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OCTOBER E-BULLETIN
Note some items may be repeated from last month,
but new items have been added so read on…
Posters / fliers for events will be posted on our Newsletter webpage where available
Justice & Peace – Mission Beyond the Year of Faith
Joint Annual Justice & Peace Assembly
for Dioceses of Westminster, Southwark & Brentwood
Saturday 19th October 10.00am-4.00pm
at Salvation Army Regent Hall, Oxford St. London WC1 2DJ
Faith, Justice, Peace and Mission Patrick Lynch, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark
Mission and Development Kevin Dowling CSSR, Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
50 Years on from ‘Peace on Earth’ Bruce Kent, Vice President CND, Pax Christi Movement for Abolition of War
Scripture and Mission Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Diary of Events for October / November
October
Tues 1st – Sat 5th Kolbe’s Gift A TenTen Theatre production on the story of Maximillian Kolbe at The Leicester Square Theatre, 5 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BH. See www.kolbesgift.com for times and booking information.
Fri 4th CAFOD Harvest Fast Day See www.cafod.org.uk.
Sat 5th Fairtrade Supporter Conference 10.00am - 6.00pm at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, W8 7NX. Hear from inspiring speakers, meet like-minded people from around the UK, explore new ideas for your campaign. Free to attend, but registration is essential. www.fairtrade.org.uk or phone 020 7405 5942
Sat 5th Training Day: Using Research to Expose Dodgy Deals 9.45am – 4.30pm at World Development Movement, 66 Offley Road, SW9 0LS. Do you want to learn how to expose dodgy practices of companies and governments? Free training and research event. E-mail and say if there are particular companies or issues you would like raised.
Sat 5th-Sat 12th Ground the Drones Week of Action A week of campaigning against airstrikes by remotely controlled unmanned ‘drone’ aircraft (UAVs). For more details seewww.dronecampaignnetwork.org.uk.
Sat 5th In Giving We Receive Brentwood CJSR Annual Conference 10am – 2.00pm in Brentwood Cathedral Conference Centre, Ingrave RdBrentwood CM15. Fr Stephen Wang SJ will speak on “How can we make
Pope Francis’ vision for the church an everyday reality?”
Sat 5th North London J&P Network meeting 10.00am- 12.00 noon in the Jubilee Hall, St John Vianney Parish Centre, West Green Rd N15 3QL.
Sun 6th CAFOD Harvest Fast Collection Sunday. See www.cafod.org.uk.
Sun 13th – Sat 19th National Ethical Investment Week See www.neiw.org
Tues 15th How to Change the World: Freedom with Shami Chakrabarti and Peter Selby is one of a series of debates for St .Pauls Forum. 6.30–8.00pm at St Paul’s Cathedral, free and unticketed. See www.stpauls.co.uk (Learning and Education) for more information.
Wed 16th Principles & Profits: investing to protect people, the planet and your savings Justshare Panel discussion for National Ethical Investment Week, with Louise Rouse, of ShareAction and Victoria Heath, of EIRIS,
6:05pm at St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside, EC2V 6AU. See www.justshare.org.uk/
Thurs 17th Church investment: Witness or Whitewash? ECCR Open Debate with panellists from the Church Investors Group, Operation Noah and Methodist Tax Justice Network. 4.30-6.30pm Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ. Contact Helen Boothroyd tobook a place: or 07503 93117
Fri 18th-Sun 20th…and a little child shall lead them A hands-on Christian Ecology Link Retreat, at Ringsfield Hall, Ringsfield, Suffolk. See http://www.greenchristian.org.uk (Events) for details and booking.
Fri 18th UK Anti-Slavery Day and EU Anti Trafficking Day events on the day include a Walk of Witness organised by Stop Sinai Torture, an organisation seeking to raise awareness of the kidnapping and torture of migrants by criminal gangs in the Sinai (and elsewhere) to extort money. Assemble 12:00 noon under Marble Arch, arrive at the Houses of Parliament at around 2.00pm and remain in Old Palace Yard from 2.00-4.00pm.
See www.stopsinaitorture.org or contact Anthony Clarkstone: for more information.
Fri 18th Blessed Franz Jaegerstatter 70 years on An evening of prayer learning and celebration in this 70th anniversary year of his death, with speaker Severin Renoldner from Pax Christi Austria, and head of Education and Culture, Diocese of Linz. 7.00 - 9.30pm at Centre for Youth Ministry, 20 Phoenix Road, Euston NW1 1TA. Please bring food to share RSVP to Pax Christi 020 8203 4884.
Fri 18th A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa – CAFOD Pope Paul VI Memorial Lecture by Fr Agbonkhianmeghe
E. Orobator, SJ (Provincial of East Africa Jesuit Province). 7.00pm atThe Greenwood Theatre, King’s College London, 55 Weston Street, SE1 3RA. Tickets are free butmustbe booked in advance. Donations will be collected on the evening. Pleasebook online at www.cafod.org.uk/Events, or contact CAFOD on 020 7095 5684.
Sat 19th Justice & Peace – Mission beyond the Year of Faith A joint J&P Assembly for the Dioceses of Westminster Southwark & Brentwood. 10.00am-4.00pm at Salvation Army Regent Hall, 275 Oxford Street, WC1 2DJ.
See panel on front page for full details.
Sun 20th – Sun 27th One World Week: More Than Enough See www.oneworldweek.org for details.
Tues 22nd How to Change the World: Peace with Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Double SSF is next in the series of debates for St .Pauls Forum. 6.30–8.00pm (nb later time) at St Paul’s Cathedral, free and unticketed. See www.stpauls.co.uk (Learning and Education) for more information.
Wed 23rd What Would a Gandhian Business Model Look Like? The Gandhi Foundation 2013 Annual Lecture will be given by The Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills at The Inner Temple Hall, Inner Temple, EC4Y 7HL. 6.30–8.30pm (Doors open 6pm) Tickets free but limited (donations welcome). For tickets please email John Rowley: giving your full name and typing AL2013 in the subject line. Your ticket will then be emailed to you. See http://gandhifoundation.org/ for more.
Wed 23rd Night Shelters: Now is the time! Housing Justice National Night Shelters Conference. 10:00am - 3:30pm at CCLA - 85 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4ET. Free to attend and lunch and refreshments provided. More information at www.housingjustice.org.uk or phone 020 3544 8094
Tues 29th A Disturbing Truth - Romero Memorial Lecture Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP will explore the theme, linked to Archbishop Romero’s ministry and applied to our own times. 6:15pm in Westminster Abbey. Tickets are free, but booking is essential: bookings at http://29oct-tellingthetruth.eventbrite.co.uk/ The lecture is one of a series Telling the Truth by Westminster Abbey Institute see www.westminster-abbey.org/institute
Tues 29th How to Change the World: Generosity with David Lammy MP and Lucy Winkett is next in the series of debates for St .Pauls Forum. 7.15 - 8.45pm (NB later time) at St Paul’s Cathedral, free and unticketed.
See www.stpauls.co.uk (Learning and Education) for more information.
Tues 29th A Burning Issue – biomass and its impacts on forests and communities 7.00-9.00pm at Lumen Centre,
88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RS. Free public event but spaces limited so please email us at o reserve a place. More details at http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/
November
Sat 2nd CAFOD Campaign Conference Fr Ignacio Blasco, a CAFOD partner from Guatemala, has been involved in CAFOD’s projects in an area of the country frequented by drought and food shortages.10.00am – 4.00pm at Amigo Hall, next to St George’s Cathedral, Lambeth Road, Southwark (nearest tube: Lambeth North). For further information or to book a place, contact CAFOD Westminster: 020 8449 6970 or
Sat 2nd Christian Ecology Link Annual Members’ Meeting followed by an exploration of different ‘Rules of Life’ followed by CEL members. St Aloysius Church Hall, 20 Phoenix Road, Euston, NW1 1TA. 2.00pm to 4.30pm (Doors open 1.00pm.) See http://www.greenchristian.org.uk (Events)
Sun 3rd Enfield Parish Fairtrade Fayre starts following 9.15am Mass (approx 10.10am) until after 12.00 noon Mass (approx 1.30pm) in the Mount Carmel Centre, London Road, Enfield. Set-up from 8.45am. Stall holders, J&P Group members and helpers are invited to bring food for a “bring and share lunch” at the close of the Fayre. The bar in the centre is normally open from the end of the mid-day Mass.
Mon 4th On the Frontiers: Violence, Nonviolence and the Earth Lecture by Alastair McIntosh, a Scottish scholar, broadcaster and spiritual activist. 7.00pm at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square. Part of a lecture series ‘Faith on the Frontiers’ – see: http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/education/lecture-series/
Tues 5th A Night Under The Stars - The Mozart Experience – fundraising concert in aid of The Passage Centre for the homeless. 7.30pm at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. Tickets £12 - £60 from 020 7592 1856 or . See http://www.anightunderthestars.co.uk/ for more detail.
Thurs 7th The Real Agenda: Syria, Mali and DRC - Terrorism or Resource Wars? Uniting for Peace Annual Conference. Speakers include Lord Frank Judd, Former Minister for International Development. 6:00-8:30pm at Room 4A, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW. Free public meeting - all welcome. Regsitration:
Sat 9th Church Action on Poverty Annual Conference (Sheffield) ‘Walking the Breadline: Building a Good Society in post-austerity Britain’ 10:00amto04:30pm at St Mark’s Church, Broomfield Road, Sheffield S10 2SE. Contact Janet Gee
0161 236 9321 or see www.church-poverty.org.uk/conference for details.
Mon 11th On the Frontiers of Modern China Lecture by Lord Christopher Patten who was the last British Governor of Hong Kong and oversaw its handover to China in 1997. He has written extensively on Hong Kong and on foreign affairs more generally. 7.00pm at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square. See ‘Faith on the Frontiers’, Mon 4th
Thurs 14th Peace Education and the Centenary of World War I A Peace Education Network skills share workshop exploring the peace education opportunities and resources connected with the forthcoming anniversaries of the First World War. 5.00-7.00pm at Friends House, Euston Road, NW1 2BJ (opp Euston station). Contact 020 8203 4884 to book your free place. More detailshttp://peace-education.org.uk/.