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Waré, a woman in Ethiopia who led campaign for water tanks
Waré, Ethiopia
When a severe drought hit, finding water became an extreme challenge. Waré was pregnant at the time and had no choice but to walk miles each day, enduring severe heat, to find water. Support from CAFOD built life-changing water tanks. Many women like Waré are still walking miles to find water. Donate today, or make a monthly pledge to change lives.

Care for Creation Little Pilgrimage 1 September 2025

This day began the Season of Creation 2025, with the regular Mass at St. Michael's, Rivelin for the souls of those buried there and in Crookes cemetery, providing an apt setting for the new Mass for the Care of Creation. This Mass was instituted recently by the Vatican and offered by Pope Leo at Castel Gandolfo in July. We had a gentle walk of just under a mile along the Rivelin Trail to Malin Bridge, with  prayer stops along the way, before continuing  to Sacred Heart Church where Father Michael met us in the Memorial Garden for our final prayer. We were joined by parishioners from Sacred Heart, St William of York, and the Cathedral, ranging in age from under 3 to over 80.
                                     Full Text of Prayers on Little Pilgrimage
Photos below of pilgrims from St Michael's Church to Sacred Heart Church, via the accessible Rivelin Valley Trail

Little Pilgrimage for the Jubilee Season of Creation in Hallam Bridge

Parish Garden

Harvest time for garlic and chard. Do contact Columba in person or via the Parish Office, if you would like to join in, and of course share the produce! If you have particular access requirements so you can be involved, please do say, so we can look at removing any barriers.

Jubilee 2025

We were called by Pope Francis to be Pilgrims of Hope, in Prayer, and in our Care for Creation, translating into solidarity with those who are exploited and overlooked. "...may we never fail, in the course of our sojourn, to contemplate the beauty of creation and care for our common home". https://www.cbcew.org.uk/jubilee-2025-letter-from-pope-francis/
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Laudate Si' 10th Anniversary Mass

Laudate Si Mass with gifts of globe, bread, grapes and water
Gifts of the Globe, water, grapes and bread
This special liturgy celebrated Laudato Si’ week –a time dedicated annually by the Catholic Church to Pope Francis’ prophetic encyclical on environmental and economic issues. The title Laudato Si’, ‘Praised Be to You’, was taken from the opening of St. Francis of Assisi’s hymn praising God for Creation, and is addressed to us all.

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CAFOD DO GET YOUR HOPES UP Video and Resources
Cafod video re cancel the debt
CAFOD video
​About 3.3 billion people live in countries where debt-related payments are greater than their expenditure on health or education. For the Year of Jubilee in 2025, people across the world are uniting in solidarity to demand action on the global debt crisis. Add YOUR name
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Find out more. Turn Debt into Hope: Caritas Launches the Jubilee 2025 Debt Campaign - Caritas

Live Simply Award for St Vincent's Parish: 
​celebrating what we have done as a Parish over the past two years, to care for God’s creation and each other, and to seek the help of the Holy Spirit to do more

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Cafod Award on the altar
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Live Simply Offertory gifts of fresh produce and symbols of our charities
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Live Simply Award on the altar
Full Live Simply Homily 
We pray for the peace of our city and our region. We pray for those targeted by violence, and the people who work in projects dedicated to helping them.
Bring and Mend Morning February 2025. 4 Churches Together

Live Simply in Action in the Parish

We have been working with the Reception class in St. Marie’s school garden. It has been wonderful to live through the seasons with the children. The children have enjoyed working in the garden. Some of the children live in flats so don’t have their own garden at home. In the last few months we have planted bulbs, made bug hotels, cleared weeds, collected apples, and made fat balls for the birds. Every week nature gifts us with new experiences. It was lovely to see the snowdrops making an appearance last week and to spot all the green shoots emerging after all the recent snow. It is a privilege to be with the children and to help them grow in their understanding of nature and the changing seasons. Here are some recent photos that show the children’s efforts in the garden. A Burke, P.Delamere
Parish Urban Pilgrimage and Article in Hallam Bridge  
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St Vincent's Furniture Store 
We are in urgent need of the following donations:
  • Two seater sofas (must be clean with no marks or stains and have the 1988 fire regulation label attached)
  • Single and double bed frames with mattresses (these must be clean with no marks or stains and have the 1988 fire regulation label attached)
  • Single and double mattresses (these must be clean with no marks or stains and have the 1988 fire regulation label attached)
  • High Backed Chairs (OT)
  • 2 to 6 seater dining tables and chairs
  • Chests of drawers
  • Single assembled wardrobes
  • Clothing rails
  • Bunk beds
  • Small electricals (toasters, microwaves, kettles, irons, lamps, vacuum cleaners)
  • Small bookcases and desks
  • Rugs (all sizes)
  • Clean towels
  • Clean single and double bedding sets
  • Single and double duvets (must be new or in pristine condition, no marks or stains)
  • Pots, pans and kitchen utensils
If you would like to make a donation or have any items you would like to discuss please call us on 0114 270 3990 or email [email protected]. Our office is open 9:00-3:00pm, Monday- Friday.
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St Wilfrid's Centre: Tinned vegetables, peas, carrots, sweetcorn, potatoes all year in the yellow crate please!
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​BEN'S CENTRE:
​We need women's small sizes jeans or leggings (8-10), plus men's and jeans winter coats. Thank you

Guide to the LiveSimply Award

St Vincent's Pledges Month by Month to Live Simply
St Vincent's Action Plan 2024-2025

​And here's why: 
Laudate Deum: Pope Francis' heartfelt, determined reaffirmation of our duty to care for creation, and respond to the global climate crisis.
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Reflections on Sunday Readings and the Themes of LiveSimply
 
Ordinary Time: Autumn

  • 27th Sunday, Entrance Antiphon
“For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth,
and all that is held within the circle of heaven;
you are the Lord of all.”   Live Simply- celebrating all creation
The Gospel
“The Apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ And the Lord said, ‘If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you.”   Live Simply- powerful image from the natural world
 
  • 28th Sunday, First Reading
“Naaman the Syrian went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of Elisha, the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. “  Live Sustainably- water is life- giving
 
  • 29th Sunday, Responsorial Psalm
“Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
 The LORD your guard, the LORD your shade
at your right hand.”    Live Simply- God the creator and protector
 
  • 30th Sunday, The Gospel
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Live in Solidarity- look after others, as yourself
 
  • Feast of All Saints, Responsorial Psalm
“The LORD’S is the earth and its fullness,
the world, and those who dwell in it.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the rivers he made it firm. “   Live Sustainably- it is God’s creation we are stewards of
 The Gospel
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Live in Solidarity-our call to action that makes a difference
 
  • Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, Responsorial Psalm
“We shall not fear though the earth should rock,
though the mountains quake to the heart of the sea.” Live Simply-  powerful images from the natural world
 
  • 33rd Sunday, Responsorial Psalm
“Let the sea and all within it thunder;
the world, and those who dwell in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands.   
The LORD comes to judge the peoples with fairness.
The hills ring out their joy
at the presence of the LORD, for he comes.”   Live Simply- it is God’s creation we are stewards of, and we join in the praise
 
  •  Feast of Christ the King, Second Reading
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him.” …Live Simply, Sustainably, in Solidarity with all creation

Cycle of Prayer. Prayers of the Faithful.   
Ordinary Time: Autumn

The Harvest, the Fruits of Human of Work, and the Reverent Use of Creation
especially on World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (1 September) and on last Sunday in September or whenever Harvest Festivals are held
  • For a fair and equal trade,
    so that all may receive a just wage for the work of their hands.
  • For politicians and all who make decisions
    that affect the future of the earth
    may they safeguard the care of creation for future generations.

Justice and Peace in the world
especially on Harvest Fast Day (1st Friday in October)
  •  For tolerance and respect,
    for an openness to neighbours and strangers.
  • For the broadening of our horizons
    and an awareness of what is happening in the world.

Prisoners and their Families
especially on the Day of Prayer for Prisoners and their Dependents (2nd Sunday in October) and during Prisons Week (2nd week in October)
  • For all in prison and their families,
    that they may know the Lord's compassion and love.
  • For the judicial system,
    may it practice both justice and mercy.     

​Young People
especially on Youth Day (Christ the King)
  • For young people, may they grow in Christ
  • Fill all hearts of all young people, we pray,
       with the fire of your love
       and kindle in them a desire
       for the just advancement of their neighbour.

Prayer Resources
St Vincent's Parish LiveSimply Prayer

Father, source of light and goodness
Help us to tread lightly on your world, and
To share with each other the fruits of your creation.
Acting justly, loving tenderly and living simply.
Showing humility and gratitude for all that you give
Lord of heaven and earth.

Liturgy for Children

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The Parable of the Mustard Seed: how small acts, that we all take, help to make the world a better place 

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Sustainable Travel? A bus to mass? Click for Information   
LiveSimply News from Elsewhere (click on each for more info)
Articles/ Resources
New: St Vincent's Live Simply Award in Hallam Bridge
​Laudate Si: Discussion document Santa Clara Jesuit University
Laudate Deum: a summary of its relevance and importance (CAFOD)
The Blessings of John O'Donohue ​
Fast Fashion (Fr Sean McDonagh)
An Introduction to Catholic Social Teaching- Protecting our Common Home
Consumerism and Climate Change (Fr Paddy)
​Silence in the Sacred Liturgy (Fr Paddy)
Diocesan Commitment to Laudato Si' (Bishop Ralph)
Notes for Liturgy for Children and Laudato Si'
​Give in Memory: Click Here
​Books
Campaigns/ Petitions You Can Sign/ Actions (Click on each for information)
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​Living in Solidarity: Supporting our Charities. 

Links to Explore

https://www.pilgrimways.org.uk/ Explore for pilgrim routes and broadening of the idea of pilgrimage

Laudato Si' Movement (laudatosimovement.org) A wide range of information relating to the encyclical Laudato Si and our responsibility to live lightly on the earth. 
​Laudato Si’ Movement Prayer Book has prayers for many occasions, from many cultures, together with the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross and an examination of conscience, all on the theme of caring for God's creation.
Laudato Si' Research Institute, inspired by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, seeks to provide intellectual foundations for a reordering of society towards care for the earth and care for the poor.
Resources - Columban Missionaries (columbans.co.uk) The Columban missionaries work with passion for Justice, Peace and Concern for the Integrity of God's Creation. Check their resources for information and for prayer guidance.
Vocation for Justice- Columban Missionaries working for Justice, Peace and Ecology
https://journeyto2030.org/  The Journey to 2030 is a lay-run project that supports the Church and its wider community to respond to the cry of the earth and the poor. Its mission is to help our church communities to be the hubs of transformational change that they want to see in the world. See the section on the parish on their website: Parish - The Journey to 2030
The Call of Creation, The Catholic Bishops’ Conference  ​New edition of their teaching document on the environment.
Friday Abstinence, Carbon Emissions, LiveSimply Award  Catholic Bishops' Conference Resolutions on Environmental Matters.
Family activities and ideas (cafod.org.uk) Cafod has a very large website, and of course is the promoter of the LiveSimply Award for which our parish is working. It is particularly worth checking out their resources for schools and families.
Reducing screen time- benefits for everyone
​Ethical Banking What it is and which ethical banks offer UK current accounts
​Give a gift that matters with Gifts for Life e-cards from Transform Trade: Click Here
Good Taste- the Sheffield Fair Trade Shop: Click Here
www.theletterfilm.org/watch/ Parish Film Night
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Fundraising Highlights
  • ​St Justin's Car Boot Sale 2024 raised £748
  • ​ CAFOD Big Lent Walk raised £965! Thank you to everyone. Click for full text of Prayers
  • ​St Vincent's Christmas Bazaar 2024 raised £1633.50 for a number of Parish charities
  • ​Pantomime 2025 donations £764
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