Welcome to St.Edmund's, Horndean
Helping at home and in the wider community:


Good Friday
The Pontifical Good Friday Collection supports the Christian community in the Middle East. This last year has been particularly challenging for this small community which seeks 'to be the salt, light and leaven of the Gospel' in the region, often living in difficult circumstances.
Here is the link to the Give As You Live page for this Good Friday:
https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/good-friday-collection-for-christians-in-the-holy-land. This site charges 4.8% commission but makes it very easy to Gift Aid your donation

Easter Offering
The Easter Collection for our clergy supports Fr Jeremy and Fr James and is both an important opportunity for us to express our gratitude to them for their service, care and guidance, and constitutes a significant element of clergy remuneration and support. 
You can donate on-line by visiting:
https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/horndean-st-edmund-catholic-parish-easter-collection-2024 This site charges 4.8% commission but makes it very easy to Gift Aid your donation

Clergy Assistance Fund 
Second Collection this Sunday 10th March
The Clergy Assistance Fund contributes to the work of the Department for Clergy Team, responsible for looking after the welfare, ongoing formation and personal support of our clergy, such as the provision of spiritual direction, counselling, appraisal, ongoing formation and practical advice. The team organises retreats, ministerial formation days, courses and sabbaticals. It looks after the junior clergy, the overseas clergy and especially the retired clergy.
Online donations can be made by using the following link:  https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/clergy-assistance-fund-second-collection-2024
This site charges 4.8% commission but makes it very easy to Gift Aid your donation

Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal
Amid the devastating conflict in Israel and Gaza, families are losing their homes and people are dying. They need urgent, practical help! A gift today will provide essentials like food, water and blankets to those who need it. Donate online at cafod.org.uk/ipc.

Friends of the Holy Land Hope & Healing Fund
We have set up a special fund to help the Christian community in the Holy Land endure this crisis and become more resilient. 
Gaza: Our friends report that there are still about 820 adults and children sheltering in Gaza’s two main churches. Every day involves fear, prayers, and one piece of bread to eat. International aid can’t reach them, so we are directly helping with financial support for their basic provisions - we must keep it up until there’s a ceasefire.
The West Bank: 80% of Palestinian Christians have lost their income as tourism has collapsed and travel to work is restricted. In the short-term, we are helping desperate families pay the bills. In the long-term, we will help them develop other businesses that are less reliant on tourism.
For more information and how to donate to the Friends of the Holy Land: https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk  Thank you for remembering the unseen Christians in this conflict. Let’s all play our part for hope and healing as we journey to Easter. With hope and
trust, Brendan Metcalfe.

St John’s Catholic Cathedral West Window restoration

The total cost of the restoration is expected to be more than £100,000. Along with local parishioners, the wider Diocese who benefit from attending many services such as Confirmations, Ordinations, celebration Mass, visits of Relics etc. at the Cathedral are encouraged to donate any amount, perhaps in memory of a loved one, to help with the cost of the restoration. Cheques may be sent directly to the cathedral or paid into the cathedral parish bank account (CDP St John’s Cathedral; Sort code 30-93-04; Account number 0088 3884). People may also text WINDOW to 70560 to donate £10 to the appeal. Texts cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and donors will receive periodic updates on the campaign. To donate without being updated, text WINDOWNOINFO instead.
The names of donors will be recorded in a special commemorative book at the Cathedral.

Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal

Please help the relief effort for this heart-breaking disaster. Apart from the ongoing work in appalling conditions to dig survivors and bodies out of the rubble, there is the humanitarian disaster of survivors without shelter and with limited clothing facing freezing conditions in flimsy tents with lack of all amenities including food and clothing.
You can help people affected by the crisis by making a donation and helping to raise money for the DEC appeal. This will allow DEC charities and their local partners to scale up their response and reach more people. https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal

St. Edmund's Parish Fund

If you would like to make a one-off Gift Aided donation to St. Edmund's Church:
This site charges 4.8% commission but makes it very easy to Gift Aid your donation

Ukrainian Appeal  

As the dreadful events unfold in Ukraine, we stand in solidarity with our Caritas colleagues, (who work as the Diocese’s outreach organisation) in Caritas-Spes as they continue to assist those vulnerable and in need in Ukraine.
Caritas-Spes had been working in Eastern Ukraine with the displaced families from the ongoing conflict in the disputed territories, including in Avdiivka which has been under heavy shelling.
If you would like to support Caritas work in the emergency in Ukraine, please donate by visiting their website:
You can also help by donating to international charities, like DEC, who are working so hard to raise funds to help the  Ukrainians in this time of crisis:  

 
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