Seek the welfare of the city, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare, you will find your welfare - Jeremiah 29.7
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Our Director Avril was a guest recently on the @T4CG 'Leaving Egypt' podcast, speaking on how #synodality is a way to become ‘A Church Listening for the Spirit' ⬇️
One of the lessons in our #CommonGoodSchools primary resource focuses on teaching pupils about human dignity.
We are recruiting schools for phase 2 of our pilot scheme.
Let us know if you'd like to join in:
https://togetherforthecommongood.co.uk/cgs/contact-cgs
Join us at the We Believe Festival of Catholic Life in July.
The festival organisers have agreed a 50% discount for Together for the Common Good.
Use promo code T4CG50 at checkout for your discount.
http://www.webelievefestival.com/tickets
Avril Baigent shares stories of Synodality slowly enabling fresh spaces within the Church for discerning how the Spirit is calling us to join with God.
It is not only within the Church, Synodality also takes us into deep, listening relationships with the people in our…
"The local church. The neighbourhood. The ordinary rhythms of life. These aren’t beneath us. They’re holy ground. They’re where the real magic happens."
@OBEhizele explores why his calling is 'on the ground' in this article he wrote for us.
You can read it 👇…
Important thread from @danny__kruger
"Now, splendidly, everything had become clear. The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off. It was the Modern Age in arms."
After this week I feel like Evelyn Waugh at the time of the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939. The politics of 'progress' has…
Jenny Sinclair will be giving this years Micah Lecture at Liverpool Cathedral.
Her lecture will explore how Christian values can inspire collaboration and justice in public life, especially in times of societal change.
Tonight at 7pm. Watch it here 👇
http://www.youtube.com/live/v39bVJbJ2U4
Who today is our Lazarus at the gates?
This story by Michael Merrick addresses the estrangement between the Church and working class communities, calling the Church to an examination of conscience.
https://t4cg.substack.com/p/who-today-is-our-lazarus-at-the-gates
We are working with a number of primary schools to create a Common Good Schools programme for primary schools.
In the first week pupils are learning about the common good and how a school rooted in its community can be a force for the common good.
We are recruiting schools for…
