Newsletter for Week starting on the 23rd June 2019 :Corpus Christi
HOLYCROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road
Catford,
London, SE6 2JS
Tel : 020 8698 3672
Parish Secretary : Lisa O’Hara (volunteer)
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam
Parish Priest
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
Parish mobile: 07367 426492
Please join
Rosary:Mon Tues Thurs 9.40am / Wed 8.50am
Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Wed 9.40am
Parish Surgery Fri 6 pm
Confessions: Sat 6 pm
Parish Diary
Altar Servers Club 29th June 3-4pm
Legion of Mary Visit 29th June – 6th July
Parish Walk 6th July
Parish Contacts
FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE
Holy Cross Bookshop
4 Brownhill Road, Catford
Tel: 020 8461 0896
www.holycrossbooks.co.uk
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL [020 8698 2675]
Executive Headteacher: Miss Mary Collins
Head of School: Miss Giovanna Finaldi
http://www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk/
St Vincent De Paul 07835 188411
Safeguarding Line 07598 524024
Third Thursday Time TTT
Hartley Hall - Parish Community Centre
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
Finance: Loose £630.43 SO: £503.00
Life :£44.90
Thank you
Corpus
Christi
Many
thanks to everyone who was involved in the preparations for Fr John’s Memorial
Mass.
GIFTS and TALENTS Monday 1st July 7.30pm Hartley Hall.
Did
you enjoy using your gifts and talents for the benefit of others during Lent?
Would you like to broaden that experience? Since Lent 2015 our parish has been
exploring ways as a community, of coming closer to God through Stewardship. It
starts with Gratitude for all the gifts that God has given us, then we
look to develop our Gifts and Talents before sharing them with others.
ANNUAL PARISH WALK 2019 Our annual Walk this year will take place on
Saturday 6th July. Please put this date in your diaries. Funds raised will
support the children in the Special Needs Unit at Ahotokurom in Ghana. Sponsorship forms are still available
New Altar Servers: All those who have received their First Holy
Communion are invited to become an Altar Server. If you wish to become one,
please fill in a form which is available on the website or at the back of the
church and hand it in to the parish office. Training for the New Altar Servers
is on Saturday 29 June at 3pm.
Thank You; I
would like to thank everybody for the support and kindness shown to myself and
my family during recent months. It
was a great comfort that Steve's funeral was at Holy Cross and that is thanks
to F Antony. Thank you also to Fr Doug for supporting us during this difficult
time. A mass of thanksgiving will be
offered for you all. With Gratitude, Mary Baldwin.
The St John Bosco Childrens Summer Camp at
Aldham Essex is an activities camp with a Catholic ethos. Please see the poster
at the back of the church in the porch for further details.
Pray for the sick: Let us pray for the sick including
Mariam Philomin, Charlie Hyam, Rose
Calver, Agatha
Lewis, Elizabeth Goba, Florence Nosgobie, Theresa Harney, Gala Lobo and Ann Whittington. To include anyone’s name, kindly contact Lesley Allen.
Altar Servers Summer
Break August Tuesday 6th – Friday 9th Woldingham,
Surrey Cost £145. This is an excellent few days for boy and girl servers
aged 10- 15. Meeting in a holiday
atmosphere activities include talks, discussions, prayer, daily Mass... For
more details download a form from www.stanselmsdartford.wordpress.com, or
contact Fr. Stephen Boyle, Tel: 01322 220075, email:[email protected]
Parish
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You can obtain an email version of the newsletter by sending a request via http://www.holycross-catford.org.uk/newsletter.html
New
keys are now available and can be collected from Angela Allen in the Hartley
Hall Office on Monday 24th June or Monday 1st July,
between 10 - 11am or 6 - 7pm. If you cannot make either of these times,
please contact Angela via email [email protected] to make alternative arrangements.
Site Maintenance and Caretaker
St George’s
Cathedral is looking for someone to join their site maintenance and caretaking.
The primary function of this role is to provide maintenance and caretaking
services across the whole site. The successful applicant must have previous
experience in a similar environment and ideally some knowledge of health and
safety. Salary: £21,500pa - £23,000 depending on skills and experience.
Interviews will be on 10th July
2019. To apply please send you CV to [email protected] by 4th July 2019.
New Readers At Mass Applications for the above 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 from the Porch, and hand it over to Father Antony
or in to the Parish Office. There will be an induction day, as well as training
days for all readers.You are warmly invited to attend the 'Talents and Gifts'
Evening on Monday 1st July 7.30pm - 9pm. in Hartley Hall, where we can discuss
the matter further.Any queries regarding this can be directed to Rob Dunbar,
07506-974662, [email protected].