Sunday 21st February 2021 : 1st 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
Parish Contacts
Parish Office is CLOSED
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
www.holycross.lewisham.sch.uk
Repository:
CLOSED
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]
Sunday 21st February 2021 : 1st Sunday of Lent
You can find the Readings from here
URGENT: COVID-19 Update->ALL PARISH ACTIVITIES ARE SUSPENDED - Holy Cross Church is OPEN
The latest document is an information letter from the Archbishop of Southwark
- Overcome Temptations My friend, in this weekend’s Gospel reading, we learn the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness for forty days. It does not mean that he was never again tempted. Jesus was also tempted in different times of his life. For example, in the garden of Gethsemane before his Passion, he prayed: “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” [Luke 22:42(New Living Translation)]. It was in a way a temptation to escape suffering and death. It tells us the fact that temptations are part and parcel of our whole life. Jesus gives us the model to overcome the temptations by Fasting, Prayer and Works of Charity towards the people who are unwanted, unloved and uncared for.
OUR PARISH RESPONSE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC - Updates
- 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.comPlease Note: with the new regulations, we will only be able to hold up to 40 people in the church. We shall follow a “First Come, First Served” rule. Since the obligation to participate the Holy Mass on Sundays is still suspended, please consider attending on weekdays with your family members so that those who cannot make it on weekdays can come during the weekends. Please wear a face mask, sanitise your hands and keep a sufficient distance always in the church. Kindly follow the guidance of Welcome Ministers. Looking forward to seeing you.
- 9 pm for Night Prayer Everyday: In this Pandemic, let us pray together as God’s family and receive His blessings before going to sleep. Please invite your family also to join prayer. Meeting ID: 7578777461; Passcode: 20212021.
- Virtual Meeting with Fr Antony via Zoom: If you would like to speak to Fr Antony, please use the undernoted link, on Thursday this week from 10am. If there is someone before you, please wait in the Zoom Waiting Room. Meeting ID: 7578777461; Passcode: 20212021
- Holy Sacraments at Holy Cross
* Classes will be via Zoom now* From 24th April (after the Easter holidays) we hope to have regular classes at Hartley Hall.* In October, we shall have the celebrations of the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation.
- The Holy Mass is offered everyday via Livestream
- acebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rcchurchcatford/
- Instgram page: https://www.instagram.com/holycrosscatford/
- Our Newsletter is available by visiting our Newsletter webpage with updates on how and when to register for the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Communion, Confirmation and RCIA
Please take a copy of the Newsletter home with you - please do not leave it in the church. Thank you.
- Diamond Club Magazine is available here