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After a successful first Parish Cultural Day last year, Sunday 13th of July has been ear-marked as this year’s Parish Cultural Day.
Everyone is invited to take an active part in the planning of this great event. Fliers are being distributed this weekend. Scan the QR code to fill a form to participate in the planning and in the day’s activities.
Experience the world in a day!
Join us for our Parish Cultural Day on 13 July 2025, a celebration of global cultures in array; with mouth watering cuisines to choose from, packed with ethnic/folk music & entertainment, and lively music to dance to 🎶 , all that and more within a church family atmosphere.
Meet new people with shared interests and make new connections all in just a few hours! Bring along friends and family to this event.
Save the date as you won’t want to miss it!
When- Sunday 13th July from 1:30pm onwards
Where- St Mary’s Catholic Church open grounds/car park (70 Wellesley Road Croydon, CR0 2AR)
PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO ROME, ASSISI & SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO:
We are planning our Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi
and San Giovanni Rotondo from 23rd Nov. to 2nd Dec. For further information see the 3rd Sunday of Easter C 4th May 2025 Newsletter
(Refrain) Like a flame my hope is burning.
Indy my song arise to vou:
Source of life that has no ending,
on life s path I trust in you.
(1) Ev'ry nation, tongue, and people
find a light within your Word.
Scattered fragile sons and daughters
find a home in your dear Son
(2) God so tender and so patient
dawn of hope. vou care for al.
Heav'n and earth are recreated
by the Spirit of Life set free.
(3) Raise your eyes, the wind is blowing,
for our God is born in time.
Son made man for you and man
who will find the wav in him
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both
humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever. Amen.
Leader: Let us pray for our Holy Father Leo XIV
Response: The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
Leader: Lord Jesus, shelter our Holy Father the Pope under the protection of Your Sacred Heart. Be his light, his strength and his consolation.
Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to Your shepherd, the Pope, a spirit of courage and right judgement, a spirit of knowledge and love.
By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care may he, as successor to the apostle Peter and vicar of Christ, build Your Church into a sacrament of unity, love, and peace for all the world.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
