July 12, 2019
A few simple choices will help you leave a positive mark during your trip away this summer, writes CAFOD volunteer Sarah George.
Continue reading “How to enjoy your holiday like the Earth depends on it”July 8, 2019
Sam is in the Campaigns team at CAFOD. As a British-born black woman with Ghanaian heritage, she wants to encourage and support more active Catholics from diaspora communities to get into campaigning.
Continue reading “What does a campaigner look like?”July 4, 2019
Hundreds of CAFOD supporters joined us in London for The Time is Now mass lobby, when we told our MPs we need urgent action to address the climate emergency. Emma Gallagher, a CAFOD climate champion, tells us what the experience was like for her.
Continue reading “The time is now to speak up about the climate catastrophe”June 28, 2019
The Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul falls on 29 June. Francis from our Theology team reflects on these two figureheads of the Church and their lessons for us as we approach the Synod on Amazonia this October.
Continue reading “Saints Peter and Paul: For a Church walking together”June 20, 2019
Becky, our Campaigns Writer explores how CAFOD’s London headquarters, Romero House, helps the environment through a wealth of eco-friendly systems.
Continue reading “How our office helps the environment”June 17, 2019
Libby is a Campaigns Officer at CAFOD. She recently came back from an incredible trip to the South Pacific, an area that is feeling the worst effects of the climate crisis – despite contributing so little to it.
Continue reading “The climate crisis: a reality affecting everyday lives”June 12, 2019
Sarah George is a CAFOD volunteer who moved to the Caribbean with her family as a child. She describes how, after going on to work for the Department of Fisheries in St Lucia, she saw the effects of climate change first hand.
Continue reading “Life in the bullseye of climate change”June 7, 2019
On reading the gospel for Pentecost Sunday, Kathleen from our Theology team reflected on the word “advocate” and what it means to her today.
Based on the gospel for Pentecost Sunday, 9 June – John 14:14-16, 23b-26
“The Father will give you another Advocate to be with you forever.”
Jesus told his disciples they would never be alone. The Holy Spirit, the Advocate, would always be with them.
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For fans of TV courtroom dramas, the word “advocate” may well evoke visions of efficient-looking and aggressive-sounding be-wigged barristers. But what it brings to my own mind is the many times I hear the word “advocacy” being used, here in the CAFOD office in London.
Continue reading “Pentecost reflection: The Holy Spirit, our Advocate”June 5, 2019
Nicole Gillespie is a Step into the Gap volunteer who has recently returned from a visit to Uganda. To mark Volunteers’ Week, she reflects on what CAFOD’s No One Beyond Reach commitment means to her.
Continue reading “Step into the Gap: Reaching rural communities in Uganda”June 3, 2019
Becky works on World Gifts at CAFOD. She tells us why she buys her Dad a World Gift for Father’s Day as well as celebrating the other father figures in her life.
Continue reading “Father’s Day gifts for the Dad it’s hard to buy for”
