Sunday 10th April 2022 : Palm Sunday
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road, Catford, London SE6 2JS
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam [Parish Priest] – 02086983672
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
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Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
Holy Cross Bookshop, 020 3441 8240
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[020 8698 2675]
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Sunday 10th April 2022 : Palm Sunday
You can find the Readings from here
HOLY WEEK— Holy Week is the most sacred time in the liturgical year. It is a time of blessing and a time of cherishing God’s salvation for us all. This week in history changed the world. From Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday, there were many events that are vital to our faith, including the Institution of the Eucharist, the Passion of Jesus, and His Resurrection from the dead.
Holy Week, particularly Christ’s Passion and Death, is a great reminder of God’s Love for humanity.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraph 604) says: “By giving up his own Son for our sins, God manifests that his plan for us is one of benevolent love, prior to any merit on our part: “In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.” God “shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”
After two years of troubles and worries due to the Pandemic we are now able to celebrate Holy Week in a worthy manner. In our parish, we have arranged special times for prayer, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Reconciliation [Confession] and so on.
The Sacrament of Confession is a great gift given to us to experience God’s forgiving and unconditional love. There will be many priests hearing confession in our parish for three days after the 7pm Mass. Please make use of this opportunity to prepare yourself to celebrate the Paschal Feast in a worthy way. Please be an apostle to your family members and friends by bringing them to Church at this most blessed time of the year. I wish you and your family a blessed and grace-filled Holy Week.
Fr Antony
Please take a copy of the Newsletter home with you - please do not leave it in the church. Thank you.
- 2nd Collection: On Friday, after the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord, there will be a retiring collection for the Holy Places. The places connected with Our Lord's Passion have always been centres of veneration and pilgrimage. This Good Friday collection is sent for their upkeep, and to help maintain Christian schooling in the area.
- Good Friday Walk of Witness: This year we begin the Good Friday Walk of Witness commemorating the Lord’s Passion by praying the Stations of the Cross through the roads of Catford beginning from St Andrews to St Laurence via Holy Cross from 9am. When the procession reaches Holy Cross church, we shall also pray the Mid-morning Prayer of the Church. We need four Cross bearers from our parish. Please join.
- CHILDREN’S CHOIR AT HOLY CROSS We are now in training to have a children’s choir in our parish. Many thanks to Rachael Wibberley and Francisca Dunbar who came forward to help support our children in singing to the Lord. They are going to sing for the first time at the Easter Sunday 9:00am Mass. If you are still interested in your children joining them, please contact either Rachael or Francisca at [email protected] Rehearsals on Saturdays at 11:30 am
- First Holy Communion, Confirmation and RCIA for next year. Applications for are available from this week. Please collect them from Fr Antony
- LENT IN HOLY CROSS
Divine Mercy Chaplet: Every Wednesday after the 9.15am
HOLY WEEK DIARY
OUR PARISH RESPONSE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC - Updates
URGENT: COVID-19 Update-> Holy Cross Church is Open
COVID SECURITY GUIDELINES : Following the recent changes(Friday 10 dec) in the regulations from the Government, the parish has issued updated guidelines for continued safe and covid-secure worship in the church.The latest document is Guidances for Churches December 2021
- Please note that the Mass times have been reviewed : See below (Mass Times and Intentions)
All the Masses will be live-streamed: https://holy-cross-stream.click2stream.com
- With respect to the current situation with the omicron variant it is important to ensure the following points are followed in our churches:
- That people displaying any symptoms of covid-19 should stay at home and not travel to church or participate in person.
- That hand sanitiser is used by everyone attending the Church.
- Concerning face masks, some form of face covering will be required in most public indoor venues, including places of worship. However, exemptions exist for various reasons: legitimate health reasons, as has always been the case.
- That there is good ventilation and air throughput in the building; in this case, because of climatic conditions, please do wrap up warmly when coming to the church as we may need to leave doors open.
- That people who are engaged in a form of pastoral ministry which involves ministry to the housebound, sick, and vulnerable, should take regular lateral flow tests to ensure they are safe to do so. These are free from the NHS.
- The Holy Mass is offered everyday via Livestream
- Diamond Club Magazine is available here
