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David McLoughlin, Emeritus Fellow of Christian Theology, Newman University, Birmingham, talks us through Holy Week, a day-by-day account describes in Mark’s Gospel. 

He gives a fresh insight into the events as they unfold by contextualising the social, political, and economic landscape of the time.

The journey is very familiar to many of us but perhaps because of that has become ‘stale’ in our understanding of what is taking place each day and its significance as a whole.

David describes Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to His crucifixion on Good Friday.  This narrative re-awakens and inspires us not just to remember but to participate anew in this Holy Week and our every week experience.  Watch his presentation on our YouTube channel here below.


6046AC31 26C3 4162 9B85 B9069FEF7AD9 1 201 aThe theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is ‘Choose to Challenge’.

However, whilst it is the theme for International Women’s Day, the need to challenge addresses not just women but us all; for if women of all ages experience adverse and unjust working conditions, low pay, poverty and violence then it affects, impacts and reflects on us all as workers. As a consequence, it is incumbent on us all for the sake of men, women and children to choose to challenge when and where we can.    

Women’s reality as described above is sadly not unusual. See the message written by the Women’s Council of the San Marcos Peasant Workers Movement, Guatemala, on behalf of the WMCW.  See WMCW message

Walking through Holy Week with Jesus: The political, economic and religious elements of Holy Week as seen in Mark.        

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Zoom Conference 13 March 2021

09:45 -13:00

Presented by David McLoughlin
Emeritus Fellow of Christian Theology at Newman University, Birmingham  
Active member of the MCW (Movement of Christian Workers).
Trainer of Christian activists, priests, deacons, ministers and teachers for over 40 years. 
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MTC QUÉBEC and the Health Crisis

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Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been reflecting together on this crisis and wish to share some thoughts and actions.The International Specialised Catholic Action Movements (Miacs) represent more than 500 movements around the world with a great diversity of countries, cultures and backgrounds.

The crisis aggravates situations and destabilises.

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The pandemic has brutally aggravated pre-existing problems: unemployment, inequalities bet- ween gender, between rich and poor, within and between countries, and domestic violence.

Remembering and celebrating Jesus’ birth in a manger there is no better time to re-new our commitment to the vulnerable, the poor, the inequalities we see and experience. We beg the question, who are the widows, the orphans, the strangers in our world? How do we challenge, how do we show solidarity, how can our activism be put into practice? E95675A0 C094 4CA3 BE9A 4F405405A705

Fr Tom from the Holy Name of Mary Church, Middlesbrough, in one of his recent ‘Talking to myself reflections’ writes how the baby in the manger “is enough for children but that adults will be expected to move beyond that”. With this in mind, in the context of our Movement, the realities abound. 

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What is our Human and Christian Responsibility in the Life of a Migrant?

The World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW) prompts us to remember our Human and Christian responsibility to all migrants by marking International Day for Migrants with a message and image evoking the plight of all those who migrate for whatever their reason. 

The migrant is regarded as a “stranger” whether they arrive through internal migration or from crossing borders. Perhaps it is noteworthy that this Memorial Day is only 7 days before we celebrate Christmas.

    DE798BC9 84A7 4F01 91FD 4EF75B1CAA39  The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) back in February 2020 reported that, while paid employment reduced the risk of poverty there remained about 56% of people living in poverty in 2018. These 56% were in households where at least one person had a job.

The JRF website provided details which broke this now further explaining that in 2017/20 there were 18.4 million workers in poverty; 1.9 million were in full-time jobs; 1.4 million were in part-time work and 0.7 were

These are the findings of the majority of Member Movements of the World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW).

The WMCW have produced a 10-page Infor bulletin précising the response of Member Movements to their Global Survey enquiring into the realities and effects of the pandemic on workers’ lives.

Produced in a Review of Life Method of See, Judge, Act the bulletin’s summaries spans a wide-ranging geographical expanse of countries and continents. 816D2213 9267 421C 9133 6D48A4B75917 1 201 a

Member Movements representing workers across the globe identified the preceding years of neo-liberal and austerity polices that laid down a foundation of “suffering, fear and poverty”.

"For where two or three are gathered in my name I am there among them." Matt 18:20. Clearly meeting virtually wasn't an option in First Century Palestine, but fortunately for us today it is. On 7th July 2020, the MCW held its first virtual seminar. Below are some of the highlights.

The focus of the seminar was initiated by the World Movement of Christian Workers’ (WMCW) ‘Global Survey’ asking about our reality of the pandemic. It was posted onto the MCW website. Global Survey

 So that anyone viewing the website could respond. 

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At the Seminar presentations were given by Jo Dearlove and David McLoughlin. 

  1. Inspirational Chaplain and Contextual Theologian.
  2. Let's Dare To Dream Of A Better World
  3. Zoom-in to the MCW’s National Conference and AGM 2020
  4. Review of Life Enquiries

Our Prayer for Decent Work

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