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SUNDAY 3^rd April 2022

5^th SUNDAY of LENT

Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21  Philippians 3:8-14  John 8:1-11.

Sat       2^nd Apr      17.30         Confessions

                              18.00         Martin Gilligan RIP (C.Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun     3^rd Apr     5th SUNDAY of LENT                                         

                            08.30         Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)  

                             10.30         Ken Crump RIP (Jones)

Mon    4^th Apr   09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00          Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)

Tues   5^th Apr    09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00           Foundation: Fr Thomas Power RIP

 

Weds   6^th Apr    09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00            Eddie Hensman RIP (Burt)

 

Fri        8^th Apr    09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00            Delia Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

                              10.20         Stations of the Cross

Sat       9^th Apr      17.30        Confessions

                               18.00           Aidan and Dwayne (Fernandes)

 

Sun     10^th Apr        PALM SUNDAY                  

                               08.30          Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

                                10.30              Ken Crump RIP (Burt)

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed live and can be viewed via the link.

Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, (new name) Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

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

Many thanks for your collection last week:      £   974.59 incl standing orders

Second collection this week for Ukraine

COVID

• Please sanitise your hands on entry and wear facial coverings, unless medically exempt.
• For the time being, Holy Communion must continue to be given under one kind only.
• Your offertory contributions should be made on entry in the baskets at the door

CATHOLIC HERALD and MAGNIFICAT

The digital Holy Week and April issues are available, free, at: www.magnificat.com/april

 THE UNIVERSE CATHOLIC WEEKLY

We have launched our new online newspaper. Order your Digital 4 weeks FREE trial supply by calling Michelle on 0743 661 7650 or email:michelle.jones@universecatholicweekly.co.uk

First of all, I hope you are well! So many seem to have fallen victim in recent weeks to the Covid virus, but thankfully I haven’t heard of any parishioner with the very serious symptoms. We should though, be extra diligent in the precautions we take in church and in the hall. Let’s be as safe as we can.

We are continuing to work through all the offers of assistance that arose from the stewardship campaign this year.Your response was marvelous. It does take a while however, to put everything in place so if you haven’t received a response yet, please be patient. Equally if you have been thinking about offering your services, your gifts or talents to our community then now would be a good time as we recruit new teams and form new rotas.               

BAKE AND DONATE FOR UKRAINE   The Children’s liturgy group are holding a Cake Sale today after 10.30 mass. Cakes, biscuits, muffins, sausage rolls, should all be available.  All funds raised will be donated to The Red Cross. Our retiring collection box will be in the Church foyer for any who can’t support the sale itself but who want to contribute. Thank you  in anticipation.

                                                                                                     Angela – Children’s Liturgy Group

(See the “Events” page for more information and pictures from the cake sale)

HOLY WEEK

Holy Week begins the week after next.  If we don’t plan for things they often pass us by, and the events and services of Holy Week can do just that.  We jump from Jesus entering Jerusalem to his resurrection, with no stops in between!  Please put in your diary the Holy Week services and try to be part of them.  The Church describes the sacred celebrations as The Easter Triduum:

Holy Thursday        8.00 p.m.

            Mass of the Lord’s Supper, with Remembrance of the    Washing of the Apostles’ Feet

            Silent prayer remembering Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

Good Friday            3.00 p.m.

            Solemn Reading of the Passion according to St. John

            Universal Prayers of the Church

            Adoration and Veneration of the Holy Cross

            A Service of Holy Communion

Easter Vigil              8.00 p.m.

            Service of Light & Proclamation of Easter

            Vigil of Readings from Old and New Testaments

            Baptismal Liturgy

            Mass of Easter Night

A RETREAT FOR LENT:

A printed summary of this week’s talk is in the foyer in front of the Sprituality notice board.

 STATIONS OF THE CROSS

We follow the Way of the Cross in church each Friday morning during Lent after mass

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT 

Friday 29 April 7.30pm. £8 per ticket.  Tables of 6 persons.  Licensed bar. Bring your own nibbles.  Raffle Tickets available after mass or ring Anne Rayer 07855 785331

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES AUGUST 19^TH TO 26^TH2022

Please look for booking details on www.tangney-tours.com.

THE PASSAGE,

working with homeless people is raising funds through the Big Give – a matched giving scheme.  Every £1 donated online by 12 noon on Tuesday 19 April makes £2 or £2.25 if you are a taxpayer.  Please visit: https://bit.ly/BigGiveMarch22 to support the campaign.