My Calendar
Week of Mar 20th
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National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day
18/03/2024
It is everyone's job to keep other's safe!
Please consider visiting our KEEPING SAFE page!
This is a very moving video from Barnardo's (3:51). Don't forget if you, or a friend, needs help - let someone know.
REMEMBER: if you're experiencing tough times at the moment or have in the past - it's not your fault - tell someone!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Loving God,
we pray for all who are vulnerable to exploitation.
We pray for those who are in situations they feel they can't get out of.
Help us to notice the signs, offer support and report cases of exploitation.
Give us courage and wisdom to intervene appropriately.
We ask this in your Holy Name. AMEN.
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Feast of St Joseph Feast of St Joseph
19/03/2024
A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available as a 1:00 video HERE)
Kindly Saint Joseph,
foster-father and protector of Jesus,
faithful husband of Mary,
we place before you all who are having troubles in their family life.
We implore you to ask Jesus to be with them in the struggles they face,
To give them strength and wisdom,
Patience and perseverance,
That they might come to a resolution of love, peace and joy.
We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN
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Anniversary of death of St Oscar Romero Anniversary of death of St Oscar Romero
24/03/2024
Known as the 'voice of the voiceless' in El Salvador, Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated as he was celebrating Mass.
Here's a wonderful animated mini-biography (4:15).
A PRAYER FOR TODAY (from CAFOD)
Lord Jesus,
We give thanks for the life of
Saint Oscar Romero
who spread your message
and struggled against injustice in El Salvador.Like you,
he was a shepherd, a pastor, a brother;
Like you, he was taken from us;
Like you, he remains in our hearts.Spirit of hope, work within us,
just as you worked
in Saint Oscar Romero,
so that we too may work for justice
and spread the Good News,
by living out the Gospel,
in solidarity with those living in poverty.AMEN
Jack Tunnecliffe/CAFOD
And a hymn based on the words of Oscar Romero: