Saturday 3 May 2025 at Wheeler Hall – 10.30am to 3.30pm
ALL are invited to join in this day to inspire renewal of everyone in YOUR parish through living more simply, more sustainably, and in solidarity with those experiencing poverty in this Jubilee year!
This event is organised by the Leeds Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission in partnership with existing LiveSimply parishes, CAFOD and with the endorsement of the SVP and Caritas Leeds.
Christine Allen, Director of CAFOD, will be starting off the day and the agenda will include workshops so attendees can actively participate in the day and leave with clear actions to take back to their parish.
For more information or to reserve a place the link to the Eventbrite booking page is
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1278395327839?aff=oddtdtcreator – or visit www.leedsjp.org.uk
Hot drinks provided and lunch will be a shared buffet so please bring something to share which doesn’t need to be heated up!
Diocese of Leeds Justice and Peace Commission member, Joe Burns, writes…:
‘Last September, in his Pastoral Letter for the Season of Creation, Bishop Marcus encouraged parishes to think about signing up to work towards the LiveSimply award which is managed by CAFOD. Having lived in a parish where we worked towards the award, and now being a schools assessor for the award scheme, it is something which I would encourage any parish or school in the Diocese to consider seriously.
To work for the award, your parish has to consider how everyone can live more simply, more sustainably and how they can show their solidarity with those experiencing poverty. It is a wonderfully positive way of involving all sections of a parish and all ages. Everyone has something that they can contribute and the scheme is flexible enough to allow you to use the strengths and resources within your own church community.
The Commission is supporting a group of four parishes in the Leeds area to put on a day event about this scheme. We have given it the title Live Simply, Care Deeply, a date of Saturday 3 May 2025, and the venue is Wheeler Hall at Leeds Cathedral.
