The NW NJPN E Bulletin for Mid-August leads with an opinion piece by Dr Penny Howes on our Christian response to the riots across the country following the horrific murder of three young girls in Southport, plus a statement from NJPN Chair Anne Peacey (see page 2) and links to comments from other leading organisations.  On page 3 Bernadette Bailey shares news of plans to celebrate Creation Time in the Macclesfield area and there are details of this year’s theme ‘To hope and act with Creation’ on pages 4-5.  Pages 6-7 showcase a range of conservation and well-being activities in the North West and a report of a highly successful initiative which mixes elderly care home residents with a children’s nursery group. Writer and podcaster Diana Safieh examines the concept of ‘survivor’s guilt’ in the Palestinian diaspora in an article for the Balfour Project on pages 8-9. There are reports on Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations on pages 9-12 including an in-depth analysis from Joseph Kelly of The Catholic Network. We remember the anniversaries of martyrs for peace Blessed Franz Jagerstatter and St Maximilian Kolbe and also St Clare (with a sonnet by priest poet Malcolm Guite) on pages 12-13 and conclude with a diary for September and October.

Please read and pass on to others.

Best wishes

Anne O’Connor

NW NJPN Justice and Peace E Bulletin Mid-August 2024