Newsletter

SUNDAY 14 May 2023 

6^th SUNDAY of EASTER, YEAR A 

Readings: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17, Psalm 65, 1 Peter 3:15-18, Gospel: John 14:15-21

 

Sat     13^th May      17.30     Confessions

18.00  St Anthony (Fogarty) 

 

Sun    14^th May      6^th SUNDAY of EASTER    

                               08.30                 Anne Maxted (Wilkes)

10.30                 Michael O’Brien (McCarthy)

 

Mon    15^th May      09.15  St John Stone    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                               10.00                For the Parish

 

Tues   16^th May       09.15  St Simon Stock   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                               10.00               Audrey O’Hara RIP (Newton)

                               19.30               Prayer Group

 

Wed   17^th May       09.15                        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

 10.00                Foundation: Serse Cima RIP

 

Thurs  18^th May     09.15  Ascension HDO    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                               10.00              Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)

                                19.30              Delia Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

 

Fri       19^th May       09.15  St Dunstan             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

  10.00              TG Sabrina Bosser

 

Sat       20^th May     17.30      Confessions

 18.00               Mary McGranaghan RIP (K Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun      21^st May        7^th SUNDAY of EASTER                

                                08.30               John O’Kane RIP (Cannon)

                               10.30               Edward Przydrozny RIP (Haygart)

 

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   

Many thanks for your offertory collection last week                               Incl. S.O.s      £901.26

Retiring Collections: Next Week:  Catholic Communications network                                                            

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

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

Card Payment Machine – located in the porch, is easy to use.  

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish receives 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are best for us. Thank you.

 

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time for enquiries and our hall secretary will get back to you. 

                               Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by previous Wednesday

Dear Parishioners, 

Thanks to all who responded so quickly to our invitation to help out in our St. John Fisher Day celebrations. Our patronal feast is on June 22^nd and we celebrate the day on Sunday 25^th. We are planning a garden party with a barbecue and other lunches available too. The bar will be open, and we want to arrange for activities for the children who come along.

The event will be heavily subsidised through a bequest from a parishioner.  

WE NEED MORE OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE HOWEVER: 

(1) General organisation and management of the event, including selling tickets.

(2) Catering, which involves barbecuing (!), organising accompanying food, doing teas and coffees, etc.

(3) Setting up team – tables etc

(4) Clearing up team

(5) Arranging activities for children – No offers yet!

 

There are clipboards in the foyer to receive offers of assistance, or if it is easier have a word with one of the parish council.  Please come forward to attend the event and, if possible, play a limited part in its production. If everyone does a little bit, then nothing is burdensome.

 

                        God Bless,                Fr Doug

 

PARISH SPIRITUALITY PROGRAMME. ‘QUIET TIME’. 

– a peaceful, reflective time with The Lord, who welcomes our presence and prepares us for Pentecost. On Tuesdays from 7.30 – 8.30 in church. Come, Taste and See.

 

Parish AGM

Our annual general meeting will be held after coffee following the 10.30 mass on Sunday 4^th June, starting about 12 noon. Please pass any items you wish brought up to a member of the Parish Council.  They are listed in the church porch.  The most important thing though is to come along and feel part of the parish’s life.

 

GIFT AIDERS

Please collect your Tax Letter from the back of the Church if you have requested one.  Edna

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Sept. 23^rd, 3pm, at St George’s Cathedral

If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th + wedding anniversary this year, please let your parish priest know as soon as possible, and no later than the end of July, providing the following details:  your names in the format John and Mary Smith, your home address, the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass. 

 

COFFEE AFTER MASS

Refreshments are served in the hall every week after 10.30 Mass and all are welcome.  We need 2 or more people to join the Serving Rota – this would mean helping once every 6 weeks. Please consider joining the Rota to help the existing volunteers – contact Anne Rayer. (07855 785331).

 

A QUIET TIME AT SANCTUARY

You may be interested in: First Fridays – open garden at Sanctuary: Open between 10am and 4pm on the first Friday of the month – wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and take your own personal space for reflection. May 5th, then June 2^nd etc.  email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977978536

 

ANITA ROWLAND RIP

Please pray for the repose of her soul. She and Paul were active parishioners before moving away. She died earlier this week.