I hope you have enjoyed celebrating nature this month, even as we become ever more aware of the efforts we must make to protect our common home. There is still the Feast of St Francis to come on Tuesday, 4^th October, to close the season, as we seek his intercession and inspiration in our care for the environment for rest of the year. 

Our E-Bulletin this month contains a report from our most recent Westminster Social Justice and Peace Forum on Saturday, 17^th September, when people from around the Diocese joined Bishop Nicholas Hudson and Bishop Paul McAleenan on Zoom. The theme of the Forum was ‘To Accompany Refugees’, and it took place on the weekend preceding the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (25^th September). The Forum was chaired by Bishop Nicholas Hudson, who underlined that this was an opportunity to explore what the response in the ecclesial community in Westminster has been…  Read the full report on our website

Welcome to New Commission Member  

Fr Dominic writes: 

A warm welcome to Sr Carolyn Morrison ra, University Chaplain based at Newman House, to the Westminster Justice and Peace Commission. We look forward to benefiting from Sr Carolyn’s skills and experience. We hope to recruit more new members to the Commission in due course.  

The current Commission members are: Fr Dominic Robinson SJ (Chair), Colette Joyce (Co-ordinator), Tony Sheen (CAFOD), John Coleby (Caritas), Sr Carolyn Morrison ra 

Parish Contacts

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to serve as a Parish Contact for Justice & Peace in 2023.  The current list can be found here:

Westminster Justice and Peace Parish Contacts

Finally, in this month which includes Homeless Sunday and Challenge Poverty Week, we continue to consider how best we might help our communities rise to meet the current cost-of-living challenges. There are many links and events in the Diary pages to inform our response, including a one-day Conference with Caritas Westminster on 12^th November at All Saints Catholic College, 75 Saint Charles Square, London, W10 6EL, which will bring together a number of different organisations offering assistance, with people from schools, parishes and projects across the Diocese. 

12th November, 10.30am-5.00pm: Firm Foundations in a Cost of Living Crisis

Please keep all the organisers of these events in your prayers.