Newsletter for Week starting on the 20th October 2019: 29th 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
19th/20th September 2019 [29th 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 £710.70 SO: £483.00
CAFOD:£517.00
Dear
Jesus, help me:
to spread your fragrance everywhere I go;Flood my soul with
yourspirit and life;Penetrate and
possess my whole being so completelyThat
all my life may be only a radiance of yours;Shine through me and be so in meThat everyone with
whom I come into contactMay feel your
presence within me.Let them look up
and see no longer me—but only Jesus.Amen.
[St. John Henry Cardinal Newman]
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 was 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.
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 was 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.
Public
Consultation
For over a year Holy Cross School and St Augustine's School have been working together in a soft federation under the leadership of Miss Mary Collins. The two schools are currently in the process of a consultation Proposing that this become a permanent arrangement therefore becoming a hard federation with the two schools sharing one governing body. Both schools will continue to work closely with their respective parishes. The consultation documents are available on both school websites. If you wish to add your views to the consultation please email them to: [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you [from Mary Collins , Executive Headteacher Holy Cross & St Augustine's Catholic Primary Schools].
For over a year Holy Cross School and St Augustine's School have been working together in a soft federation under the leadership of Miss Mary Collins. The two schools are currently in the process of a consultation Proposing that this become a permanent arrangement therefore becoming a hard federation with the two schools sharing one governing body. Both schools will continue to work closely with their respective parishes. The consultation documents are available on both school websites. If you wish to add your views to the consultation please email them to: [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you [from Mary Collins , Executive Headteacher Holy Cross & St Augustine's Catholic Primary Schools].
Gospel Stewardship Reflection:
If we want to know
what Jesus’ parable is about in today’s Gospel, it seems that we
don’t need to work too hard because Saint Luke tell us right at the beginning: “Jesus
told his disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to
lose heart.” This parable has often been used to bring comfort to us
about our prayer life. But could there be a more challenging message
for those who take stewardship seriously? Widows were the poorest and
most vulnerable of people in Jesus’ time. Oppressive legal and
economic structures were the norm. Jesus embraced with great
compassion the poor and the marginalized. Could it be that we are also
encouraged to pray persistently for the poor, the weak and
the vulnerable as we hear their cry for justice? And that we must not
lose heart that we can effect change in their lives? [from Ossie Folkes].
Be on the alert :
There have been reports of parishes/parishioners
in our diocese receiving fake emails from the Archbishop or their Parish Priest
asking for money or favours. The email address this comes from is
[email protected] is spam mail – do not open or respond just delete.
The Diocese are aware of this situation.
WORLD
MISSION SUNDAY:
is this 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 this weekend.
R.I.P.:
Please pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Franci
Faluyi who died recently.
We have got a new Parish Secretary:
Josepha
Flahive is our new parish secretary. She was one of nine applicants who applied
for this job, and was interviewed and chosen by Sarah Wood [HR Advisor of our
Diocese]. She will begin her job on 1st November this year.
Josepha has worked for almost 40 years for e.surv Chartered Surveyors (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) as a Health & Safety Co-ordinator and RICS Contact Officer. We wish her all the best.
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.
Wedding Blessings:
Harin Karunakaran and Mary Sepamalai celebrated their
wedding here at Holy Cross on Saturday 19th October. As they became one in Christ, we pray for
their happiness and more joy and blessings.
We will be practising the music to celebrate the
occasion on
24th and 31st October at 7.30pm, in the
church. Please come and join us.
CAFOD:
On behalf
of CAFOD and the people of Uganda, we thank
you for your kind generosity and prayers. In total we raised £517.00.
The Late Archbishop Michael Bowen:
It
is with great sadness that we inform you that former Archbishop Michael Bowen
died on 17th October, at St Peter's Home, Vauxhall. May he rest in peace.
Bible verse to remember:
The Lord will guard you from evil, he
will guard your soul. The Lord will guard your going and coming both now and for ever [Psalm
212:8].
