From Jenny Sinclair

Welcome to our collection of resources by Jenny Sinclair, Founder and Director of Together for the Common Good.
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The relationship between church and society

Jenny Sinclair shares her personal discovery of the common good within Catholic Social Thought and why it is vital for the emerging era…
01/03/2025
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Immigration and Common Good

Jenny Sinclair examines the sensitive question of immigration through the framework of Catholic social thought…
21/12/2024
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Why is it all falling apart?

Jenny Sinclair and Fr Toby Lees OP of Radio Maria discuss the work of Together for the Common Good…
04/03/2025
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Justice and Reconciliation in the Margins

Meeting with Salvation Army leaders in Blackpool, Jenny Sinclair reflects on the relationship of the church with poor communities…
20/10/2024
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Uncertain Times

What does this time of uncertainty mean for our neighbourhoods, our churches, our calling? Jenny Sinclair leads a session for a group of Christians from different traditions…
28/03/2024
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People Politics and the Common Good

Jenny Sinclair addresses the cultural and political upheaval, reads the signs of the times and explores our calling to the common good…
23/11/2024
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Poverty: how should the church respond?

Jenny Sinclair explores the economic and social forces influencing the churches’ response to poverty and their relationships with poor communities.…
27/03/2023
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The Relational Church

In a session for deacon formation training, Jenny Sinclair explores why becoming a relational church is so important now, and the steps required to get there…
17/12/2023
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Written in blood – a Meditation

Jenny Sinclair gives a lecture in Malta – on the causes of our malaise and what it means to be dedicated to justice and peace, to live a life “written in blood”…
13/11/2023
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The modern day pharaohs

Jenny Sinclair discusses with Phillip Ullmann the impact of our modern economy on human beings, using the biblical analogy of Egypt and drawing on insights from Catholic Social Thought…
28/03/2024
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To Live a Decent Life

Jenny Sinclair reflects on the Great Dock Strike of 1889, the role of the Church in its resolution and how it informed Catholic social teaching…
30/01/2023
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Catholic Social Thought and Our Calling

Jenny Sinclair explores Catholic Social Thought to show how it equips us to play our part in God’s great participation…
13/03/2023
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Is an ethical politics possible?

In Krakow, Jenny Sinclair gives a talk exploring how Catholic social teaching can inform an ethical politics…
09/01/2023
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Forty years since Bias to the Poor, whose side is the church on?

40 years after Bias to the Poor by David Sheppard, churches are still estranged from poor communities. What can be done to put this right?…
07/04/2023
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A Calling to Build the Common Good

Jenny Sinclair, daughter of Bishop David Sheppard, takes a personal view of her father’s calling and how he fulfilled his ‘vocational responsibility’…
30/01/2023
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A New Formation, for a New Era

Jenny Sinclair argues that for the new era, discipleship formation must be centred on the Holy Spirit and relationship with people and place…
30/01/2023
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Rebuilding the Broken Body

Jenny Sinclair, in 2017, addresses the causes of division and how people across the churches can play a part in reweaving the social fabric…
01/02/2023
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Truth Telling and Politics

Jenny Sinclair’s lecture on ‘Truth Telling and Politics’, exploring the reasons for Brexit through the lens of Catholic social teaching…
21/12/2016

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