Latest News From The NorthWest
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As the U.K. Government votes overwhelmingly to scrap legal protection for child refugees the February issue of the NW NJPN E Bulletin also looks at positive action against the US Administration’s policy of separating immigrant families and its continued detention of unaccompanied children on the borders. A round-up of current events and campaigns includes Holocaust Memorial Day, with opinion pieces from poet, author and activist Michael Rosen and blogger Robert A Cohen, a report of ground-breaking action by Muslim leaders joining Holocaust survivors in prayer at Auschwitz, a moving speech in support of the Palestinian people from Prince Charles, Climate Change in the light of the Australian bush fires, Poverty Action Week 23 Feb, Lent resources, Franz Jagerstatter film review and diary dates for the next two months.
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Pope Francis: “Spontaneous hospitality and thoughtful gestures communicate something of God’s love,”
Pope Francis has dedicated his Jan. 22 catechesis to the “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,” stressing on hospitality, which he described as an “important ecumenical virtue.”
The pope, who had completed his catechesis on the Acts of the Apostles the previous week, nevertheless returned to the episode of the shipwreck of Saint Paul in Malta, to which the Week of Unity 2020 owes its theme.
“Spontaneous hospitality and thoughtful gestures communicate something of God’s love,” Pope Francis noted in his catechesis, with 7,000 faithful listening at Paul VI Hall.
This is an “important ecumenical virtue,” the pope said. “The desire to know the experience that others have of God.”
This “recognizes that Christians of other denominations are truly brothers and sisters in Christ” and therefore requires “the readiness to listen to other Christians, to pay attention to their personal stories of faith and those of their communities,” he said.
Hospitality, the pope added, also includes “the desire to know the experience of God in others” and therefore allows us to receive “what the Holy Spirit has sown in our brothers and sisters.”
“It becomes a gift for us as well,” he said.
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NJPN Newsletter – Spring 2020
The Spring edition of the NJPN newsletter is now available to download.
The lead article reports on fighting poverty.
The speaking personally column features Paul Southgate, a member of the NJPN Executive, who lives in the NorthEast.
Download here: 2020 Spring Newsletter
News from the Lancaster Diocese
The latest newsletter from the Lancaster Archdiocese is available to read now,
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Latest J&P News From the NorthWest
The January 2020 issue of the NW NJPN E Bulletin focuses on the aftermath of the December 2019 General Election with an excellent in-depth analysis of “Our uprooted nation: from Brexit to a Christian vision of the Common Good” by Anna Rowlands – a long read but well worth it. A last minute addition comes from Sojourners USA following the assassination of Iranian General Qasim Soleimani by the Trump administration – see page 12. World Peace Day is also featured alongside two articles by a 16 year-old student from Macclesfield and tributes to eco-theologian Ed Echlin and HCPT founder Br Michael Strode who died recently. Here in the UK we look at a new Care for the Elderly initiative from CSAN, the Catholic People’s Week programme for 2020, art and film reviews and a diary of local and national events – all making up a varied bulletin.
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NW NJPN Justice and Peace E Bulletin January 2020
Latest J&P News From the NorthWest
The December issue of the NW NJPN E Bulletin covers items from Advent through to Christmas and into the New Year featuring reports on UK poverty; the continuing scandal of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia; climate change; fracking; the Amazon Synod; a plea for safer passage for asylum seekers; Red Wednesday; controversy over White Poppies for Peace and tackling bullying; plus a deeply moving opinion piece on the 30th anniversary of the assassination of 6 Jesuit priests and 2 women in El Salvador and a father reflects on grace, forgiveness and suicide. Resources for Advent, Peace Sunday, books and art exhibitions as well as diary dates.
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NW NJPN Justice and Peace E Bulletin December 2019
Advent Reflections for 2019
Prayers and action ideas based on the Scripture readings for each of the 4 weeks of Advent have been prepared for NJPN by Anne O’Connor.
Please feel free to copy and pass round as you wish.
ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 1
ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 2
ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 3
ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 4
Latest J&P News From the North West, and Advent Reflections
The NW NJPN E Bulletin for November 2019 pays tribute to Brian Noble, Emeritus Bishop of Shrewsbury, who has died. He was a great supporter of Justice and Peace in the diocese, a truly humble shepherd and a deeply spiritual man. May he rest in peace and rise in glory. We also celebrate the life of John Henry Newman, newly canonised in Rome.
Fr Rob Esdaile challenges us to respond to the horrific death of 39 migrants, suffocated in a container lorry in a desperate search for a better life. There’s a stirring opinion piece from Sr Gemma Simmonds; plus focus on the escalating problem of knife crime in the UK; food poverty; an award for veteran peace campaigner Bruce Kent; an interesting article from a Quaker artist who chose to paint her protest against the recent DSEI Arms Fair; reports from the Amazonian Synod; book and film reviews and a packed diary of local and national events.
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Also available are this year’s series of Advent Reflections drawn from Sunday scripture readings during Advent, reflections, prayers and action ideas based on the theme of creation and climate change.
Week one – ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 1
Week two – ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 2
Week three – ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 3
Week four – ADVENT REFLECTION 2019 WEEK 4
Latest J&P News From the North West
Climate change action dominates the October NW NJPN E Bulletin leading with Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN on 23 September plus articles from Extinction Rebellion, the Columbans, Unfold Zero, Green Christian, Amnesty International and Living Streets as well as an opinion piece from regular columnist US pastor and activist John Pavlovitz. Pat Gaffney reports on the Women in Black movement and Leeds J&P announce a prayer network initiative. Other topics include Safeguarding, World Mission Day and VMM’s 50th Anniversary, Diversity celebrated at the Notting Hill Carnival, Prisons Week, Jesuit Refugee Service, Male Slavery in Britain, World Day of the Poor, Church Action on Poverty, Housing Justice Sunday, Group News from Marple and a new CAFOD Schools Programme based on Laudato Si’. All this plus book reviews and a packed diary!
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NW NJPN Justice and Peace E Bulletin
NJPN Newsletter – Autumn 2019
This time, our newsletter focuses on this year’s annual conference, “Forgotten people: Forgotten Places”The lead article in this edition is written by an attendee at this years annual conference, about her experience at the conference.
The second article, written by one of our young supporters, “A Growing Church” looks at the involvement of young people in the conference, and church life, with a particular focus on the youth led workshop at the conference.
Page three looks at “Becoming an Inclusive Church” with particular attention to disability.
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Newsletter Autumn 2019
