1/ CAFOD’s Call for debt justice in the Jubilee Year. The world is currently facing the one of the most acute debt crises in history. 54 countries – from Kenya to Sri Lanka – are facing debt distress. We are asking world leaders: 1. for unjust debt to be cancelled 2. Support a law to make private lenders take part in debt relief 3. To prevent further debt crisis through a new debt framework within the United Nations. Please sign the petition at both churches
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 http://www.worthingsoupkitchen.co.uk
There are boxes for food donations at the church entrances of St Mary of the Angels. Holy Family also support a similar charity.
SHOUT have opened a new charity shop recently at 147 Montague Street, Worthing, supporting the most vulnerable in our community
3/ LIVE SIMPLY Tip of the Week Become zero waste. Slowly try to reduce your waste a bit every week. Consider giving a home-made gift instead of buying a present, upcycling items or looking at your food shop and seeing what items you could buy differently, spending a bit more on loose fruit and veg for example.
4/ Parish Projects The parish is donating to a number of charities both home & abroad with money that’s tithed from the weekly collection during this financial year. In the next few weeks information will be given about each one.
The Comboni Missionary Sisters, have started a Centre in a very poor area of Lusaka, Zambia. To create a safe place for children, adolescents, young mothers & refugees from a nearby camp, a place where they can learn good values and attend the Literacy course.
Life is hard & people try their best to find piecework to have something to eat in the evening.
Some children come to our Centre, each day. Little by little, we have started giving more attention to their academic education, we firmly believe that the way out of poverty is education. We noticed the children were very hungry & started giving them a cup of milk and two slices of bread, or a bun, every day. With God’s help, we will continue. What we give is not much but the children long for lunch time since they come to the Centre with no breakfast because food is very scarce. You can read the very moving full version of the letter from Sr. Enza Carini of Comboni Missionary Sister, it’s on the notice boards at St Mary’s & at Holy Family. The letter is also on the website https://www.catholicparishofworthingandlancing.co.uk & our Facebook sites
St Mary of the Angels & Holy Family Justice & Peace Group