Pledge for December

I will: where possible, respond to appeals in the Bulletin to donate items to charities, e.g., St Wilfrid’s
 

Go to footprint.wwf.org.uk to assess the environmental impact of our personal lifestyle choices, and find ways to reduce them.​
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And tinned vegetables: peas, carrots, sweetcorn, potatoes all year in the yellow crate please!
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CAFOD World Gifts: Click Here               

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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 infosheffield@svp.org.uk. Our office is open 9:00-3:00pm, Monday- Friday.
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BEN'S CENTRE:
​Right now, we need sleeping bags and men's coats please. 

Guide to the LiveSimply Award

LiveSimply Plan

LiveSimply Flyer

St Vincent's Pledges Month by Month to Live Simply

​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.
Sustainable Travel? A bus to mass?: click HERE 
Reflections on Sunday Readings and the themes of LiveSimply

Advent – Christmas

  • First Sunday of Advent, Year B
 
“Look down from heaven, and see;
take care of this vine,
and protect what your right hand has planted.”                 Live Simply- creation, nature imagery
 
  • Second Sunday of Advent, Year B, Psalm, 2nd Reading 
 
“Truth shall spring out of the earth.”                     Live Simply – Hope in God, in nature imagery
 
“Since everything is to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be, conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion.”                     Live in Solidarity
 
  • Third Sunday of Advent, Year B, First Reading
 
“he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners,” Live in Solidarity
 
“As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, so will the Lord GOD make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.”  Live Simply- powerful image using nature
 
  • Feast of The Baptism of the Lord, Year B, First Reading,
 
“I, the LORD, have called you …. to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.” Live in Solidarity
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“Why spend your money for what is not bread, your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare.”  Live Simply- focus on what is life giving
Psalm: images of God, using nature

Cycle of Prayer. Prayers of the Faithful.   

Advent – Christmas
Migrants and Refugees
especially on Migrant's Day (3 December)
  • For our society,
    may it always welcome the stranger.
  • For those countries from which asylum seekers and refugees have fled,
    may all work together for peace and justice.    ​​
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: try to be your best self. The children reflected on Pope Francis' message in Laudato Si', then drew something from nature and made a pledge. 

Photo Gallery
LiveSimply News from Elsewhere 
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​Congratulations to St Joseph's Parish Dinnington on achieving the Live Simply Award!!!                             


​Plastic Free Display 2023
Articles/ Resources
NEW: Laudate Deum: a summary of its relevance and importance (CAFOD)
NEW: 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. Click each name for information

Links to Explore

​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.
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.
National Unplugging Day​ Lots of ideas to help us  to disconnect from our devices and reconnect with our family, friends, loved ones and communities in real life
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Autumn Recipe
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