Parishes of Our Lady of the Assumption, Stainforth
and Ss Joseph and Nicholas, Moorends

Campaigns

African Famine
Fr. Pannell has requested that this year both parishes focus on doing what we can to alleviate the effects of the famine in Southern Africa
The response has been excellent, among the efforts so far

  • 2 coffee afternoons in Stainforth raised £392
  • Ladies meeting in Moorends raised £170
  • Donation to Cafod from funds - £300
  • Lent Fast Day for Cafod raised £233
  • Large jar in Moorends Church has collected £130 in loose change
  • Easter Quiz by Tony Shay, still time to buy one...
  • Grand Auction in Thorne on May 17th (see What's On?)

Give Water
A new click-to-give fundraising site, www.aquaplastics.org, was launched on March 22nd by the European plastics industry to raise money for much needed water projects in Africa. 1.5 million clicks need to be generated by June 22nd 2003 to raise a donation of €150 000 for the international charity WaterAid. Click to give water to Africa at www.aquaplastics.org
   You can click daily, and for every click 10 cents (about 7 pence) will be donated. Tell your friends too.

Fair Trade
To highlight the importance of Fair Trade, Kate displayed a range of fairly traded goods for sale after mass during Fairtrade Fortnight. She plans to repeat this monthly, after one of the three weekend masses.
The purpose of this is not directly to raise funds for the Parish to donate to the Africa appeal, but to raise awareness of the range and quality of fairly traded goods whaich are increasingly available in supermarkets. The producers of all fairly traded gooded receive a guaranteed fair price for their goods, which gives them to a basic standard of living and enables them to employ other local people, so that the community can flourish WITHOUT the need for aid. Additionally a small social premium is provided for schools, hospitals etc in the area.
By looking for, and purchasing, Fair Trade goods in your weekly you are both supporting third world producers and sending a message to the business world that Fairtrade is a viable way to trade.

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
The principal aim of this Society is

To affirm, defend and promote the existence and value of human life from the moment of conception, and to defend and protect human life generally.

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