LENTEN JUSTICE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
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The monthly Prayer intention for April is: (as proposed by Pope Francis) 'We pray that the dignity of women be recognized, and discrimination end, in every culture and nation.'
About Us ‘Justice and Peace’ activities are seen as an integral part and expression of our love of neighbour and an intrinsic part of our Christian way of life. In other words, to be concerned about the lack of justice and peace is a necessity for us all. The monthly meeting exists to consider Justice and Peace issues, usually on the 4th Monday of each month (except August and December) in the parish centre of one of the three Catholic Leamington churches (see the list opposite for the venues of future meetings)*. This is an open meeting for any parishioner to take part. [*Since Covid restrictions began, meetings have been held by Zoom until recently] Our meeting does not see itself as a separate group of the parish, but rather a meeting of the wider Catholic Leamington parish to consider issues relating to justice and peace. Therefore, any parishioner is welcome to attend at any time. It is held to learn about issues of concern and feed information back to the parish, making recommendations or facilitating activities in response to these issues. In this way we hope to raise the level of awareness amongst parishioners. The meeting does not involve itself directly in fundraising or aid activities but rather areas of concern such as:
We cannot do everything, but rather choose those issues that are of particular interest to those attending the meetings. Unfortunately this may mean that we cannot participate in campaigns or projects that are current at any particular time. In particular, note is taken of input from:
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On 27th April at the 5 pm mass at St Peter's, on 28th April at the 11.15 mass at St Peter's, and on 5th May at the 9.15 mass at Our Lady's, there will be an opportunity for parishioners to sign cards of encouragement to prisoners of conscience, selected by Action by Christians Against Torture. Once a year we ask you to give hope to those tortured or imprisoned for practising their religion or speaking out against injustice. Future meeting dates in 2024: 7.30 pm on Monday 20 May 2024 in the Flint Room (Annex to St Peter's Hall) - contact [email protected] for link. Notes of previous meetings 15 April 2024 (Last meeting) 19 February 2024 (Zoom) 15 January 2024 (Zoom) 27 November 2023 (Zoom) 18 September 2023 31 July 2023 26 June 2023 15 May 2023 24 April 2023 20 March 2023 20 February 2023 23 January 2023 28 November 2022 (Zoom) 31 October 2022 13 September 2022 18th July 2022 (Zoom) 27 June 2022 (Zoom) 25 April 2022 (Zoom) 21 March 2022 (Zoom) 21 February 2022 (Zoom) 22 January 2022 (Zoom) 15 November 2021 (Zoom) 18 October 2021 (Zoom) 20 September 2021 (Zoom) 19 July 2021 (Zoom) 28 June 2021 (Zoom) 17 May 2021 (Zoom) 26 April 2021 (Zoom) 15 March 2021 (Zoom) 15 February 2021 (Zoom) 18 January 2021 (Zoom) 30 November 2020 (Zoom) 26 October 2020 (Zoom) 29 September 2020 (Zoom) 27 July 2020 (Zoom) 29 June 2020 (Zoom) 24 February 2020 20 January 2020 Review of the Year 2022/2023 - Review of the Year 2021/2022 - Review of the Year 2020/2021 - Review of the Year 2018/2019 - Review of the Year Links
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We have all our documents, including notes of our meetings, on our GoogleDrive The email address used for the group is cl.jandp@gmail.com and there is a Google Group email sharing group that you can join by emailing cl.jandp@gmail.com, in order to get email notifications and updates. |