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Living Pearl Boy’s Orphanage Here’s the latest from our parish project. The boys have now returned from Poland where they’ve been refugees since the start of the Russian conflict.  They are now back at the Orphanage in Ukraine after a unanimous vote to go home. They are back in their own school, healthy and happy and in good mental health.

 

There will be two boxes outside of the entrance to the church shop at St. Mary’s, one for food for the homeless and one for medical items for Fr Silvester’s health centre

 

 

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/#/

 

 

CAFOD World Gifts: Give a gift of hope this Christmas In Advent, let’s share the promise of hope that has been made to us with our sisters and brothers around the world. You can buy CAFOD’s World Gifts for family and friends this Christmas online at /worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ or pick up a catalogue in church. World Gifts such as “super soup kitchens”, “trees for life”, or “water for a family” will help transform lives in a world filled with challenges.

 

CAFOD World Gifts: Give a gift of hope this Christmas In Advent, let’s share the promise of hope that has been made to us with our sisters and brothers around the world. You can buy CAFOD’s World Gifts for family and friends this Christmas online at /worldgifts.cafod.org.uk/ or pick up a catalogue in church. World Gifts such as “super soup kitchens”, “trees for life”, or “water for a family” will help transform lives in a world filled with challenges.

Living Pearl Boy’s Orphanage Here’s the latest from our parish project. The boys have now returned from Poland where they’ve been refugees since the start of the Russian conflict.  They are now back at the Orphanage in Ukraine after a unanimous vote to go home. They are back in their own school, healthy and happy and in good mental health.

 

Aid to the Church in Need.  The second collection was held last Sunday, if anyone still want to give online it’s acnuk.org/our-campaigns/redwednesday/

Please look out for the Red Wednesday banners outside of both churches to remind passers by of the the problems faced by many Christians around the world.

 

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/

Aid to the Church in Need Red Wednesday is 23rd Nov. The theme is Break the Silence on the persecution of Christians and all faiths, globally. We ask you to pledge your prayers and action this #RedWednesday A second collection was held for ACN on Sunday, if you want to give online it’s  acnuk.org/our-campaigns/redwednesday/

 

 

Live Simply Tip of the week Make friends with your freezer.  Four out of ten British shoppers throw perfectly good food away from their freezer because they can’t remember what it is. Get in the habit of labelling, to cut waste and save yourself money. Provided by Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk

 

CAFOD It’s clear we need leaders to put us on track to end the climate crisis at COP27.  Please sign this petition action.cafod.org.uk/page/113421/action/1

 

 

 

Aid to the Church in Need Red Wednesday is 23rd Nov. The theme is Break the Silence on the persecution of Christians and all faiths, globally. We ask you to pledge your prayer and action this #RedWednesday A second collection will be held for ACN next Sun.  See acnuk.org/our-campaigns/redwednesday/

 

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group give out second hand clothes to the men held in immigration detention at Gatwick (Brook House and Tinsley House detention centres), but they are currently very short of clothes.  In particular, they need coats, joggers, jeans, jumpers, trainers, all sizes.  Men’s clothes only.  If you have any please place in the boxes at both churches. Please note this Sun 13th is the final day of the collection.  www.gdwg.org.uk/ 

 

Fairtrade Chocolate Advent Calendars with the Christmas message are on sale this weekend at £4.50

 

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.

 

CAFOD It’s clear we need leaders to put us on track to end the climate crisis at COP27.  Please sign this petition action.cafod.org.uk/page/113421/action/1

 

Fairtrade Chocolate Advent Calendars with the Christmas message are on sale this weekend from this Sunday at both churches £4.50

 

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group give out second hand clothes to the men held in immigration detention at Gatwick (Brook House and Tinsley House detention centres), but they are currently very short of clothes.  In particular, they need coats, joggers, jeans, jumpers, trainers, all sizes.  Men’s clothes only.  If you have any please place in the boxes the following two Sundays at both churches. www.gdwg.org.uk/

 

 

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/

 

CAFOD – COP27 London March for the Climate Sat 12th Nov Central London A year ago, thousands of us demanded leaders take the action necessary to end the climate emergency as they gathered in Glasgow at the COP26 climate talks.  Progress was made – but it wasn’t enough. Too many cans were kicked down the road to the next UN climate summit, COP27, which is taking place in Egypt.

On November 12, midway through the summit, thousands of people from across the country will be making their voices heard to demand climate justice in solidarity with the Global Day of Action called by Egyptian groups at COP27.

Ordinary people will be out in force to show support for our brothers and sisters around the world, and call on our government to step up to the plate.  A good number of local people should be attending. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cop27-global-day-of-action-mobilisation-tickets-433464954347

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group give out second hand clothes to the men held in immigration detention at Gatwick (Brook House and Tinsley House detention centres), but they are currently very short of clothes.  In particular, they need coats, joggers, jeans, jumpers, trainers, all sizes.  Men’s clothes only.  If you have any please place in the boxes the following two Sundays at both churches. www.gdwg.org.uk/

 

LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week Pope Francis calls for us to sign the Laudato Si Pledge livelaudatosi.org/

 

CAFOD – COP27 London March for the Climate Sat 12th Nov Central London A year ago, thousands of us demanded leaders take the action necessary to end the climate emergency as they gathered in Glasgow at the COP26 climate talks.  Progress was made – but it wasn’t enough. Too many cans were kicked down the road to the next UN climate summit, COP27, which is taking place in Egypt.

On November 12, midway through the summit, thousands of people from across the country will be making their voices heard to demand climate justice in solidarity with the Global Day of Action called by Egyptian groups at COP27.

Ordinary people will be out in force to show support for our brothers and sisters around the world, and call on our government to step up to the plate.  A good number of local people should be attending.  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cop27-global-day-of-action-mobilisation-tickets-433464954347

CAFOD has volunteering opportunities to suit you whether you want to do weekend volunteering, evening volunteering, or one-off volunteering.  With opportunities all over England and Wales, you can take part near you or further away.

However you get involved, volunteering with CAFOD will give you the opportunity to:

Learn new skills which would be great for your CV;

Meet inspiring new people, including some of CAFOD’s overseas partners;

Make new friends in your community and others across England and Wales;

Work alongside experts in their field, and;

Make a tremendous difference in the fight against global poverty and injustice.

cafod.org.uk/Volunteer/Volunteering-opportunities

 

 

Fr Silvester Three more cases of medical items have been delivered to London & will soon be on their way to Uganda.  They have just set up a new website which is in its early stages with information about the Health Centre, see http://Stfaustinamedicalcenter.com

 

 

Transition Town Worthing Repair  Café Book now for their next Repair Café session on Saturday 29th October– 10am-4pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 34 Mill Road, Worthing, BN11 5DR. As usual our amazing team of volunteers will be on hand to share their skills and help you to repair a wide range of damaged and broken items and save them from landfill!  www.ttworthing.org/2022/10/04/ttw-repair-cafe-now-booking-for-october/

 

LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week   Avoid leaving appliances on standby.  On average UK households spend £35 a year powering appliances left in standby mode.  This is the energy used by certain appliances when not in use and not switched off at the plug. As well as standby power, other new additions to the average household’s collection of electrical goods such as broadband modems, broadband routers, digi-boxes and telephones use low levels of electricity when not in use. These are not items that we tend to think to turn off, but can gradually go on to consume a great deal of electricity over the year. Also avoid leaving lights switched when areas aren’t in use. If everyone switched off their appliances & lights the country could do away with one or more Nuclear Power Stations!

 

Anti-slavery week, beginning 17th October Join the Abolition Initiative’s  Kickoff Event for Antislavery Week  at the Ropetackle Centre, 17 October 2022 at 11:00am – 12:30.

Were you shocked by Mo Farah’s story of being trafficked and enslaved as a child? Did you know, statistically, there are slaves living and working within a few miles radius of your home?

Learn about slavery today and how you can make a difference, by joining the fight against this modern day scourge. If we work together we can make our world slavery free in our lifetime!

This kickoff event will include the following:

* Keynote Presentation by Elizabeth Matthews, followed by Q&A

* Music led by Elizabeth

* Creation of  a symbolic chain to represent slavery, one link at a time, using provided materials

* Writing on each link the words and phrases associated with slavery today, such as

* the Antislavery Help Line Number 0800 121700,

* the signs of slavery

* abolition phrases like “We See You”

You can attend additional meetings too and help Shoreham-by-Sea create the longest symbolic chain ever!

More events during Antislavery Week take place at:

18 October (Antislavery Day) 7:30pm, St. Peters’ Church Hall, 61 West Street

19 October 7:30pm, Crabtree Inn, 6 Buckingham Road

23 October Noon, Saint Mary de Haura church

This final event on 23 October, will bring us all together in the heart of Shoreham-by-Sea, immediately after the morning church service, at St. Mary de Haura. Here we will combine all the chains created at the other events, and then break them to symbolise that We Can Break the Chains of Slavery in Shoreham-by-Sea. https://www.antislavery.org/stamping-out-slavery/

 

 

Transition Town Worthing Repair  Café Book now for our next Repair Café session on Saturday 29th October– 10am-4pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 34 Mill Road, Worthing, BN11 5DR. As usual our amazing team of volunteers will be on hand to share their skills and help you to repair a wide range of damaged and broken items and save them from landfill!  https://www.ttworthing.org/2022/10/04/ttw-repair-cafe-now-booking-for-october/

 

 

LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week  Did you know that the major high street Banks’ lending policies could take the planet to 3 degrees higher global warming With this in mind there’s many ethical savings policies and Banks to take us in the opposite direction https://www.comparethemarket.com/current-accounts/content/ethical-banking/

 

 

 

CAFOD Family Fast Day Second Collection is this Sunday 9^th Oct.  The money will go towards the World food crisis appeal. Millions of families are facing a food crisis that could be the worst in living memory. Your donations can help CAFOD’s local experts to provide emergency food supplies to families in the worst affected countries in East Africa and support communities around the world working hard to put food on the table. Please place envelopes or acsh in the baskets or give via the card readers, otherwise online at cafod.org.uk/give  you can also give through the QR code on the envelope & posters.  Please fill in the Gift Aid section on the envelope if a UK taxpayer.  There’s information on the envelope and online how to start a monthly donation to CAFOD.

 

 

Live Simply Tip of the Week. Draughts Most houses, particularly old ones, have cracks and gaps where warm air goes out and cold air blows in. Draught-proofing is easy and any competent DIYer can fix gaps between or around floorboards; around windows and doors; through the letterbox; where pipework comes through external walls; around the loft hatch; and around electrical fittings. It’s important to never block boiler flues, air bricks, or window trickle vents and avoid over draught-proofing windows in kitchens and bathrooms where the moist air needs to escape. Otherwise, you could end up with damp or mould problems.

cse.org.uk/news/view/2716

 

CAFOD Family Fast Day Second Collection Next Sunday 9^th Oct – will go towards the World food crisis appeal. Millions of families are facing a food crisis that could be the worst in living memory. Your donations can help CAFOD’s local experts to provide emergency food supplies to families in the worst affected countries in East Africa and support communities around the world working hard to put food on the table. Please take an envelope today from on the seats and return it next Sunday or you can give via the card readers as from next Sun, otherwise online at cafod.org.uk/giveyou can also give through the  QR code on the envelope & posters.  Please fill in the Gift Aid section on the envelope if a UK taxpayer.  There’s information on the envelope and online how to start a monthly donation to CAFOD.

 

Season of Creation continues until 4thOct St Francis’s day. To keep updated about what’s happening around the world see https://seasonofcreation.org/

 

Live Simply Tip of the Week.  Bus passes for pensioners & people with disabilities. Many in this category have yet to apply and now could be the time with the coming rise in fuel bills and the current climate emergency. Passes are free of charged and can be obtained from West Sussex CC.  Apply online at www.westsussex.gov.uk/buses or phone 033 022 26222. Another way to get to church!

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has put together an excellent blog with some great practical advice to help you prepare for the winter ahead amid the biggest price rise in energy bills in decades:
https://www.cse.org.uk/news/view/2716

 

There will be an evening of entertainment at Holy Family on Saturday 8th October at 4.00pm, celebrating the past 70 years with words and music. If you have an item to perform, please contact Margaret Burns at mburnsviolin@hotmail.com by Sunday 18th September.  We would also love to put together a display of groups taking place within the parish. Please contact Margaret if you run a group which could be included in the