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...

CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY

3 October is this year’s CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY! CAFOD is highlighting its work with communities in Ethiopia facing climate challenges, where YOUR donations are funding vital water infrastructure projects. Parish and school communities are encouraged to be...

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: CAFOD’s call to contact your MP

Pope Leo has called for ‘an immediate halt to the barbarity of war’. In solidarity with the Holy Father, the CAFOD Campaigns Team makes this heartfelt plea: ‘The pain and suffering in Gaza is reverberating around the world. Distressing news and...