1/ CAFOD Family Fast Day Appeal You can still donate, donate to our Family Fast Day parish collection. Put your faith into action and share the Lord’s love by supporting our global neighbours experiencing shortages of food and safe water. Your gift can support children like Tayla in Zimbabwe to stay in school by helping communities and schools provide nourishing meals, improve access to water and grow food in school gardens. Please donate online at cafod.org.uk/envelope or call 0303 303 3030. There are envelopes at the back of the church to sign for gift aid
2/ Black History Month happens every October. It gives everyone the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture. People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been a fundamental part of British history for centuries. http://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/black-history-month-2026/
3/ FR. SILVESTER from next 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
4/ An exciting new faith and justice six-month programme from the Columbans and the FCJ Centre for Spirituality and EcoJustice, aimed at young adults (18-25), to go alongside work or study.
Registration for this year’s cohort is open. More information and registration here: tinyurl.com/ember26 The Ember Programme: young people putting faith into action – Columban Missionaries
CAFOD are happy to announce they have some funds to support engagement, including travel.
5/ 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. See there wonderful display of religious statutes