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Jobs

For Catholic teaching job vacancies, click on these sites:

http://www.ces.eteach.com

http://www.e-ctg.co.uk

Carers wanted

Are you looking for a challenge?

Vincentian Care Plus provides high quality Home Care to elderly people in their own homes.

We are seeking to employ Male and Female Carers.

Good conditions apply - opportunities for training provided.

Make the commitment and you won't be disappointed.

Phone 0207 631 1706

www.vincentiancareplus.org.uk

Accommodation

The Bar Convent, York
The Congregation of Jesus run a guest house for about 30 people (fairly basic but friendly, warm and safe) - which has been there since 1686 - and a conference centre, restaurant and shop (all small but well used) - also an exhibition of Christianity in the North.
Family urgently seeks London home to rent

A Catholic family with seven young children (father works) urgently seeks a home to rent in London. Can afford £800pcm, (higher rent if landlord can wait for HB top-up)

Can provide deposit and character references. Please contact Andre Rostant
020 7066 3340 (until 6.30) or 020 7732 1972 (eve)
07964 515 719
andre.rostant@fsa.gov.uk

Catholic Services and Businesses

KENYA: Free Calling Service for Missing Persons

The Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) in collaboration to the Kenyans for Peace Truth and Justice (KPTJ) has set up an initiative of collecting data on the missing and dead persons, owing to the post election violence. The toll free service will be in operation 12 hrs a day i.e. 8:00 am to 8:00 pm for two months.

Have you lost a relative to the post-election violence? Is your relative missing due to the post-election violence? Or do you have information on missing or dead persons? CALL TOLL FREE 0800720006 TO REPORT

KENYA: Free Cleft Lip Operations

Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi is now offering free surgery for people with cleft lips and /or palate.

1. ELIGIBILITY: The surgery is absolutely free for people below 50 years. The offer shall not be extended to any other illness apart from cleft lip and/or palate.

2. BOOKING Monday to Friday at the hospital between 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. Telephone bookings are allowed. The surgery will be done on first come first served basis. Food and accommodation are only free for the patients.

3. PARTNERSHIP: The programme is partially and officially funded by SMILE TRAIN, an international children,s charity, and Metropolitan Hospital Nairobi.

Please, if you find/know anyone who has a cleft lip and/or palate deformity; send him/her to the hospital for review through this contact: CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT, METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL, TEL. 020 781730/3, CDMA: 020 2020263; E-Mail: customercare@metro-hospital.com

Casa Homesearch
Independent, professional property search business for Barcelona and Costa Brava. Part of the profits are donated to Catholic charities.

Gate of Heaven, Parts I, II, and III
A Collection of forty original post-conciliar Catholic Hymns.

Venerable, traditional texts drawn from the patrimony of the Church.

Hymns to Mary; to the Saints: in honor of St. Maximilian Kolbe (To the Immaculata); to Saint Michael the Archangel (Defend Us in Battle); to Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church. Psalmody. A hymn to Jesus, the Lord of Life, about which Father Paul Marx, "the Apostle for Life," said:

"This great hymn, Jesus, the Lord of Life, fills a real need in our Catholic churches today, where the music and hymnody most often seem far away from the promotion of the sanctity of
life."

Commentary on Catholic Church music, including The Cantus Project.
Sound Samples. www.nicholasmaria.com.

Special Pilgrimages
Special Pilgrimages are a leading Christian Tour Operator, offering an unrivalled first class service with 25 years of experience.

We offer tours and pilgrimages for individual travellers, and a tailor made service for groups from Great Britain and Ireland.

Carmelite Bookshop
The Friars, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7BX; Tel: 01622 715770; Fax: 01622 715575 Email: bookshop@thefriars.org.uk
The Carmelite Bookshop is the Largest Christian Bookshop in the area. Open 7 days a week - Ample Parking. Wide variety of books, resource material, cassettes, devotional articles, cards, gifts

Mail Order Service available. For more details about the Friars bookshop - including a list of all their latest books - visit: http://www.thefriars.org.uk

Fine Wines of New Zealand
Run by Margaret Harvey, MBE and Master of Wine, who has hosted wine-tastings for many charities in the UK

Marmaria Cafe - The Taste of Palestine
Maramia Café is the first of its kind in the UK offering
Palestinian Mediterranean fast food.

Maramia is the Arabic
word for the herb 'sage', and stems from the name
of the Virgin Mary, known in the Middle East as 'Maryam'.
48 GOLBORNE ROAD, LONDON W10
T: 020 3132 3431 M: 07766 640112 E: maramiacafe@hotmail.com

Southwell Books
UK-based, independent, family-run, Catholic, online bookseller. Full range of sound Catholic books, including Parenting & Children, Pro-life, History, Bibles, Catholic Fiction (classic and contemporary), Prayer Books, Lives of Saints, Practising the Faith, Current Controversies, Church's Moral Teaching, Missals for 1962 Latin Liturgy, Comparative Religion, Rosaries, Crucifixes and more. Order online or by phone (we are happy to advise and make suggestions). Full catalogue on our website.
Phone: 01823 401193 (Mon-Fri, 10-6)
Email: info@southwellbooks.com
Website: www.southwellbooks.com

Holidays and Pilgrimages

Lourdes: accommodation
My husband and I run a chambres d'hotes and gite de groupe. We have the capacity to take up to 50 people on a catering or self-catering basis and are approximately 50 minutes away from Lourdes. We have a minibus and can transport at least 12 people.

Special Pilgrimages
Special Pilgrimages are a leading Christian Tour Operator, offering an unrivalled first class service with 25 years of experience.

We offer tours and pilgrimages for individual travellers, and a tailor made service for groups from Great Britain and Ireland.

Courses/Volunteer Opportunities

DEVELOPING OUR SPIRITUALITY
Formerly known as Personal and Spiritual Development.

Offering experiences of different ways of praying, reflecting and listening, so as to foster the connection between prayer and life.

Fore more details and application form contact:
lynne@mountstreet.info
020- 7495- 1673.
114, Mount Street. W1K 3AH
Apply before June 12th.

Volunteers needed on SOS Prayer Line

The SOS prayerline, based at St Patrick's in Soho, Central London, need some more volunteers to help - would you or would you know of someone who would be interested? Please could you let me have their names or contact David Kanani (Tel: 020 8891 0003 or kananidavid@hotmail.com )

A weekly September to July Course
led by Tony Horan SJ.

The Bar Convent, York
The Congregation of Jesus run a guest house for about 30 people (fairly basic but friendly, warm and safe) - which has been there since 1686 - and a conference centre, restaurant and shop (all small but well used) - also an exhibition of Christianity in the North.

St John Bosco Children's Summer Camps

Bookings are now being taken for next year's St John Bosco Children's Summer Camps (2008). They cost £90 a week and have been described as 'non-stop fun'.

For details of boys' camps (for 8-14 year olds) write to St John John Bosco centre (Boys booking secretary), 25 Walsingham Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 6EX. Or call: 020 8363 2633. For the girls' camps (aged 9-12) write to the Girls' booking secretary, St John Bosco Centre, 362 Station Road, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7QY.

Summer Camps for Kids at St Mary's

Sport St Mary's at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, is running its popular sport summer camps again next July and August (2008) at its Strawberry Hill campus.

The camps are designed to develop children's physical and social skills though a structured learning experience in a safe and fun environment.

The camps are open to 8 to 14 year olds who can participate in four day camps in athletics, gymnastics / dance and volleyball. The camps run from July 24 to August 23 and participants will be divided into age groups (8-10 and 11-14).

For more information contact Ellen Ford on 020 8240 2309 or email forde@smuc.ac.uk.

Prayers

- Thanks to St Jude for prayers answered. AD

- Please pray for family in Zimbabwe.

- For friends in Zimbabwe. NC

-For a sick child. VK

- For a dear friend who has died. BH

-For a child who needs a bone marrow transplant. CD

- Please pray for a man suffering from depression. DM

- Thanks for a lovely baby safely born. EG

- For a young woman unsure about her future. Help her make the right decision. MR

- Please pray for Hilda Martin - much loved mother who died this morning.

A weekly September to July Course
led by Tony Horan SJ.

DEVELOPING OUR
SPIRITUALITY
Formerly known as Personal and Spiritual Development.

Offering experiences of different ways of praying, reflecting and listening, so as to foster the connection between prayer and life.

Fore more details and application form contact:
lynne@mountstreet.info
020- 7495- 1673.
114, Mount Street. W1K 3AH
Apply before June 12th.

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Jobs
For Catholic teaching job vacancies, click on these sites: http://www.ces.eteach.com http://www.e-ctg.co.uk	Carers wanted Are you looking for a challenge? Vincentian Care Plus provides high quality Home Care to elderly people in their own homes. We are seeking to employ Male and Female Carers. Good conditions apply - opportunities for training provided. Make the commitment and you won't be disappointed. Phone 0207 631 1706 www.vincentiancareplus.org.uk

Accommodation
The Bar Convent, York The Congregation of Jesus run a guest house for about 30 people (fairly basic but friendly, warm and safe) - which has been there since 1686 - and a conference centre, restaurant and shop (all small but well used) - also an exhibition of Christianity in the North.	Family urgently seeks London home to rent A Catholic family with seven young children (father works) urgently seeks a home to rent in London. Can afford £800pcm, (higher rent if landlord can wait for HB top-up) Can provide deposit and character references. Please contact Andre Rostant 020 7066 3340 (until 6.30) or 020 7732 1972 (eve) 07964 515 719 andre.rostant@fsa.gov.uk

Catholic Services and Businesses
KENYA: Free Calling Service for Missing Persons The Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) in collaboration to the Kenyans for Peace Truth and Justice (KPTJ) has set up an initiative of collecting data on the missing and dead persons, owing to the post election violence. The toll free service will be in operation 12 hrs a day i.e. 8:00 am to 8:00 pm for two months. Have you lost a relative to the post-election violence? Is your relative missing due to the post-election violence? Or do you have information on missing or dead persons? CALL TOLL FREE 0800720006 TO REPORT KENYA: Free Cleft Lip Operations Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi is now offering free surgery for people with cleft lips and /or palate. 1. ELIGIBILITY: The surgery is absolutely free for people below 50 years. The offer shall not be extended to any other illness apart from cleft lip and/or palate. 2. BOOKING Monday to Friday at the hospital between 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. Telephone bookings are allowed. The surgery will be done on first come first served basis. Food and accommodation are only free for the patients. 3. PARTNERSHIP: The programme is partially and officially funded by SMILE TRAIN, an international children,s charity, and Metropolitan Hospital Nairobi. Please, if you find/know anyone who has a cleft lip and/or palate deformity; send him/her to the hospital for review through this contact: CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT, METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL, TEL. 020 781730/3, CDMA: 020 2020263; E-Mail: customercare@metro-hospital.com Casa Homesearch Independent, professional property search business for Barcelona and Costa Brava. Part of the profits are donated to Catholic charities.	Gate of Heaven, Parts I, II, and III A Collection of forty original post-conciliar Catholic Hymns. Venerable, traditional texts drawn from the patrimony of the Church. Hymns to Mary; to the Saints: in honor of St. Maximilian Kolbe (To the Immaculata); to Saint Michael the Archangel (Defend Us in Battle); to Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church. Psalmody. A hymn to Jesus, the Lord of Life, about which Father Paul Marx, "the Apostle for Life," said: "This great hymn, Jesus, the Lord of Life, fills a real need in our Catholic churches today, where the music and hymnody most often seem far away from the promotion of the sanctity of life." Commentary on Catholic Church music, including The Cantus Project. Sound Samples. www.nicholasmaria.com. Special Pilgrimages Special Pilgrimages are a leading Christian Tour Operator, offering an unrivalled first class service with 25 years of experience. We offer tours and pilgrimages for individual travellers, and a tailor made service for groups from Great Britain and Ireland.
Carmelite Bookshop The Friars, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7BX; Tel: 01622 715770; Fax: 01622 715575 Email: bookshop@thefriars.org.uk The Carmelite Bookshop is the Largest Christian Bookshop in the area. Open 7 days a week - Ample Parking. Wide variety of books, resource material, cassettes, devotional articles, cards, gifts Mail Order Service available. For more details about the Friars bookshop - including a list of all their latest books - visit: http://www.thefriars.org.uk	Fine Wines of New Zealand Run by Margaret Harvey, MBE and Master of Wine, who has hosted wine-tastings for many charities in the UK Marmaria Cafe - The Taste of Palestine Maramia Café is the first of its kind in the UK offering Palestinian Mediterranean fast food. Maramia is the Arabic word for the herb 'sage', and stems from the name of the Virgin Mary, known in the Middle East as 'Maryam'. 48 GOLBORNE ROAD, LONDON W10 T: 020 3132 3431 M: 07766 640112 E: maramiacafe@hotmail.com
	Southwell Books UK-based, independent, family-run, Catholic, online bookseller. Full range of sound Catholic books, including Parenting & Children, Pro-life, History, Bibles, Catholic Fiction (classic and contemporary), Prayer Books, Lives of Saints, Practising the Faith, Current Controversies, Church's Moral Teaching, Missals for 1962 Latin Liturgy, Comparative Religion, Rosaries, Crucifixes and more. Order online or by phone (we are happy to advise and make suggestions). Full catalogue on our website. Phone: 01823 401193 (Mon-Fri, 10-6) Email: info@southwellbooks.com Website: www.southwellbooks.com
Holidays and Pilgrimages
Lourdes: accommodation My husband and I run a chambres d'hotes and gite de groupe. We have the capacity to take up to 50 people on a catering or self-catering basis and are approximately 50 minutes away from Lourdes. We have a minibus and can transport at least 12 people. Special Pilgrimages Special Pilgrimages are a leading Christian Tour Operator, offering an unrivalled first class service with 25 years of experience. We offer tours and pilgrimages for individual travellers, and a tailor made service for groups from Great Britain and Ireland. Courses/Volunteer Opportunities DEVELOPING OUR SPIRITUALITY Formerly known as Personal and Spiritual Development. Offering experiences of different ways of praying, reflecting and listening, so as to foster the connection between prayer and life. Fore more details and application form contact: lynne@mountstreet.info 020- 7495- 1673. 114, Mount Street. W1K 3AH Apply before June 12th. Volunteers needed on SOS Prayer Line The SOS prayerline, based at St Patrick's in Soho, Central London, need some more volunteers to help - would you or would you know of someone who would be interested? Please could you let me have their names or contact David Kanani (Tel: 020 8891 0003 or kananidavid@hotmail.com ) A weekly September to July Course led by Tony Horan SJ.	The Bar Convent, York The Congregation of Jesus run a guest house for about 30 people (fairly basic but friendly, warm and safe) - which has been there since 1686 - and a conference centre, restaurant and shop (all small but well used) - also an exhibition of Christianity in the North. St John Bosco Children's Summer Camps Bookings are now being taken for next year's St John Bosco Children's Summer Camps (2008). They cost £90 a week and have been described as 'non-stop fun'. For details of boys' camps (for 8-14 year olds) write to St John John Bosco centre (Boys booking secretary), 25 Walsingham Road, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 6EX. Or call: 020 8363 2633. For the girls' camps (aged 9-12) write to the Girls' booking secretary, St John Bosco Centre, 362 Station Road, Rainham, Kent, ME8 7QY. Summer Camps for Kids at St Mary's Sport St Mary's at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, is running its popular sport summer camps again next July and August (2008) at its Strawberry Hill campus. The camps are designed to develop children's physical and social skills though a structured learning experience in a safe and fun environment. The camps are open to 8 to 14 year olds who can participate in four day camps in athletics, gymnastics / dance and volleyball. The camps run from July 24 to August 23 and participants will be divided into age groups (8-10 and 11-14). For more information contact Ellen Ford on 020 8240 2309 or email forde@smuc.ac.uk. Prayers - Thanks to St Jude for prayers answered. AD - Please pray for family in Zimbabwe. - For friends in Zimbabwe. NC -For a sick child. VK - For a dear friend who has died. BH -For a child who needs a bone marrow transplant. CD - Please pray for a man suffering from depression. DM - Thanks for a lovely baby safely born. EG - For a young woman unsure about her future. Help her make the right decision. MR - Please pray for Hilda Martin - much loved mother who died this morning.

	A weekly September to July Course led by Tony Horan SJ. DEVELOPING OUR SPIRITUALITY Formerly known as Personal and Spiritual Development. Offering experiences of different ways of praying, reflecting and listening, so as to foster the connection between prayer and life. Fore more details and application form contact: lynne@mountstreet.info 020- 7495- 1673. 114, Mount Street. W1K 3AH Apply before June 12th.