Newsletter

SUNDAY 1^st October 2023

 TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY, YEAR A

Readings: Ezekiel: 18:25-28 Psalm 24 Philippians 2:1-11 Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32

 

Sat    30^th Sep     17.30  Confessions

18.00        Anne Frances Burton-Bowen RIP (Wood)

 

Sun  1^st Oct           TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY            

                             08.30       Priest’s Intention 

10.30        Rex Wheatley RIP (Wheatley)

 

Mon  2^nd Oct        09.15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00  Guardian Angels  Marie McGrath RIP (Harris)

 

Tues 3^rd Oct        09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00        Anton Jeyaseelan RIP (Connolly)

 

Wed  4^th Oct        09.15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00  St Francis of Assisi    Ann Hyde (Hughes)    

 

Thurs  5^th Oct      08.00  St Faustina Kowalska  Priest’s Intention

 

Fri      6^th Oct      10.30    Funeral Mass for Peter Hammond 

 

Sat     7^th Oct       10.00      Rosary during October

                            17.30      Confessions

18.00      Rita Maynard RIP (Sullivan)

 

Sun   8^th Oct           TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY 

08.30      Thanksgiving (Gillespie)

                           10.30       Florencia & Fabian Del Finado RIP (Bernarte)

 

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            £914.05

Last week: Libya Relief Fund                                                                                  £479.56

Next week: Harvest & Cafod family fast

                                                                        

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,

Today begins our month of devotion to Our Lady (through the rosary). We will, as is our custom, use the ‘Hail Holy Queen’ in our bidding prayers instead of the Hail Mary. The words can be found on page 219 of the Parish Mass Book.

Also, for the 4 Saturdays in the month, beginning next Saturday, 7^th October at 10.00, our parish spirituality committee are offering an opportunity to pray the Rosary together with commentaries on the scriptural refences to the mysteries. We are calling it “A Doorway Into Prayer”. We begin with the Joyful Mysteries. All are welcome, and you don’t need to be in possession of rosary beads. Just give it a go! With any luck, I am addressing you (hopefully!!) from the beautiful Greek island of Kos. See you next week. 

                                             God Bless,                        Fr Doug

 

PETER HAMMOND

Please pray for Peter who died last Sunday. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

His funeral will be on October 6^th at 10.30 

 

THE HARVEST & CAFOD FAMILY FAST

Friday 6^th October is Family Fast Day. You are invited to fast on the day and offer the money saved to the work of CAFOD. We will have a retiring collection on Sunday 8^th to harvest your savings and to give everyone the chance to contribute. Also, on that Sunday we will celebrate at 10.30 mass Our Harvest Festival. We will be collecting food donations (non-perishable only please) and other essential items for the Manna Day Centre at London Bridge. For a list of most needed items please visit the Manna Society website: http://www.mannasociety.org.uk.  So please bring in your food items (nothing fresh that can go “out of date”) from today onwards and place them on the sanctuary. Harvest Festival gifts provide the Manna Centre with 70% of their foodstuffs for the year and are therefore critically important to them.  Please give if you are able.

 

HARVEST CAKE SALE

Following our Harvest Festival Mass (10.30), the Children’s Liturgy Group will be holding a cake sale in the parish hall.  All money raised will be donated to CAFOD’s Harvest Appeal.  Please come along and support us. All donations welcome.  Thank you.

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2024

Application forms are now available for the First Holy Communion programme 2024. Baptised children in year 3 or above are eligible to apply.  Forms can be collected from the entrance porch or please speak to Father Doug or Angela Underwood after mass.  Completed application forms must be returned by 1st December 2023.  The programme will commence in January 2024. 

 

FAITH AWARDS – Last Call!

Bexley Interfaith Frum 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 15^th Nov at 7 p.m. Submissions to bexleyinterfaith@gmail.com by 1^st Oct. 

 

ALL READERS AND SPECIAL MINISTERS

Called to Pray: A Formation Day for Ministers of the Word of God and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion There are two sessions – 14 October in Welling or 21 October in Streatham.

Please let Fr Doug know, if you wish to attend. (‘Cos he wants to pay any fees!)