The Catholic Parish of Holy Family
Thanks to you and to your Faith and to your willingness to do what the good Lord asks of us, the Olde Forge Cafe Evangelisation project has begun! The Cafe is primarily, first and foremost, a way of inviting the people of our village and area, to get to know the Lord Jesus by getting to know us. We are his very presence. When people who don’t normally form part of our community for holy Mass, come into our Cafe, please greet and welcome them in your usual very warm way, inviting them to share our refreshments. Chat with them only if you feel they would like you to do that. Never try to ‘convert’ someone!!! We leave that to the Lord. If people ask why we are doing this, please simply tell them that we want to share the Lord’s love with everyone. Never ignore a new face. The Cafe is primarily, first and foremost, to evangelise, to reach out to others beyond our own parish community. It is not a nice, new social centre for us, the people of our parish to enjoy ourselves with free refreshments! That said, of course we all can and should enjoy the Cafe too but always remember its most important reason for being there - to be a place of welcome and warmth, through us, for those who do not yet know or know the Lord Jesus well. May he send his Spirit upon each of us as we begin this great work in his name.
Please invite your family members, neighbours, colleagues and acquaintances to join you for holy Mass and to join you for coffee/tea and cake in the Cafe any day and time it is open. We are all asked by the Lord Jesus to be his Missionaries. Our parish, we, you and I, are moving from Maintenance to Mission. Thanks be to God.
It’s wonderful to see many new faces visiting our Cafe and coming to holy Mass, thanks to your invitations.
‘Who shall I invite to come with me to holy Mass and/or to our Cafe’ is our natural, normal way of thinking, as we follow our Blessed Lord, leading us home to Heaven.
Tel: 020 8657 1728
Email the parish-malachykeegan@rcaos.org.uk
Fr Malachy (Parish Room)
Sat: 9.00am - 12.00Midday
Admin Assistance (Parish Room)
Wed: 10.15am - 12.15pm
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