St Vincent's CAFOD/Justice and Peace Group, Altrincham

14/06/2026

Many congrats to all of our celebrants- 46 years of service to ; apostolic blessing from Pope Leo for 19 long serving members at St Vincent’s Altrincham; ‘ … let us sing as we go. May our struggles and our concern for this planet never take away the joy of our hope…” ( Laudato Si’, 244)

01/06/2026

Wonderful news

Long-serving Cafod volunteers from across the country have been awarded a papal blessing in recognition of more than 25 years of service.

31/05/2026

1 in 15 children will experience a parent going to prison during their school years.

For many, the experience is devastating — turning life upside down and bringing confusion, fear and stigma. In the classroom it can affect concentration, behaviour and attendance.

Yet many schools have no idea it's even happening.

Pact’s Schools Toolkit helps teachers to:

✔ Gain confidence to talk about imprisonment
✔ Create space for whole-class conversations
✔ Reassure children it’s not a shameful subject
✔ Help pupils understand and empathise

No child should face this alone.

🏫 Download the Schools Toolkit or share it with someone you know: https://www.prisonadvice.org.uk/professionals/schools/

30/05/2026

Pope Leo XIV: "[A]s long as there are people in the world who are excluded from the development befitting human dignity, the Christian community cannot be content with a theoretical proclamation of peace. Rather, beginning where people are marginalized, it must allow the Gospel to pass judgment on those economic and political structures which -- as John Paul II would later remind us -- can become veritable 'structures of sin.' As a result, no person or people will be treated as expendable in the processes of development."

"Magnifica Humanitas" (36)

30/05/2026

02/05/2026

"Know where you stand and stand there."

Daniel Berrigan, SJ

22/04/2026

19/04/2026

48 years ago today, Saint Óscar Romero said this. Still resonates!