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1/ Diocese Justice & Peace Assembly 2024 The St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley, RH10 6RP Sat 27^th Jan from  10am to 1.30pm this year’s subject is “Safe at home, safe in our communities”?  Addressing violence and abuse in our homes, families, and wider community.  All welcome

2/ The Catholic Worker Farm provides temporary accommodation, food, English lessons, counselling and other services for destitute (without access to public funds) female asylum seekers (who we call our ‘sisters’) and their children, at no charge. All of the women are street homeless and are referred to the CW Farm by refugee services/agencies, Social Services, The Constabulary and other bodies. The CW Farm /Mary House meets the physical needs in relation to shelter, food and clothing, but just as importantly, enables the guests to live in a supportive and loving environment. The J&P group has supported this group  https://thecatholicworkerfarm.org/

3/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week.  Libraries don’t just loan books. Lots of them hire out music cassettes and CDs, movie videos and DVDs, and even PlayStation games. Use your library to save yourself the cost of building up your own collection https://friendsoftheearth.uk/

4/CAFOD School Volunteers Urgently Needed to Inspire Younger Generations. Do you enjoy working with children & young people?  Could you help to inspire & empower them?  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 Mob07710 094448

Justice & Peace for further updates & news please go to the parish website & social media https://www.catholicparishofworthingandlancing.co.uk/  https://www.facebook.com/stmarysjpworthing

1/ Diocese Justice & Peace Assembly 2024 The St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley, RH10 6RP Sat 27^th Jan from  10am to 1.30pm this year’s subject is “Safe at home, safe in our communities”?  Addressing violence and abuse in our homes, families, and wider community.  All welcome

2/ SHOUT Worthing Soup Kitchen I would like to thank you all for your support throughout 2023 it has been greatly appreciated. Our hub has been open and trading for 15 weeks and we are now in the position where we are going to be able to take on a full time Manager

We are in the process of securing another lease for 219 Tarring Road – here we will have a permanent home for our food pantry and community fridge. We have secured a year’s funding from Southern Housing to do this. This will enable us to open more often and tackle food waste better in our community.  We are going to run half of the new premises as a charity shop – that should enable us to raise enough finances to cover the following year’s rent as everyone knows – the food pantry will not make any money but cost us financially.  We will do our best to make this new venture work.  Here is to the New Year and I wish you all the best for your 2024 adventures! Khristina McCormack on behalf of SHOUT https://www.worthingsoupkitchen.co.uk/

3/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week. Don’t bin or recycle glass jars. Soak them to remove the labels and then fill them with loose ingredients like coffee, tea, pasta or porridge oats.  From Greenpeace

4/ This Sunday is Peace Sunday.  The theme chosen by Pope Francis in his 2024 Message for the World Day of Peace is ‘Artificial Intelligence and Peace’. There is a display board in church with info on Pax Christi & excerpts from Pope Francis’s message. Peace poppies, prayer cards & newsletters also available. A full copy  of the Pope’s Message can be found on: www.paxchristi.org.uk/peace-sunday/  There will be a 2nd collection for the work of Pax Christi.

5/ A CAFOD summary of recent COP 28 Climate talks is now on the main notice board. or go to www.cafod.org.uk/news.

Justice & Peace for further updates & news please go to the parish website & social media https://www.catholicparishofworthingandlancing.co.uk/  https://www.facebook.com/stmarysjpworthing

/ Diocese Justice & Peace Assembly 2024 The St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley, RH10 6RP Sat 27^th Jan from  10am to 1.30pm this year’s subject is “Safe at home, safe in our communities”?  Addressing violence and abuse in our homes, families, and wider community.  All welcome

1/ Peace Sunday is 14th January, there will be a 2nd a display & 2nd collection on that Sunday, also white poppies will be available.

2/ Transition Town next Repair Café will be on Saturday 27th January 2024 – Friends/Quaker Meeting House, 34 Mill Rd, Worthing, BN11 5DR from 10am – 4pm.  They are fully booked for electrical repairs already, but if you have any other type of repair that needs doing, you can secure a place at: https://www.ttworthing.org/repair-cafe/

3/ Live Simply Tip of the Week Cut down meat eating or eliminate altogether, and cut down on dairy foods, and on all food waste.

4/ SHOUT Worthing Soup Kitchen I would like to thank you all for your support throughout 2023 it has been greatly appreciated. Our hub has been open and trading for 14 weeks and we are now in the position where we are going to be able to take on a full time Manager

We are in the process of securing another lease for 219 Tarring Road – here we will have a permanent home for our food pantry and community fridge. We have secured a year’s funding from Southern Housing to do this. This will enable us to open more often and tackle food waste better in our community.

We are going to run half of the new premises as a charity shop – that should enable us to raise enough finances to cover the following year’s rent as everyone knows – the food pantry will not make any money but cost us financially.

We will do our best to make this new venture work.

Here is to the New Year and I wish you all the best for your 2024 adventures!

Khristina McCormack on behalf of SHOUT https://www.worthingsoupkitchen.co.uk/

5/ The UN COP28 climate summit ended with 200 governments agreeing a call to “transition away from fossil fuels” The first time all governments have formally acknowledged this.   Pope Francis called for urgent action urging world leaders to commit to moving away from fossil fuels and to provide urgent help to people in countries that have contributed least to the climate crisis but are the ones being hardest hit. https://cafod.org.uk/news

1/ How to get involved with CAFOD do you have any spare time.  In whichever way you support our work, you are helping to ensure that no one is beyond reach of the love and care they need.  There’s fundraising, volunteering or campaigning.  For more info go to https://cafod.org.uk/

2/ Fairtrade How about a New Year Resolution to buy more Fairtrade products in 2024.  Here’s the link for Worthing’s Fairtrade Directory  https://www.ttworthing.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Worthing-Fairtrade-Directory-2023-4.pdf

3/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week Too much Milk If you sometimes buy too much milk, or you’re about to go on holiday, here’s a handy way to use it up – and save time making supper. Make a quick white sauce – or cheese sauce if you prefer. Freeze it in containers that hold the amount you need for when you cook recipes like macaroni cheese. Provided by Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk

4/ The Society of St. Columban is an international Catholic missionary organisation centred on the Eucharist that crosses boundaries of culture and religion to reveal, by word and by action, the Good News of Jesus Christ. We participate in God’s mission and help to establish a world of peace with justice and care for the integrity of creation in solidarity with poor, exploited and marginalised communities. https://columbans.co.uk/

1/ How to get involved with CAFOD do you have any spare time.  In whichever way you support our work, you are helping to ensure that no one is beyond reach of the love and care they need.  There’s fundraising, volunteering or campaigning.  For more info go to https://cafod.org.uk/

2/ SHOUT WSK stands for Street Homeless Outreach Worthing Soup Kitchen. We are a registered charity that provides engagement and emergency food for the homeless and vulnerable community in Worthing, West Sussex. Our aim is to work towards making homelessness in Worthing a thing of the past. For mor info go to https://www.worthingsoupkitchen.co.uk/about-us/

3/ The Society of St. Columban is an international Catholic missionary organisation centred on the Eucharist that crosses boundaries of culture and religion to reveal, by word and by action, the Good News of Jesus Christ. We participate in God’s mission and help to establish a world of peace with justice and care for the integrity of creation in solidarity with poor, exploited and marginalised communities. https://columbans.co.uk/

4/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week Keep stems for solitary bees.  If you’re doing a spot of gardening, don’t be tempted to tidy too much. Hollow plant stems & soft rotten wood provide a welcome home for some of our solitary bees and other pollinating insects such as lacewings and beetles. Provided by Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk

Clothes for Gatwick detainees kindly donated by parishioners were delivered last week & they were very appreciative.

SHOUT Worthing Soup Kitchen  Do you know anyone who will be alone on Christmas Day or unable to provide their own lunch? SHOUT are providing a free Christmas Lunch at the Denton Lounge To book a meal 07984 766375 or email worthingsoupkitchen@gmail.com

LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week Seasonal food in December Cook with the freshest local produce this month, including Jerusalem artichokes, kale, beetroot, celeriac and parsnips. As well as the veg, look out for apples, pears and chestnuts  Provided by Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk

The UN COP28 climate summit has ended with nearly 200 governments agreeing a call for the world to “transition away from fossil fuels”.

The COP28 agreement marks the first time all governments at a COP have formally acknowledged the world must move away from fossil fuels.

Pope Francis had urged world leaders to commit at COP28 to speed up a move away from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, with people in countries that have contributed least to causing the climate crisis being hardest hit.

https://cafod.org.uk/news/campaigning-news/cop28-un-climate-talks-end-with-agreement-to-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels

1/ CAFOD Are you looking for Christmas presents that make a difference. Explore our range of virtual charity World Gifts and help transform the lives of people living in poverty.  Please take a catalogue from the back of the church

2/ SHOUT Worthing Soup Kitchen Do you know anyone who will be alone on Christmas Day or unable to provide their own lunch? SHOUT are providing a free Christmas Lunch at the Denton Lounge.  To book a meal 07984 766375 or email worthingsoupkitchen@gmail.com

3/ Jesuit Mission Justice at COP28 Head to our COP28 web page https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/campaign/justice-at-cop28/ to find podcasts https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/cop28-resources-podcast-series/  prayers https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/resources-cop28-prayers/  blogs https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/news/  and hear from our partners in South Sudan who are directly effected by climate change https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/cop28-resources-south-sudan-partners/  Write to your MP to ask them to make real commitments for climate justice

4/ Live Simply Tip of the Week Carbon Footprint – here’s a simple way to calculate your personal Carbon Footprint, it only take 5 minutes, produced by WWF https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/

CPO 28  will be held in Dubai, UAE, from 30th November to 12th December. It is focusing on four issues 1. Speeding up the energy transition and slashing emissions before 2030. 2. Delivering on promises and setting a framework for a new finance deal. 3. Putting nature, people, lives, and livelihoods at the heart of climate action. 4. Mobilising for the most inclusive COP.  A Cardinal will be attending on behalf of  Pope Francis – who is ill – to read his message.  See  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe_bd0TUjk  There will be a Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on Saturday 9 December with demonstrations in many cities including London & Brighton

SHOUT Worthing Soup Kitchen  Do you know anyone who will be alone on Christmas Day or unable to provide their own lunch? SHOUT are providing a free Christmas Lunch at the

CAFOD Are you looking for Christmas presents that make a difference. Explore our range of virtual charity World Gifts and help transform the lives of people living in poverty.  Please take a cate from the back of the church

Live Simply Tip of the week Plant a Tree scheme. Celebrate a significant faith event by investing in a greener environment. Suitable for baptisms, adult receptions, first communions, confirmations and marriages. For further information  www.nationalforest.org/

Live Simply Tip of the week  Plant a Tree scheme. Celebrate a significant faith event by first

CAFOD Are you looking for Christmas presents that make a difference. Explore our range of virtual charity World Gifts and help transform the lives of people living in poverty.  Please take a catalogue from the back of the church

SHOUT Worthing Soup Kitchen  Do you know anyone who will be alone on Christmas Day or unable to provide their own lunch? SHOUT are providing a free Christmas Lunch at the Denton Lounge  To book a meal 07984 766375 or email worthingsoupkitchen@gmail.com

The United Nations Development Goals –The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  Goal17 https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal17 Strengthen the means of implementation & revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

LET US ALL PRAY TOGETHER Please join us at St Mary of the Angels to say the Rosary every first Saturday of the month at 10.000am, followed by refreshments. The next date is Saturday 2nd December. All welcome.