HOME ABOUT US SERVICES EVENTS GET INVOLVED SCHOOLS DISAN CONTACT US DONATE Latest news Living Wage Week Celebrating the end of #LivingWageWeek on Saturday 20th November 2021, at Manchester Cathedral, faith and voluntary sector leaders and the Mayor, Andy Burnham, gathered at an event organised by Greater Manchester Citizens. Bishop John said: “As a Christian, I must surely return to the words of Jesus himself to renew and give direction and challenge MORE Appeal for Volunteers! Following a significant volume of donations over recent weeks, we are in urgent need of short-term volunteers to assist our committed team in organising and sorting items at our centre in Eccles. Can you help out for half a day or more? Time slots are mornings 9.30am til 12.30pm and afternoons 1.30pm til 4.30pm and MORE Caritas Advent Appeal 2021 – You are #Loved “Love is the greatest power because it pulls down the walls of selfishness.” Pope Francis Caritas Salford’s Advent Appeal this year is a reminder that we are created in God’s image and loved by Him. Today, our work with children and families is at the heart of our Love in Action as much as it MORE Modern Slavery Awareness Day Roadshow Volunteers from Caritas Diocese of Salford on Saturday 16th October rode the Freedom Bus from Clitheroe to Preston to support the activities of PLASP – the Pan Lancashire Anti-Slavery Partnership. An information stall alongside the bus parked outside the Cenotaph in Market Square, which was staffed by volunteers from Hope at Home and Caritas. The MORE Reducing isolation for older people Our weekly events continue for older people living north of the city centre in Manchester. Post lockdown, it is even more important to come together to reduce isolation and ill health. With due care, our in-person activities are beginning again for the More Club. Pictured – members play a game of bowls at Whitemoss Community Centre. MORE Preparing to Welcome Little Amal ‘The Walk’ with *Little Amal will reach Manchester, the final destination of an epic 8,000km journey from the Syria-Turkey border, on Wednesday 3rd November. “It is because the attention of the world is elsewhere right now that it is more important than ever to reignite the conversation about the refugee crisis and to change the MORE Community Sponsorship Welcome 12th October 2021 Caritas Diocese of Salford is absolutely thrilled to announce the safe arrival of a Syrian family today, re-settled as part of our Community Sponsorship Programme. This is the first family to arrive since the pandemic. We are so grateful to the amazing group of volunteers from the Parish of St Mary and MORE Obituary for Sister Margaret Morgan FMSJ Your prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of SISTER MARGARET MORGAN FMSJ who died at Franciscan Convent, Burnley on Friday 8th October 2021 From 1962, Sister Margaret worked for Catholic Children’s Rescue Society (now Caritas Diocese of Salford), caring for children and their families for the next 48 years. Margaret Morgan was MORE Sister Lucy Dunne FMSJ – Retirement from Cornerstone Day Centre Sister Lucy Dunne FMSJ – Retirement from Cornerstone Day Centre “There are good people who need us. For some of them this is the only family and connection they have. Just taking the time to listen to people is important.” Sr Lucy Dunne. It is with incredible gratitude that we give thanks for the ministry MORE Removal of £20-a-week Universal Credit Today’s removal of the Universal Credit £20-a-week uplift will push 840,000 people into poverty – 290,000 of these are children. Families are telling us that this will mean a decision between paying essential bills and buying food for their family, especially at a time of rising energy prices. Baroness Stroud of @LegatumInst said low-income families MORE Caritas Bishop’s Fund Applications from head teachers, parish priests and Caritas team members only please. The Caritas Bishop’s Fund is currently available for families facing challenge or crisis: perhaps due to illness or unemployment, the ending of the Universal Credit £20 uplift or job insecurity and the ending of the furlough scheme. Please note that the purpose of this MORE Camino to COP26 Camino Coat of Hope arrives in Clitheroe Members of faith communities and well wishes including parishioners of Our Lady of the Valley gathered today to meet the Caministas who are walking to COP26. Yesterday, the Caministas – a multi-Faith group of about 35 pilgrims – arrived at St. Mary Magdalene’s Parish Hall. They are travelling MORE Big Sleep Out Thanks to all participants and supporters (some pictured) of our recent Big Sleep Out, whether you took part at Xaverian College, at home or in school. So far, you’ve raised £15,632 at the time of writing. Next year, we’d like to organise lots of these to take place on the same night across the Diocese! MORE Support for the homeless To develop and expand our response to those affected by homelessness across the diocese, we are presently restructuring our leadership team to include a focused post. To support and sustain our work at the Caritas Cornerstone Day Centre in Manchester, we were pleased to be joined by Bishop John, members of the clergy and religious MORE A new home for central services We’ve relocated office staff from the Cathedral Centre in Salford to a single base in Caritas House, Collyhurst, Manchester, which we hope will become a new home for those interested in learning more about social problems affecting people in our communities. You can still reach us on our usual telephone number 0161 817 2250, but our MORE Caritas Saint Joseph’s – tackling isolation and loneliness Most of us have been feeling isolated and lonely at some point throughout the pandemic especially the elderly. The past 18 months have been difficult for those who have had no access to technology or an understanding of this. The majority of the older people have been socially isolated as well as digitally isolated. 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