1/ Thank you from CAFOD Thank you for your generous support this Family Fast Day – your kindness is helping families like Shorai’s in Zimbabwe and Rejoice’s in South Sudan grow food, even in the face of drought and floods. You have shown what it means to love your neighbour this Lent – fasting, praying and giving so families can put food on the table. Find out how your donations are helping to build a better world at cafod.org.uk/thankyou PS It’s not too late to donate – pick up a CAFOD envelope in church or visit cafod.org.uk/envelope
2/ Fairtrade Easter Eggs are available at both churches from this weekend. The “Real Easter Egg” is made with delicious Fairtrade milk chocolate, is plastic and palm oil free, and comes with a 24 page Easter story and activity book. https://meaningfulchocolate.co.uk/collect…/real-easter-egg
3/ CARBON FAST JOURNEY This lent In the Bible, caring for creation is God’s first instruction to humans. This Lent, a time when Christians traditionally fast and focus on God, we encourage you to take up our Lent challenge – living more simply and finding new ways to cut your carbon footprint.
How the Carbon Fast works Each week will feature a different theme designed to help us take climate action. Sign up below and beginning on 18th February, you will receive a weekly email containing some key facts, suggestions for how you could reduce your carbon footprint, and a reflection. Sign up at Carbon Fast for Lent | Climate Stewards
4/ Live Simply Tip of the week buy whole fruits and vegetables instead of pre-packaged varieties: Pre-packaged apple slices, baby carrots or salad mixes may be convenient, but they are expensive and create a lot of unnecessary trash. Worthing Wednesday Market has lots of varieties of loose fruit to choose from & at low prices!
5/ LiveSimply “The future demands that we learn to collaborate more and to grow together.” Pope Leo XIV (drawing new maps of hope)
CAFOD’ s latest PowerPoint demonstrates the progression that Live Simply has made over the years, inspired by the Live Simply journey through Living Simply, Living Sustainably and Living in Solidarity and Its culmination in an Eco award. This leads to bringing about the Common Good and the HOPE to come, that is, “…encouraging a culture of encounter and collaboration” LS#71
Pope Francis summed this up in Laudato Si, “Creation accounts suggest …that human life is grounded in three fundamental and closely intertwined relationships, with God, with our neighbour, and finally with the very earth itself, …all it takes is one good person to restore HOPE. (LS#71)
Just one good person is needed!
St Mary’s is a LiveSimply church & we hope Holy Family will soon become one. LiveSimply PowerPoint CAFOD_What_is_livesimply_presentation.pptx