Newsletter for Week starting on the 18th August 2019: 20th 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
17th/18th August 2019 [20th Sunday in Ordinary Time]
Parish Contacts
Parish Office: Lisa O’Hara [available from September]
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 £594 SO: £483.00
First Parish Feast Day Choir: We will be practising the music to celebrate
the occasion on 29th August and 12th September at 7.30pm, in the church. Please
come and join us.
Holy Cross Parish Feast Day: We celebrate our
Parish Feast day, the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross on Saturday 14th September at
the 6.30pm Mass. All parishioners are invited to celebrate our Feast Day and
join us afterwards in the School Hall for a shared celebration. Families and
individuals new to our parish are especially welcome. Please put your name on
the appropriate list at the back of the church if you are able to help, and
what items of food/drink you would like to bring on that day.
Holy
Communion 2020:
Application forms for preparation of the First Reconciliation and Holy
Communion are now available at the back of the church, or on the parish
website. Closing date 9th September 2019
Sacrament of Confirmation: If you are
starting Year 9 in September and feel it is time to take the next step in your
life of faith, we will be starting our journey towards the Sacrament of
Confirmation in October. Please write a letter with your full contact details
including email to Fr Antony (by 25th September) explaining why you want to
receive this important Sacrament of the Holy Spirit. Our first meeting (with
parents) will be on Friday 27th September at 6:30pm and we will spend until
Christmas getting involved in the Parish service projects. Bishop Pat will come
to confirm those who have completed the course on Tuesday 19th May 2020 at
7:30pm.
Join UCM: The Union of Catholic Mothers is a
national organisation of Catholic women, open to all women who support our aims
and objectives in “prayer, love and active witness to marriage, family and
Christian life in the world” from our membership prayer. We meet every Wednesday evening 8 pm – 10 pm
in Hartley Hall. Some of our activities
include talks with slides, discussions and quiz nights. Newcomers are always welcome to join, and you
can ring for a chat first to find out more.
Jenny Gyles: 020 8697 6972, mobile 07502 399574.
Want to become a Catholic or to
find more about our faith?
The RCIA Programme (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults),
starts on 30th September at 7.30pm in Hartley Hall. Please come and see if this
is for you. If you are a parishioner, be brave, invite
friends, family members and acquaintances to take the opportunity
to look at their lives and maybe find some answers to the
big questions. Come and see!
A very warm welcome is extended to those who have been away from the Church and feel they might like to begin the journey back to the practice of their faith. If you are interested please speak to Fr Antony, look at the parish website to find out more about the RCIA and download the application form or contact [email protected]
A very warm welcome is extended to those who have been away from the Church and feel they might like to begin the journey back to the practice of their faith. If you are interested please speak to Fr Antony, look at the parish website to find out more about the RCIA and download the application form or contact [email protected]
Whatsapp for the University Students
from Holy Cross Parish
Our parish priest
asked me to create a group which will be eligible for all young people within
this parish who are attending university this year and current university
students of this parish . This will be a social chat group where you will be
comforted, reassured and gained a deeper understanding that you are not alone
in any challenging situation - Marie-Catherine
Kodjo. Kindly contact 07578777461
or 079207 485934 to include your
name
Requiem Mass: Please pray for Catherine Ndeley whose
funeral Mass will be on Friday 23 August at 12.30pm. We also pray for this
family at this difficult time.
Final Call: Parent and Toddler
Group is in need
of two volunteers to assist from September.
The group meets on Mondays (9 – 11.30am) and Wednesdays (9 – 11.30am)
term time only. This is a very well
established group that not only benefits Holy Cross but also the wider
community. Eileen would love to keep this
great group open but sadly without the assistance of volunteers the group will
have to close. Those interested, please
kindly contact Fr Antony.
Pray for the sick: Let us pray for the sick
including Mariam Philomin, Charlie
Hyam, Rose Calver, Agatha Lewis, Elizabeth Goba, Florence Nosgobie, Gala
Lobo and Ann
Whitington. To include anyone’s name kindly contact
Lesley Allen: [email protected]
Meet our Parish Priest without an appointment on Friday from 5.30 pm.
If you are
sick at home and would like Holy Communion brought to you, please give your name, address and
telephone number to Fr. Antony or Lesley Allen and a Eucharistic Minister will
get in touch with you. Also, if you are aware of a parishioner who is
housebound or ill please let us know. If you are in the hospital and wish to speak to a priest, please
ask the staff to contact the Catholic Chaplain.
St
Alban’s Cathedral will
be our next destination for our Ecumenical pilgrimage next year!!!
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