The parishioners at St Anthony of Padua church in Mossley Hill took part in a card signing yesterday as part of the ‘Hungry for change’ campaign. As you can see from the photos below Freddie the Fish also joined in the fun. James also spoke at the 9:30 and 11am masses where he thanked the parishioners for all their support and told them about the ‘hungry for change’ campaign. Many thanks St Anthony of Padua for all you do!
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Freddie the fish pops into St Anthony of Padua!!!!!
May 20, 2013Are you smarter than an Egghead???
May 8, 2013
On Friday 14th June 2013, St Aidan’s Church in Wigan are having a quiz with a difference. It will be hosted and written by one of BBC2s ‘Eggheads’ Pat Gibson. The quiz will be taking place at St Aidan’s Social Centre, Highfield Grange Road, Winstanley, WN3 6EE at 8pm! Tickets are £5.00 each. For more information or to book your ticket now, please contact Pat Boyle on 01942 212916.
To find a poster to advertise the event in your parish, school or workplace, please click here: Quiz Poster
Looking forward to seeing you there!!!!
Pictured above are the winners from last year’s quiz the ‘Winstanley Wits’
Join us on the 8th June!!!
May 1, 2013
We are really looking forward to the big IF mobilisation in London on 8 June – which is coming closer and closer! it will be THE biggest event of the year – so please clear your diaries if you haven’t already done so, and make sure you come along!
We will be joining thousands of campaigners and supporters from the over 170 NGOs and agencies that are part of the Enough Food for Everyone IF coalition. The schedule of the day is as follows:
- 11.30am Ecumenical Service at Westminster Central Hall (opposite the Houses of Parliament). Bishop John Arnold, chair of the CAFOD Board of Trustees, will be one of the speakers
- the Ecumenical Service will be followed by a Walk of Witness to Hyde Park
- 2-5pm main event in Hyde Park, with speakers, live music and activities for all the family – children and young people are very welcome to come along and there will be plenty of activities for them!
CAFOD Liverpool have bought train tickets for the day for people to travel down to London. The train leaves Liverpool Lime Street at 07:48 and we will leave London Euston on the 18:07 train. All we are asking for is a small donation to cover some of the cost! If you are interested in coming along then please phone the CAFOD Liverpool office on 0151 228 4028 or email liverpool@cafod.org.uk
8 June will be our chance to tell world leaders that we want to see an end to global hunger – please join us and pray for the success of the event! 
Thank you!
Pop along to cafe IF
May 1, 2013
If there’s enough food in the world to feed everyone, why doesn’t everyone have enough food?
Find out on Thursday 16th May, 7.30pm Oomoo Cafe, 351 Smithdown Road, Liverpool, L15 3JJ.
There will be films, discussion, homemade cakes and great coffee!
To download a poster advertising the event for your church, school or workplace, please click here:
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Your help in making IF happen – the IF London Event in Hyde Park
April 11, 2013
In two months’ time, world leaders are meeting here in the UK for the G8 and tackling the causes of hunger is on the agenda. We know what needs to be done to stop people going hungry. We have an unprecedented opportunity to get the change we need: David Cameron is holding a Hunger Summit on the 8th June, a Tax and Transparency Summit on 15th June, and the G8 itself on 17th June. By coming together to speak out for change, we can influence the decisions world leaders make and stop millions of people going hungry. We want G8 Leaders to act on the four big issues that mean so many people do not get enough food; Aid, Tax, Land and Transparency. Tens of thousands of people have already joined the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign, but we need to get millions behind us to make sure world leaders take the right action at the G8 to help end hunger. And this is where we need your help.
In the run up to the G8, Enough Food for Everyone IF is launching a powerful ten days of action…and we need hundreds of thousands of people to push world leaders to act!
On 8th June – the start of our big 10-day push to the G8, and the day of the Hunger Summit in London – we will be holding an amazing event in Hyde Park, central London, where tens of thousands of us will be able to come together to demand action on hunger and show our support for the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign.
This will be your chance to add your voice to the powerful political message that we will deliver to the G8 leaders at their summit, and join others from around the world in a once-in-a-lifetime afternoon of activity.
There’s not long to go, and we really need your support to get lots of people to the event and to influence the G8 Leaders.
Times for the day:
11am: Start of activities, including faith services and other activities across London
1pm Arrival: gates open in London for the event
2–5pm: The main event takes place in Hyde Park
CAFOD Liverpool have bought train tickets for the day for people to travel down to London. The train leaves Liverpool Lime Street at 07:48 and we will leave London Euston on the 18:07 train. All we are asking for is a small donation to cover some of the cost! If you are interested in coming along then please phone the CAFOD Liverpool office on 0151 228 4028! Thank you!
Wardrobe De-clutter Sale!!!!
April 8, 2013Justine Silcock, parish contact for Holy Family Catholic Church gives us an account of a recent event at their parish ‘a wardrobe de-cltter sale’:
“On Sunday March 3rd at Holy Family Church Hall, Boothstown, a Wardrobe De-clutter Sale was held. The sale was the brainchild of Joan Stuart who , together with a committed and enthusiastic team, organised the event. Leaflets and posters were distributed throughout the Leigh Pastoral Area and, thanks to Chris Lappine, the sale was also advertised on the CAFOD Liverpool blog.
Parishioners from all the churches across the Pastoral Area generously donated good quality clothes and accessories for the sale. Some also gave cakes for the refreshments, items for the raffle or loaned full length mirrors on the day. Some local shops and organisations also supported the sale by displaying posters and also generously loaning rails and mannequins.
On the day, members of the Youth SVP gave much needed help in various ways. It was a real community event.At the sale itself, £1077.66 was made. In addition to this, a further £430 was received making a grand total of £1507.66.
A number of good quality items of clothes which were unsold were taken to the CAFOD shop, so they will continue to make some more much needed funds. Many thanks to all who supported this sale and helped to make it such a success.”
Liverpool lobbies Luciana!!!!
March 18, 2013
On Friday 15th March, Luciana Berger, MP for Wavertree, met with 11 CAFOD Supporters at the CAFOD Liverpool office where we talked about the ‘Enough food for everyone IF’ campaign and the upcoming budget over a cup of tea! Items we discussed included aid, the finance bill, climate change, land grabs, transparency in the food system, tax dodging and having a register for food lobbyists. Luciana also talked about her time in Tanzania a few years ago where she worked with and visited local projects there!
A special thank you to Luciana for joining us as she had a very busy and packed day and evening yet she still found time to meet with us!
A chance to meet Luciana Berger (MP for Liverpool Wavertree)!
February 15, 2013CAFOD Liverpool are meeting with Luciana Berger (the MP for Liverpool Wavertree) on Friday 15th March from 5:30pm to 7pm at the CAFOD Liverpool office (27 Crofton Road, Old Swan, Liverpool, L13 5UJ) to talk about the ‘Enough food for everyone If’ campaign.
Everyone will be more than welcome! It’s our chance to show her that people in her constituency really care about this issue so please come along! For more information or to let us know that you are coming then please phone 0151 228 4028 or email liverpool@cafod.org.uk
If you are from Luciana’s constituency, please could you put posters up in churches, secondary schools and other locations in the community where charities and other community organsiations meet-even libraries!
The posters can be found here:
Poster advertising Luciana event
For more information about the ‘Enough food for everyone If’ campaign, please visit:
Many thanks and hopefully see you on Friday 15th March!
CAFOD Fun Run 2012
December 27, 2012Hundreds of people including families, schools, youth groups, priests, nuns and even dogs came together for the 28th CAFOD Fun Run on the 27th December at Wavertree Park. Over 600 runners and walkers took part! Lots of people came in fancy dress including Superwoman, Spiderman and the 118 118 men! The race was started by children’s Author & Olympic Mastermind Frank Cottrell-Boyce who has been running the CAFOD Fun Run for the last few years with his family. The run also saw the official launch for Liverpool Archdiocese of the new CAFOD Campaign ‘Hungry for Change.’ We were also joined by 3 fish: Freddie, Frank and Felix who went round and met the children who were there on the day. Freddie, Frank and Felix also took part in the race!A mammoth thank-you to everyone who took part and to all those volunteers who made the day such an astounding success particulary Mike Dooling-we could not have done it without you!!!!!
Here are just some of the photos from the day:
There will be more photos added on Tuesday 15th January so please check back then for more pictures!
