Newsletter Sunday November 1st, 2020

ALL SAINTS

Readings: Apocalypse;7:2-4, 9-14 Psalm 23, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12

FOLLOWING THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A PUBLC MASS IN THE CHURCH AFTER WEDNESDAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE CHURCH WILL BE OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER AND EXPOSITION ON FRIDAY BETWEEN 10.00 – 11.00am AND THIS WILL CONTINUE AS USUAL ON SUBSEQUENT MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SUNDAY MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE.

SERVICES FOR WEEK 31st October – 8th November 2020

Sat 31 Oct    18.00 Ivor John Burton-Bowen RIP (Wood)

Sun 1 Nov    ALL SAINTS
08.30 Fr Ernest Akorsou RIP (Jones family)
10.30 Dunning Family living + deceased (Wheatley)
Parish Mass – available to engage with via website at any time

Deceased Members & Benefactors (SVP)

Mon 2 Nov    09.30 All Souls Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Alan Hyde RIP (Hyde family)

Tues 3 Nov    St Winefride Bill Keefe RIP (Keefe family)

Weds 4 Nov    09.30 St Charles Borromeo Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Deceased Deanery Clergy

Thurs 5 Nov    Norma Brooker (Frake)

Fri 6 Nov    10.00 – 11.00 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Sat 7 NO PUBLIC MASS

Sun 8 Nov    32nd SUNDAY 32A REMEMBRANCE DAY
NO PUBLIC MASS
Parish Mass – available to engage with via website at any time
Cilan Geoghegan RIP (Sheehan)

FINANCES – from the Diocesan and Parish finance teams.
Last week’s collection £979 (including Standing Orders) Many thanks. .
Direct Bank Payments to RCAS St John Fisher Church, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763
Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code
Extra Collections This week Missio
Next week Priest Training Fund
Nov 14/15 Apostleship of the Sea
Nov 21/22 Catholic Education Service, Catholic Youth Service
Nov 28/29 Holy Places
Dec 5/6 Bexley Deanery World Development Projects
Dec 12/13 Peter Pence

LINKS AND CONTACTS.
Our Diocese of Southwark: http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk Lots of information and further links.
Bexley Council Helpline: 020 3045 5398. The helpline is open from 8am to 6pm.

Welcome to any who have made a special effort to be here (in one way or another!) this weekend to remember your loved ones. A sad consequence of the pandemic has been the minimal celebration of funerals. However that has not stopped those who have died from being in our prayers and this weekend we have some small opportunity to demonstrate that. Eternal Rest give unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
God Bless

SUNDAY MASS ON THE WEBSITE http://www.stjohnfisherbexley.org then click on ‘Sunday Mass’ or ‘Fr Doug’ and then click the link.

THE BLESSING OF GRAVES
Sidcup Cemetery at 2.30,pm on Sunday 1st November – TODAY!!
St. Paulinus Cemetery (Crayford) at 12 noon on Sunday 8th November
Hillview Cemetery at 1.30pm on Sunday 8th November
Bexleyheath Cemetery at 2.30pm on Sunday 8th November
Kemnal Park Cemetery at 2pm on Sunday 15th November
Brook St. Erith TBA

PRIEST TRAINING FUND
This fund, known as the Ecclesiastical Education Fund, pays for men studying for the Priesthood and Diaconate. It costs £30,000 a year, for six years, to sponsor each seminarian, so your support is vital to our ability to fund and support men saying ‘Yes’ to the vocation of Priesthood. We currently have 8 men in formation for the Priesthood for Southwark.
There are gift aid envelopes for you to take away and bring back next week. You can also donate online via http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/donate.html (select Priest Training Fund) Please be generous and keep our seminarians, and priests, in your prayers. Thank you.

STEWARDING
We are very grateful to the stewards who have volunteered to staff the church during these times.
Please ring John Rayer (01322 523499) if you are available for any of the Sunday masses when they re-start.

BIBLE TIMELINE COURSE
This course is available for free, for 7 Wednesdays at 7 p.m. from November 4th.
“In the course you will see how the many characters and events in Scripture are related to each other in one unified narrative. You will grasp the Big Picture of the Bible from start to finish.”
To register, go to http://www.comeandsee.org/registration.html

PARISH MASS BOOKS
You may wish to follow the mass using the internet. See: https://www.universalis.com/mass.htm. or download: Catholic Calendar by Universalis Publishing, from your app store.

CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS
The weekly Catholic newspapers can be obtained directly (postage free) by subscription:
Universe: 0161 820 5722 http://www.thecatholic universe.com/subscribe
Herald: 0207 448 3607 www catholicherald.co.uk/subscribe

READERS:
A new rota has been drawn up but will have to wait until the latest coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
Should anyone else like to become a reader please contact Carol Anderson on 07913 698912 or carolanderson@hotmail.com Many thanks, Carol

Please print off this newsletter using the screenshots below and post it through the door of any parishioner you know without electronic access and make sure everyone feels okay and feels connected.