Newsletter for Week starting on Sunday 01st December 2019: 01st Sunday of Advent
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road, Catford, London SE6 2JS
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam [Parish Priest] – 02086983672
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
30thNov / 01st December 2019 [01st Sunday of Advent]
Parish Contacts
Parish Office -
Open Wed & Fri [10am -3pm]
Josepha Flahive
[secretary]
Lisa O’Hara
[volunteer]
020 8698 3672; [email protected]
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
Holy Cross
Bookshop, 020 3441 8240
Holy Cross School [020
8698 2675]
Repository: To buy gifts and
cards, the church shop is open after all weekend Masses.
St Vincent De Paul [SVP]
07835 188411
Safeguarding
Line 07598 524024
Third Thursday Time TTT
Email: [email protected]
Hartley Hall [Angela Allen] Culverley Road, SE6
2LD
Email: [email protected]
Finance:
£674.40; SO £503
Catholic Youth Service: £87.20
Thank you
“You
know ‘the time’ has come: you must wake up now: our salvation is even nearer …Let
us live decently as people do in the daytime: no drunken orgies, no promiscuity
or licentiousness, and no wrangling or jealousy. Let your armour be the Lord
Jesus Christ.” [Romans 13:11-14]
THE SEASON OF ADVENT
YEAR OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE GOD WHO SPEAKS
Aperuit Illis –The Holy Father has
published an Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio instating a formal Sunday of the
Word of God on the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary time each year. In this season of
Advent, this Motu Proprio is an inspiration to read and refect the Word of God.
Kindly follow or click the link below to read the document. http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20190930_aperuit-illis.html#&ui-state=dialog
Free
English Course - Together with Caritas Westminster, the Religious
of Mary Immaculate Sisters are hoping to run a free-of-charge-ESOL (English as
a second or other language) course. Please contact the Religious of Mary
Immaculate Tel: 020 8788 9477 or email: [email protected].
Ecumenical
Advent Carol Service to be held on Sunday 1st December
at 6pm at St Laurence, Bromley Road. All
are very welcome to join.
Year of the Word: How
will you prepare for Christmas? Prepare a way for the Lord Saturday 7th
December Hartley Hall Culverley Road, Catford SE6 2pm – 4pm. There are two separate prayer experiences, a
Guided Meditation and a Lectio Divina. Both sessions will be led by members of
the Archdiocesan Spirituality Commission.
Tea/coffee after, and an opportunity to find out more about “Ways into Prayer”, the Spirituality Commission’s
Prayer Pack.
Meet our Parish Priest without an appointment this
week on Friday from5.30 pm
Pray
for the sick:
Let us pray for the sick including Mariam Philomin, Rose Calver, Charlie Hyam, Agatha Lewis, Elizabeth
Goba, Florence Nosgobie, Gala Lobo and Ann
Whitington. Please also pray for
Myra Hannon and Anthony O’Sullivan.
Children’s Mass Books: Parents are asked to encourage their young
children to follow the Mass using the new Children’s Mass Books. Please place them at the back of the church
before you leave. Thank you.
Parish
Newsletter You can obtain an email
version of the newsletter by sending a request via https://www.holycross-catford.org.uk/newsletter.html
New Readers At Mass will renew the commitment of their ministry in all weekend masses
next week. Applications for the new readers are welcomed from those in the
Parish. If you are aged 16 and above and wish to become a reader at Mass,
please fill in the form, which is available in the Welcome Corner, and
hand it over to Rob Dunbar or Fr Antony. There will be an induction day, as
well as training days for all readers.
Every valley shall be exalted
And every hill made low
And all God’s people shall see together,
The glory of the Lord.
The
youth Christmas dinner for all secondary aged children (11 -18) is on Saturday
7th December at 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Tickets are available at the door after
Mass. £5.00 each. And bring a gift to put under the tree.
Come along for a fun evening. For more information call Phil on 07894 058498.
The
Diamond Club are hosting a mini Christmas Fayre
on Tuesday, 3 December in Hartley Hall 10-2, raffles, craft items, bric a brac,
the young catholic mothers will also be having a stall. Come and see, open to all.
Proceeds towards the New year lunch for Diamond club, older people and housebound of our parish.Anyone interested in seeing the pantomime Mother Goose, at Burnt Ash Methodist church hall, 5th ,6th and 7th December please contact Lesley Allen (who is playing the goose) on 07729 785843 cost £7.50.
Proceeds towards the New year lunch for Diamond club, older people and housebound of our parish.Anyone interested in seeing the pantomime Mother Goose, at Burnt Ash Methodist church hall, 5th ,6th and 7th December please contact Lesley Allen (who is playing the goose) on 07729 785843 cost £7.50.
Preparation for Christmas
The
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) services will be in Holy Cross church
as follows:
Wednesday
4th December – 10 am – year 5 students and parents
Thursday
5th December – 10 am – year 6 students and parents
Saturday
14th December – 10-11.30 am – Holy Communion candidates and parents
Friday
20th December – 6.30-8.00 pm – all parishioners
Every
Saturday at 6pm – all parishioners
May
you and your family have a blessed Season of Advent