1/ FR. SILVESTER from this Sun 18th Oct & for the following three weeks, the parish will be collecting medical & school related items for Fr. Silvester’s projects in Uganda.
The type of items needed for healthcare are spectacles, hearing aids, clinical uniforms (male and female), syringes, dental and surgical equipment such as callipers, forceps, bandages and plasters, clinical thermometers, stethoscopes, insulin meters, pulse oximeter surgical gloves, walking sticks, wheelchairs, blankets, bedsheets, clinical curtains. Medical and Health related books (for a small community library). All medical items must be in date to pass customs, please don’t include medicines or liquid’s.
The school needs ruck sacks, text books, pencils, pens, geometry sets & other items suitable for school children. Also children’s shoes, children’s clothes, school uniforms. No adult clothes as there’s an embargo.
Fr Silvester is very grateful for any support we can give.
Please leave items in boxes each end of St Mary’s & at Holy Family. Home – St Faustina www.stfaustinamedicalcenter.com
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
SHOUT have a charity shop at 147 Montague Street, Worthing, supporting the most vulnerable in our community.
3/ CAFOD’s new action for COP31 Ahead of the COP31 climate talks, help us make our voices heard by packing a virtual suitcase for Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh.
Catholics across the country have already started adding symbolic items to the suitcase, representing the values and commitments we hope the UK government will take to the climate talks. Help the Energy Secretary pack her suitcase for COP31
4/ Live Simply Tip of the Week Don’t take your health for granted. Not taking care of your health today is a guaranteed way to make your life more complicated in a few decades. The habits for good health are delightfully simple: move your body, eat real foods, live a life of beauty