Newsletter - 21st May 2023
LAUDATO SI' WEEK - 21 -28 May
FIX THE FOOD SYSTEM
Laudato Si’ Week celebrates the eighth anniversary of Pope Francis encyclical letter Laudato Si’: On Care For Our Common Home. It is a time for Catholics all over the world to rejoice in the progress we have made in bringing Laudato Si’ to life.
To mark this event in our Parish we are inviting fellow parishioners to support CAFOD’s campaign ‘Fix the Food System’.
For hundreds of years small farmers around the world have freely used and shared their own seeds, but laws are being passed that limit what they are allowed to do with their own seeds, giving them little choice but to buy more expensive seeds from large companies. This is a huge problem for the farmers.
Salina a small farmer from Bangladesh is writing a letter to the World Bank, which has a lot of influence over agricultural issues, asking them to protect the rights of small farmers to use and share their own seeds.
Please sign Salina’s letter on the way out of Mass and send a strong message to the World Bank that the Catholic community stand with small-scale farmers.
For all the world’s injustices there’s so much hope for the earth and for humanity.
“Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created and you shall renew the face of the eay
Our Common Home Team
Focus of the Week
The Sunday evening mass will be 21 May at 5.30pm. The Mass includes music in a relaxed atmosphere, and is followed by the Cockfosters Parish Pub. Sunday evening masses are held on the third Sunday of each month.
PENTCOST EVENING
Saturday 27 May 8.00 - 9.30pm
An evening to praise the Lord, welcome the Holy Spirit and an opportunity for baptism in the Holy Spirit and prayers for renewal. The prayer ministry will be run by the UK members of the Community.
The speaker will be Sumar Alandary, a member of the Chemin Neuf Community from Lebanon and currently head of Storrington Priory.