St Clare of Assisi Parish » Justice and Peace

Can you help?

webmaster — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:06:40 +0000

The food given by St Clare’s for people seeking sanctuary in this country is very much needed, so lets keep up the good work.

However toiletries especially shampoo are also desperately needed.

So if you can help with these please leave them in the box in the porch.

Thanks.

Anselme Noumbiwa

webmaster — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:50:18 +0000

Prayers are urgently asked for Anselme who was deported on Wednesday to a very uncertain fate in the Cameroon.

Many of us will remember hearing Anselme speak here at St Clare’s.

Anselme will have arrived in Cameroon in fear for his life and without any means of support. He wasn’t even allowed to charge his mobile phone before deportation.

If anyone would like to make a donation, no matter how small, to help Anselme at this dreadful time please see Barbara, Gerry or Brian.

Helping those in great need

webmaster — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:49:46 +0000

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.

Helping those in great need

webmaster — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:53:38 +0000

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

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.

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

Thank you, St Clare’s School!

webmaster — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:38:46 +0000

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.

Many, many thanks to Mrs Fall, and all the staff, governors, parents and children for their generous kindness and compassion.

Refugee Week planning meeting

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:01:19 +0000

Monday June 8, 2009
7:00 pm	to	8:00 pm

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.

The Covenant with the Poor

webmaster — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:52:01 +0000

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.

We are asked to look at our lifestyles, and see if we can show solidarity with the poor by making pledges to make simple changes.

eg.

To use our cars less
To use less electricity
To use less water
Not to waste food
And any ways to help the environment.

At the back of church there are copies of a wall and a place for pledges to be written, as a family, or individually.

Please take one and fill the promise in. There is no need for a name. We will build our wall showing our promises in the porch. As time passes money saved could be passed on to CAFOD.