resources

livesimply anthology

This resource contains articles, reflections and prayers which invite us to examine our lifestyles and transform ourselves and the world. There are practical tips for living in a simpler way and suggestions for how to use the material creatively in liturgies and group discussions.

livesimply: A CAFOD resource for living simply… sustainably… in solidarity sedited by Annabel Shilson-Thomas. Contributors range from Rowan Williams to Desmond Tutu, Tom Cullinan to Tina Beattie.

Published by Canterbury Press and CAFOD, price £9.99. Orders resources@cafod.org.uk or 020 7095 5571 

Going, going....

Put your life under the hammer in the Great Livesimply Auction!  It asks questions about what we value and what we need, how our lives get cluttered, and what we can do to live more simply. Originally written for the Re:act festival in Birmingham.

SOLD Auction

Making connections
Try this fun workshop from Pax Christi to get young people to make connections between different areas of Catholic Social Teaching - war, peace, the environment, sustainability, conflict, development, poverty.

Making Connections Workshop

Simply the Best!
By popular demand, the CAFOD youth team's barmy but brilliant set of activities all based on Catholic Social Teaching is available online. There's acting, there's mix and match quoting - it's a game show like you've never seen one before.

Simply the Best! Instructions

Quick CST Quiz

CST activity

CST jigsaw

Drama

Degrees of Change
CAFOD commissioned a play about sustainability and climate change - it's about a group of young people facing up to the issues raised in different ways.
> Download the script and accompanying resources here

A life in the Sun
What's work for? What's enough? This drama by Jenny Baker appeared in the January 2007 edition of Youthwork magazine and it's VERY livesimply!  (Apologies for the tatty copy, it's all we've goty.)

A life in the Sun

For reflection

This article by Gail Ballinger was published in the Julian Meetings Magazine, April 2008.

Living Simply, by Gail Ballinger

'Solidarity' is one of the three main planks of the livesimply challenge - but What is it and what does it mean for church communities?  Address by Father Rob Esdaile, with questions to explore.  

Theology of Solidarity

Resources from livesimply members:

An Introduction to livesimply  A short talk prepared by the Liverpool Justice and Peace Commission

A Theft from the Poor: Pax Christi briefing on the links between poverty and war

Women Living Simply: a leaflet prepared by the National Board of Catholic Women with an A-Z of tips and ideas, and useful contacts for more information (PDF, 608 kb)

livesimply resources for youth leaders, available from the CAFOD website (opens in a new window).