Part of the Hunger Cloth in Leeds Cathedral (Credit: Victoria Ahmed)
CAFOD’s Vicky Ahmed takes a trip to Leeds on World Food Day to find out about a Hunger Cloth and what it means to the children across the diocese.
Before World Food Day on 16 October I had little idea of what a hunger cloth was, and what it was used for in modern times. I knew they had traditionally been used to communicate stories of the Gospel, but it wasn’t until last Tuesday, on a wet afternoon at St Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds that I looked at one and understood the symbolism and recognised the message of hope.
I joined about 220 children who had come together from different schools across the diocese to join in with a special service. Our CAFOD Leeds office had invited schools in the diocese to help mark CAFOD’s commitment to end poverty and make sure every child has enough to eat, by helping create a ‘Diocese of Leeds Hunger cloth.’
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