Newsletter for Week starting on the 13th October 2019 : 28th 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
12th/13th September 2019 [28th 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 £708.65 SO: £483.00
Canonisation of Cardinal
Newman Announced:
Pope Francis has announced that Blessed John Henry Newman
will be canonised in Rome on Sunday 13th October 2019. This will take place
alongside four others: Giuseppina Vannini, Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, Irmã
Dulce Pontes and Marguerite Bays.
Remembering Blessed John Henry Newman:
Between
Sunday 6th and Sunday 27th October 2019, St George's Cathedral in Southwark
will be displaying a relic of Blessed John Henry
Newman, who will be canonised in Rome on Sunday 13th October 2019. In addition, a Mass will be celebrated in honour of
Newman's canonisation by Archbishop John Wilson on Sunday 27th October at 11.30
am.
kindly pray
for the
peaceful repose of the soul of Patricia Corrine Gomez [“Connie”]
whose funeral Mass will be on Tuesday 15th October at 1.15pm and also pray for
Tony Zammit whose funeral Mass on 23rd October at 10am in St Mary’s Church,
West Croydon. May they rest in peace.
Pray
for the sick:
Let us pray for the sick
including Mariam Philomin, Charlie
Hyam, Rose Calver, Agatha Lewis, Elizabeth Goba, Florence Nosgobie, Gala
Lobo and Ann
Whitington.
If you are
sick at home and would like Holy Communion:
brought to you, please give your name, address and
telephone number to Fr. Antony or Lesley Allan and a Eucharistic Minister will
get in touch with you. Also, if you are aware of a parishioner who is housebound
or ill please let us know. If you are in the hospital and wish to speak to a priest, please
ask the staff to contact the Catholic Chaplain.
Migrant Help:
has been awarded funding from
the Home Office to raise awareness of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) among
vulnerable EU citizens, and to assist with the application process. EU
citizens and their family members living in the UK need to apply to the EU Settlement
Scheme before 30 June 2021. For further information please contact Migrant
Help: [email protected] | 01304 806732 | www.migranthelpuk.org.
Meet Fr Antony
this week:
You can meet
Fr Antony without an appointment on Monday and Wednesday from 10am to 12pm, and
on Friday from 5pm to 6.30pm.
Christ
the King Sixth Forms:
is
seeking to appoint a new Chaplain. You will work at our St Mary’s site in
Sidcup, for 27.5 hours per week for 40 weeks per year. As a Lay Chaplain you
will play a vital role in helping to shape the experience and development of
students on the site. You will have a keen interest in working with young
people aged 16 – 19 and have the confidence to shape in their faith journey as
well as lead wider opportunities for prayer and reflection. The successful
candidate will be a practising Catholic with excellent interpersonal,
communication and organisational skills. A background in Education and/or Youth
Ministry would be desirable. For details of how to apply and a job description
please visit, https://www.ctk.ac.uk/vacancies/
Closing Date: Sunday 20th October 2019
Bible
verse to remember:
Jesus said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your
way. Your faith has saved you.’ [Luke 17:19]
Want to
Baptise your child?
1. Complete the Baptism Application Form (either collect it
from the Grotto Corner of the church or download it from the parish website)
2. Make an appointment with Fr Antony and submit the
completed form with evidence of Parents’ and God Parents’ religion. The
evidence can be either their Baptism/Confirmation Certificates, certificate of
marriage in the Catholic Church or a letter from their parish priest.
3. Participate in the Baptism Preparation Course.
4. Fix a date for the celebration of the sacrament of
Baptism.
5. Receive Baptism Certificate in any one of the following
Sunday’s Mass.
Parish Mass Books:
will be
introduced in our parish from December. These books contain the Order of the
Holy Mass, many prayers and all readings of the Holy Week liturgy, Christmas
and important feasts. Any suggestions, kindly bring it to Fr Antony.
Wedding
Blessings:
Harin
Karunakaran and Mary Sepamalai will celebrate their wedding here at Holy Cross
on Friday 19th October. As
they become one in Christ, we pray for their happiness and more joy and
blessings
Amoris Laetitia:
If
you are interested in finding out more about what the Catholic Church teaches
about marriage and family life in the modern world, then you may find the
document Amoris Laetitia, written by Pope Francis, worth a read. Follow the
link below: https://w2.vatican.va/content/dam/francesco/pdf/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20160319_amoris-laetitia_en.pdf
Parish
Carol Service this year:
on Sunday 15th December at 4pm, in the church.
St Alban’s Cathedral:
will be our destination for Ecumenical pilgrimage next year!!!
Third Thursday Time:
Information about
healthy living and a healthy meal this month, plus all our usual activities.
All welcome, Thursday 17th 5.30-8.39
The Salvation Army,
Catford:
invites us to take
part in some "Community Carol Singing", on Saturday 14th Dec 2019 at
11am. We will be meeting on Catford Broadway to do some carol singing. It
will not be a formal event, simply inviting the churches and community to sing
some carols together. We have carol books on the day to hand out so no one
should have to sing by memory. All welcome.
is next Sunday, 20th October. It will be a
special day to pray for the poor parishes all over the world and to help them
financially. There will be a second collection next weekend
