* At present, your CAFOD team is looking for someone to join them to help with CAFOD's Fast Day collections.  If you would like to know more or think you might be able to help, please contact by email to cl.jandp@gmail.com
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 World Gifts are a range of virtual charity gifts that will delight the people you give them to and help transform the lives of families living in poverty
worldgifts.cafod.org.uk
How it works:
Choose – Receive – Give - Transform
1. Choose: Browse the range, choose your gifts, add them to your basket and check out!
2. Receive: Receive a beautifully illustrated card of your chosen gift, together with a presentation gift envelope, which explains how your gift can help people fighting  poverty in poorer countries
You can also choose one of our gorgeous ecards or to print at home to receive your gift immediately! And you can now send a personalised card directly to your loved one, by choosing "post direct" and typing in your message
3. Give: Personalise your posted card and give it to your friend or loved-one
4. Transform: The money you spend on your gift helps us transform the lives of poor families in the developing world
New World Gifts this year!
  • The Real Advent Calendar £4.50
  • Our new World Gifts Tote bag £4.50
  • Energy Saving Stove £9
  • Fight fires in the Amazon £18
  • Forest school £40
  • Fantastic fisherfolk £73
  • Safe place to call home £175
  • Restore the rainforest £719
Don’t forget! As well as the new gifts, there are lots of your old favourites to choose from.
And remember you can now send personalised cards direct to your loved ones, or choose to send an ecard! You can now type in a personalised message online and they’ll send the gift straight to your loved one. Just select "post direct" when you're choosing your gift.
CAFOD ensures that every virtual gift you give this Christmas will make a real difference to people in countries where they work.

CAFOD Harvest fast day
FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER

Thanks to everyone who has donated this year, either with the envelope at church, via our fundraising page or at CAFOD online. We will let you know the total Catholic Leamington collected when we are told.
What did COP26 achieve?
View the CAFOD online talk (1 hour) here
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR
Neil Thorns, Head of Advocacy, and Robin Mace-Snaith, Policy Analyst for Climate and Energy, discuss the outcomes of COP26 and the impact on the world’s most marginalised communities, and respond to questions about the global United Nations summit on climate change and how countries are planning to tackle it.
The CAFOD Campaigns Update for September 2021 is here
[click here for pdf download]

WE walked for water
saturday 20th february

Thank you so much for all who gave £435.40 sponsorship money - £486.65 with Gift Aid
Ann, Brian and Anne each walked  5 miles (independently, to keep Covid safe) on Saturday 20th February for CAFOD's Lent challenge to remind us that many people in the world have to walk 5 miles each day to fetch water.
And, in addition, Ann  walked every day for the whole of Lent, a total of 536.886 steps and has raised £1,115!!

That's a total of £1550.40

CAFOD's lent fast day 2021
Friday 26th February

This Lent in lockdown, we and our parish helped to transform lives!
The totals collected were:
St Joseph's Church £543.50
St Peter's Church £431.00
Our Lady's Church £252.49
Fundraising online £215.00

THAT'S A TOTAL OF £1441.99

CAFOD is part of one of the largest aid networks in the world with substantial knowledge and expertise in WASH
- water, sanitation, hygiene; and disease control.
CAFOD's website can be found here at www.cafod.org.uk
CAFOD Birmingham's
Blog is here