Pope Francis Speaks About the Terror Attacks in Paris

Since news of the horror in Paris broke, Pope Francis has been vocal over his sadness and has been distraught.

Speaking during Sunday Mass the Pope condemned the Paris terror attacks, calling it "blasphemy" to use the name of God to justify "violence and hatred."

He went on to express his shock at the sheer "barbarity" of the attacks, telling crowds in St Peter's Square:

We wonder how can it come to the heart of man to conceive and carry out of such horrible events...

...the road of violence and hatred does not resolve humanity's problems. And using the name of God to justify this road is blasphemy.

On Saturday Pope Francis also voiced that there is "no justification for these things".

In a an interview with TV 2000, he said he was "moved and pained" by the events in the French capital.

I am close to the people of France, to the families of the victims, and I am praying for all of them.

These things are hard to understand

LONDON EVENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE 17TH JUNE

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Here's a quick reminder of CAFOD’s London event on climate change:

Speak Up For The Love Of…
Climate Change Lobby
When: 17th June, 12-5pm
Where: the streets around Parliament, and St John’s Smith Square

More information can be found here: http://www.cafod.org.uk/…/One-…/17-June-climate-change-event
You can also sign up for the event at this link and download a guide to the day.

This is a great opportunity to make sure that climate change is high on the government’s agenda, as it should be. So come along and make your voices heard!

17 June climate change event | CAFOD

CAFOD and the Climate Coalition are meeting in London on Wednesday 17 June 2015 to Speak Up about climate change and ask our new MPs to act now for the love of all we cherish and could lose

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TODAY IS THE BEATIFICATION OF OSCAR ROMERO

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared their photo

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to concern itself for those who are hungry, for those who have no schools, for those who are deprived, we are not departing from God’s promise. He comes to free us from sin, and the church knows that sin’s consequences are all such injustices and abuses. The church knows it is saving the world when it undertakes to speak also of such things.”
― Oscar A. Romero, The Violence of Love

POSTER - WORLD FAIR TRADE ORGANIZATION

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)'s photo· 

World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)

What are YOU ‪#‎voting‬ for when you ‪#‎buy‬ ‪#‎FairTrade‬? You can be an ‪#‎AgentChange‬!

(Photo Credit: Food Tank)

A PRAYER FOR OUR LEADERS

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared Tearfund's photo. 

POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE HITS NEPAL

More than 2,000 people have died in a powerful earthquake in Nepal, with many more feared trapped under rubble. CAFOD partners are on the ground helping to rescue those affected.

Prayer for help

Almighty God, in our distress and grief

help us to remember that you love us.

We do not understand why this great disaster

has happened but help us to trust you.

Loving Lord,

for those who have died, give them eternal rest

for those who are bereaved, comfort and console them

for those who are hurt, heal and strengthen them.

                                                       

Lord God, enable us to help our suffering brothers

and sisters in whatever way we can.

Heavenly Father be with us now and always.   

Amen.

Diana Sutherland, CAFOD supporter

LORETTA MINGHELLA LECTURE

  On Tuesday 21st April Churches Together in Buxton, together with the Chaplaincy from Derby University (Buxton) organised a lecture at the Dome given by Loretta Minghella, Executive Director of Christian Aid. Several parishioners from Saint Anne's were present to hear a fascinating and highly motivating talk on the work of the aid agency delivered with knowledge, dignity..... and zing!  Thanks to everybody who helped to make this happen!

PEACE SERVICE

It's good to know that these things are happening in the Diocese:

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Chesterfield Peace Service
15th April 2015
7pm
St Philip Neri Church, Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, NG19 7AB
Join the church of St Philip Neri in a Holy Hour to pray for peace.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS MEDITATION

    Yesterday evening we had an evening meditation on the 14 Stations of the Cross. Each station began with a short passage from scripture, followed by reflections on the context of the events, how the people involved in this part of Christ's journey would be feeling, and what parallels there are in our lives and in our world today. The station then finished with a prayer.

   The impact was even stronger because of the pictures that were displayed for each station. These fourteen powerful works of art were produced by pupils at the parish secondary school, St Thomas More's, and we thank them and their teacher.

   Thanks also to everyone who came and who helped in any way. People commented on how moving and powerful it had been, and the Justice and Peace Group will be looking at how to follow this.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY GROUP CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF OSCAR ROMERO

  The Children's Liturgy Group shared what they had learnt about Oscar Romero at Mass last week.

Oscar Romero was Archbishop of San Salvador and he was the champion of the poor.
The authorities didn't like this so he was killed.... while saying Mass...
35 years ago this week

JUSTICE AND PEACE: STATIONS OF THE CROSS AT SAINT ANNE'S BUXTON

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE

on Palm Sunday

at

SAINT ANNE'S RC CHURCH

TERRACE ROAD

BUXTON

SUNDAY 29TH MARCH  6PM

PRAYER AND MEDITATION

What do the 14 Stations of the Cross

tell us

about our lives

in our world

today?

COME AND SEE

COME AND LISTEN

COME AND REFLECT

COME AND PRAY

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

DIVINE OFFICE PHOTO

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared Divine Office's photo.

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Divine Office "A man - a woman – who feels sick in the soul, sad, who made many mistakes in life, at a certain time feels that the waters are moving - the Holy Spirit is moving something - or they hear a word or ... 'Ah, I want to go!' ... And they gather up their courage and go. And how many times in Christian communities today will they find closed doors! 'But you cannot, no, you cannot [come in]. You have sinned and you cannot [come in]. If you want to come, come to Mass on Sunday, but that’s it – that’s all you can do.’ So, what the Holy Spirit creates in the hearts of people, those Christians with their ‘doctors of the law’ mentality, destroy ". "Who are you, who shut the door of your heart to a man, a woman, who wants to improve, to return within the people of God - because the Holy Spirit has stirred his or her heart?"

CAFOD PRAYER FOR SYRIA

CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Deadly cyclone slams into South Pacific islands 

 Caritas Internationalis

“We are concerned at the intensity of Cyclone Pam and are awaiting assessments of the damage and impact,” Ms Lalor said. “We are liaising with our Pacific partners, staff and Church networks to monitor the aftermath of the Super Cyclone, assess damage and respond to requests for support should it be needed”.

www.caritas.org

“The church has a valuable role to play in responding to disasters like this one which often impact vulnerable communities the most. That’s why the ongoing work in the region to support communities to reduce the risk to natural disasters such as Cyclone Pam is so important.”

CHILDREN'S LITURGY GROUP - FAIRTRADE PRESENTATION

   On 1st March the Children's Liturgy Group did a presentation at 10 00 Mass as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and to support the CAFOD collection.

Once again many thanks to the children and the group leaders.

They were all wonderful!

And there's even a video to watch....

THE POOREST PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD continued

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared Films For Action'sphoto.

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Films For Action

In line with the country's constitution, Uruguay's president Jose “Pepe” Mujica is stepping down after 5 years in office. Described as "the world's poorest president" Mujica chose to live in a modest farm house rather than the presidential palace, gave 90% of his salary to charity, saying he simply didn't need all that money, and drove himself around in a 1987 beetle. He did much to reduce poverty, debt and income inequality in Uruguay, and legalised abortion, same-sex marriage and marijuana. Leaving office he acknowledged the difficulties he faced trying to make positive reforms and said "there's still so much to do" hoping that the next government would be “better than mine and will have greater success." There are so many great quotes from this unique politician we couldn't pick just one, so here are a few and you can read more here: http://www.filmsforaction.org/…/15-powerful-quotes-from-th…/

BIGGEST BANANA SPLIT IN BUXTON!

For the second year running, a group of Buxton and Leek College Hospitality and Catering students made a gigantic Banana Split to mark Fairtrade Fortnight (23^rd February – 8^th March 2015).  Last year’s Split was ten metres long and made with 100 Fairtrade bananas.  “I was a bit concerned that we wouldn’t be able to find 100 volunteers to eat it,” said Ingrid Keith, Chaplain at Buxton and Leek College, who commissioned it.  “But it disappeared within seconds.  So this year we thought we’d add another two metres and make it twelve metres all together.  The students once again did us proud.”

The Split was brought out into the Dome in six lengths of two-metre guttering and was devoured by staff, students and visitors to the Dome as part of the Chaplaincy’s Fairtrade Day.  There were four public showings of the new film, “Fairtrade Matters” with free Fairtrade tea and chocolate brownies made by MA student Ellie Melissourgaki.  Meanwhile Charles Jolly of the Buxton Fairtrade Town Steering Group ran a Fairtrade Hoopla and Pingpong stall where players could bag prizes such as a Fairtrade pineapple.

The idea was to celebrate the fact that an increasing number of people now recognise the Fairtrade Mark when they shop for products such as tea, coffee, cocoa and bananas.  They understand that  they can enjoy Fairtrade products more, knowing that the people who produced them, sometimes in the poorest parts of the world, are guaranteed a living wage and decent working conditions. 

CLIMATE CHANGE

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared Australian Conservation Foundation's photo.

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