Who we are...
We are a small, friendly group of parishioners who undertake a range of activities to support the mission and aims of CAFOD within the Parish. We have a commitment to fairness, the integrity of creation and justice and peace for all. We see the work of CAFOD as an important way to live out our faith and the social teachings of the Church.
We particularly feel that raising awareness and campaigning are important as both can lead to positive change. Our faith calls us to address injustice in the world and CAFOD’s campaigns enables us to put our faith into action – it can be a very effective way of loving our neighbour.
We started in 2005 inspired by the Make Poverty History campaign when three coach loads of parishioners went to the rally in Edinburgh. Activities since then have included organising a Rich World Poor World supper; promoting card signings to lobby for political change; a Livesimply picnic; promoting Fair Trade; a creation walk; ecumenical activity and supporting CAFOD Fast Days. We now also host an annual ecumenical service for the Season of Creation (1st September to 4th October).
Recently we sort of merged with the informal Climate Change group which arose out of the 2019 creation celebration mass.
We are always open to have new members join us, particularly those with fresh ideas and enthusiasm! Come and join us – changing the world is fun.
For more information, please contact us via the Parish Office
Susan, Jim, Jane
We are a small, friendly group of parishioners who undertake a range of activities to support the mission and aims of CAFOD within the Parish. We have a commitment to fairness, the integrity of creation and justice and peace for all. We see the work of CAFOD as an important way to live out our faith and the social teachings of the Church.
We particularly feel that raising awareness and campaigning are important as both can lead to positive change. Our faith calls us to address injustice in the world and CAFOD’s campaigns enables us to put our faith into action – it can be a very effective way of loving our neighbour.
We started in 2005 inspired by the Make Poverty History campaign when three coach loads of parishioners went to the rally in Edinburgh. Activities since then have included organising a Rich World Poor World supper; promoting card signings to lobby for political change; a Livesimply picnic; promoting Fair Trade; a creation walk; ecumenical activity and supporting CAFOD Fast Days. We now also host an annual ecumenical service for the Season of Creation (1st September to 4th October).
Recently we sort of merged with the informal Climate Change group which arose out of the 2019 creation celebration mass.
We are always open to have new members join us, particularly those with fresh ideas and enthusiasm! Come and join us – changing the world is fun.
For more information, please contact us via the Parish Office
Susan, Jim, Jane
Creation Time 2020
This runs until the feast of St Francis on 4th October. The annual Ecumenical Service was held on 6th September in Susan’s garden and was a great success. Many thanks to David McLoughlin for an inspiring and stimulating talk.
Now more than ever we need to pray and act to protect God’s gift of creation. Pope Francis calls us all to celebrate this time to “reaffirm [our] personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank God for the wonderful handiwork that he has entrusted to our care, and to implore his help for the protection of creation, as well as his pardon for the sins committed against the world in which we live.”
One way you can be part of this global time of prayer for the care of creation is make a Novena to St Francis. This available on CAFOD’s website at: https://cafod.org.uk/Pray/Prayer-resources/Novena-to-St-Francis
The Novena consists of nine brief reflections asking St Francis of Assisi to pray for us and our world, based on his beautiful Canticle of the Sun. It is a song of penitence and praise, guiding us to care for the earth and for our most vulnerable sisters and brothers. We pray especially for the Amazon peoples who are currently under grave risk from coronavirus, given their fragile situation, often in remote locations far from government services.
We suggest you commence the Novena on Saturday 26th September so as to conclude the prayer on the feast of St Francis on 4th October.
Parish office opening hours: Monday-Friday 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tel: 01527 63096 Fax: 01527 591966 Email: office@mtcarmel.co.uk
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This runs until the feast of St Francis on 4th October. The annual Ecumenical Service was held on 6th September in Susan’s garden and was a great success. Many thanks to David McLoughlin for an inspiring and stimulating talk.
Now more than ever we need to pray and act to protect God’s gift of creation. Pope Francis calls us all to celebrate this time to “reaffirm [our] personal vocation to be stewards of creation, to thank God for the wonderful handiwork that he has entrusted to our care, and to implore his help for the protection of creation, as well as his pardon for the sins committed against the world in which we live.”
One way you can be part of this global time of prayer for the care of creation is make a Novena to St Francis. This available on CAFOD’s website at: https://cafod.org.uk/Pray/Prayer-resources/Novena-to-St-Francis
The Novena consists of nine brief reflections asking St Francis of Assisi to pray for us and our world, based on his beautiful Canticle of the Sun. It is a song of penitence and praise, guiding us to care for the earth and for our most vulnerable sisters and brothers. We pray especially for the Amazon peoples who are currently under grave risk from coronavirus, given their fragile situation, often in remote locations far from government services.
We suggest you commence the Novena on Saturday 26th September so as to conclude the prayer on the feast of St Francis on 4th October.
Parish office opening hours: Monday-Friday 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tel: 01527 63096 Fax: 01527 591966 Email: office@mtcarmel.co.uk
Contact Us
The Parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity No. 234216
© 2015-2019 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Beoley Road West, Redditch, B98 8LT.
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NEW CAMPAIGN
New campaign has now started in September on climate change. This will make the links between climate change and poverty and between climate change and our faith, as St Thomas Aquinas “if we get creation wrong we get God wrong”. This three year campaign will be part of a wider campaign by The Climate Coalition (of which CAFOD is a member). We all have someone or something we love that will be affected by climate change, a grandchild, a landscape or simply our global sisters and brothers. CAFOD is inviting us to record these as an indicator to politicians of the strength of feeling on this issue. You can take part in this easy action at: http://www.cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Take-action-today/climate-action |
You can also sign up to the regular campaign Action News email for the latest on the launch of the campaign at cafod.org.uk/campaign |
