SUNDAY 27th August 2023
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY, YEAR A
Readings: Isaiah 22:19-23 Psalm 137 Romans 11:33-36, Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20
Sat 26th Aug 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Terry Frogley RIP (Frogley)
Sun 27th Aug TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY
08.30 Mrs E Gilligan RIP (Fitzpatrick)
10.30 Anton Jeyaseelan RIP (Hughes)
Mon 28th Aug 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 St Augustine For the Parish
Tues 29th Aug 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 St John the Baptist Foundation: Frances Walliser RIP
Wed 30th Aug 09.15 ss Margaret Clitherow, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Anne Line+Margaret Ward Anita Rowland RIP (Fitzpatrick)
Thurs 31st Aug NO MASS today
Fri 1st Sep 09.15 St Aidan + Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 ss of Lindisfarne Cath Raine RIP (Moffat)
Sat 2nd Sep 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Thanksgiving (Fernandes)
Sun 3rd Sep TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY
08.30 Kay Gillespie RIP (Gillespie)
10.30 Tony Frake RIP (Choir)
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 £954.54
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 the previous Wednesday
Dear Parishioners,
Most of us don’t still go to school, and yet as the autumn term begins, many of us think about the year ahead. In our parish we are planning to have a guided retreat, not in a monastery or convent, but here in our own place.
We are looking forward as well to several days looking at the sacred scriptures of the bible.
During the coming year we will also be offering to prepare young people for the sacrament of Confirmation.
In fact, if anyone is thinking about joining or re-joining the church, now is the time to let us know. The programme gets underway soon.
And also… following a bit of an experiment, at masses on the Feast of the Assumption, we are thinking of introducing the opportunity to sing a hymn or two at the 6.00 and also 8.30 Sunday masses. Now, I realise that many attend these masses because you don’t like music, so during September we will have a consultation and make some decisions after that. You decide!
God Bless, Fr Doug
FAITH AWARDS
Bexley Interfaith Forum and L. B. Bexley invite submissions of any project that has a positive impact on residents of the borough, for a FAITH AWARD. The presentation evening will be in the Civic Offices on Wed 15th Nov at 7 p.m. Submissions to bexleyinterfaith@gmail.com by 1st Oct.
MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Sept. 23rd, 3pm, at St George’s Cathedral If you are celebrating your 1st/10th/25th/40th/50th/60th + wedding anniversary this year, please let Fr Doug know providing the following details: your names, your home address, the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for you to renew your vows during Mass. LAST CHANCE!
ALL CATECHISTS
There will be a day for all catechists of Bexley Deanery on Saturday 16th September to be held at St. Stephen’s, Welling. The day will offer reflection, support and training. Details to follow.
QUIET MORNING AT SANCTUARY, in Swanley Village BR8 7UX
16th September 11-1pm “Free from all Distress”. Come and reflect on the words and meaning of this prayer from our mass. Contact: Trudy on email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or 07977978536
Also, on FIRST FRIDAYS: the garden is open and free for you to recollect and rest between 10am and 4pm every month – wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and take your own personal space for reflection.
CAFOD: VOLUNTEER SPEAKERS
If you can spare one or two weekends a year to visit parishes in your area to speak at Mass about CAFOD’s work please get in touch. Contact Celeste and Sarah at southwark@cafod.org.uk.
“PROMOTING RACIAL AND CULTURAL INCLUSION”
A Seminar at the Amigo Hall, St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm on Saturday, 28th October 2023. For registration, please use this link.
https://www.rcsouthwark,co,uk/mission/commission-for-promoting-racial-and-cultural-inclusion/what-we-do/. Or write to us: racialjusticecommission@rcaos.org.uk
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
We can be contacted by leaving a message with the Parish Office, a note through the Presbytery Door or using the Parish email address as above.
stjohnfisherbexley.org 
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