Annual Report

2013-14CARJ50th Anniversary of

‘I have a Dream’ speechby Martin Luther King

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CARJ People in 2013-14TrusteesPresident: Bishop Patrick LynchChair: Yogi Sutton Vice-Chair: Nikki Petch Secretary: Sue SmailesTreasurer: Malcolm Forster Other Trustees: Deacon Alfred Banya, Haynes Baptiste,Bill Chambers, Protasia Torkington and Richard Zipfel.

StaffNational Coordinator: Rosie BairwalSchools Project Worker: Charlene FraserSchools Project Worker: Dale BradshawAdministrator: Nicolette Burdford De Oliveira and fromDecember 2013 Gloria Oham

Acknowledgements

Page 1 Front Cover picture and text, created by CARJ for RacialJustice Sunday 2013, photo credit: Bettman/Corbis

Page 4 text of Chair’s Report is by Y Sutton

Page 5 picture of RJS Resource Pack 2013 created by CARJ forRacial Justice Sunday campaign 2013, photo credit: Bettman/Corbis.Image of article on Parish Practice, Make the Dream Come True isfrom the Tablet magazine.

Page 6 picture on Travellers sign is from paper by Brian Foster andPeter Norton on Educational Equality for Gypsy, Roma and TravellerChildren and Young People in the UK, The Equal Rights Review, Vol. 8(2012)

Page 7 picture of the Empire Windrush is from Patrick Vernon, who ispart of the Windrush Anniversary Campaign

Page 9 picture of School children from Dreamstime.com.

Pages 9-10 text on Work with Schools and Young People, the UrbanNetwork and Leadership for Social Change is by R Zipfel

Page 10 picture of Christ from Christ Pantokrator (c.1170) in theBasilica of Cefalu in Sicily - the icon for the Year of Faith. The text inGreek and Latin reads: ‘I am the light of the world, who follows me willnot wander in the darkness but will have the light of life’ (John 8:12).Picture of Virgin Mary with Child Jesus from Dreamstime. Both used inthe National Caribbean Pilgrimage to Walsingham 2013 booklet, byCARJ.

The other text in the Report is by R Bairwal

The design of the Report is by CARJ and First Presence.

Contents Page

Chairs Report 4

A. Racial Justice Sunday 2013 5

B. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Support Network 6

C. Countering Political Extremism 6

D. CARJ’s work with Dioceses, Parishes and members 7

E. CARJ’s work with CBCEW and its departments and agencies 7

F. CARJ’s work with other partners on racial justice 7

G. Work with Schools and Young People 9

H. CARJ Urban Network 9

I. Leadership for Social Change 10

J. Annual Caribbean Pilgrimage to Walsingham 10

K. CARJ’s work with the National Council for Lay Associations 11

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Annual Report

2013-14CARJ

The preparation for CIO status involved many meetingsof the whole board and a small working group, ably ledby Vice Chair Nikki Petch, who dedicated a hugenumber of hours to liaising with the solicitors andproviding the documentation needed for ourdiscussions. CARJ is truly grateful to her for this work.The process was long and detailed and involved somechanges to our constitution, which were brought to theAGM during the year.

The internal review of procedures and organisation ofCARJ took place over a period of time and involvedhearing from staff and associates as well as trustees.This process was skilfully guided by Deacon AlfredBanya, who brought his professional experience to thejob, and the process would eventually inform a StrategicPlan for CARJ for the future 5 years.

The year also brought a series of meetings with theCatholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales inorder to clarify the meaning of our being an Agency ofthe Conference and our working relationship with it, inthe course of which it became evident that theorganising of Racial Justice Sunday would pass from

CARJ to the Department for Migration, and in future wewould only receive a part, as yet unspecified, of thedonations from that day. This will have seriousimplications for CARJ’s workload.

On a positive note, at the AGM we honoured HaynesBaptiste by presenting him with the papal award ofKnight of St Gregory in recognition of countless yearsdedicated to the cause of racial justice. Haynescontinues to give of his years of experience and wisdomto the trustees. During the year we also appointed apermanent administrator, Gloria Oham, after a series oftemporary ones.

Thanks to Bishop Pat Lynch for his guidance, toMalcolm Forster for his arduous work as Treasurer, toRichard Zipfel for much of the practical work achieved,to Bill Chambers and Protasia Torkington for their workon the Liverpool Schools Project, and to Sue Smailes forsecretarial work.

Yogi Sutton

Chair

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Chair’s reportThe year 2013-2014 was dedicated largely to structural reorganisation of CARJ on the part of the board of Trustees.The two main pieces of work were the application for a change of status of the Catholic Association for RacialJustice to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and an internal organisational review.

A. Racial Justice Sunday 2013(i) Racial Justice Sunday (RJS) took place on 8

September 2013. CARJ produced its edition of theRacial Justice Sunday materials 2013, using thetheme Dreams of the Beloved Community: 50th

Anniversary of ‘I have a Dream’ speech by MartinLuther King. The materials ask the question, 50yrs on,where are we now? The materials containedcontributions from Richard Reddie from ChurchesTogether in Britain and Ireland (CTBI), CARJ andFather Phil Sumner who contributed a suggestedhomily. The RJS resources were sent to bishops,Catholic parishes, religious orders, secondary schoolsand members and friends of CARJ. They were alsocirculated to diocesan justice and peace workers,diocesan communication and information officers andto other networks like the National Justice and PeaceNetwork, the Catholic Communications Network(CCN), the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Network,Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs Network and othercontacts in England and Wales. CARJ sent letters ofthanks to all dioceses, parishes, individuals and othersthat supported the campaign.

(ii) On Racial Justice Sunday 2013, the NationalCoordinator of CARJ spoke to a gathering of around3,500 people, including many people from the EthnicChaplaincies from across England and Wales, at theDowry of Mary Pilgrimage at Walsingham. The

main celebrant at the Mass was Dom JosephDelargy, OCSO. CARJ is very grateful to the staff atthe Walsingham Shrine for all their support.

(iii) An article related to the theme of Racial JusticeSunday entitled Make the Dream Come True,about celebrating diversity as a means to combatracism appeared in the Tablet magazine inSeptember 2013.

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IntroductionThis annual report relates to the activities undertaken by CARJ from April 2013 to March 2014.

Dreams of the Beloved Community:

50th Anniversary of ‘I have a Dream’ speechby Martin Luther King

50 years on, whereare we now?

8 SEPTEMBER 2013Racial Justice Sunday

RESOURCE PACK

You shall love yourneighbour as yourselfMatthew 22: 36-40

catechists, extraordinary ministers of com-munion or readers.

Many parishes may be ethnically diversebut that diversity may not be reflected inpositions of responsibility in the parish. So,CARJ urges, each parish must ask how inclu-sive it is and what action it can take tobecome more inclusive. One way of doingthis is to use what is called: “See, Judge andAct”. Parishioners can be asked to identifywhat they would like to change in the parishto enhance racial equality; they can be invitedto consider their own possible biases andpositions of privilege; to think about whetherthey affirm the value of diversity; and theycan be asked to think of ways in which theycan promote mutual respect in the parish.Then, ask what steps they can take to bringabout the changes they envisage.

Christians are heirs of a religious teachingthat proclaims that all men and women, aschildren of God, are brothers and sisters.Every form of discrimination against indi-viduals and groups whether because of race,ethnicity, religion, gender, economic status,or national or cultural origin is a seriousinjustice that severely weakens the socialfabric and deprives a parish of the uniquecontributions of many of its parishioners.

Christians should play acritical role in the process ofovercoming such discrimina-tion – and our parishes shouldbe the place where Christiansregularly hear reminders oftheir part in that process. Inother words, the parish is theplace to welcome the strangerand to be hospitable to thosewho are different.

Racism, with its lack of sol-idarity, contradicts CatholicSocial Teaching, which callsfor respect for the human dig-nity of every person. Thecreation of human beings byGod “in God’s own image”confers upon every human

person a distinct dignity and it also providesthe basis for the fundamental equality of allhuman beings. For the Church, this equality,which is rooted in being, acquires the dimensionof a special brotherhood and sisterhoodthrough the incarnation of Jesus.

Margo Butler, a black American,says she left the Church formany years the day after theassassination of Martin Luther

King. At Mass that Sunday morning in herparish, not one person said a word about theassassination. What she experienced wasnot the old, crude type of discrimination shehad once known; but an invisible non-recog-nition, as if people like her and their concernsdid not exist.

Fifty years on from King’s “I have a dream”speech of August 1963 – made five yearsbefore he was killed – his words still resonate.It was a monumental, urgent call for racialjustice and equality in the face of legal,political, social and economic discriminationand segregation. Although these past 50years have seen some significant progress inthe goal of achieving racial equality, the“dream” of building a fairer and more equitablesociety, where all God’s people have equallife chances, still needs to be achieved.

Despite changes in the law, black andminority ethnic communities still regularlyexperience worse outcomes in health, edu-cation, employment, housing and the criminaljustice systems compared to the white pop-ulation. And there is still overt racism directedat Muslims, asylum seekers,the undocumented, Travellersand particular European Unionmigrants.

So how can Christian com-munities make a difference toend racism and racial inequal-ity? One way, of course, is toorganise themselves togetherin prayer, work and action topromote awareness ofinequality and to think abouthow discrimination operates.

The Catholic Association forRacial Justice (CARJ) is askingparishioners to examine theirbiases, their positions of priv-ilege and their assumptions ofwho should be in what roles ofleadership. There are no statistics availableto show how many people from black andminority ethnic communities are in leadershippositions in our parishes, how many are rep-resented on parish pastoral councils, financecommittees or what percentage of them are

PARISH PRACTICE

Make the dream come trueROSIE BAIRWAL

Christian churches are steeped in the belief in the inherent value of all people. But their congregations are rich in diversity, and celebrating that fact is one way of combating racism

In the redemption effected by Jesus Christ,the Church sees a further basis of the rightsand duties of the human person – and seesevery form of discrimination based on raceas completely unacceptable.

One way to accept members of ethnicminorities in our parishes and local commu-nities is to listen to the stories of ethnicminorities. That can sometimes be unsettlingas it includes experiences of exclusion andmarginalisation. It means listening to vul-nerable women such as domestic or careworkers, or to the painful histories of peopleseeking asylum.

Some parishes show solidarity and supportfor their ethnic minorities by holding inter-national Masses. At these, people from variousethnic groups participate and contribute,and have their ethnic diversity affirmedthrough the liturgy in the bidding prayersand hymns – and in prayers in their ownlanguages. Other parishes hold internationaldays or evenings where ethnic minoritiesand migrants serve food from their countries,play music and share other elements of theircultures. These are some of the ways a parishcan celebrate the value of ethnic diversity,while also affirming their unity as a parishcommunity. It is often the case that barrierscome down when people undertake activitiestogether and get to know one another better.

One parish I know invites people to displaythe different national and ethnic flags ofthose who are in the parish on PentecostSunday. This great feast of the Church is alsoan opportunity to celebrate by giving themthe chance to pray or read in their mother-tongues. Some parishes include churchmaterials and even Bibles in other languagesas a way of welcoming those with differentlanguages and cultures.

CARJ tackles racial discrimination withinthe Church and within society. It works toensure that racial inequality and the racismthat contributes to it are eradicated. It offerstraining to parish and diocesan groups tocounter political extremism, runs the Gypsy,Roma and Traveller Support Network, helpsethnic-minority students to reach their poten-tial and advocates on behalf of allethnic-minority communities.

� Rosie Bairwal is National Coordinator ofthe Catholic Association for Racial Justice.

TO DOSee if something needs to bedone to make changes in the

parish to enhance racialequality

Judge what is being asked ofyou by examining yourbiases, your positions of

privilege and yourassumptions of who should

be in what roles of leadershipand responsibility

Act by taking steps to listento the experiences of ethnic

minorities and responding tothem

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B. Support to Gypsy, Roma and Travellercommunities CARJ organises a Gypsy, Roma and TravellerSupport Network which includes priests, religioussisters and others that work to counterdiscrimination against Traveller communities and topromote their equality. The Working Group of theNetwork met 3 times in 2013-14 to discuss policyand pastoral care issues in support Travellercommunities, and information about each of themeetings is outlined below.

(i) On the 10 July 2013, the Working Group invited Tinaand Bridie Purcell, from the Traveller community togive a presentation on ‘Telling and Sharing ourHistories’, a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communityproject which was supported by the NationalInstitute of Adult Continuing Education.

(ii) On the 16 October 2013 the Working Groupdiscussed the issue of the increased engagement ofEvangelical Churches with Traveller communities.Ann Casey and Margaret Doran from the CatholicCharismatic Renewal organization gave apresentation about their work.

(iii) On 12 March 2014, the Working Group heard abouta new inter-faith initiative to provide solidarity toTravelling communities from Shauna Leven, the CEOof the Race Equality charity Rene Cassin. Themeeting also discussed the Internship programmeof the Traveller Movement, aimed at providing workexperience to young Travellers and heard from HelenSherlock an intern and Peter Norton.

(iv) In 2013-14 CARJ also provided advice and supportto parishes that are providing Marriage Preparationto Travellers through the Network. In April 2013,CARJ was asked to contribute to the HaringeyCouncil strategic needs assessment on TravellingPeople, alongside partners like the Irish TravellerMovement in Britain and the London Gypsy andTraveller Unit. In 2013-14 year CARJ played a key

role alongside other agencies in supporting thecontinuation of the work carried out by the HaringeyTravelling Peoples Team, to benefit local Travellercommunities. CARJ also participated in the TravellerInter-Agencies forum in Haringey on 6 November2013. The forum aims to improve joint working,avoid duplication and fill gaps in service provisionamong agencies and to promote services which areneeds led and evidence based.

(v) In June 2013, CARJ promoted Gypsy, Roma andTraveller History Month by circulating details ofvarious events scheduled to take place through theNetwork. Sylvie Parkes, a CARJ Associaterepresented CARJ at a meeting on 8 August with PhilRegan, from the Westway Development Trust todiscuss how to increase the impact of the HistoryMonth in June 2014.

C. Countering Political Extremism There is recognition that anti-migrant rhetoric hasincreased in the media and political debate in recentyears. Faith communities can play an importantrole in mobilising their members to counter thistrend, by encouraging their members to vote and bycalling for a more positive and inclusive debateon migration, ethnic diversity and integrationissues. Historically vulnerable communities likemigrants are prone to be targeted, for electoralpurposes particularly during times of economicrecession. It is therefore important that Faithcommunities and others stand in solidarity withvulnerable groups to counter that trend.

(i) CARJ is part of the Countering Political ExtremismResource Group (CPERG), an ecumenical group thatincludes representatives from the Joint Public IssuesTeam (Baptists, Methodists, United Reform Church)the Church of England, local Baptist, Methodist andURC church representatives and CARJ. The CPERGwas created following the British National Party (BNP)winning two European Parliamentary seats in 2009. Itaims to bring together a network of people fromthe different church denominations to worktogether to counter political extremism. As supportfor far-right parties historically rises during periods ofeconomic recession, the CPERG is monitoring andresponding to developments in the UK and Europe.The CPERG met on the 14 November 2013 inBirmingham and the meeting discussed howChurches should engage with the UK IndependenceParty (UKIP), updating advice to churches regardinghustings in the lead up to the European and localelections in 2014 and how to address concerns overpost 1 January 2014 potential increases in migrationrates from Bulgaria and Romania.

(ii) The National Coordinator and Administrator of CARJalso participated in a Souls to the Polls Seminar onHow Faith Communities can mobilise againstRacism, organised by London Churches Social Actionand Hope not Hate, on 17 February 2014 in London.

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This sign at a pub in Walthamstow in 2012 was reported topolice and removed 3 days later, as it is illegal.

D. CARJ’s work with Dioceses, Parishes andmembersCARJ has responded to a number of requests forinformation and support on racial justice andequality related issues from parishes, dioceses,members and individuals. For example following arequest from a CARJ member, the CARJ NationalCoordinator provided a Racial Justice Workshop(with a focus on Racial Justice Sunday, Martin LutherKing and Travellers) to around 30 people at Ss Peter &Paul Church, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, inNottingham Diocese, on 17 February. In March,following a request received from a CARJ member inSalford Diocese, CARJ provided support in a racialdiscrimination case before a Tribunal. The NationalCoordinator of CARJ is a member of theWestminster Diocese Justice and PeaceCommission and participated in meetings in 2013-4.

E. CARJ’s work with the Bishops’Conference and its departments andagencies

(i) As an agency of the Church, CARJ participates inmeetings of the Christian Responsibility andCitizenship Department of the Catholic Bishops’Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW).Department meetings were held on the 19 June2013, 3 October 2013 and the 6 March 2014.

(ii) CARJ is also part of the Caritas Social ActionNetwork (CSAN). This enables a closercollaboration between CARJ and CSAN and with theother member organisations of the CSAN Network.CARJ is a member organization of CSAN and wasinvited to participate in the CSAN 2013 Conferencefrom 12-13 June 2013, where it also had a displaystand. The National Coordinator participated in theCSAN Directors Forum on 12 September, in Londonwhich included discussion of the new PapalEncyclical Lumen Fidei.

(iii) CARJ participated in the CSAN Criminal JusticeForum meeting on 30 May and 10 September inLondon. One in 4 prisoners is from the Black andMinority Ethnic (BME) community, which is asignificant over representation in terms of theirproportion within the population. CARJ alsocontributed to the CSAN response to the Ministry ofJustice consultation in May 2013 to Transforminglegal aid: delivering a more credible and efficientsystem as this proposed restricting legal aid inprison law matters.

(iv) A representative of CARJ was invited to participatein the Domestic Abuse Working Group on 8November 2013 at CBCEW. Women from the Blackand Minority Ethnic (BME) community faceparticular barriers in accessing services.

F. CARJ’s work with other partners onracial justice

(i) One Society Many Cultures is an initiative topromote racial equality by bringing togetherpoliticians, faith communities, civil society activistsand trade unions. Following the murder of soldierLee Rigby on 22 May 2013, and an increase inattacks against Muslim communities, CARJparticipated in a meeting to discuss these issues on3 June 2013 in London, and a written statement waslater released.

(ii) The 22 June 2013 marks the 65th Anniversary of thearrival to Tilbury of the Empire Windrush ship fromthe Caribbean in 1948. CARJ participated in anEcumenical Service of Thanksgiving for the 65thAnniversary on 22 June at Bloomsbury BaptistChurch in London. Alongside 100 otherorganisations CARJ supported a letter to the Timesnewspaper on the 22 June 2013, marking the

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Making Windrush Dayan annual anniversarydate The meetings in September 2013 included supportfor the call for an Early Day Motion in Parliament,which was tabled on 29 October 2013, as follows:

‘That this House notes the cross-party campaign tocelebrate a Windrush Day every year on 22 June tocelebrate the positive contribution of the firstgeneration of Caribbean immigrants since the MVEmpire Windrush landed at Tilbury Docks on 22June 1948; recognises that this generation havehelped shape the UK’s multicultural society, fromtheir contribution to public service to literature,culture and food; and welcomes the statement bythe Prime Minister on the 65th anniversary in 2013praising their fortitude and determination inovercoming difficult challenges; and hopes that theWindrush generation, the last of whom are in their80s and 90s, are remembered long into the futurewith an annual day of celebration.’

The Empire Windrush arrives from the Caribbean in1948

anniversary of the Windrush and celebrating thepositive contribution made by migrants to Britain,including to the National Health Service (NHS) andthe Olympic 2012 team.

Meetings also took place in September 2013 todiscuss how to promote the Campaign to makeWindrush Day an annual anniversary date in thepublic calendar. The London Baptist Associationled the coordination of the campaign, on behalf ofthe different churches.

(iii) CARJ supported the End Racism in this Generationcampaign from the Runnymede Trust and partici-pated in an event on the 8 July, 2013 to promote theevent. The 3 year campaign aims to find new waysto tackle racism and create lasting solutions to racial

injustice. Individuals and or-ganisations are invited tomake a pledge about the ac-tion they will take in order toEnd Racism This Generation.For example a charity mightpledge to highlight how itswork reduces racial inequal-ity.

(iv) Addressing caste-dis-criminationCARJ had a meeting withSister Mary Kutty, about aproposed new Platform onaddressing Caste-Discrim-ination on 21 August, 2013.

(v) Marking the UnitedNations Day for theElimination of RacismMembers of religious orders,justice and peace commis-sions, the St IgnatiusCaribbean Choir, StamfordHill and the National Coordi-nator and Administrator ofCARJ, participated in theStand Up to Racism Event on22 March 2014. The Eventmarked United Nations Anti-racism day and it is esti-mated that thousands ofpeople participated. TheCARJ National Coordinatoralso participated in planningmeetings for the event aspart of the One Society ManyCultures initiative in Decem-ber 2013 - March 2014, atmeetings in Parliament andat the Trades Union Con-gress.

The 22 March 2014 eventwas part of a coordinated

day of action across Europe, with the message ofsupporting ethnic diversity and standing up toracism, the scapegoating of migrants andIslamophobia.

On the 22 March, the CARJ banner was carried in theParade from Parliament Square to TrafalgarSquare. In addition CARJ had a stall in TrafalgarSquare to promote its work, alongside other anti-racism and equality organisations like the MigrantsRights Network and the Traveller Solidarity Network.The event was reported in the media. CARJ widelycirculated information about the event in advance toparishes, dioceses, religious orders, justice and peacenetworks, ethnic chaplaincies, members and friends,communication officers and to other networks andcontacts, to mobilise support for the event.

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G. Work with Schools and Young PeopleDuring this past year, 2013-14, Charlene Fraser hasworked regularly in a few primary schools in London.In all these schools, Charlene has worked withpupils in small groups and met with individual pupilsas appropriate. She has supported them to buildself-confidence and self-esteem, to developspeaking and listening skills, and to work onindividual issues identified by their teachers orduring the sessions.

Suddie Komba Kono has worked as a CARJAssociate with young people in schools andparishes mostly in London to raise awareness andencourage young people to embrace their vocationto ‘world citizenship’. Suddie has also been veryinvolved in contacting schools, inviting them toparticipate in Liverpool Congress and supportingothers in organizing the event. Patsy Cummingshas worked one day a week, as a CARJ Associate, inCardinal Pole secondary school in Hackney.

The Liverpool project commenced on 1 April 2013.During the current year, Dale Bradshaw and AlanHeaton have been working with young people in avariety of contexts in Liverpool including – theBelvidere Homeless Shelter, St Vincent’s School forthe Blind and Enterprise South Liverpool Academy.Both Dale and Alan are very involved in theorganization of the Congress.

To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, CARJ will organisea Young People’s Congress on World Citizenship,10-12 July 2014 at Liverpool Hope.

CARJ has also been working with others to considervarious approaches to improving the quality ofeducation offered to young people inmarginalised communities. CARJ will be

publishing the results of this dialogue and will beorganising a series of seminars to explore the issuesfurther – under the title Stepping Stones to a MoreEqual Society.

H. The CARJ Urban NetworkThe CARJ Urban Network brings together peoplewho wish to be involved in the Church’s work withpoor and marginalised communities in our innercities and outer estates. The Network meets two orthree times a year and shares ideas and experiencesthrough personal contact and email.

The Network met on 25 June 2013 at NewmanHouse. Rev Paul Nicolson led a discussion onbenefit changes and their effect on individuals. SrLynda Dearlove (Women at the Well) helped thegroup to reflect on the gendered nature of povertyand marginalisation and the particular effect ofausterity measures and related policy developmentson women. Stephen Saxby and Terry Drummonddiscussed the future challenge for the churches andthe need for a renewed common vision andapproach (thirty years after Faith in the City).

The Network met again on 27 November 2013 atNewman House. Five speakers contributed to alengthy discussion of ‘housing issues’. Thediscussion included the need for more affordablehousing, the provision of housing for the poor,overcrowding, disrepair, various welfare benefitsrelating to housing, community land trusts and theneed for a national strategy. The meeting alsodiscussed Pope Francis’s comments on ‘urbanculture’ in Evangelii Gaudium.

The Network is planning a residential Retreat inApril 2014 at Wistaston Hall in Crewe. Fr PhilSumner will lead the Retreat, will help the group

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reflect on various themes raised by Pope Francis inhis Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. InOctober, the Urban Network, together with theSchools Project, will sponsor a Seminar to explorethe issues and initiatives raised in Stepping Stones.

I. Leadership for Social Change – anintensive training workshopIn November 2013, in partnership with Voice of DalitInternational (VODI), and with support from MaryvaleInstitute, CARJ organised a ten-day Workshop foractivists and future leaders. The Workshop washeld on weekday mornings from 18-29 November2013, at St Anselm’s Parish, Southall.

The Workshop aimed to prepare participants towork more thoughtfully and effectively for socialchange – especially in those movements defined orinspired by issues of ‘race, caste, religion and socialclass’. It addressed four key areas: social thought,language and communication, organisational skillsand the history theory and practice of selected socialmovements. Participants were UK residents (somehad been in the UK for many years). Four wereoriginally from India and six originally from Sri Lanka.

Overall, there was considerable satisfactionamong the participants. All rated the workshop asexcellent or good, and gave similarly high marks tovarious topics covered. Members of the Groupexpressed some interest in meeting again, to keep intouch and to give one another at least minimalsupport. A few expressed some interest in gettinginvolved in ongoing social action or in startingsomething themselves. VODI and CARJ offeredcontinuing support. Another workshop is beingplanned for November 2014. This will probably be aresidential workshop at Maryvale.

J. Caribbean Pilgrimage to Walsingham The Annual Caribbean Pilgrimage to Walsinghamtook place on Sunday 30 June 2013. The theme wasMary and the Year of Faith. Both the NationalCoordinator and the Administrator assisted in theorganisation of the pilgrimage, and participated inthe event on the day. CARJ supports the Pilgrimagefor around 600-800 pilgrims each year by providingsponsorship, administrative support and liaisingwith colleagues at the Shrine on arrangements.CARJ is particularly grateful to Father IrenaeusVincent OP the Principal Celebrant at the 2013Pilgrimage, the music director Leila Persaud and allthe St Ignatius Caribbean Choir, Stamford Hill for alltheir contributions.

CARJ coordinated a planning meeting for thePilgrimage on the 20 April 2013 at the CARJ Office.This provided support to the coach organisers andpilgrimage coordinators who are located in manydifferent dioceses. CARJ produced the Pilgrimagebooklet working with the music director for thePilgrimage, Leila Persaud. CARJ also produced a

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Mary and the Year of Faith

The shrine pilgrimage theme in 2013 is Mary and the Year of Faith. The Year ofFaith began on October 11 2012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of theSecond Vatican Council, and concludes on November 24 2013, the feast ofChrist the King. CARJ shares in the hope that, during this time, Catholicsthroughout the world will take the opportunity to appreciate the gift of faith,deepen their relationship with God and strengthen their commitment to sharingtheir faith with others.

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Source of picture: Virgin Mary with Child Jesus from Dreamstime

National CaribbeanPilgrimage to Walsingham

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Celebrating the feast of Saints Peter and PaulPrincipal Celebrant: Father Irenaeus Vincent OP

Sunday 30th June 2013

The shrine pilgrimage theme in 2013 was Mary and theYear of Faith. The Year of Faith began on October 112012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sec-ond Vatican Council, and concluded on November 24

2013, the feast of Christ the King.

Pilgrimage promotional flyer, and assisted witharrangements for the Mass, the Rosary processionand made other logistical arrangements.

K. Working with the National Council forLay AssociationsCARJ is a lay organisation and is a member of theNational Council for Lay Associations (NCLA). CARJuses this forum to network and communicateinformation about its work to other organisations.CARJ participated in NCLA meetings in October2013 and February 2014, which discussed Povertyin the UK, the response to the call of Pope Francis tobe a Church for the Poor and Evangelii Gaudium.The National Coordinator of CARJ also acts as theSouthern region representative on the NCLAExecutive. On 21 January 2014 a Southern NCLARegion meeting took place at the CAFODHeadquarters in London, to discuss current issuesof concern and proposals for future work andincluded representatives from Housing Justice, theUnion of Catholic Mothers, the Order of FranciscansSecular and others.

The CARJ AGM A CARJ AGM and St Martin de Porres Mass took placeon Saturday 7 December 2013 at the CARJ Office,relating to the 2012-13 Financial Year. The meeting wasfollowed by a Christmas lunch. An AGM relating to the2013-14 Financial Year took place on Saturday 1November 2014.

The CARJ OfficeWith thanks to all who have made a positive contributionto promoting racial equality and justice through the workof CARJ.

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Catholic Association for Racial JusticeCARJ tackles racial discrimination within the Churchand within society. We work to ensure that racial

inequality and the racism that causes it are eradicated.We do this through programmes like:

Racial Justice Sunday – raising awareness of the issues.

Training parish and diocesan groupson racial justice issues

Outreach to ethnic minority communities,including Gypsies and Travellers

Countering Political Extremismworking with otherChurch denominations

Supporting Black and Minority Ethnic students reach their potential

Providing a forum for exchange among thoseworking inmarginalised urban communities