St Clare of Assisi Parish

The refugees have been put onto a new system to sustain them.

They have been given a card called an Azure card, which allows them to buy food in some shops. They are still not given any cash at all, so they cannot buy at cheaper outlets. They have no money for bus fares, phone calls etc.

We are asking them to exchange some of the £35 Azure card for gift cards in Asda, Tesco or Sainsbury and to bring these to the drop-in at the Avenue Methodist Church on a Wednesday. These will be usually £5 or £10 cards.

If you feel you would like to help to make their lives better, please buy these cards at their face value from Gerry Butterfield or Barbara Morris, who go each week to give money in exchange for a gift card. We will try to get you the card you would like. Just order it.

Many thanks to all who have supported us in this project to help the destitute.

The foods brought in for the Harvest Celebration in St Clare’s School have been very kindly donated to the Mary Thompson Fund, which supports refugees and asylum seekers in the Tees Valley many of whom receive no other support. Continue reading

There will be a meeting of the Justice and Peace group in the Parish rooms at 7pm on Monday 8th June to discuss the Refugee week service on 18th June

Please come to our meeting if you could contribute in anyway.

Also if you would be able to make a dessert please put your name on the list on the table at the back of the church.

Thank you.

It is 10 years since ‘The Covenant with the Poor’ was written. We have a framed copy in the church. CAFOD wishes to remind us of this as the livesimply so that others may simply live, campaign continues.
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