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1/ CAFOD: Stand with Sudan. Give monthly.  On the third anniversary of the war in Sudan, Kayode Akintola, CAFOD’s Head of Region for Africa, asks for your help: “So many of our sisters and brothers in Sudan are facing increasing violence, hunger, and disease. That is why today, we’re asking you to consider setting up a regular gift to support families who are fleeing the violence – with food, safe water and other vital support. Monthly gifts are an act of steady love for our neighbours, a way of saying: we will not abandon you, we will stand with you until peace is restored.” Donate at Sudan Crisis Appeal

 

 

2/ Current War’s did you know that the arms trade and military activities cause severe, long-lasting environmental damage, contributing roughly 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Key impacts include air/water pollution from toxic chemicals, significant land contamination from explosive remnants (landmines, munitions), and ecosystem destruction. Modern warfare and weapon production produce vast CO2 emissions, often exceeding the footprint of many nations, while conflicts trigger massive, long-term infrastructure.  See this hard hitting video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjAjO0dl3M

 

 

Live Simply Buy Ethically  Buy things that align with your values and support people you value  (local traders, fair-trade social enterprises, up and coming artisans) and you’ll use your purchasing power for good.

 

4/ SHOUT The WSK Hub Café is great place to swing by for breakfast, lunch or simply coffee and cake. Everything is made onsite, including our homemade soup of the day, Irish Soda Bread and delicious cakes, we’re sure you’ll find something to tickle your fancy.  WSK Hub Cafe – Worthing Soup Kitchen

All the proceeds of the cafe get put back into our other projects including our outreach programme, pop-up food banks and care in the community.

Open Tuesday to Saturday – 9:00am to 3pm (last orders 2:30pm) You can find us at: New Broadway, 35-36 Tarring Road, Worthing, BN11 4HP Why not check out our menu?     And make sure you give our Facebook page a follow to see our daily specials.

 

1/ Pope Leo has invited women and men of goodwill across the world to join him in praying for peace at 5pm this Saturday (11 April). The Pope said he welcomed the news of a – albeit fragile – two-week ceasefire in Iran “as a sign of deep hope” and emphasised that “only through a return to the negotiating table can we bring the war to an end.”

Speaking in his Urbi et Orbi message on Sunday, the Pope asked people  to “search for peace and not violence, to reject war—especially a war which many people have said is unjust… which is not resolving anything.”

 

2/ CAFOD: Stand with Sudan. Give monthly.  On the third anniversary of the war in Sudan, Kayode Akintola, CAFOD’s Head of Region for Africa, asks for your help: “So many of our sisters and brothers in Sudan are facing increasing violence, hunger, and disease. That is why today, we’re asking you to consider setting up a regular gift to support families who are fleeing the violence – with food, safe water and other vital support. Monthly gifts are an act of steady love for our neighbours, a way of saying: we will not abandon you, we will stand with you until peace is restored.” Donate at    Sudan Crisis Appeal

 

3/ The Columban commitment to living out Gospel values of justice, peace and care for creation can be seen everywhere we live and work. Examples include campaigning for peace in Korea, tree-growing with indigenous peoples in the Philippines and accompanying migrant workers in Taiwan.

Building on our mission experience here and around the world, we invite the church in Britain to confront injustice in our priority areas of ‘welcoming the stranger’ (migration and refugees) and ‘care for creation’ (action on the biodiversity and climate crises) – through practical action, education, media and campaigning. Justice, Peace & Ecology – Columban Missionaries

 

4/ SHOUT Helps those who are really struggling to feed their families and the homeless. If you can spare an extra item from your shopping, please donate it to SHOUT Worthing – Soup Kitchen. There are boxes for food donations at the church entrances of St Mary’s.   Holy Family also support a similar charity.

5/ Live Simply Tip of the week more tips to attract Bees Here’s some Bee friendly flower’s: Poppies can bloom from early summer, right up until October – giving bees months of pollen.  Evergreen clematis why not use them to brighten up a wall, or drape them over a pergola to provide shade during the summer?  Foxglove Bees absolutely love foxgloves, and on some days it seems like they’re almost queueing up to crawl inside their many petals.

 

 

 

1/ The Columban commitment to living out Gospel values of justice, peace and care for creation can be seen everywhere we live and work. Examples include campaigning for peace in Korea, tree-growing with indigenous peoples in the Philippines and accompanying migrant workers in Taiwan.

Building on our mission experience here and around the world, we invite the church in Britain to confront injustice in our priority areas of ‘welcoming the stranger’ (migration and refugees) and ‘care for creation’ (action on the biodiversity and climate crises) – through practical action, education, media and campaigning. Justice, Peace & Ecology – Columban Missionaries

 

 

 

 

 

2/ SHOUT Helps those who are really struggling to feed their families and the homeless. If you can spare an extra item from your shopping, please donate it to SHOUT Worthing – Soup Kitchen. There are boxes for food donations at the church entrances of St Mary’s.   Holy Family also support a similar charity.

 

 

 

 

 

3/ Live Simply Tip of the week With the decline in bees partly due to the loss of flower-rich habitats here’s some tips to attract them to your garden. Replace some of your lawn with Bee friendly flowering plants – re-wild it or plant as a meadow area; Plant some British wildflowers; Plant for biodiversity.  More Bee friendly tips to follow next week

 

 

4/ National Emergency Briefing Film There is a new and exciting initiative sweeping the country that aims to inform people about the climate and nature crisis while at the same time giving us agency to respond, grasping the opportunities that this crisis represents, and giving our government the mandate to act.

The film, The People’s Emergency Briefing, is followed by a facilitated and friendly discussion on the implications and opportunities for us locally.

Did you know that more than eight out of ten people in the world want their governments to do more to protect climate and nature? Yet governments consistently underestimate the popularity of climate-and-nature friendly laws.

In November last year, more than 1,200 MPs, peers and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media gathered at Westminster Central Hall for a landmark national briefing delivered by leading UK experts. The event opened with broadcaster Chris Packham, who called for clear public understanding of the risks facing the UK. Experts addressed the implications of climate and nature breakdown for food security, health, national security, infrastructure and the economy, alongside practical evidence on how risks can still be reduced.

Chris Packham has said:

“I’d encourage people everywhere to attend a screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing. It creates exactly the kind of honest local conversation we now urgently need, both about what these changes mean where we live, and about what we can do together to address them.”

Revd xx said:

“At our church we feel excited and privileged to be part of this national effort to respond appropriately to the climate and nature crisis with both urgency and hope. All are welcome, whatever your starting point or previous view – let’s get together as a community, face up to the problem, and work out solutions together over tea and homemade cakes.”

Local MPs, councillors and community leaders are being invited to attend and will be encouraged to take part in discussing how we respond as a community.

The National Emergency Briefing is supported by organisations across conservation, education, faith and civil society, including the Church of England, WWF, the National Trust, CPRE and the Royal Meteorological Society. National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

 

 

 

1/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs are available at at St Mary’s Car Park End this Sunday.  The “Real Easter Egg” is made with delicious Fairtrade milk chocolate, is plastic and palm oil free, and comes with a 24 page Easter story and activity book. https://meaningfulchocolate.co.uk/collect…/real-easter-egg

 

 

 2/ SHOUT Helps those who are really struggling to feed their families and the homeless. If you can spare an extra item from your shopping, please donate it to SHOUT Worthing – Soup Kitchen. There are boxes for food donations at the church entrances of St Mary’s.   Holy Family also support a similar charity.

 

 3/ Live Simply Tip of the week How does walking and cycling help to protect the environment? Here are five ways that walking and cycling can help protect the environment 1. Reduces air pollution 2. Creates a need for more green spaces 3. Boosts biodiversity 4. Reduces noise pollution 5. Inspires behaviour change

 

4/ National Emergency Briefing Film There is a new and exciting initiative sweeping the country that aims to inform people about the climate and nature crisis while at the same time giving us agency to respond, grasping the opportunities that this crisis represents, and giving our government the mandate to act.

The film, The People’s Emergency Briefing, is followed by a facilitated and friendly discussion on the implications and opportunities for us locally.

Did you know that more than eight out of ten people in the world want their governments to do more to protect climate and nature? Yet governments consistently underestimate the popularity of climate-and-nature friendly laws.

In November last year, more than 1,200 MPs, peers and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media gathered at Westminster Central Hall for a landmark national briefing delivered by leading UK experts. The event opened with broadcaster Chris Packham, who called for clear public understanding of the risks facing the UK. Experts addressed the implications of climate and nature breakdown for food security, health, national security, infrastructure and the economy, alongside practical evidence on how risks can still be reduced.

Chris Packham has said:

“I’d encourage people everywhere to attend a screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing. It creates exactly the kind of honest local conversation we now urgently need, both about what these changes mean where we live, and about what we can do together to address them.”

Revd xx said:

“At our church we feel excited and privileged to be part of this national effort to respond appropriately to the climate and nature crisis with both urgency and hope. All are welcome, whatever your starting point or previous view – let’s get together as a community, face up to the problem, and work out solutions together over tea and homemade cakes.”

Local MPs, councillors and community leaders are being invited to attend and will be encouraged to take part in discussing how we respond as a community.

The National Emergency Briefing is supported by organisations across conservation, education, faith and civil society, including the Church of England, WWF, the National Trust, CPRE and the Royal Meteorological Society. National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

 

 

 

1/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs  are available at both churches from this weekend.  The “Real Easter Egg” is made with delicious Fairtrade milk chocolate, is plastic and palm oil free, and comes with a 24 page Easter story and activity book. https://meaningfulchocolate.co.uk/collect…/real-easter-egg

 

 

 

 

2/ SHOUT Helps those who are really struggling to feed their families and the homeless. If you can spare an extra item from your shopping, please donate it to SHOUT Worthing – Soup Kitchen. There are boxes for food donations at the church entrances of St Mary’s.   Holy Family also support a similar charity.

 

 

 

 

 

3/ Live Simply Tip of the week How does walking and cycling help to protect the environment? Here are five ways that walking and cycling can help protect the environment 1. Reduces air pollution 2. Creates a need for more green spaces 3. Boosts biodiversity 4. Reduces noise pollution 5. Inspires behaviour change

 

 

 

 

4/ Work Experience Application CAFOD and the St Vincent de Paul Society (England & Wales) are working together to offer residential work experience for 20 young adults (10 per organisation) over 18 years old. Anyone who cares about people living in poverty, and wants to know how to make a difference in their community and overseas are invited to apply. The experience will particularly appeal to those interested in future careers in education, politics, communications, or charity work.

Key Information:

• When?- Sunday 21st- Friday 26th June 2026
• Who?-  18-25 year olds. Those who are in their first or second year at University, will get priority.
• Where?- Romero House, Waterloo, SE1 7JB.
• Cost? FREE
• Closing date: 6th April

You will be staying with the Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary at St Monica House, 83 Clapham Road, SW9 0HY. Please note that rooms and bathrooms will be shared and due to limited space single rooms are not available. 

The week will start with Mass on the Sunday afternoon and include time for sight-seeing in London, socialising and praying together. More information will be given in due course.

The closing date for applications is 6th April 2026. 

If you have any queries, please contact – Kezia Harrow  on KeziaH@svp.org.uk  or text/call O7917923605.