The Liturgies and Masses this year are:
1/ St Faustina Community Health Centre in Uganda. Our churches have supported the Centre for several years now providing much needed equipment for the Centre and for projects to help school children & groups in the community. Our J&P Group have liaised with Fr Sylvester, Head of the Centre, and responded to their requests for help by organising collections and transportation of goods which our parishioners have so generously donated, and which has been of great help in enabling the Centre to meet the needs of the local community.
There’s a display of photos received from Fr Sylvester showing how our support has been put to such good use. You can view the display in the Mary Chapel at the car park end of St. Mary’s church, and in Holy Family church.
If you would like to contribute to the work of St Faustina on a regular basis, or with a one-off donation, please go to their website: stfaustinamedicalcenter.com/
2/ New Parish Projects The Justice & Peace Group are considering news projects to support as from April. If any parishioners has any projects/charities in mind either at home or abroad please email rod_rugby@yahoo.co.uk
2/ Live Simply Tip of the week a recent study at Cambridge University found that one quarter of Catholics observed the Friday abstinence from meat. This translates into saving 55,000 tons of carbon per year. If all Catholics did this we would save 220,000 tons each year. If we all had a second meat free day that would be 440,000 ton saved
3/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs Are on sale today at both churches including a new 24 page Easter story activity book that shares the true meaning of Easter.
4/ WASTING FOOD FEEDS CLIMATE CHANGE. Don’t believe us? Well, if we stopped throwing away the 714,000 tonnes of potatoes we waste every year in our homes, it would do the same for the environment as taking 326,000 tonnes of CO2e out of our atmosphere! We’re challenging everyone to understand the true value of food and waste as little as possible. It’s time to act now. https://lovefoodhatewaste.com/
From 20th to 23rd March there are displays & actions on Food Waste at CREW 8/9 South Street. Worthing. BN11 3AL
1/ St Faustina Community Health Centre in Uganda. Our churches have supported the Centre for several years now. providing much needed equipment for the Centre and for projects to help school children & groups in the community. Our J&P Group have liaised with Fr Sylvester, Head of the Centre, and responded to their requests for help by organising collections and transportation of goods which our parishioners have so generously donated, and which has been of great help in enabling the Centre to meet the needs of the local community.
There’s a display of photos received from Fr Sylvester showing how our support has been put to such good use. You can view the display in the Mary Chapel at the car park end of St. Mary’s church, and in Holy Family church.
If you would like to contribute to the work of St Faustina on a regular basis, or with a one-off donation, please go to their website: stfaustinamedicalcenter.com/
2/ New Parish Projects The Justice & Peace Group are considering news projects to support as from April. If any parishioners has any projects/charities in mind either at home or abroad please email rod_rugby@yahoo.co.uk
3/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs Are on sale today at both churches including a new 24 page Easter story activity book that shares the true meaning of Easter.
WASTING FOOD FEEDS CLIMATE CHANGE. Don’t believe us? Well, if we stopped throwing away the 714,000 tonnes of potatoes we waste every year in our homes, it would do the same for the environment as taking 326,000 tonnes of CO2e out of our atmosphere! We’re challenging everyone to understand the true value of food and waste as little as possible. It’s time to act now. https://lovefoodhatewaste.com/
From 20th to 23rd March there are displays & actions on Food Waste at CREW 8/9 South Street. Worthing. BN11 3AL
1/ St Faustina Community Health Centre in Uganda. Our churches have supported the Centre for several years now. Providing much needed equipment for the Centre and for projects to help school children & groups in the community. Our J&P Group have liaised with Fr Sylvester, Head of the Centre, and responded to their requests for help by organising collections and transportation of goods which our parishioners have so generously donated, and which has been of great help in enabling the Centre to meet the needs of the local community.
From today there will be a display of photos received from Fr Sylvester showing how our support has been put to such good use. You can view the display in the Mary Chapel at the car park end of St. Mary’s church, and in Holy Family church.
If you would like to contribute to the work of St Faustina on a regular basis, or with a one-off donation, please go to their website: stfaustinamedicalcenter.com/
2/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week WASTING FOOD FEEDS CLIMATE CHANGE. Don’t believe us? Well, if we stopped throwing away the 714,000 tonnes of potatoes we waste every year in our homes, it would do the same for the environment as taking 326,000 tonnes of CO2e out of our atmosphere! We’re challenging everyone to understand the true value of food and waste as little as possible. It’s time to act now. https://lovefoodhatewaste.com/
From 20th to 23rd March there are displays & action on Food Waste at CREW 8/9 South Street. Worthing. BN11 3AL
3/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs Are on sale at both churches including a new 24 page Easter story activity book that shares the true meaning of Easter.
4/ What are Tiny Forests? They bring the benefits of woodland right into the heart of our cities and urban spaces: connecting people with nature, helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change, as well as providing a nature-rich habitat to support urban wildlife. Our nearest one is at East Lancing Recreation Ground. tinyforest.earthwatch.org.uk/
1/ CAFOD Family Fast Day – This Lent, your donations to CAFOD’s Family Fast Day appeal will help hardworking people like James the fisherman in Liberia with resources, tools and training to feed their families for good. Give today using the envelope include filling in the Gift Aid section if a UK tax payer or online at cafod.org.uk otherwise through the contactless machines/card readers at the back of the churches. And please join us in praying with James that our sisters and brothers around the world have what they need to feed their families.
2/ St Faustina Community Health Centre in Uganda. Our churches have supported the Centre for several years now. Providing much needed equipment for the Centre and for projects to help school children & groups in the community. Our J&P Group have liaised with Fr Sylvester, Head of the Centre, and responded to their requests for help by organising collections and transportation of goods which our parishioners have so generously donated, and which has been of great help in enabling the Centre to meet the needs of the local community.
From 3rd March there will be a display of photos received from Fr Sylvester showing how our support has been put to such good use. You can view the display in the Mary Chapel at the car park end of St. Mary’s church, and in Holy Family church.
If you would like to contribute to the work of St Faustina on a regular basis, or with a one-off donation, please go to their website: stfaustinamedicalcenter.com/
3/ Sudan’s ‘forgotten’ war and the immense suffering of its people Vatican News report on the fact that despite the fact that there have been over 12,000 deaths in Sudan, and around 7 million displaced people last year, the conflict, which has been ongoing for around nine months, is ‘far from the cares of the world’. The UN emergency relief chief has described the crisis in Sudan as “One of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history”. Aljazeera reports “As war continues unabated in Sudan, an acute food emergency could kill hundreds of thousands of people by next year”.
4/ 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
5/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs will be on sale at from next Sunday at both churches including a new 24 page Easter story activity book & shares the true meaning of Easter
“The Promise of the Father” is an exciting new course for Arundel and Brighton Diocese in support of the Word Who is Life Pastoral Plan. The course aims to help us to live our lives empowered by the Holy Spirit. It is held over seven sessions, each with a well renowned speaker and small group discussions and starts just after Easter, on the 10th April 2024 and will run to the 23rd May.
You can attend online or in-person as the event is hosted from the Arundel Cathedral Centre in Arundel and is completely free. There are many excellent speakers, Michelle Moran, Bishop Richard Moth, Fr Richard Ounsworth. Fr Rod Jones, Fr Graham Ricketts and Deacon Phil Richardson – and saving the best to last, the course includes a special service in Arundel Cathedral on Pentecost Vigil, the Saturday evening before Pentecost, for us to come together for Mass, Adoration and to receive prayer for the filling and empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
The Promise Of the Father promises to be an exciting, enriching and God willing, a life-changing experience for everyone. Spaces in the venue and online are limited so early booking is essential, so please book now using the link below to avoid disappointment.
Click here to book your free place: link
You can find more information on the course here: https://www.catholicparishofworthingandlancing.co.uk/the-promise-of-the-father/
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the A&B CDSC team: dabcdsc@gmail.com
CAFOD Family Fast Day – Lent appeal. This Lent, your donations to CAFOD’s Family Fast Day appeal will help hardworking people like James the fisherman in Liberia with resources, tools and training to feed their families for good. And please join us in praying with James that our sisters and brothers around the world have what they need to feed their families. Please take an envelope including filling in the Gift Aid section if a UK tax payer & return it next Sunday when there will be a 2nd collection or through the contactless machines/card readers at the back of the church, otherwise you can donate at cafod.org.uk Also please take a prayer card & join us in praying for CAFOD’s development and emergency response work all over the world.
CAFOD School Volunteers Urgently Needed to Inspire Younger Generations. Do you enjoy working with children & young people? Could you help to inspire & empower children & young people in our Catholic schools to bring alive their sense of global justice? Could you give an assembly or workshop in a local school? Supported by CAFOD with training & resources, you will relish the time you spend discussing issues of global justice with children & young people. You will add to parish & school life, complementing the work of teachers, priests & catechists. For more information contact Jenny at your local CAFOD volunteer centre. arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk Tel 01483 573273 Mob 07710 094448
Live Simply Tip of the Week – Go Green(er) for Lent. The weeks leading up to Easter are a great time to start or give something up that benefits nature and helps address climate change. Is there a change you can make to better care for creation and improve our lives and the lives of others through healthy, eco-friendly and sustainable living?
Sudan’s ‘forgotten’ war and the immense suffering of its people Vatican News report on the fact that despite the fact that there have been over 12,000 deaths in Sudan, and around 7 million displaced people last year, the conflict, which has been ongoing for around nine months, is ‘far from the cares of the world’. The UN emergency relief chief has described the crisis in Sudan as “One of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history”. Aljazeera reports “As war continues unabated in Sudan, an acute food emergency could kill hundreds of thousands of people by next year”.
Labour behind the Label Will you stand alongside the women who make our clothes? Eight ways take action today. Labour behind the Label have provided a list of eight ways that you can stand in solidarity with those women who make our clothes, and have written about how important activism is. See what you can do to help labourbehindthelabel.org
1/ The annual diocesan Justice & Peace Assembly took place at The
St Philip Howard Centre in Crawley on 27th January. The theme this year centred on safety in our homes and in our communities, with speakers from a range of charities and organisations including Restored, Lifecentre and Pax Christi. Canon Rob Esdaile (opened the event with a talk entitled ‘Peace in Our Relationships and Communities – Theological Considerations’. You can read an extract from Canon Rob’s talk below:
“What has our Christian faith got to say about peace in our relationships and communities? And are we part of the solution (as the Church normally assumes) or part of the problem?
“Peace is not the absence of fighting. Peace is not the cowed existence of those who are controlled, gas-lighted or robbed of their ability to think for themselves. Peace is not the imposition of a constant threat of violence or the sapping of a community’s will to resist. A peace without any uproar is not biblical peace, because true peace is a fruit both of justice and of the action of the Spirit, who blows where She will. Peace has to be a positive condition. It is about restored relationships, mutual respect, making room for the other and their dreams; about a trust that each person and each culture has not only an intrinsic God-given value but also a unique contribution to make, a gift to share for the good of all. Peace is the enabling of that sharing…
“We have to create oases of reconciliation, examples of other ways of resolving conflict, projects that make the possibility of peace tangible and the search for peace urgent. We are bidden to seek first the Kingdom of God and God’s righteousness (Mt 6.33). Loving our neighbours is what we are about. Meanwhile, “Say “No” to peace if what they mean by peace is the quiet misery of hunger, the frozen stillness of fear, the silence of broken spirits, the unborn hopes of the oppressed.”
2/ CAFOD School Volunteers Urgently Needed to Inspire Younger Generations. Do you enjoy working with children & young people? Could you help to inspire & empower children & young people in our Catholic schools to bring alive their sense of global justice? Could you give an assembly or workshop in a local school? Supported by CAFOD with training & resources, you will relish the time you spend discussing issues of global justice with children & young people. You will add to parish & school life, complementing the work of teachers, priests & catechists. For more information contact Jenny at your local CAFOD volunteer centre. arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk Tel 01483 573273 Mob 07710 094448
3/ Live Simply Tip of the Week – Soothe coughs naturally For a cheaper and natural alternative to shop-bought cough medicine, soothe sore throats with an infusion of organic honey and lemon in hot water. The honey will relieve irritation and has valuable antimicrobial properties. Provided by https://www.foe.co.uk/
4/ Transition Town Worthing (TTW) are holding their annual seed swap in the CREW centre 8/9 South St. BN11 3AL opposite Iceland. It’s from 10AM to 12.30PM on Sat 17 Feb. Come and get your supplies ready for the growing season – vegetable, herb and flower seeds and some plants – to exchange or donate. There are also dried flowers, onion sets and seed potatoes for sale. Some refreshments are also available.
5/ Green Christian We are a community of ordinary Christians from all backgrounds and traditions. Inspired by our faith, we work to care for Creation through prayer, living simply, public witness, campaigning and mutual encouragement. Green Christian exists to share Green insights with Christians and to offer Christian insights to the wider Green movement. We walk alongside those of faith and no faith. The Justice & Peace group have been affiliated for a number of years. www.greenchristian.org.uk/
1/ CAFOD School Volunteers Urgently Needed to Inspire Younger Generations. Do you enjoy working with children & young people? Could you help to inspire & empower children & young people in our Catholic schools to bring alive their sense of global justice? Could you give an assembly or workshop in a local school?
Supported by CAFOD with training & resources, you will relish the time you spend discussing issues of global justice with children & young people. You will add to parish & school life, complementing the work of teachers, priests & catechists.
For more information contact Jenny at your local CAFOD volunteer centre. arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk Tel 01483 573273 Mob 07710 094448
2/ Columbian Schools Media Competition We are looking for students in Britain and Ireland (aged 13-18 inclusive) to submit an original piece of writing or an original image on the theme “Biodiversity Matters” Closing date 17th Feb. More info at http://www.columbancompetition.com/
3/ Live Simply Tip of the Week – Buy & donate second-hand clothing. Support the town’s charity shop’s for some great bargains. By doing this you are supporting the circular economy. Some charity shops are also looking for volunteers. http://www.zerowastehome.com/about/tips/
4/ Worthing Deanery Group Justice & Peace Group This new group was set up last year with the aim for the churches to work together. Since formation we have been carrying out joint actions between the churches, two examples are the collection of clothing for Gatwick Detainees last Autumn & the signing of the CAFOD Giant Letter on behalf of small farmers in the developing world. The next event planned is a sponsored walk on behalf of CAFOD, watch this space.
5/ The annual diocesan Justice & Peace Assembly took place at The
St Philip Howard Centre in Crawley on Saturday. The theme this year centred on safety in our homes and in our communities, with speakers from a range of charities and organisations including Restored, Lifecentre and Pax Christi. Canon Rob Esdaile (opened the event with a talk entitled ‘Peace in Our Relationships and Communities – Theological Considerations’. You can read an extract from Canon Rob’s talk below:
“What has our Christian faith got to say about peace in our relationships and communities? And are we part of the solution (as the Church normally assumes) or part of the problem?
“Peace is not the absence of fighting. Peace is not the cowed existence of those who are controlled, gas-lighted or robbed of their ability to think for themselves. Peace is not the imposition of a constant threat of violence or the sapping of a community’s will to resist. A peace without any uproar is not biblical peace, because true peace is a fruit both of justice and of the action of the Spirit, who blows where She will. Peace has to be a positive condition. It is about restored relationships, mutual respect, making room for the other and their dreams; about a trust that each person and each culture has not only an intrinsic God-given value but also a unique contribution to make, a gift to share for the good of all. Peace is the enabling of that sharing…
“We have to create oases of reconciliation, examples of other ways of resolving conflict, projects that make the possibility of peace tangible and the search for peace urgent. We are bidden to seek first the Kingdom of God and God’s righteousness (Mt 6.33). Loving our neighbours is what we are about. Meanwhile, “Say “No” to peace if what they mean by peace is the quiet misery of hunger, the frozen stillness of fear, the silence of broken spirits, the unborn hopes of the oppressed.”
To read Canon Rob’s talk in full, https://www.abdiocese.org.uk/news/canon-rob-esdaile-true-peace-j-p-assembly?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_17_2022_14_56_COPY_02)&mc_cid=f84c27c035&mc_eid=24d11430c0
1/ CAFOD School Volunteers Urgently Needed to Inspire Younger Generations. Do you enjoy working with children & young people? Could you help to inspire & empower children & young people in our Catholic schools to bring alive their sense of global justice? Could you give an assembly or workshop in a local school? Supported by CAFOD with training & resources, you will relish the time you spend discussing issues of global justice with children & young people. You will add to parish & school life, complementing the work of teachers, priests & catechists. For more information contact Jenny at your local CAFOD volunteer centre. arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk Tel 01483 573273 Mob 07710 094448
2/ Buying Fairtrade is easy. There are over 6,000 Fairtrade products from coffee and tea to flowers and gold. When you shop, look for the FAIRTRADE Mark. The power is in your hands. www.fairtrade.org.uk/
3/ Columbian Schools Media Competition We are looking for students in Britain and Ireland (aged 13-18 inclusive) to submit an original piece of writing or an original image on the theme “Biodiversity Matters” Closing date 17th Feb. More info at http://www.columbancompetition.com/
4/ Live Simply Tip of the Week Laundry washing once a week saves time and dryer energy costs, use a laundry detergent sold in bulk, full loads, and cold water cycles as much as possible. Then hang out on the washing line to dry naturally http://www.zerowastehome.com/about/tips/