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LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE 23.4.2023

We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty

This weekend we celebrate World Earth Day 2023. One of the main focusses this year is the fashion industry, or more specifically our support for ‘fast fashion’ where garments are designed to be worn but quickly discarded. The industry is responsible for 10% of all carbon emissions worldwide, while less than 1% all of garments are ever recycled.

What can we do?

• Support the LiveSimply Nearly New Fashion Show at St Mary’s next Saturday.
• Take a bag of surplus clothes to Nugent, or to another charity shop, this week

  Find out more about Earth Day by following this link: https://www.earthday.org/

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

 We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty

“My God, my God, why have you deserted me? Jesus’ cry of abandonment, can still be heard in our world today. Our common home, earth, cries out from the harm we have inflicted on it, while the gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow.

Next Saturday, 22 April, is World Earth Day 2023

There are major events happening across the globe based around this year’s theme Invest in our Planet

Q: What can I do?

A: Visit the World Earth Day 2023 website and decide for yourself.  ( https://www.earthday.org/ )

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

As we celebrate the feast of the Risen Christ perhaps you could spend sometime in God’s creation, challenging yourself to get up early and watch the sunrise and to simply pray this prayer as the world starts to wake.

God of life, Creator of the earth and all that it contains, you rested and beheld all that you had made and you saw that it was good. Encourage us to lift our heads from the daily grind and know that we are always in your sight. Empower us to break the chains that bind us in unfulfilling work, and to bring hope to those that toil unseen. Open our eyes to see what is truly important And lead us to seek the real wealth that comes from you, only making itself felt in dignity and justice for all. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty. As we enter into Holy Week, may we respond to the call to live simple lives.

Fast from pressures and be prayerful.
Fast from bitterness and fill your hearts with joy.
Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others.
Fast from grudges and be reconciled.
Fast from words and be silent so we can listen. 

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

LiveSimply in Bishop Eton and St Mary’s: We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty.

LIVESIMPLY SPRING CREATION WALK:

Start at St Mary’s Parish, at 11 o’clock, Saturday, 1 April. We will gather in the garden and then walk over to Bishop Eton, where we will then have refreshments in the Fisher-More Hall. This reflective walk will be an excellent preparation for us approaching Holy Week.

SPRING CLEAN:

It’s time to Spring Clean!!! Dig out all your un-needed, unused, unloved items. Give them away to those who need them. Let’s fill our local charity shops with simply wonderful things. Shout if you need a hand with transport: .

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

 LiveSimply in Bishop Eton and St Mary’s:  We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty.

World Water Day on 22 March  celebrates water which plays a big part in the Christian church.

At this time we also raise awareness of the 2bn people living without access to safe water. We can help by conserving water ourselves, being better informed about  the challenges being faced and writing to our MP about budgets for improving water at home and abroad. Shop  sustainably: a typical pair of jeans takes 10,000 litres of water to produce – equal to what a person would drink in 10 years!

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty. 13 March marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s election.

He leads us all in living simply, in solidarity with the poor and sustainably with creation. Let us thank God for all his inspiration. Fairtrade

Fortnight ends today. Across our Parishes we raised awareness of Fairtrade at the various events we held. Every time we buy Fairtrade products we are, like Pope Francis, supporting the poor and helping to. protect our common home 

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

This Sunday, to tie in with Fairtrade Fortnight, we are promoting Fairtrade. Look out for the some facts handout and listen out for the bidding prayer. After the 10.00am Mass, the coffee morning in Fisher-More Hall will have a Fairtrade theme. 

By choosing Fairtrade products when shopping we stand with farmers in low-income countries who are striving to build a greener and more sustainable future for themselves and for their communities.

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

Live Simply…this week. Fairtrade Fortnight begins on Monday. At Bishop Eton we will celebrate Fairtrade next Sunday, 5 March at all Masses, and with a coffee morning after the 10.00am Mass. Please add at least one Fairtrade item to your shopping to show our solidarity with the poor and to live more sustainably.

LIVESIMPLY MESSAGE:

Live Simply…… this week. We begin our Lenten journey on Wednesday 22 February, what simple changes could we make to our complicated lives?

Perhaps, we could spend more time in prayer - eat simply - go without something - share more with the poor – remember what is truly important?