http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/northampton Read more http://www.cafod.org.uk/var/storage/images/get-involved/uk/images/northampton-diocese/cafod-northampton-s-office/83259-2-eng-GB/cafod-northampton-s-office_small.jpg http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/northampton http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/northampton/panels/read-more/northampton-blogs-feed http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/harvest-newsletter/ For your copy of the CAFOD Northampton – Diocesan Newsletter – Harvest 2010 just click here. In it you will find news about the Diocesan Justice and Peace Conference on Saturday, 2 October.  As Bishop Grant, the first chair of CAFOD and former Bishop of Northampton,  said, many years ago, “The efforts of aid agencies [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5035 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/simon-and-lizzie-krelle-take-cafod-to-the-summit/ Simon and Lizzie Krelle took CAFOD to the summit as they scaled the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro this summer and raised over £500 for CAFOD in the process. This trip started out as a 40th birthday celebration for Lizzie Krelle but became so much more.  She and husband, Simon are keen hill walkers and skiers [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5029 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/pakistan-facingmudslides-via-cafod-blog/ Donate to our Pakistan appeal Donate to the DEC Pakistan Floods appeal We faced the first mudslide that blocked the road just two miles from the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) office in Besham, Pakistan.  After this we started our journey to Dubair on foot. On the way we passed six big landslides and many small ones. The local community [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/pakistan-facingmudslides-via-cafod-blog/ http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/stretching-north/ Members of the DeBoo family from Northampton have started stretching out as they prepare for the Great North Run on 19 September.  Last year we had a record number of runners from the Diocese and hope to exceed that this year.  The DeBoo family were among the first to sign up and took possession of their CAFOD Vests [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5016 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/st-martins-reach-to-the-sky/ Pupils from St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School, Luton have been “Giving it Up for CAFOD”. The funds they have raised are to help people like  Benjamin and his family in Uganda.  CAFOD has been providing training in such skills as Bee Keeping to help vulnerable families earn a more sustainable living.  The pupils gave up their [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5007 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/st-bernadettes-has-bottle/ Following their sponsored Sing-a-thon, pupils from St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Milton Keynes, turned bottles of water into cash to help the people of Haiti. http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=4990 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/st-marys-parish-community-orchard/   The three churches of St Elizabeth’s, St Vincent’s and St Mary’s, inspired by the Parish UCM Group, decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Family Fast Day by providing a fruit orchard for a community overseas.  The photo’s show the composite collage of the orchard together with a picture of the the childrens liturgy [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=4975 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/fynnius-fogg-rock-northampton/ Supporters from across Northampton danced the night away to the sounds of Fynnius Fogg at St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School. Fynnius Fogg provided their services for free enabling us to raise £1000, enough to provide a community seed store – guaranteeing food security for  a community at risk. Many thanks to Fynnius Fogg and all those who [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=4927 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/haiti-earthquake-please-help/ As a member of the Caritas Federation, we are supporting our partners to assist with the relief effort following the earthquake on the Caribbean Island of Haiti on January 12, 2010 So far our partners have provided: 200,000 people with food, 60,000 people with items such as blankets and kitchen kits, 35,000 with shelter materials, [...] http://cafodhexhamnewcastle.wordpress.com/?p=4746 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/celebrating-fifty-years-of-family-fast-day/ At 2pm on Saturday, 13 February, we will hold an exhibition and service at Northampton Cathedral  to remember and celebrate the initiative which launched CAFOD’s Family Fast Day. In 1960 a group of Catholic women did something extraordinary. They organised the first Family Fast Day, which led directly to the founding of CAFOD. A Short [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=4891