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Housing and land: a common good approach

How can Catholic social teaching help to tackle the housing crisis and reform land use?…

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From space to place

In an era of social fragmentation, how should the church pursue mission? Martin Robinson advises starting by listening to the neighbourhood…

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Where the Kingdom is

Middle class church is offputting to poor people. Read about a leader who decided to do church differently.…

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The soil of community

Alan Roxburgh advises church leaders to let go of programmes and listen to the life of the Spirit in the neighbourhood…

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Maranatha

In the spirit of anticipation, amidst the unravelling, a church turns decline into renewal…

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Feeding the roots

More than just buildings, churches have a role in the local ecology, and like trees, their roots need feeding, says Andrew Rumsey…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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T4CG at Word on Fire

Jenny Sinclair speaks about the Bible, the common good and Catholic Social Teaching at the Word on Fire conference 2025…

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