CORPUS CHRISTI 

Readings: Exodus 24:3-8, Psalm 115, Hebrews 9:11-15, Mark 14:12-16, 22-26

 

SERVICES FOR WEEK  5^th – 13^th June 2021  

Sat      5 June           11.00                                     Confessions

                                 18.00                                      John Bowman RIP (Bowman)

Sun     6 June          THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)

08.30                                      May Feeney RIP (McQuaid)          

                                        10.30                                      Rufina Roque RIP (Bernarte)

            Web – available anytime    For the Parish

Week 10 A

Mon    7 June                                                            PKM

Tues   8 June            09.30                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                 10.00                                      Joyce & Peter Harries RIP (Eida/Connolly)

Weds 9 June            09.30  St Columba                   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                      10.00                                      Les Truman RIP (Truman)                         

Fri       11 June         09.30 Sacred Heart of Jesus       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                      10.00                                      Watson Family (Watson)

Sat      12 June         11.00                                      Confessions

                                 18.00                                      Juliana Carvalho RIP (Kevan)       

Sun    13 June         11^TH SUNDAY (B)                

            08.30                                      Private.Intention (Robinson)

                                          10.30                                      Kwame Osei Kissi RIP (Asaam)

            Web – available anytime    Placida D’Souza RIP (Fernandes)

 

 

SUNDAY MASS ON THE WEBSITE

Go to our website www.stjohnfisherbexley.org  then click on ‘Sunday Mass’ 

 

FINANCES   .

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS St John Fisher – Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

            

CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS

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Catholic Universe and Catholic Times Go to www.thecatholicuniverse.com or ring 0161 820 5722 and they will arrange for you. £99.00 per year or just £55 for the digital version

The Herald has a similar offer: Ring 0207 448 3607 or go to http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/subscribe

 

 

Emerging from Lockdown. 

• Last week we reintroduced the offertory procession of bread and wine as well as the “collection” as part of our liturgy, but the collection cannot be taken through a basket or pouch being passed along the rows. I ask you therefore to please make your offerings in the baskets as you ENTER the church so that the basket can be brought forward in the procession. If you forget there will still be a basket there at the exit.
• Social distancing of 1 metre is now all that is required, given that we are continuing to wear face coverings, that we are not positioned face to face, that the level of ventilation is high and that we are not yet returning to communal singing or recitation of the Gloria and Creed.

 

First Holy Communion and Confirmation

Some have asked what happened to our sacramental preparation for the children and young people of our parish. Well, with Lockdown the programmes have sustained serious delays but are underway. First Reconciliation will be on Friday 11^th June, First Communions will be on Sunday 11^th July and Confirmations will be on 10^th and 17^th July.

These celebrations are special to the individuals involved but to all of us too, they are a great sign of the activity of God’s Holy Spirit amongst us.

Please pray for the children and young people involved, for their families and for their catechists.

 

Friday’s Solemnity

Just a word about the Sacred Heart:

In Catholic churches and homes, a very popular image of Jesus is the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is the image of God’s love revealed in the pierced heart of His Son. It is the symbol of a love that conquers sin and transcends death, the symbol of the One who loved us to the end. Love has always been associated with the heart, so it was only natural that the love of God became represented by a heart, the heart of his Son Jesus. In him, God the Father revealed his infinite love for us. On the Friday after the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. A newer image, but a similar one, represents the Divine Mercy of God.

 

                                    God Bless             

                                                           

 

“SOME DEFINITE SERVICE”:  Missionary Network 

The Church is made up of people and so is Some Definite Service – Catechists, Formators, Evangelizers, Deanery Mentors, Parish Leads. It is the goal and intention of the Agency and the archdiocese to invest time and energy in all involved in Some Definite Service, to ensure that those working in ministry are supported and do not feel isolated. Are you being called to be part of this network in a particular way? For more information, please visit: aec.rcaos.org.uk/sds.

 

THE PARISH HALL

We are beginning to make more use of our hall. Different activities are now permitted but as yet we cannot enjoy our usual social/hospitality functions. We hope that Sunday June 26^th will be the first day we can enjoy refreshments after mass, and if that is so then we will surely mark the occasion – a generous parishioner has offered to buy the first round! 

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.