Sunday November 6th, 2016

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Such Sure Hope

However cruelly the world may treat us, we can always rejoice in the glorious future
promised us by Christ, when we will be filled with the vision of God’s glory.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK 5 – 13 November 2016

Saturday 5 Nov       9.00am Bridget Harrington RIP (Tony Frake)
                                6.00pm Liam Higgins RIP (Eileen Sheehan & Family)
Sunday 6 Nov        8.30am Parishioners
                             10.30am Audrey Fernandes (Mrs I Berry)
Monday 7 Nov       9.00am Olga Bowman RIP (Tim Bowman)
Tuesday 8 Nov       7.00pm Tony Sullivan RIP (Marie & Family)
                          Followed by Adoration and Our Lady & St Pio’s Prayer Group
Wednesday 9 Nov  10.00am Hazel Mary Birch in Memoriam (Geoff)
Thursday 10 Nov      9.00am Eucharistic Service
Friday 11 Nov           9.00am Martin Devine RIP (Angela & Geraldine)
Saturday 12 Nov       9.00am Olga Bowman (Tony Frake)
                                 6.00pm Sonny Sheehan RIP (Eileen & Family)
Sunday 13 Nov          8.30am Olga Bowman RIP (Teresa Fan)
                                10.30am Deceased Members of the Stubbs Family (Iris & Bill Keefe)

Sick
Audrey O’Hara, Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones, John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Elvira Vaz, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, May Jones, Mary Stubbs, Josie Keeley, Una Carpenter, John Harrington, Ida Leitao, John Larkin, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski, Nora Lenihan, Angela Gillespie, Ann McDonald, Mary Lee, Eileen Weald, Geoff Birch, Maureen Fitzpatrick, John Adams, David Shaw, Clare Kent.

Anniversaries:
Mona Shaw, Harry Dunmall, Ralph Rahim, Joseph Henry Desmond, Simon Connolly

Feast Days:
Tue: St Willibrord, Bishop. Thur: St Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church. Fri: St Martin of Tours, Bishop. Sat: St Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr

ROTAS:
Readers: Saturday 6pm Carol Anderson Sunday 8.30am Les Thomas 10.30am Sarah Finlay. Copying of Newsletter: Philippa Chaplin. Newsletter Typist: Graziella Highland. Collection for 8.30am Mass: Mrs T Lee. Parishioner Attending To Front of Church on Saturdays: John Stanton. Eucharistic Ministers: Saturday 6 pm Anne Harris (1) Rob O’Halloran (2) Sun 8.30am Bridie Haylett (3) Peter Whiffen (4) Sun 10.30am John Stanton (5) Margaret Gillis (6) Patricia McQuaid (7) Eileen Wheatley (8) Paul Rowland (9). Washing of Purificators: Kathy Connolly. Flower Arranging: Sue Murphy & Mary Kevan (Remembrance Sunday).

OFFERTORY COLLECTION:
Sunday 30th October 2016: Gift Aid £462.20 Loose £203.28 Total: £665.48
This week’s retiring collection is for: Bexley Deanery Developing World Group
Next week’s 2nd collection is for: Archbishops Administration Fund

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: REMEMBRANCE SERVICE will be on Saturday 19th November at 2pm. More detail to follow.

JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY: Parish prayers of thanks for the blessings of the Jubilee Year will be offered at all Masses on Saturday 19th and 20th November, and 10.30am mass will be adapted to suit the closing of the “Year of Mercy”. Thanks to all for actively making the year eventful and prayerful in mercy. Fr Christian.

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING:<a Wednesday 14th December – movie on Bl Duns Scotus. 7.00pm for 7.30pm start.

ST JOHN FISHER CHRISTMAS FAYRE: Our charity Christmas fayre is on 10 December in the parish hall. We hope to make it a festive occasion that brings together members of the community, both young and old, with a chance to shop and socialise. We are also hoping to involve local shops with their own stalls at the fayre. More volunteers are needed to help with organising the event. We need donations of items to decorate the hall, sell and to fill Father Christmas’s sack! To book a stall and for more information visit our website or contact St John Fisher RC, 48 Thanet Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 1AP. Tel: 07892 800404. E-mail stjfisher@tiscali.co.uk. Website: stjohnfisherbexley.org.

PARISH YEAR PLANNER 2017: We will be producing the Parish’s year planner and are inviting businesses to advertise or fund it to pay for the printing. Contact St John Fisher Church, 48 Thanet Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 1AP. Tel: 07892 800404. E-mail stjfisher@tiscali.co.uk. Website: stjohnfisherbexley.org.