Newsletter for Week starting on the 27th October 2019 - 30th 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
26th/27th September 2019 [30th 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 £690.66 SO: £483.00
All
Saints Day [1st
November, Friday]:
Solemnity, Holy Day of Obligation. Masses at 9.15am and 8pm.
Holy Hour at 7pm.
All Saints Day choir practice:
We will be practicing the music to celebrate the
occasion on
31st October at 7.30pm, in the church.
Please come and join us.
All Souls
Day: [2nd
November, Saturday] –
special Mass at 10am to remember and pray for the
peaceful repose of the souls of our departed brothers and sister.
Blessing of the graves:
we shall
assemble at Hither Green Cemetery at 3.00pm for a prayer service of remembrance
to honour our departed parishioners, relatives and friends.
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
The Pharisee in today’s Gospel is “praying to himself.” It doesn’t mean he was praying silently. It seems to mean something a lot more troubling, that he is praying to himself; that God is not his prayer’s intended audience. The words of the Pharisee are very much centred on himself: he makes claims about his character. He highlights his own admirable activities. Good stewards of their prayer lives know that a prayer of praise and thanksgiving should focus on the goodness of God. Do your prayers of thanksgiving always stay focused on God’s unfathomable, immeasurable goodness and generosity?
Baptisms: Please prary for Matteo Pollonais-Gonzalez, Valentina Pollonais-Gonzalez and Maia Pollonais-Gonzalez who are going to be baptised this weekend.
The Pharisee in today’s Gospel is “praying to himself.” It doesn’t mean he was praying silently. It seems to mean something a lot more troubling, that he is praying to himself; that God is not his prayer’s intended audience. The words of the Pharisee are very much centred on himself: he makes claims about his character. He highlights his own admirable activities. Good stewards of their prayer lives know that a prayer of praise and thanksgiving should focus on the goodness of God. Do your prayers of thanksgiving always stay focused on God’s unfathomable, immeasurable goodness and generosity?
Baptisms: Please prary for Matteo Pollonais-Gonzalez, Valentina Pollonais-Gonzalez and Maia Pollonais-Gonzalez who are going to be baptised this weekend.
Pray
for the sick:
Let us pray for the sick
including Mariam Philomin, Rose Calver, Charlie
Hyam, Rose Calver, Agatha Lewis, Elizabeth Goba, Florence Nosgobie, Gala
Lobo and Ann
Whitington.
Requiem Mass:
Please pray for Franci Faluyi
whose funeral Mass will be on Monday 11 November. We also pray for his family
at this difficult time.
Gospel
Stewardship Reflection
The Pharisee in today’s Gospel is “praying to
himself.” It doesn’t mean he was praying silently. It seems to
mean something a lot more troubling, that he is praying to himself;
that God is not his prayer’s intended audience. The words of the
Pharisee are very much centred on himself: he makes claims about his
character. He highlights his own admirable activities. Good stewards
of their prayer lives know that a prayer of praise
and thanksgiving should focus on the goodness of God. Do your prayers
of thanksgiving always stay focused on God’s unfathomable,
immeasurable goodness and generosity?
NOVEMBER
LIST 2019:
we always remember our beloved departed family
members and friends. In November, it
being the month of Holy Souls, we particularly remember and pray that the Lord
embrace them with his tender love; deliver them from every evil and bid them
enter eternal rest. Please put the list
of names in a Holy Souls envelope together with your offering and place it in
the Holy Souls box. We will place all those names on the Altar and pray for
those souls every day in the month of November.
Parish Christmas Fayre for Sacristy Refurbishment:
This year’s Christmas Fayre will be on Saturday
30th November from 11.30-14.30 in Holy Cross School Hall.
All funds raised will go towards the refurbishment of the
Sacristy.
The prize draw is our best fundraiser and the first prize
will be £500. To facilitate this we need 20 generous people to donate £25 each.
If you would like to make a donation please put the cash or a cheque, made
payable to Holy Cross Church, in an envelope marked FAO Angela Allen.
If you are able to volunteer to help in any way please
add your name and contact details to the list at the back of the church or make
yourself known to Fr Antony or Angela Allen.
Holy
Cross Quiz night: Its time for our Holy cross Quiz night on
Thursday, 7 th November, 7 for a 7.30 start £10 including Buffett supper. Soft
drinks provided but bring your own alcohol if desired. come on your own or book
a table, teams of 8. Contact 07729785843. Hosted by parish UCM and Diamond
club.
YSVP
Pizza Event
[no charge]: The Youth SVP are holding a pizza event in Hartley Hall, on
Saturday 16th November 2019 from 4.15 to 6.15pm. This event is for anyone
between the ages of 12 &18. We will be starting with a short prayer session
and finishing with Mass at 6.30pm. Any parent who would like to pick up his/
her child before that, please come at 6.15 to Hartley Hall otherwise you
can meet them at the Church after Mass. Come along and meet people in the
parish and find out what YSVP do. Call Phil on 07894058498 to find out more or
just turn up on the day. Parental approval letters available at the back of the
Church.
Meet Fr Antony
this week without an appointment:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 12pm.
Parish Council Meeting –
at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 6th
November.
Baptisms:
Please pray for Matteo
Pollonais-Gonzalez, Valentina Pollonais-Gonzalez and Maia Pollonais-Gonzalez
who are going to be baptised this weekend.