Craft group supports local Asylum Seekers

St. Clare’s Friday Craft Group has very kindly given a £100 donation to Asylum Seekers. The money has been shared between the Mary Thompson Fund, which gives £5 and a bag of food each week to people who do not get any Government help, and Justice First, which gives help and support to Asylum Seekers in our area. Many thanks to the Craft group.
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Help urgently needed for young mum

Help is urgently sought for a young, pregnant Congolese woman and her 18 month old son. This lady is not receiving any financial support and needs clothes for her son and baby clothes as well as the usual things a baby needs. She has nothing and is staying with a friend. So if you can provide any help to this young woman, please contact Barbara Morris on 277358, Gerry Butterfield on 593698,...
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CAFOD Self-sufficiency Campaign

Do we want to help people to help themselves: to enjoy the satisfaction of earning a living and not relying on hand-outs? Catholic social teaching has long acknowledged the dignity of the worker and his right to a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work. Pope Paul V1 in his encyclical ‘Popularum Progressio‘, and, more recently, Pope Benedict in ‘Caritas in...
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Goods for Asylum Seekers

Imperishable food and toiletries may be placed in the box in the church porch, and will be taken to Sylvan House to be distributed to the Asylum Seekers who have no support. Other goods and clothes can be taken to the Avenue Methodist Church (side door) any Wednesday morning after 10.00am. Please do not leave these in the church.
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Peace Sunday

There will be a retiring collection after Masses this weekend to support the work of Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace. About Pax Christi Pax Christi is rooted in Catholic Christianity but is open to all who share its values and work. The initiative of one woman, Martha Dortel-Claudot, Pax Christi was founded in 1945 in France to pray for reconciliation between the...
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