Newsletter for Week starting on the 4th August 2019 :18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOLY CROSS
CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road, Catford, London
SE6 2JS
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam [Parish Priest] –
02086983672
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
3rd/4th
August 2019 [18th Sunday in
Ordinary Time]
Parish Contacts
Parish Office: Lisa O’Hara [available from September]
Josepha Flahive [02086983672]
Hartley Hall [Angela Allen]
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
Email: [email protected]
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
Holy Cross Bookshop [02034418240]
4 Brownhill Road, Catford
www.holycrossbooks.co.uk
Holy Cross School [020 8698 2675]
Executive Headteacher: Miss Mary Collins
Head of School: Miss Giovanna Finaldi
www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk
St Vincent De Paul 07835 188411
Safeguarding Line 07598 524024
Third Thursday Time TTT
Email [email protected]
Finance: Loose £690.66 SO: £503.00
Newsletter matters to be sent to [email protected] by Wednesday.
Parish Feast Day
Choir: We will be
practising the music to celebrate the occasion on 22nd and 29th August, and
12th September at 7.30pm, in the church. Please come and join us.
The Holiday Season: Many
people will be going away on holiday. If you are a reader or Lay Minister of
Communion, please remember to plan ahead and arrange a substitute for your
absence. Many thanks.
Family Fun Days – for Families Once schools break up the summer holidays can be a
very long and isolating period for families. To help families, Holy Cross and
St Andrews are running 4 Family Fun Days 11am – 3pm, during the holidays on 6th +13th August
at St Andrews Church Hall, Sandhurst Road, Catford SE6 1XD, A coach trip
to the seaside on 22nd August and a Day out in a local
Park on 29th August. All events are free, lunch and
drinks will be provided. Children need to be accompanied by an adult aged 18
and over. If you are interested in any or all events, please email [email protected] or come along to the
first session on 6th August at 11am to register.
Family Fun Days – for Parishioners
We are particularly relying on your help and support by:
§
Volunteering to be a helper at one of the
events, for the day
or part of the day.
§
Donating:
refreshments e.g. squash, juices, biscuits,
crisps, fruit, pre-wrapped individual items.
§
Offering to run an activity on 6th or
13th, e.g. art/craft,
pampering (for parents), bingo, disco.
§ Providing funds to support the venture.
Bring me Sunshine holiday activities for over 60s at St Andrews church
Hall,Sandhurst /Torridon Rd.7,8,9, 14,15 and 16 August 11-3 hosted by Holy Cross.
Come along for delicious food, entertainment and fellowship. Contact Lesley
Allen on 07729785843 if you need to know more or email [email protected].
Please note all
volunteers are needed to be there at 9am to help set up.
Please
remember Jonathan, our altar server, and keep him and his family in your
prayers. Efforts are continuing to resolve the situation and return him safely
to the UK.
Pope’s Intention for August: Families, Schools of
Human Growth - That families, through their life of prayer and
love, become ever more clearly schools of true human growth.
Sacrament
of Confirmation: If you are starting Year 9 in September and feel
it is time to take the next step in your life of faith, we will be starting our
journey towards the Sacrament of Confirmation in October. Please write a letter
with your full contact details including email to Fr Antony (by 25th September)
explaining why you want to receive this important Sacrament of the Holy Spirit.
Our first meeting (with parents) will be on Friday 27th September at 6:30pm and
we will spend until Christmas getting involved in the Parish service projects.
Bishop Pat will come to confirm those who have completed the course on Tuesday
19th May 2020 at 7:30pm.
First
Holy Communion 2020:
Application forms for preparation for First Reconciliation and Holy
Communion are now available at the back of the church, or on the parish
website. Closing
date 9th September 2019
JOIN RCIA
A very warm welcome is extended to those who have been away from the Church and feel they might like to begin the journey back to the practice of their faith. If you are interested please speak to Fr Antony, look at the parish website to find out more about the RCIA and download the application form or contact [email protected]
Parent and Toddler Group is in need of two volunteers to
assist from September. The group meets
on Mondays (9 – 11.30am) and Wednesdays (9 – 11.30am) term time only. This is a very well established group that not
only benefits Holy Cross but also the wider community. Eileen would love to keep this great group
open but sadly without the assistance of volunteers the group will have to
close. Those interested, please kindly
contact Fr Antony.
Legion of Mary: The Legion of Mary from Lewisham will be holding
its meeting on Fridays at 6:30pm in Holland room, Hartley Hall. All
parishioners who wish to become members of the Legion of Mary are warmly
invited to join.
Requiem Mass: Please pray for Catherine Ndeley whose
funeral Mass will be on Friday 23 August at 12.30pm. We also pray for this family
at this difficult time.
Whatsapp for the
University Students from Holy Cross Parish
Our parish priest
asked me to create a group which will be eligible for all young people within
this parish who are attending university this year and current university
students of this parish . This will be a social chat group where you will be
comforted, reassured and gained a deeper understanding that you are not alone
in any challenging situation - Marie-Catherine
Kodjo. Kindly contact 07578777461
or 079207 485934 to include your
name.
We wish you a
blessed and a joyful August.