Newsletter for Week starting on Sunday 01st March 2020 : 01st Sunday of Lent 2020
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road, Catford, London SE6 2JS
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam [Parish Priest] – 02086983672
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
29th Feb / 01st Mar 2020 [01st Sunday of Lent 2020]
Parish Contacts
Parish Office - Open Wed & Fri [10am -3pm]
020 8698 3672
Josepha Flahive [secretary]
Lisa O’Hara [volunteer]
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
Holy Cross Bookshop, 020 3441 8240
Holy Cross School
[020 8698 2675]
Miss Mary Collins & Miss Giovanna Finaldi
www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk
Repository:
To buy gifts and cards, the church shop is open after all weekend Masses.
St Vincent De Paul [SVP] 07835 188411
Safeguarding Line 07598 524024
Third Thursday Time TTT
Email: [email protected]
Hartley Hall [Angela Allen]
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
Email: [email protected]
Finance: £804.96; SO £503
Poor Parishes:£186.97
Meet Fr Antony without an appointment on Monday and
Thursday after the 9.15am Masses.
*Food
Bank collection: every 2 Sunday (next 7/8th March 2020)*
Please join:
Rosary: Mon Tues Thurs 9.40am / Wed 8.50am, Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Wed 9.40am, Confessions: Sat 6pm, Church cleaning and Decoration: Thurs 10am
Parish Diary
Altar Servers Training Feb 29, Mar 21, 28
Liturgical Committee Meeting - March 21
Mothers Day - March 22
Ecumenical Stations Of The Cross – March 29
Lenten Confessions – March 31
Ecumenical Palm Sunday Liturgy - April 5 At 9.45am
Walk Of Mercy – April 8
Maundy Thursday -April 9
Good Friday – April 10
Holy Saturday - Morning Prayer Of The Church At 10am
Easter – April 12
New Parishioners Welcome Day – May 3
First Holy Communion - May 9/10,16/17
Confirmation – May 19
Lenten Confessions – March 31st from 7.30 pm.
Priests will be available to hear
your confession in different lauguages including Spanish, Portugese, Polish,
and Tamil.
ASH WEDNESDAY
Thank you to the UCM for providing soup
after the 7pm Mass.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING LENT – FRIDAYS 7- 7.30PM
U Mar 6 - UCM Mar; Mar 13 – SVP; Mar 20 – Readers;
U Mar 27 –
Diamond Club; Apr 3 – Altar Servers & Sacristans
Parish
Group Leaders
– Thursday 5th March 7.00pm.
Safeguarding updating for all parish
group leaders. It is imperative that every group is represented – Pat Barber.
Meet Fr Antony
without
an appointment on Monday and Thursday after the 9.15am Masses.
Lewisham Deanery Day
of Recollection for Extraorinary Ministers: The Annual Day of
Recollection for Extraordinary Ministers in the Lewisham Deanery will
take place on Saturday 14th March at Good Shepherd Hall Downham,
from 10am with registration and Coffee. The first session
starts at 10.30am. To mark the Year of the Word of God “The
God who speaks”, we have Chris Chapman from the Diocesan
Spirituality Commission who will lead the Day and give us all a very
positive experience of Prayer. Copies of the Diocesan Prayer Pack
will also be available. We will conclude the morning with Benediction
in the Church at 12.15pm.
Funerals:
Please pray for the
repose of the souls of Harry West, John Van-Hill and William Patrick
Curtin who have died recently. Please
pray for their families at this difficult time.
Please join
the Diamond club for
their spring sale on Tuesday 3 March 8am-2pm in Hartley Hall. Commencing with
bacon butties at 8am. There will be lots of stalls including, fancy goods and
home crafts as well as cakes and vintage clothing, raffles and a warm welcome
to you all.
Legion of Mary:
A Member of
the Legion of Mary, John B McLoughlin is visiting us from Ireland. He will speak briefly at our weekend
Masses (March 7th/8th) and share some of his experiences
promoting the Word of God. You will have a chance to join the Legion of Mary.
Prayer of the Faithful:
Giovanna Finaldi [01/03]; Aggie Clement
[08/03]; Lesley Allen [15/03]; Michael Malley [22/03]; Amy Quinn [29/03]
Bible Quiz – Leviticus
How often was the
Year of Jubilee?
What was offered in a Burnt Offering?
Name the seven
festivals given by God to celebrate?
Which offerings were
done according to wealth?
Email answers to: [email protected]
Winners of last week’s quiz are:
Mary Burke & Hannah Burke, Alla Kodjo
The Book of Leviticus
is hard to read. It consists of various laws that God gave
to the Israelites through Moses as rules for the covenant which he had made
with them. These laws can be understood as footnotes to the Ten
Commandments. They explain how the Commandments can be lived in
society. The Book shows us the practical ramifications of living out God's
commandments. It also impresses upon us the utter holiness of God
who ought to be approached with careful preparation and who desires the total
surrender of his followers.
Pray for the sick:
Let us pray for the
sick including Pat Doyle, Gloria Israel, Mariam Philomin, Rose Calver, Joan
Loughnane, Agatha Lewis, Myra Hannon, Elizabeth Goba, Florence
Nosegbe, Gala Lobo and Ann
Whitington.
Guild of St Stephen Altar
Servers Rally - Saturday 9 May 2020 -
Aylesford Priory, Kent.
Servers, who have served holy Mass for at
least six months, are invited to enrol into The Guild of St
Stephen. Servers already in the Guild will renew their promises to
do their best to serve regularly, with reverence and understanding, for the glory of God, the service of the Church and their own
eternal salvation. This is a special day for all servers, their
families and friends. Please see the poster displayed for further
details or visit the diocesan website.
The ecumenical Women’s World day of Prayer
service in Holy Cross is
on Friday 6th March at 11am, followed by tea and cake in Hartley Hall.The theme this year is Zimbabwe “”rise up,
pick up your mat and walk” - all are welcome. If you would like to participate,
there is a practice session on Tuesday 3rd March at 3pm in the
church.
This is an invitation to all readers, both new and old, to learn
more about the Ministry of the Word, go through some of the procedures for
reading at Mass, practice reading, and also to meet others involved in this
important Ministry. Please come along
