Newsletter dor Week starting on Sunday 03rd November 2019 : 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road, Catford, London SE6 2JS
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam [Parish Priest] – 02086983672
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
02nd/03rd Novtember 2019 [31st Sunday in Ordinary Time]
Parish Contacts
Parish Office: Lisa O’Hara
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 £796.50 SO: £483.00
Parish Christmas Fayre for Sacristy
Refurbishment:
Just four weeks until our Christmas Fayre,
which is on Saturday 30th November from 11:30am - 2:30pm in
Holy Cross School ● The prize draw is our best fundraiser and the first prize
is £500 ● We ideally need 20 generous people to donate £25 each so if you would
like to make a donation please put the cash or a cheque in an envelope marked
FAO Fr Antony or Angela Allen (Many thanks to those who have donated already) ●
Draw tickets will be available this weekend after all Masses ● Please
start sorting out your cupboards and donate items that are in good condition
and would appeal to others: books, fancy goods, china and glass etc ● No jumble
please ● If you are able to volunteer to help in any way please add your name
and contact details to the list at the back of the church ● More details
next week.
Blessing of the graves:
we shall
assemble at Hither Green Cemetery at 3.00pm on this Sunday [3rd
Novenmber] afternoon for a prayer service of remembrance to honour our departed
parishioners, relatives and friends.
Extraordinary
Ministers of Communion and Readers
You are
invited to join Bishop Pat Lynch and Fr Saju Pinkkattu to attend a Day of
Recollection on Saturday 16th November. This will take place at Bishop Thomas Grant
School, and will begin with registration at 10.30am, ending with Mass at
3.00pm. It is encouraged that you attend
and we would be grateful if you could let the parish office know as soon as
possible if you can.
Friends of Ahotokurom
would like to thank parishioners who supported or took part in the summer
sponsored walk. Their fantastic efforts raised over £900 to support the work of
Ahotokurom Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana. Thank you. This will make such
a difference to the lives of young people with disability in Ghana. Well done
all.
Pray for the sick:
Let us pray for the sick
including Mariam Philomin, Rose Calver, Charlie
Hyam, Rose Calver, Agatha Lewis, Elizabeth Goba, Florence Nosgobie, Gala
Lobo and Ann
Whitington.
Stewardship Gospel
Reflection:
“But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Behold, half of my
possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I extorted anything from
anyone I shall repay it four times over' " (Luke 19:8). We are all called
to gratefully give back to the Lord in proportion to the blessings we have been
given. This means everyone isn’t called to give the same amount, but is called
to give equal sacrifice. No amount is too small or insignificant! Open your
heart, how is God calling you to be more generous with your financial resources
and possessions?
Requiem
Mass:
The late Archbishop Michael Bowen’s funeral will be on Monday, 4th November, at 12.30 p.m; Archbishop John
Wilson to preside; burial in the Cathedral Crypt at the end of the Mass. All are welcome to join us for the respose of the soul of Archbishop
Bowen.
Please
also pray for Francis
Faluyi
whose Funeral Mass will be on Monday 11 November at 12.30pm. We also
pray for his family at this difficult time.
Holy Cross Quiz night:
It’s time for our Holy Cross Quiz night on Thursday, 7th November, 7pm for a
7.30pm start £10 including Buffett supper. Soft drinks provided but bring your
own alcohol if desired. Come on your own or book a table, teams of 8. Contact
07729785843. Hosted by parish UCM and Diamond club.
Meet Fr Antony
this week without an appointment: Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to
12pm, and Friday from 5.30pm.
NOVEMBER LIST
2019:
We always remember our
beloved departed family members and friends.
In November, it being the month of Holy Souls, we particularly remember
and pray that the Lord embrace them with His tender love; deliver them from
every evil and bid them enter eternal rest.
Please put the list of names in a Holy Souls envelope and place it in
the Holy Souls box. We will place all those names on the Altar and pray for
those souls every day in the month of November. Your offerings will be used to offer Holy Masses for the Holy Souls
thoughout the year or be sent to other deserving parishes to offer the Holy
Masses for the Holy Souls.
How to request a Holy
Mass Intention.
Find the Mass Intention envelopes at the
back of the church. Complete the form on the front of the envelope, insert your
offering (the diocesan suggested offering is £10) and return to Fr Antony, or
post through any of the church letter boxes.
A Foundation Mass is a Mass Intention that
lasts for 25 years. Please give details for whom the Mass is offered
- full name of living or deceased person, date and time the Mass should be
said each year and your name and phone number. The cost is £300 (cheque made payable
to RC Archdiocese of Southwark) and hand to Fr Antony.
The Youth SVP
are holding a pizza event in Hartley
Hall, on Saturday 16th November 2019 from 4.15 to 6.15pm. This event is for
anyone between the ages of 12 &18.
Church
Cleaning:
Have you ever
wondered how it is that our church always looks clean and tidy? Wonder no more!
It is down to a small dedicated team. Could you spare 1 hour every week to help
keep Your Church clean? If so, please come and join us on Thursday mornings.
Bible verse to
remember:
The name of Christ will be glorified in
you, and you in him [2 Thessalonians
1:12].
