6 attendees: OC = Owen Clutton, MM= Mary O’Mahony, RW = Roger Wright (notes), IS = Ian Stewart, AM = Angela Martin, GT = Geraldine Thompson.

Agreed actions shown in red type.

1. The meeting was held to consider which topics the Group should adopt for future activities.

2. The process followed at the meeting had been suggested by the Southwark Diocese Commission for JPIC:

1. List as many J&P issues as you can think of (this had been done in advance of the meeting with members contributing their ideas).

2. Write down each issue on each side of a small (playing card size) paper. Write in red on one side, green on the other (also done in advance).

3. Spread the cards over the table with the red side uppermost.

4. Everyone is to turn over onto the green side any issue that interests them. Once they have been turned (to green) they must not be turned back.

5. Remove any cards that still show red. Don’t feel guilty about them.

6. Spread the remaining cards around the edge of the table.

7. This time allow people three moves to advance cards to the middle of the table. They may use all their moves on one card or on as many as three separate cards (which would only move one move towards the centre).

8. This should result in a cluster of issue cards in the centre of the table that have engaged the most interest of the group.

9. Allow each person to talk about how they feel about the arrangement of the cards.

10. Have any new areas of focus emerged?

11. Have those involved learned anything during the activity that they would like to share with the group?

3. The process worked well, and discussions were lively. The following topics ended up in the centre of the table:

* Parish Overseas Projects

* Support CAFOD [campaigns, Fast Days]

* LiveSimply [Environment including climate change issues]

* Families in poverty [Foodbank, Manna Centre]

Human trafficking

Support Pax Christi

** Protection of human life [conception to death]

Education for girls in Third World

Racial justice [CARJ]

Propose bidding prayers

Write to MPs and Councillors

Notes

Brackets indicate examples or sub-divisions of topics.

* topics agreed to be core.

** description meant to avoid the pejorative sense now associated with “Pro-life”.

Why does the wealthy Borough of Bromley need 5 foodbank centres?

4. It was agreed that specific aspects of some topics should be reviewed before the next meeting, by the following:

IS Pax Christi

IS Human trafficking

RW Protection of human life (the annual collection for SPUC)

The meeting closed at 9.30pm.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 27th June at 7.45pm.