http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/lancaster read more http://www.cafod.org.uk/var/storage/images/uk/lancaster/images/cafod-lancaster-with-operation-noah/1101356-3-eng-GB/cafod-lancaster-with-operation-noah_small.jpg http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/lancaster http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/lancaster/panels/read-more/lancaster-blogs-feed http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/carlisle-thirsts-for-change/ “Thirst for Change” Day at New Waterton Hall, Carlisle Over 30 parishioners from the Carlisle area, gathered on Saturday 4th Febraury at the New Waterton Hall to hear why CAFOD is concentrating on water poverty during Lent and for its latest campaign. It was great to see so many young people there  – thanks especially to the Youth Group [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6965 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/akwaaba-from-takoradi/ Akwaaba! Welcome from Takoradi! So what’s been happening with us over the past few days, I hear you ask??? Well, we left Bolgatanga on Friday to travel back to Accra, the Capital of Ghana and from there we took the bus 5 hours up the coast to Takoradi to stay with the Holy Child sisters [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6950 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/a-day-to-remember/ What an amazing and inspiring day!!  On Saturday 28th January, 28 folk from Lancaster Diocese formed part of the congregation in a packed Westminster Cathedral to give thanks for the work of CAFOD over the past 50 years. Some travelled down to London by train early in the morning, and despite the unforeseen tragic fatality on [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6925 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/cardinal-allens-cafod-team-on-the-road/ Recently the new CAFOD Team from Cardinal Allen Catholic High School in Fleetwood presented their first CAFOD ‘Road show Assembly’ at St. William’s Catholic Primary School in Pilling. The assembly celebrated the tremendous support that this tiny Catholic Primary school had shown for families overseas who struggle daily with poverty.  The children of St William’s had really [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6930 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/cafod-fylde-meets-on-20th-february/ Do you live in Lytham, Ansdell, Kirkham, Warton, Freckleton, Ansdell, Wesham,  St Annes, Westby or Great Eccleston? Why not come and meet others in the area and find out what’s new in CAFOD? CAFOD Fylde is an open meeting for you, when we’ll explore the latest CAFOD campaign Thirst for Change, CAFOD’s 50th anniversary celebrations, and Lent Fast Day [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6916 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/stories-of-hope-from-ghana/ It’s two weeks since we landed in Ghana, and so much has happened in such a short space of time. We’ve been welcomed with open arms by the Holy Child Jesus Sisters. Our nine days in Bolgatanga have been a great experience and one that we’ll never forget. And it’s absolutely true what people say: [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6899 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/snapping-it-all-up/ So we have come to the end of our first week in Ghana! It’s been a heck of a week…from schools to football matches to visiting sacred crocodiles! We’re loving the challenges and opportunities of this overseas experience! On Saturday afternoon, we went to watch local children play football on a full size pitch outside Bolgatanga Cathedral. [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6885 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/st-bernadettes-brilliant-charity-challenge/ What a day for CAFOD and Brian House! St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School, Blackpool, raised over £700 for charity. Children and staff put together a Nativity play and collected money for CAFOD and Brian House (a local hospice that cares for terminally ill children). Before breaking up for Christmas the whole school donated money to [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6868 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/very-cold-in-bolgatanga/ Zaare! We write this from the SHCJ convent in Bolgatanga. We have been here now for just over 24 hours and have been warmly welcomed by Sister Eunice SHCJ and Sister Angela SHCJ. We travelled from Accra to Tamale by plane, then from Tamale to Bolgatanga by road with Mark, our designated driver. Whilst talking to [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6848 http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/thirst-for-change-day/ You are warmly invited to our CAFOD Day in Carlisle on Saturday 4th February 2012, with guest speakers from CAFOD’s Campaigns Team and the Community Fundraising Team in London. Thirsty for change, we’ll  focus on global water poverty and offer ways in which we can respond positively through action, prayer and giving. Workshops on: the Thirst for Change [...] http://cafodlancaster.wordpress.com/?p=6833