Sat 28th Sep – Fri 4th Oct 2019: A week of Creation Celebration events Shipley and Baildon

A week long set of events at St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross parish in Shipley and Baildon to celebrate and explore the Season of Creation.

WHEN: various event dates Sat 28th Sept – Fri 4th Oct 2019
WHERE: St Walburga’s Church, Kirkgate, Shipley, BD18 3LU

Booking info: To book download the full booking form

The main events during this week are as follows:-

Sat 28 Sep 5:45 pm Mass of Creation @ St Walburga’s Church, Shipley

Sun 29 Sep  09:15am Youth Mass of Creation @ St Walburga’s Church, Shipley

Sun 29 Sep 11:00 Harvest Mass @ St Aidan’s Baildon

Mon 30 Sep Rest Day!

Tue 01 Oct 1pm An easy Walk around Northcliffe Conservation area with Brian Gresswell @ main gate to Northcliffe Park

Tue 01 Oct 7pm God’s World – Our Responsibility: Read, listen, share & discuss @St Walburga’s parish room, Shipley

Wed 02 Oct 7pm Shrinking Amazonia – a talk by Fr Gerry Hanlon @ St Walburga’s parish room, Shipley

Thu 03 Oct 7:30pm The Politics of Climate Change -a talk by Prof Paul Rogers @ St Aidan’s Church Hall, Baildon

Fri 04 Oct 7pm Concluding Mass of Creation@ St Aidan’s Church Baildon – followed by a celebration shared meal

 

WHEN: various event dates Sat 28th Sept – Fri 4th Oct 2019
WHERE: St Walburga’s Church, Kirkgate, Shipley, BD18 3LU

Booking info: To book download the full booking form

VACANCY: School Volunteer Leeds Deanery

Are you a parent with some free days during the week in school term time? Perhaps you have delivered Children’s Liturgy sessions and would like to support young people learn more about CAFOD in a school setting? We would love to hear from you and support you on an amazing journey into volunteering to raise awareness and support for our work as the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

Could you spare a few days a month to visit your local Catholic primary or secondary schools to share with young people updates on justice, international development and faith in action to support people living in the poorest communities. 

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As a CAFOD School Volunteer for the Leeds Deanery, this role will take you into Catholic primary and secondary schools to deliver 15 min assemblies and 45 min workshops using pre-prepared CAFOD education resources and power-point presentations.

The School Volunteer Training Day 1 is on 15th October 2019, at St Urban’s Church Hall in Leeds.

Sign up here to apply for this rewarding volunteer role.

After Day 1, you will make a supervised visit to a local primary school and then, if successful, you will proceed to Day 2 training. DBS checks, references and an interview are required to fulfill the volunteer position.

All inquiries please speak to Bronagh Daly leeds@cafod.org.uk

https://cafod.org.uk/Volunteer/Sign-up

 

19th May St Urban’s Headingley Creation Celebration Mass

On Sunday 19th May, St Urban’s Church parishioners, Fr Gerard and Parish Volunteer Helen Humphries will welcome Bernard Balibuno, CAFOD’s Country Representative from the Democratic Republic of Congo to their Creation Celebration, where they will hear updates from Bernard about how DRC communities are being supported to cope with the impacts of Climate Change.

The  Creation Celebration will be an opportunity for everyone to discuss and learn about how our every day lives create an unsustainable level of carbon emissions, from what we eat to what we wear and how we travel around.  The Creation Celebration is a time to come together as a Catholic community and appreciate God’s creation and vow to look after the planet as individuals and as a community.

There will be fun activities and discussion after mass with a petition for everyone to sign to ask our Prime Minister to do more to lower carbon emissions which contribute to Climate Change.

Everyone is welcome, please bring along a small plate of cakes to share as part of the celebration.

Where: St Urban’s Church, Grove Rd, Leeds LS6 4AQ
When:  10:30am Sunday 19th May 2019

Every parish in the Diocese of Leeds are invited to host a Creation Celebration, download the Organiser’s Guide here and let us know if you need any help organising the mass.

We look forward to seeing pictures from your Creation Celebration, please send any pictures to leeds@cafod.org.uk