Newsletter for Week starting on the 14th October 2018 : 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
HOLY CROSS CHURCH
208
Sangley Road
Catford,
London, SE6 2JS
Tel: 020 8698 3672
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
Part of RC Archdiocese of Southwark
Registered charity number: 1173050
Parish
Priest: Fr Antony Megalan
MASS
TIMES
Monday-Thursday: 9.15am
Friday 8pm
Saturday: 6.30pm Vigil Mass
Sunday: 10.00am &
11.30am
Reconciliation:
Saturday 6pm
HARTLEY
HALL
PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
Tel: 020 8698 3672
Email: [email protected]
PARISH
ADMINISTRATOR:
Mrs Mary Baldwin
Tel: 020 8698 3672
Email: [email protected]
HOLY
CROSS SCHOOL
Headteacher: Miss Mary
Collins
Tel:
020 8698 2675 Fax: 020 8697 7137
Email :
[email protected]
Website : www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk
St Vincent De Paul Number
07835188411
Safeguarding
Line
07598524024
Special Ministers of Holy Communion
This weekend 2nd
Sunday (13th/14th
Oct )
6.30pm Marian Philomin, Myra
Hannon, Prema Louth,
1) UCM, 2) UCM, P) UCM
10am Joe Baptiste, Caroline
Cleary, Ossie Folkes, Cyril Mbaeri, Ray Williams.
1) Kimberley
Kong, 2) Ashley Lench P) Christina S
11.30 Jerome, Adeji, Mary
Lewis, Vincent Okonji, John Walsh, Rosa Candita Simpkins.
1) Elsa Pascal, 2) Frank Afful, P) Mitchelle Mbaeri
Next weekend 3rd
Sunday (20th/21st
Oct )
6.30pm Pat Healy, Bridgette Laing , Chris Joyce
1) Jenushan
Justin 2) Reuben Gabriel P) Maureen Gabriel
10am Gwen Williams, Marian
Perez, Francisca Dunbar, Elena Travers, Marco Munoz.
1st
Gillian Yip, 2nd Christina Ukah, P Bina
Augustin
11.30am
Bernadette Jeyachandra,
Phil Loughnane, Paul Njoku, 2 Vacant
positions.
1)
Ronald Jeyachandra, 2nd Merlyn Clark, P Brian Trevathas.
FINANCE £ 1372.26 Many Thanks
Sat 6.30 Teresa O’Reilly (UCM)
Sun 28th
Sunday of Ordinary Time
(13th/14th
Oct)
10.00 Agnes Mahoney RIP (Cleary)
11.30 People of the Parish
Mon
9.15 Xavier Nalliah RIP (Stella)
9.40 Rosary
Tue 9.15
Theresa Green RIP
9.40
Rosary
Wed St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
8.50 Rosary
9.15 Fr John Mulligan RIP (O’Hara)
9.40
Divine Mercy
Thur
St
Luke Evangelist
9.15 Joan Lee RIP (School Governors)
9.40
Rosary
Fri 7.30
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
8pm Phil Callander
Sat 6.30 John Byrne RIP (Monaghan)
Sun Sunday of the Year ( 20th/21st
Oct )
10.00 People of the Parish
11.30 Mina Bernardi RIP
11.30
Welcome
12.30 Baptism
Please
pray for those whom our Ministers visit with HOLY COMMUNION:
Clifford Aristide, James Barlow, Mary
Barry, Rose Calver, Margaret Doherty,
Bridget Doyle, Ellesdene Edwards, Eileen Embury, Audrey Fitsimmons, Elizabeth Marie Forde, Elizabeth Goba, Theresa Harney, Peter
Hughes, William Keogh, Agatha Lewis,
Gala Lobo Anthony Marshall, Ivy Mulroney,
Susan Murphy, Florence Nosegbe, Eleanor
Martin, Mabel Martin, Charity Oparaji,
Josephine Patterson, Rex Phillips,
Anthony Renouf, Casimar Santhiapillai,
Jean Scott, Irene Stone, Bridget Sullivan, Genevieve Stanislaus, Vera
Pollock, Sheila Tagg, Patricia Vesey, Ann Whitington,
DECEASED
Please pray
for the repose of the soul of Joan Lee who has died. Joan was one of the Holy Cross school governors. May she rest in peace.
WELCOME!
…TO
Fr Antony who arrived in Catford this week. Please give him a warm welcome.
FAREWELL
We
say farewell to Stella and Phil who will be moving away from Holy Cross Parish
this week. A very special thank you to Phil who has been a devoted sacristan
for the Saturday evening Mass as well as the daily mass. We send them both
on their way with our gratitude and blessings we will miss you both, and wish
you every happiness on their new home.
A MESSAGE TO ALL AT HOLY
CROSS:
Oh
what a fabulous night. Thank you all SO much for the love and affection that
you expressed in so many different ways and thank you so much for the very
generous gifts, cards and especially the memory book. I am completely
overwhelmed!
What
you have as a parish is very unusual and very, very wonderful. Always be
grateful and always celebrate. I have learned so much from you and I will
always be grateful.
Your hospitality
was amazing - thanks to all who provided food and drink.
With
so much love,
Fr
Doug
There will be a coach
available for Fr Dougs induction in Bexley on Friday the 26 th October leaving
Hartley hall at 6.30 cost £5.
Please put your names on the sheet at the back of church.
Please put your names on the sheet at the back of church.
CONFIRMATION 2019
If
you are in year 9 or above and wish to be confirmed in May 2019 YOU need to
write a letter to the Parish Priest, Fr Antony, explaining your reasons why you
wish to be confirmed.
Your
letter should reach the Parish Office by Monday 23rd October at the
latest.
Sessions
will begin on Friday 2nd November.
BAPTISM PREPARATION
If
you wish to have your baby baptised then please complete an application form
for the preparation course and attach a COPY of the child’s BIRTH CERT and a
COPY of your own Baptism certificate and submit it to the parish office.
THIRD THURSDAY TIME
Drop
in this week, Thursday 18th between 5.30 and 8.30, for Tai Chi session,
massage, group singing, bingo, art/craft, board games or just to have a drink
and snack. TTT is a time set aside to promote mental well being for all in a
relaxed, friendly setting, and we would be pleased to see you
LOURDES REUNION
Sunday
28th October at 5pm in Hartley Hall.
HOLIDAYS AT HOME
Tuesday
23rd October at Goldsmith’s Community centre, Castillon Rd, 11-3
including Quadrille dancing, storytelling and refreshments and in the Irish
centre, Davenport Rd, 29th & 30th Oct 11am-4pm.
Celebrating Afro-Carribean culture
Divine Mercy Apostolate
run by Marian Fathers is organising
DIVINE
MERCY RETREAT
on Saturday, 27th October 2018
11.00—4.30pm
Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord
165-169 Kirkdale, Sydenham
London, SE26 4QL
Devotional
Programme:
11:00am Praise Worship Enthronement
of Image of Merciful Jesus
11:15am Talk 1
12:00noon Holy Mass
1:15pm Lunch (please, bring packed lunch)
2:15pm Talk 2
3:00pm Hour of Divine Mercy / Benediction
4:00pm Veneration of the Image of Merciful Jesus and
Relic of Saint Faustina
4:30pm Departure
All welcome
More info: DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE -
MARIAN FATHERS
1 Courtfield Gardens, London W13 0EY
www.divinemercyapostolate.co.uk
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
Thank
you to everybody who took part in this event. £250 was raised for the above
charity.
DAY OF RECOLLECTION FOR READERS AND SPECIAL
MINISTERS
This annual
day of recollection will take place at Bishop Thomas Grant on Saturday 17th
November.
Bishop
Patrick Lynch and Fr Saju Pinakattu OFM.CAP will talk on the theme of the
journey in St Luke’s Gospel.
The day
begins at 10.30am and finishes with Mass at 3pm. Please bring a packed lunch.
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekend of October 13-14, 2018
Jesus offers a
hard lesson regarding wealth and possessions in today’s Gospel. The rich man
whom he encountered could not part with his possessions as a condition to
becoming a disciple of Jesus. Would our response be the same as the rich man?
Do we place our trust in our money and possessions instead of trusting in God’s
generosity? Do we seek security in our possessions? Good stewards realize that
their possessions must not possess them, lest those possessions block their
relationship with the Lord.