Category: Events

Diocese of Westminster Justice & Peace Events 2015

  • 31st Dec-1st Jan Pray and Fast for the Climate vigil, St John Vianney’s Church, 386 West Green Rd N15 3QL
  • 21st Jan Justice & Peace Open Evening 6.00-9.00 All Welcome! Parish Centre, 386 West Green Rd N15 3QL
  • 1st February Pray and Fast for the Climate at CAFOD, Romero House, Southwark SE1 7JB
  • 27th February Fairtrade Fortnight Talk and Celebration. Speaker, Professor Mark Hayes, Parish Centre, 386 West Green Rd N15 3QL
  • 1st March Pray and Fast for the Climate, 7-9pm with London Boroughs Faiths Network,
  • Collaboration House 77 Charlotte Street, W1T 4PW
  • 1st April Pray and Fast for the Climate venue to be confirmed. 7-9pm
  • 1st May Pray and Fast for the Climate venue to be confirmed. 7-9pm
  • 4th May St Joseph the Worker Migrants’ Mass, St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 7HY Sponsored by The Tablet
  • 1st June Pray and Fast for the Climate 7-9pm St Martin in the Fields WC2N 4JJ
  • 1st July Pray and Fast for the Climate 7-9pm Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Welwyn Garden City
  • 1st August Pray and Fast for the Climate 7-9pm Pilgrimage for Water River walk venue tbc
  • Fri Aug 28-Mon Aug 31st First leg of cycling pilgrimage to Paris: London-Newhaven
  • 1st September Pray and Fast for the Climate 7-9pm Finsbury Park Mosque N4 2QH
  • 1st October Pray and Fast for the Climate venue to be confirmed. 7-9pm
  • 17th October Westminster Justice and Peace Annual Day Preparing for the Paris Climate Talks
  • 1st November Pray and Fast for the Climate venue to be confirmed. 7-9pm
  • 30th November Pray and Fast for the Climate venue to be confirmed. 7-9pm
  • Mon Nov 30th-Sat Dec 6th Second leg of cycling pilgrimage to Paris, Dieppe-Paris

December E-Bulletin

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  • Mon 1st Dec Everybody can Brew Change. Inaugural Session of Peace Cafe, 77 Charlotte Street, London W 1 (nearest Tube Goodge Street) Starts at 5pm. With Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hundus, Humanists and other faiths attending for food sharing and discussions.
  • Tues 2 Dec Prayers for the Middle East 4pm. A multi-faith prayer vigil focused on trouble spots in the Middle East. Will include sharing, spoken prayer and silence. Followed by reflections on the need for prayer and meditation in interfaith work.
    St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG
    Contact Phone: 07973 446846 Email: angharad@stethelburgas.org
  • Mon 8th Dec Pax Christi Annual Advent Peace Service, St Aloysius Church, Euston, London @ 7.30. followed by Christmas Market and mulled wine.
  • Tues 9th Dec Christmas Party at St Ethelburga’s, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG at 6pm
  • Sun 14th Dec Christmas Concert at 7:30 at St Mellitus Church, Tollington Park, N4 3AG. This year we are raising funds for Freedom from Torture (The Medical Foundation) http://www.freedomfromtorture.org. also to enable the London Medical Orchestra to keep playing and fund-raising http://www.lmo.org.uk

  • Wed 21st Jan Justice and Peace Open Evening. What is happening around the diocese, what SHOULD be happening? 6.30pm Soup, bread and cheese. 7pm Sharing. St John Vianney Parish Centre, 386 West Green Road, N15 3QL contact justice@rcdow.org.uk

Justice and Peace Study Day

From left to right: Barbara Kentish, John Hills, Fr Joe Ryan, Collete Joyce, Helen O'Brien

From left to right: Barbara Kentish, John Hills, Fr Joe Ryan, Collete Joyce, Helen O’Brien

Professor John Hills

Professor John Hills

The annual Westminster Justice and Peace Study Day took place on Saturday 7th November and was attended by about 75 representatives from parishes across the diocese.

John Hills, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, spoke on the welfare myth of ‘them’ and ‘us’, emphasising that the welfare state is something that benefits us all.

Helen O’Brien of Caritas Social Action Network spoke on welfare, myths, realities and advocacy. We’ve included both speeches here for you to download.

Two grassroots activists also shared their experiences: Rev. Paul Nicholson about Taxpayers Against Poverty, and Sheila Gallagher spoke about setting up the New Barnet Foodbank.

In the afternoon, participants could choose to attend workshops run by Housing Justice, London Citizens, Haringey Migrant Support Centre, the London Catholic Worker and the Society of St Vincent de Paul.