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

CAFOD Lent Fast Day 
Please donate to our Family Fast Day parish collection and be a pilgrim of hope with CAFOD this
Jubilee Year! You’ll be supporting communities experiencing the impacts of war, poverty and
climate change to find solutions and hope. Please use the CAFOD envelope in church or donate
online www.cafod.org.uk/envelope You can always call on 0303 303 3030 and even text CAFODLENT
to 70085 to donate £10.

CAFOD Sudan Crisis Appeal
Please pray and please give. Every gift is needed! Families in Sudan are facing extreme hunger. 25
million people need urgent help. CAFOD and our Church partners are there, ready to help. £22
provides essential medicine and hygiene kits. £100 funds two emergency food packages. More
information from www.cafod.org.uk/SudanAppeal or call 0808 5858885 

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.

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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