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Communities need jobs to thrive

An inspirational story of church leaders’ collaboration with civic partners to keep and attract jobs to communities…

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Modernity’s Mistake

We cannot liberate ourselves from the natural world and still flourish. We must cherish memory and place.…

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Je ne regrette rien

Archbishop Emeritus Patrick Kelly confesses his role in perpetuating a management culture that has affected the character of the church…

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A Civilisation of Love

T4CG Newsletter for Pentecost 2023. Our economy is dysfunctional: Catholic social thought inspires us to argue for reform.…

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Freedom

T4CG Newsletter for Easter 2023 includes a warning to refuse the false freedoms of the new “Egypt”, the cult of neoliberalism…

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Time to get real

T4CG Newsletter for November 2022. This is a time between eras: the old is dying and the new is emerging..…

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For such a time as this

T4CG Newsletter for September 2022. In the foolishness of hubris, it was assumed that things could only get better.…

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The gentle spirit of loving kindness

T4CG Newsletter for Pentecost 2022. Kindness, tenderness and listening to the Spirit are more important than you might think…

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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…

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Remember what is precious

T4CG Newsletter for Easter 2022. The Ukraine war calls us to remember who we are, to treasure what really matters…

The future of UK Christian social action
As poverty gets worse, how should the church respond?Read More
Poverty – under our own roof
For Lent, Jo Stow encourages schools to take a more relational approach to charity and to notice hidden poverty in the classroom Read More
T4CG at Word on Fire
Jenny Sinclair speaks about the Bible, the common good and Catholic Social Teaching at the Word on Fire conference 2025Read More
Staying Human: Reimagining the Spirit of the Commons
In the emerging new era, people feel a loss of agency. How should the church respond? Luke Bretherton gives the first T4CG public lecture of 2025Read More
Forgive each other
The T4CG Lent 2025 Newsletter. In this time of seismic change, we must resist division and work togetherRead More