Good Shepherd Appeal In The Schools

The Good Shepherd Appeal is an opportunity for children to help children. Through the partnership between your school and Catholic Care we make a permanent difference through the provision of loving families for children who depend upon our support

We provide care for children who can no longer live with their own families; we provide residential homes and work hard to find new families through adoption.

Some of you will also know that we have social workers based in schools and parishes, working alongside your teachers and priests, offering help and support to children and families in need.

Each year sees us grow from strength to strength consolidating our work, developing new projects and alliances with other organisations. It is visionary and pioneering work pursuing our Mission of "taking the caring Church into the community".

Good Shepherd Celebration : Wednesday 28th April 2010

Leeds Cathedral vibrated to the sounds and songs of a Rainbow Nation as hundreds of pupils from all over the diocese marked the Good Shepherd celebration on 28^th April 2010 with Bishop Arthur.

Pupils had come to the Cathedral to present to Bishop Arthur money they had raised in their school during Lent to support the work of Catholic Care.

The catholic primary schools from Keighley - St. Josephs, Our Lady of Victories and St. Anne's - combined in a fine example of partnership and unity to lead the rainbow nation celebration that featured a samba band! The theme was developed by prayers and poems that reflected the rich diversity of our communities and our differences that make us special and unique.

The music was led by the children from the three Catholic Primary Schools in Keighley, St Joseph's, Our Lady of Victories and St Anne's, supported by The Diocese of Leeds Schools Choir Programme.

Mark Wiggin, Chief Executive of Catholic Care told the pupils present that 99 years ago a small group of nuns sat down with their Bishop to talk about how they could raise money to help the poor children of Leeds Diocese. The answer they came up with was called the Good Shepherd Fund. Today, the money raised goes to support some of the neediest and vulnerable children in our community who still need our help and our prayers.

Mark Wiggin added, "A Good Shepherd is someone who will help you when you get lost; someone who cares for you; someone who loves you...

Your teachers are GOOD SHEPHERDS

Your parents are GOOD SHEPHERDS

Your Bishop Arthur is a GOOD SHEPHERD

Each one of you is a GOOD SHEPHERD

And above all Jesus is the GOOD SHEPHERD

...because he loves each one of us."

Bishop Roche thanked everyone for coming and said how he always looked forward to this particular day and to being with all the children. In his homily, he announced that they had collected £36,000 on the day.

Mission and Values

Catholic Care is a charitable organisation working on behalf of the diocese of Leeds. It offers a variety of services and support not only to the Catholic population, but also to the wider community as a whole.

Catholic Care acts to support those in need of its services, especiallly the weak and the vunerable and it acts as an advocate for those unable to represent themselves

The primary purpose of the agency is to foster and influence a vision of how people can live together in Christian charity, love and justice, by taking the "Caring Church into the Community

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