretary of St Joseph’s UCM, has contacted communications@dioceseofleeds.org.uk with news of...

Our Schools: still living out the Jubilee’s Lenten Legacy!

More schools have signed up for CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk this year than ever before!  Twenty-five schools in the Diocese of Leeds are taking part in the charity’s annual fundraising challenge, walking 200km over 40 days alongside a record-breaking number of Catholic...

Lent: a spiritual springtime

A message from CAFOD as we approach the penitential season of Lent…: The word Lent finds its roots in the Old English word lencten, meaning ‘spring’. It describes that quiet, persistent season when the days begin to lengthen and the earth slowly...

Advent Eco-Fair for the Winter Season of Creation

Thanks to all the stallholders and visitors who made our first ever Diocese of Leeds Laudato Si’ Advent Eco-Fair such a successful event! As well as selling beautiful arts and crafts, and providing advice to visitors about living simply and sustainably,...