SPARK are supporting an event organised by the Northern Dioceses Environment Group (NDEG).The NDEG organise at least one in-person event every year. This year they are doing a mini-pilgrimage from Leeds City Station to Kirkstall Abbey in celebration of 10 years since the publication of Laudato Si. A similar mini-pilgrimage, organised by the Diocesan Communications […]
By Iesha Heads Iesha, a member of the SPARK community, recently graduated from Leeds Trinity University with a First Class Honours degree in Digital Marketing. However, her frustrations with the job market have led her to set up a petition on Change.org. She writes To the UK Government and Members of Parliament Thousands of young […]
So many terrible things are happening in the world today. How do we cope? Where do we look to find signs of Hope? Earlier in 2025 we welcomed Fr Luis Orlando to give the Romero Lecture. People attending were moved by his descriptions of his work with the families of the disappeared in Mexico and […]
by Kathy Shaw, SPARK managerCONGRATULATIONS! Several of our SPARK members are graduating this summer. Thanks to all of them for their continued work towards justice and peace.
By Carol Burns, Leeds Diocese Pax ChristiAt a packed Wheeler Hall on Saturday 17th May, Mahmoud Zwahre, a Palestinian activist from the West Bank, currently a scholar at Coventry University, spoke both eloquently and passionately about his experience of non-violent – or ‘unarmed’ – resistance in the West Bank. He has been active in the […]
There was a real buzz at our LiveSimply event on May3rd at Wheeler Hall, Leeds Cathedral.The event was a real inter-generational affair that also brought together SVP members, CAFOD supporters, J&P supporters and Caritas supporters from parishes across the Diocese from Settle to Bradford to Leeds.There was no sitting round listening to talks. Rather, the […]