Welcome - HOLY CROSS CHURCH CATFORD
HOLY CROSS CHURCH
Parish Contacts
Parish Office: Lisa O’Hara
Josepha Flahive [02086983672]
Hartley Hall [Angela Allen]
Culverley Road, SE6 2LD
Email: hartleyhall@holycross-catford.org.uk
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 thirdthursdaytime@gmail.com
Finance: Loose £710.70 SO: £483
CAFOD:£517
Newsletter matters to be sent to antonymegalan@rcaos.org.uk by Wednesday.
ALL ARE WELCOME
We are part of the Lewisham Deanery and a parish of Archdiocese of Southwark
Please take a look inside our Church.
Whenever we come into the presence of God in this holy church of
Holy Cross - Catford,we experience both invisible communion with God
and visible communion with each other. For more than a century, this beautiful church has been a spiritual power House for people to have shared in this invisible and visible communion.
Please come and taste this unconditional love of God and to experience this friendly atmosphere in our Holy Cross parish.
Fr Antony
Week starting on the 20th October 2019 : 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
is this Sunday, 20th October. It will be a special day to pray for the poor parishes all over the world and to help them financially. There will be a second collection this weekend.
Please pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of Franci Faluyi who died recently.
Bible verse to remember:
The Lord will guard you from evil, he will guard your soul. The Lord will guard your going and coming both now and for ever [Psalm 212:8].
to spread your fragrance everywhere I go;Flood my soul with your spirit and life;Penetrate and possess my whole being so completelyThat all my life may be only a radiance of yours;Shine through me and be so in meThat everyone with whom I come into contactMay feel your presence within me.Let them look up and see no longer me—but only Jesus.Amen.[St. John Henry Cardinal Newman]
Gospel Stewardship Reflection:
If we want to know what Jesus’ parable is about in today’s Gospel, it seems that we don’t need to work too hard because Saint Luke tell us right at the beginning: “Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.” This parable has often been used to bring comfort to us about our prayer life. But could there be a more challenging message for those who take stewardship seriously? Widows were the poorest and most vulnerable of people in Jesus’ time. Oppressive legal and economic structures were the norm. Jesus embraced with great compassion the poor and the marginalized. Could it be that we are also encouraged to pray persistently for the poor, the weak and the vulnerable as we hear their cry for justice? And that we must not lose heart that we can effect change in their lives? [from Ossie Folkes].
Remembering Blessed John Henry Newman:
Between Sunday 6th and Sunday 27th October 2019, St George's Cathedral in Southwark will be displaying a relic of Blessed John Henry Newman, who was canonised in Rome on Sunday 13th October 2019. In addition, a Mass will be celebrated in honour of Newman's canonisation by Archbishop John Wilson on Sunday 27th October at 11.30 am.
We have got a new Parish Secretary:
Josepha Flahive is our new parish secretary. She was one of nine applicants who applied for this job, and was interviewed and chosen by Sarah Wood [HR Advisor of our Diocese]. She will begin her job on 1st November this year. Josepha has worked for almost 40 years for e.surv Chartered Surveyors (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) as a Health & Safety Co-ordinator and RICS Contact Officer. We wish her all the best.
We will be practising the music to celebrate the occasion on 24th and 31st October at 7.30pm, in the church. Please come and join us.
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.
Harin Karunakaran and Mary Sepamalai celebrated their wedding here at Holy Cross on Saturday 19th October. As they became one in Christ, we pray for their happiness and more joy and blessings.
On behalf of CAFOD and the people of Uganda, we thank you for your kind generosity and prayers. In total we raised £517.00.
Contact us
HOLY CROSS CHURCH
Monday and Thursday:
10am - 12pm
Tel: 020 8698 3672
Email:
Parish Priest : antonymegalan@rcaos.org.uk
catford@rcaos.org.uk