Matty Maslen, a longstanding member of the SPARK community, has spent the last week in Mexico. This was only possible with considerable financial support from a number of organisations – including SPARK Social Justice. However, he wasn’t sunning himself or visiting the remains of ancient civilisations! Matty was part of a group attending the 19th […]
How can Christians in West Yorkshire respond to recent riots and racism? How can we build a better society? This was the theme of the recent Caritas Catholic Care Day of Reflection. Caritas Catholic Care focus on social action – what services can and should the Diocese provide to help those in need? This ranges […]
The Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on the last Sunday in September since 1914. It is always an occasion to highlight the need for global unity in supporting refugees; to pray for different vulnerable people on the move as they face many challenges; and to increase awareness about the […]
The current editor of the J&P E-News is Matty Maslen – who has featured in these posts a few times! Matty now has a fulltime job and can no longer continue doing the E-news work.So…. the J&P Commission are looking for someone to take over this work on a self-employed basis. On average it works […]
Last week,John Battle (Chair of the J&P Commission and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Leeds Trinity University) addressed students at a graduation ceremony. What follows is part of his speech…..Can I suggest that the work of hopeful encouragement of others now passes to you, our Leeds Trinity graduates,to shape your future life journeys.The challenges facing us in […]
By Matty Maslen, member of the SPARK communityFor the past 9 months I have been a member of the PeaceJam UK Youth Team. As part of this, I was given the opportunity to join the organising team for the 2024 conference held in Winchester. Through zoom meetings held across the country (and occasionally across the […]