CAFOD / Justice & Peace Group

The CAFOD/Justice and Peace Group work hard to raise awareness of the needs of the less fortunate, both here and in the Third World and to draw attention to the ways in which we can help.

Details of the group's activities can be seen on the Justice & Peace notice board in the Church porch.

EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION

URGENT APPEAL FOR DESTITUTION FOOD PROJECT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS IN OLDHAM Generous St. Edward's parishioners have been donating food to this project for several years. The need is now greater than ever. There is an increasing number of destitute asylum seekers (currently 30-40) attending the weekly food distribution project. These are people who have been refused the right to stay in the UK, but who are often appealing against this decision. They have no recourse to public funds for housing, food vouchers, cash and health care. The Project also supports a small, but significant, number of mothers and children who have been given leave to remain in the UK for five years. As soon as they are given the leave to remain, any support they are receiving is stopped immediately – the expectation is that they will apply for work. The Project provides food until other sources of income are found.Please carry on donating to the Project and encourage friends to do the same. LENTILS, TINNED TOMATOES, TINNED FRUITS (medium), TINNED CHICK PEAS, TOMATO PUREE, COOKING OIL, SUGAR, RICE, PASTA, MILK (long life), TUNA, SARDINES IN OIL, ORANGE/APPLE JUICE (long life), CORNED BEEF, TEA, INSTANT COFFEE Donations should be left under the large table in the Church porch.

Every Thursday, 1 -3pm, there is an emergency distribution of food to destitute refugees at the Oldham Baptist Church Chaucer St (near King St Roundabout)Oldham. Help is needed to maintain a regular supply of food and toiletries,

CHANGES! Thank you for continuing to supply food for asylum seekers and refugees in Oldham. These generous donations are still urgently required. The list of required foodstuffs for destitute refugees in the Oldham area has changed. The following items would be particularly useful:

LENTILS, TOMATOES, TINNED FRUITS (medium),TINNED CHICK PEAS, TOMATO PUREE, COOKING OIL, SUGAR, RICE, PASTA, MILK (LONG LIFE), TUNA, SARDINES IN OIL, ORANGE/APPLE JUICE (LONG LIFE), CORNED BEEF, TEA, INSTANT COFFEE

Donations should be left in the marked box in the church porch. Thank you very much for all your support for this worthwhile project.PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE PERISHABLE ITEMS

Please bring your supplies to Church (there is a box marked EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION in the Church porch, or direct to the Baptist Church on Thursdays. You can also contact 07949 844081 to make arrangements for collection or to volunteer to help with the distribution.

If you are free on Thursday mornings and have a car, could you help to deliver these foodstuffs and toiletries donated every week by generous parishoners, to the distribution centre at Oldham Baptist Church.

Many thanks for the generous donations already received The new treasurer of Oldham Unity Destitution Project has sent this message of thanks: "I am writing to thank you for your continuing efforts and support for the asylum seekers. As you are aware they are totally dependent on good people like you to make their lives easier."

REFUGEES & ASYLUM SEEKERS: Come along to the One World Centre near Halford's, Oldham on the last Saturday of every month from 12 to 4pm, to support refugees and asylum seekers in Oldham

CAFOD's Campaigns  See CAFOD website or the J&P notice board for details. 

Please continue to buy fairly traded goods whenever you can and ask for them in supermarkets if they are not stocked.

Big Deal is CAFOD’s site strictly for young people.

Kidz Zone is CAFOD's fun site for children

KATHERINE HOUSE (CAFOD's Salford Diocesan Volunteer Base,)
CAFOD Salford
Katherine House
26 Singleton Road
Salford M7 4WL
Tel/Fax: 0161 705 0605
Email: salford@cafod.org.uk

Aid to the Church in Need (UK) A universal pastoral charity of the Catholic Church, with over 5,000 projects in Eastern Europe and throughout the world, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) was founded on Christmas Day 1947 to help those suffering or persecuted for their Faith. the site has an on line children's bible and on line shop

Action by Christians Against Torture ACAT is affiliated to the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FiACAT) in Paris, and is a Body in Association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. ACAT's aim is to work, as Christians, for the abolition of torture worldwide. Visit the site for details of their Christmas Card campaign and other activities.

Care Not Killing See http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/cnk/

Care NOT Killing seeks to attract the broadest support among the very many in the medical profession and allied health services and in society at large who are opposed to euthanasia. It appeals to those of all faiths and none by adducing arguments based on reason alone, by avoiding any appeals to extremism, and by drawing on and developing a well-researched evidence base.

Jim Dobbin successfully intoduced a Ten-Minute Rule Bill requiring palliative care for the terminally ill Despite tremendous developments in the hospice movement far too many people are still dying in great discomfort. This is totally unnecessary and plays into the hands of the euthanasia movement.

A parliamentary bill that sought to improve the standard and provision of palliative care across England and Wales was not granted time to pass through the House of Commons before the end of the last parliamentary season.

Please write to (or telephone) your MP at the House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Telephone 020 7219 3000 and ask to speak the MP or his/her secretary. Please ask them to be aware of the importance of palliative care and to rally support

Further information from The Right To Life, PO Box 26264, London W3 9WF. Telephone 020 8992 7657

See also Alert, Defending vulnerable peoples right to live

SPUC Society for the Protection of Unborn Children strives to change unfair laws and policies and highlight the plight of the millions of unborn children who have been killed by abortion in the UK.The society also lobbies on a Life issues from conception to natural death.

APF Mill Hill Missions:. The latest edition of "Mission Today" can be seen here                 

Visit the Catholic Children's Rescue Society site to find out more about the work they do in our diocese.

PREDA People's Recovery, Empowerment Development Assistance Foundation was started in 1974 by Fr. Shay Cullen, an Irish Columban Missionary, and Merle and Alex Hermoso, a Filipino couple dedicated to helping Filipino youth.PREDA works to win freedom and new life for children in jail, trafficked into brothels, living on the street, for abandoned youth, and those mired in poverty. We are helping battered women, indigenous people and protecting the environment.

THE SALT CELLAR, 11a, CHURCH LANE, OLDHAM
The Salt Cellar is now in its 16th year of reaching out to the people of Oldham and the surrounding area and its restaurant has always been a popular place to eat with shoppers and business people. Re-development and updating of the Resources section is now taking place to include books, DVDs, music CDs, and Fairtrade goods. Closer links are also being developed with the King of Kings shop in the same premises. All churches in the Oldham area are being asked to make their parishioners aware of the changes taking place and to ask for volunteers (especially on a Saturday) to wait on in the restaurant or help out in the Resource Centre.

Data Protection Act & Hospital Chaplains

The office dealing with queries about the implementation of the Act advise that hospitals and nursing homes should not hold or pass on information concerning patients' religious beliefs without the consent of the patient. It is therefore most important that details of one’s religious beliefs are made clear to the authorities on admission, even if the subject is not brought up.
The Association of Catholic Women have produced a "Catholic ID Card" requesting that a Priest be notified,to be carried in the event of accident or emergency admission to hospital.

Do you like working with people? Do you want to make a difference? If so, Emmaus Mossley needs you. Emmaus needs volunteers who are willing to put their skills to good use by working with formerly homeless people. If you can offer valuable experience in retail, driving, woodwork, electrics, plumbing, painting and decorating , and you are willing to share that experience with Emmaus Companions, please ring Emmaus Mossley on 838608/835105 www.emmaus.org.uk

Decency and Accountability in the media. Mediawatch-uk is an independent and voluntary organisation concerned about offensive and harmful material that fails to meet the high standards and quality that the viewing and listening public have a right to expect. We hope our new website will help you to understand the important issues involved.

http://www.mediamarch.org.uk/ or www.mediawatchuk.org

"Just to give you some background - in mediamarch we are all volunteers and survive solely on donations from supporters . By the grace of God we are just managing to cover printing, mailing , telephone costs etc. but everything is necessarily a little less thorough than we would like. We focus mainly on facilitating peaceful public protest. We are separate from mediawatch-uk but we work together a lot; they have a couple of salaried staff and their work is far more extensive than ours.

Please pray for us. God bless"

Petition from the Families of the World in Defence of Marriage and the Family! Presenting this petition signed by at least a million people from around the world will show the leaders of all nations how important it is to protect and promote these vital institutions.
World Family Alliance petition to be presented to the government officials and the UN to encourage support for family http://www.worldfamilyalliance.org/wfa/

LIFESHARE helping the homeless. "Working to prevent and break the cycle of homelessness, reduce harm and promote health" 

There are not enough volunteers to take the soup run out each night and more volunteers are desperately needed. Please contact 953 4069 if you can help.Further details see website www.homelessness.org.uk

USED PRINTER/COPIER CARTRIDGES The "Big Issue" (helping the homeless) and Christies Against Cancer can raise funds by recycling used cartridges. Recycling freepost labels (or bins for offices/workshops) can be obtained.

OLD MOBILE PHONES may be donated to raise funds for the National Association for Colitis and Crohns. Send to The Environmental Agency, UK/ NACC, FREEPOST. Nate 839, Hockley SS5 4ZZ and contact marie.daley@nacc.org.uk to let her know what you have sent to the Environmental Agency.

TREE OF LIFE A Christian charity organisation which recycles furniture and other household goods to help the needy in the Oldham area. Donations of furniture and bric-a-brac very welcome. 01616263339. See contact details on J&P notice board