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CAFOD
21st October 2006
CAFOD Race Night
￡795
5th May
CAFOD Rice and Spice Evening
￡569.30 |
Catholic Children's Society
Friday During Lent
Lenten Hunger Lunches
￡278.50 |
Fr. Garry's Missionary work in
Liberia
7th July
All Saint's Fair
￡339
14th July
Scout Fete
￡42.76
21st July
Musical Evening
￡312.40 |
Brighton SVP Furniture Scheme
(Providing furniture to the needy)
5th August
Sponsored Walk
￡2,194 |
The Martlets Hospice
22nd September
Wine and Wisdom Evening ￡582 |
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| Total raised during the past 12
months
￡5,112.96 |
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Around 60 parishioners contribute
regularly to the Association for the Propagation of
the Faith by means of the familiar red boxes or
bankers standing orders.
We have a stall selling Traidcraft goods after
Masses on the first weekend of every month.
Friday Self Denial offerings to various charities. |
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Practical help given:
Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
visit the elderly, the lonely and the sick in hospital
or at home, provide transport to hospital appointment
and take people shopping |
| Parishioners are actively involved in
the Kemp Town Soup Run organised by the St.
Vincent de Paul Society. |
| The Communication Club runs
every Monday afternoon for the deaf and hard of hearing
and those wishing to communicate with them |
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| Other Charities we, the parishioners
of STM, have supported in the past: |
Local: Hand in Hand
special needs group; The Diocesan Lourdes Fund;
Clockhouse Sanctuary assisting young homeless
people; St. Anne's Day Centre providing food and
support for the homeless and lonely; Brighton Voices
in Exile supporting those seeking asylum and
refugees; and B&H Life which provides support for
unmarried mothers.
National: Apostleship of the Sea and the
Medical Foundation for torture victims. |
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There is
a Parish Social Action Meeting in the church hall every
month.
It is at 8.15 pm on the second Friday (first Friday in
November).
Please come along with your ideas for Social Actions. |
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