Newsletter for Week starting on the 30th September 2018 : 26th Sunday of 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]
OVERSEAS PROJECTS
The Community of Ahotokurom, Ghana.
www.ahoto.org
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 5th Sunday (29th/30th
Oct)
6.30pm Mariam Philomin, Bridgette
Laing, Chris Joyce.
1) Pat Barber, 2) Rubi Erangey, P) Rahel Leul
10am Joe Baptiste, Caroline
Cleary, Francesca Dunbar, Dilys Grant, Eta Engobeh.
1) Francesca
Savanmut 2) Ben Travers P) Diane Ukah
11.30 John Ogunbadewa John Walsh, Franck Anguibi
1) Vacant, 2)
Dillon Augustin, P) Vacant
Next weekend 1st
Sunday (6th/7th Oct)
6.30pm Lesley Allen, Pat Monaghan, Neville Fernandes.
1) Malcolm
Jones 2) Eunice Conroy P) Pat Barber
10am Iotha Lorde, Marigold
Okor, Kathleen O’Sullivan, Shirine Sukhran, Rafel Skrzyp.
1) Amos Kong
2) Ben Travers P) Kesia Palmer
11.30am
Jude Ibe, Anne Mellis, Cynthia Myers, Franck Anguibi, Vacant.
1)
Ngozi Adedj, 2) Lisa O’Hara 3)
Vacant
FINANCE £1156.75 Many Thanks
Sat 6.30 Vako RIP (Anguibi)
Sun 26th Sunday of the Year
(29th/30th Sept)
10.00 Donald Simpson RIP
11.30 People of the Parish
Mon
St
Therese of the Child Jesus
Virgin, Doctor of the Church.
9.15 Theresa Green RIP
9.40
Rosary
Tue 9.15 Duffus Family (School Governor’s)
9.40
Rosary
Wed 8.50 Rosary
9.15 Deceased members of the Parish
9.40 Divine Mercy
Thur
St
Francis of Assisi
9.15 Felix Rajan Tharasingham RIP
9.40
Rosary
Fri 7.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
8pm Jim Foley RIP (Cleary)
Sat 6.30 Jim Foley RIP (Cleary)
Sun 27th
Sunday of the Year (6th/7th
Oct )
10.00 Mary Monaghan RIP
11.30 People of the Parish
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, Elizabeth Marie Forde, Eileen Embury, Elizabeth Goba, Theresa Harney, Peter Hughes,
Audrey Fitzsimmons, 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,
Please welcome
Dr Mark Mantey
who will be speaking at all Masses this weekend to update us on the work that
has been achieved through the support of Holy Cross Parishioners.
DECEASED
Please pray for
the repose of the soul of Josephine Patterson.
The funeral
will be here on Friday 12th October at 12.30pm. May she rest in peace.
THE HOLY CROSS NIGERIAN
COMMUNITY
…invite
you in to Hartley Hall after the 11.30am Mass for Tea and a chat.
COACH FOR FR JOHN’S FUNERAL
There are just
a few seats left. The coach will be leaving at 8.30am on Tuesday 2nd
October. St Theresa’s have recommended that you bring a bottle of water. The
funeral is at 12 noon and refreshments will be in the school hall afterwards.
We aim to leave at around the 3 o’clock mark but a more accurate time will be
communicated on arrival at St Theresa’s. Seats are £10 and you may also want to
bring a sandwich and a flask
SCHOOL FORMS
Please ensure
that your family has registered on the Parish Website. Once you are registered
school forms will be checked against the signing in registers and Fr. Doug will
be able to sign them.
PARISH REGISTRATION Have you completed a form for you and
your family yet? (Go to the Parish website to do so)
LEWISHAM DEANERY SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE The second event in our Deanery
Spiritual Pilgrimage takes place on Thursday 11th October
7.30-8.30pm, at Holy Cross Catford. With a short prayer session around Mary the
Mother of God, followed by refreshments in Hartley Hall. Do please come and
join us and parishioners from around the Deanery. Details of the November event
will be available soon. The December event will be when the deanery gather for
the Penitential service at St Saviours on 15th December at 11.30am.
RCIA STARTS MONDAY 1ST
OCTOBER AT 7.30PM in
Hartley Hall. For all those who are interested in finding out more about our
faith and joining the Catholic Church. Please encourage friend’s relatives and
acquaintances to come and find out more. Of especial interest to those who have
been away from the Church and want to find their way back again and return to
the practice of their faith. Visit the parish website to find out about the
RCIA and download an application form or contact [email protected] .
SPECIAL MINISTERS
Special
Ministers are reminded that when they renew their commitment at the Mass of the
Lord's Supper on Maundy Thursday they promise to attend a Day of Recollection
in the coming 12 months.
The
Annual Lewisham Deanery Day of Recollection for Special Ministers will take
place at Good Shepherd Downham on Saturday 6th October from 10.00am
-12.00, with refreshments from 9.30 and this
is a golden opportunity to fulfil this request from the Archbishop.
Please
contact St William of York, Forest Hill parish office to register your
attendance by email [email protected]
Also, if you have never been
commissioned and received a certificate then the next commissioning day takes place on Saturday 13th October 2018
from 10.00am concluding with Mass at 2.30pm at: Metropolitan Cathedral Church
of St George Lambeth Road, Southwark, SE1 6HY. Please let the Parish Office know by Monday 1st October.
Stewardship
Reflection
St.
James warns us about accepting the standards of the world and assuming that
what is normative in society needs no countercultural challenge. The temptation
to hoard riches and make sharp bargains at the expense
of the powerless is
pervasive because these things are generally done and look respectable enough.
St. James points to God’s judgment on these attitudes and actions
of amassing wealth and comfort at the expense of others. How might we be better stewards of the material blessings we have been given? How might we use our wealth with compassion toward others?
of amassing wealth and comfort at the expense of others. How might we be better stewards of the material blessings we have been given? How might we use our wealth with compassion toward others?
PLEASE
REMEMBER
Collection for Fr Doug:- all monies to be in by Friday 5th
October.
Memory book please write a message, add a photo share a memory. Available
after 10am Mass in Hartley Hall.
Sign up for food contributions and also offers to help on sheets
at back of the church. Food to the School Hall BEFORE 6.30pm Mass on the 6th
October
Mass stewards please count mass attendance, this week is a National
Mass count.