Here is a photo of some of the young people from Amplify Youth Group who achieved their target of £100. The youngsters helped by buying cakes made by volunteers, donations and buying items from the shop. Youth Minister Mike Price said ” I am really proud of the way everyone from the volunteers through to the youngsters has embraced the CAFOD fundraising. They seem to realise that every little helps and we really can make a difference. Amplify Youth group is nowgoing to try and raise more money for CAFOD and is encouraging the youngsters to think of ways to do this is a positive and fun manner.”
The Amazing Amplify Youth Group!!!!
March 2, 2012An account of the CAFOD Fun run from a first-timer!!!!
February 22, 2012
The following is an article from Patrick Riley, a year 11 pupil from Sacred Heart Catholic College and a member of Crosby Catholic Youth. In the article, he talks about the CAFOD Liverpool Fun Run which took place on December 27th. It was his first ever CAFOD Fun run:
“Crosby Catholic Youth were very keen to try something different to remember the true meaning of Christmas . We’ve done Quiz Nights, and helped out Ceilidhs, but we went further this time. We did something that took something out of us physically. We decided to take part in the Fun Run in one of our youth group meetings in November. Our original target was £300, which looked difficult to reach in the first place. Nevertheless, we still thought it would be worthwhile doing the run since any funding to CAFOD is fantastic! It would also help us improve all our (low) fitness levels!
After no training at all, on the morning of the 27th of December, after an early wake up, all rough from Christmas celebrations, we set off for Wavertree to complete the CAFOD fun run. Knowing that it was for a good cause pushed us straight ahead!
Despite the freezing cold, and seeing that some people arrived in fancy dress, such as a Santa suit (the best we had was a ginger in shorts!) we all did something – walk, 3k or 7k run, it all went to a good cause! We were all gone for about an hour (since Patrick and Ruairi walked the 3k!), and as we approached the finish line, David managed to keep going to the end, where he sat down in pain, and Edward was sick, metres from the finish line, but still managed to beat his Head teacher! We all passed the line pale-faced, and set to faint… so we all bought a hot dog and a can of cola!
We’re all proud of what we achieved, personally and for CAFOD. As competitive as teenagers are, all of us have decided to start training for next year’s run! At the time of writing, we raised £390, which was a fantastic response from the community!”
(Pictured above is a photo of the Crosby Catholic Youth Group from last year).
More photos from the CAFOD Fun Run……..
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WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL 28TH JANUARY 2012
February 8, 2012
Nearly 2,500 supporters packed Westminster Cathedral for a mass of celebration for CAFOD’s 50th Anniversary.
Supporters from the Archdiocese of Liverpool joined others from dioceses all over England and Wales on Saturday 28th January to give thanks for 50 years of standing in solidarity with the poor, and to pray for the continued commitment to work toward ending poverty and injustice.
The mass was celebrated by Archbishop Vincent Nichols, with the homily given by Bishop John Arnold. Bishop John spoke warmly of the work CAFOD has accomplished throughout the world, drawing on his experiences as a CAFOD trustee and his firsthand accounts of seeing CAFOD’s partners in action.
Symbols of CAFOD’s commitment to the greater world were present throughout the mass. The mass began with a procession of images depicting a significant person from each decade of CAFOD’s history, including Davi Yanomami of the Yanomami tribe in Brazil, and Cardinal David Hume. During the offertory, a number of gifts symbolising CAFOD’s work were brought up to the sanctuary, including a Romero Crucifix hand-painted by one of CAFOD’s partners in El Salvador. Following communion
It was an emotional day for many supporters directly affected by CAFOD’s work. Margaret Mwaniki, a CAFOD trustee and partner from Kenya, spoke to the congregation of her experience working with CAFOD in Kenya, as well as a strong call for support for CAFOD’s latest campaign, Thirst for Change. For Ellen Teague, a former CAFOD employee, the mass “felt like a family reunion,” reuniting her with old colleagues and new friends who shared in this common cause of “undertaking jubliean tasks of social justice.”
From Chris Bain CAFOD’s Director “ I am happy and honoured to welcome so many of you to Westminster Cathedral to join us in marking the beginning of CAFOD’s 50th anniversary year. Throughout the past half –century CAFOD and its partners have worked to end extreme poverty and disadvantage, looking towards a just world which anticipates God’s kingdom on earth, where every person can flourish and live in dignity and peace.
None of this would have been possible without the loyal and dedicated support from Catholics in England and Wales, the outstanding work of our partners who are working directly with the world’s poorest communities, or the long-standing backing of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
Today, we come together in prayer, giving thanks to God for the grace which has enables us to achieve so much and to see God’s blessing on all that we do in the future.
Thank you for being with us here today and for the tremendous support you have given CAFOD throughout the last 50 years. I hope we can recommit ourselves to building a just, paceful and sustainable world.”
THANKSGIVING MASS FOR 50 YEARS OF CAFOD
February 1, 2012
On Friday 2nd March, CAFOD’s Lent Fast Day, at 7.30 at Sts Peter and Paul Liverpool Road, Crosby there will be a Thanksgiving Mass to celebrate 50 years of CAFOD. The Celebrant will be Mgr John Furnival. The CAFOD Speaker is Pierre Ngendakumana. All welcome.
Liverpool News Spring 2012
January 27, 2012The new issue of the CAFOD Liverpool news is out now and is jam-packed and bursting with all the news from parishes, schools and campaigns which happened from mid-September-mid January.
In this issue, we have all the photos from the CAFOD fun run and the CAFOD carol service.Plus all the latest news from our parishes, schools, connect2 and campaigns in the region. Happy reading……
To download the Liverpool Autumn newsletter, just click here:
St Joseph’s pick a winner!
January 10, 2012
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A big thank you to St Joseph’s Church in Wrightington who raised a gigantic £1600 for water filters recently. Just one of the ways that they raised money for CAFOD was by having a Christmas fair! Pictured are Eileen, Joan, Janet and Janet’s grandson Daniel enjoying their Christmas fair with their ‘pick a stick’ game.
Our Christmas Fayre was held and enjoyed by everyone, we had a CAFOD stall on which we had a small game – picking sticks – with Daniel the Game Master – this small game was enjoyed by young and old alike. We purchased some small prizes ie toys and chocolate bars. It was fun, very simple and a hugh success. Our fantastic Joan once again created some wonderful Christmas cards and had samples on show on our stall taking orders and providing these in time for Christmas. She made a fantastic £75.00 for our wonderful CAFOD. My sister made the jams and crosses and little angels.
The new initiative started at this fayre was to introduce a painting/drawing competition. We asked the children from St Joseph’s Primary School to paint or draw us a Christmas picture, these were displayed at the back of our stall and added a new depth to the stall. The winners were given a certificate, colouring book, and sweets. All entries were given a bag of sweets. We know that everyone is now looking forward to our next competition. Thank you and well done to everyone.
Once again thanks to the generosity of our friends at the Church, who have donated unwanted presents or purchased prizes, such as bottles of wine or gift vouchers and leather handbags and gift sets, for us, we have been able to run an extra raffle at the back of Church. We have given two prizes for each draw and we are finding that this, as well as the normal weekly draw is going down well.
We are looking forward with enthusiasim to this 2012 when we can continue our fundraising !!
The 27th CAFOD Fun Run!!!!!
January 5, 2012Hundreds of people including families, schools, youth groups, priests, nuns and even dogs came together for the 27th CAFOD Fun Run on the 27th December at Wavertree Park. Over 600 runners and walkers took part! Runner and 2012 Olympic torch bearer John McBride started the Fun Run and ran the last leg of the run barefoot in solidarity with the people he met in Kenya. John, from Newcastle, visited CAFOD partners in Kenya in 2010 and saw first hand what it means to live in extreme poverty. He says, “The children I met in Kenya saw it as normal to walk barefoot to school and back each day, travelling for miles. It had a profound effect on me.” Other people were so inspired by John’s example that they too ran part of the run barefoot, including CAFOD volunteer Ben Ward! The run also saw the official launch of the new CAFOD Campaign ‘Thirst for Change.’ We were joined by 2 water drops: Winny and Wally who went round and met the children who were there on the day. Winny and Wally also took part in the race so we even had ‘running water’ (get it?)! Other walkers decided to do the course while carrying buckets of water on their head in solidarity with those in developing countries who have to do the same daily. For more information about the new CAFOD campaign, please visit www.cafod.org.uk/thirst
Here are just some of the photos from the day:
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A mammoth thank-you to everyone who took part and to all those volunteers who made the day such an astounding success!
“DANCING DAFFODILS WELCOME THE 27th CAFOD FUN RUN”
January 4, 2012Rangifer Tarandus (aka Chris Lappine) and Bambi (aka Freddie Paul Lappine) were delighted because it was the bestest and balmiest weather since the fun run began 28 years ago !!
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months after the whole country was frozen temperatures reached highs of 15C (59f) as we approached the 1pm start of the 2011 CAFOD Fun Run. With reports of dancing daffodils welcoming our runners and walkers in Wavertree Park we knew we were going to have an amazing day.
More to follow…………………..
St Benedict’s bonanza!
December 22, 2011St Benedict’s Catholic Primary school in Wigan recently raised an amazing £170.00 for CAFOD.They did a number of activities over the Autumn term to raise this fabulous amount. They included shopping for fair-trade products, a HARVEST assembly, a cake sale and a non-uniform day! A mega thanks to all the children, staff and parents!
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