LIVE SIMPLY - ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

On Gaudete Sunday, let’s celebrate with joy, the work done by our long-established parish groups who have been supporting the principles of live simply for many years. We have lots of opportunities in the lead up to Christmas to take part in special services in our parishes, our schools and in our wider community and it is wonderful to see that many of these events are also supporting people in need. So, whether it’s a donation to the Whitechapel Centre at the school nativity, making a £10 donation to Project Zimbabwe, food bank donations for the SVP appeals or running in the CAFOD fun run on 27th December, if you are able to Live in solidarity with others this Christmas, please do.

Look out, too, for the CAFOD online advent calendar, offering us all the opportunity to pause and reflect as we prepare for Christmas. As Pope Francis reminds us, “living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork are essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience". (Laudato Si 217).

Mother Teresa Food Collection – Missionaries of Charity – Seel Street:  

we will continue to collect your food items for the Missionaries of Charity Sisters,  who kindly support the homeless in our city. Boxes will be available in the church porch for dry/non-perishable goods. Thank you for helping us to live sustainably and in solidarity with the poor.