Newsletter for Week starting on Sunday 15th March 2020 : 3rd Sunday of Lent
HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH
208 Sangley Road, Catford, London SE6 2JS
Fr Antony Megalan Sellam [Parish Priest] – 02086983672
Website: www.holycross-catford.org.uk
14th Mar / 15th Mar 2020 [03rd 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: ; SO £503
Meet Fr Antony without an appointment on Monday and Thursday after the 9.15am Masses.
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
19th
March – Choir Practice at 7.30pm
Altar Servers Training Mar 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.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING LENT – FRIDAYS 7- 7.30PM
U Mar 20 – Readers;
U Mar 27 – Diamond Club; Apr 3 – Altar Servers & Sacristans
Meet Fr Antony
without an appointment on Monday and Thursday after the 9.15am Masses.
Readings this weekend: Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42.
Responsorial Psalm: O that
today you would listen to his voice! “Harden not your hearts.”
Next week’s Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1,6-7,10-13; Ephesians
5:8-14; John 9:1-41
Extract from the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales
guidelines regarding the necessary measures to
be taken to combat the spread of the Coronavirus
Funerals: Please pray for the repose of the soul of Harry West whose funeral service is on Wedneday 18th March at 3.15pm in
Hither Green Crematorium. Please also
remember in your prayers our former
Archbishop Peter Smith whose Requiem Mass will take place at St George's Cathedral
on Monday 30th March at 12.30 pm. May they rest in peace. Let us
also remember their families and pray they are blessed with much love and
comfort.
USTATIONS OF THE CROSS DURING LENT – FRIDAYS 7- 7.30PM U Mar 20 – Readers; Mar 27 – Diamond Club; Apr 3 – Altar Servers
& Sacristans
Prayer of
the Faithful:- Lesley
Allen [15/03]; Michael Malley [22/03]; Amy Quinn [29/03]
Next Baptism
Preparation course will be on 28th March and 4th
April.
Bible Quiz this Week: Which is the First greatest
Commandment? Who succeeded Moses’ leadership? From where was Moses able to see the land beyond Jordan? What would be the
reward for keeping the commandments? (4:39-40). Email
answers to: [email protected]
Bible Quiz Winners last week: Irene
Ero, Mary & Hannah Burke and Antoine Kodjo
New Choir at Holy Cross
- Calling all singers! You are most welcome to join the Holy Cross Church Choir, Practices are
on Thursdays, 7.30 – 8.30 pm in the church.
The Dedication
of England as The Dowry of Mary [29 March
2020] –England was first entrusted to Our Mother Mary by King Richard II in
1381. Approximately 640 years later on; 29th March 2020, a fresh dedication
will consist of the personal gift of faith of the people of England to the
Mother of God, to seek her help in building a strong spiritual foundation for
New Evangelisation.
Please Note: Regrettably the Diamond club is closed
until further notice due to Diocesan guidelines asking parishes to suspend
large gatherings of older vulnerable adults in light of the coronavirus. Kindly
do your best to maintain contact with individuals by phone, recognising the
harm of social isolation to some of our most vulnerable parishioners. You may
also pray Rosary over the phone.
Unless
given in the Newsletter, all meetings according to the Yearly Plan 2020 in Holy
Cross are cancelled until further notice.