resources DURING SUSPENSION 

Support & Resources

Whilst we cannot gather together physically, we are still able to come together as a community in prayer.  Below is a list of support and resources available to help you.  Please be advise that there is also a Parish Facebook Group
 which you may find useful, it can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rcrainham/

Live-streamed Mass,
Spiritual Communion and social media

Live Streamed Mass
Several Parishes within the Archdiocese live-stream Mass each weekend. We have compiled a list of those that currently do so, along with links to each stream.
Link to Southwark parishes live-stream masses
Spiritual Communion
During this time, Catholics are encouraged to make a spiritual communion.  An excellent prayer sheet has been produced by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, including a prayer for spiritual communion.  Click here to view / download.
Last but certainly not least, the Catholic Centre for Formation has produced the following graphic of suitable prayers.  Please download here. 
Social Media
We will be sharing daily readings, Gospel passages and reflections on the Diocesan Facebook page and highlighting various resources, opportunities and news about life in the Diocese on Twitter and
Instagram. You may also like to visit our You Tube page to revisit some homilies from various services throughout the past year.
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CAFOD Children's Liturgy & Southwark Catholic Youth Service Team

CAFOD Children's Liturgy
Young people are very much at ease with the internet. To this end we are pleased to share that CAFOD are holding a Children's Liturgy of the Word in the form of a webinar, each Sunday between 10 - 10.15 am 
Link to CAFOD webinar /download childrens prayer resources

​The Southwark Catholic Youth Service Team are currently working on a project to be revealed shortly, but they have some encouragement and positive advice for young people.  Why not visit their  Facebook or Instagram page and re-post / like their uplifting content for young people?

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Other Prayer
and
​Support Resources

​Catholic Bishops' Conference
Prayer in a time of sickness
The God Who Speaks
National Call to Prayer on 22nd March 2020 
Prayer to Mary by Pope Francis
Lent in Isolation: 
https://www.lentinisolation.com
https://www.facebook.com/lentinisolation/
This platform has been created to spiritually nourish those isolated from faith practices as a result of COVID-19. Their aim is to offer daily readings, a homily and an act of spiritual communion.
Christ Covid Community created by members of the Bishops’ Conference Spirituality Group: 
www.facebook.com/groups/267518617576684
The Tablet: Isolated but not alone: a compilation of resources
Many of the UK Catholic Diocesan newspapers have been put on one website (www.ChurchPaper.co.uk) so parishioners can stay in contact with their Church and community.