Newsletter

SUNDAY 22^nd October 2023

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY, YEAR A

Readings: Isaiah: 45:1, 4-6 Psalm 95 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 Gospel: Matthew 22:15-21

 

Sat    21^st Oct      17.30  Confessions

18.00                           Frogley Family (Frogley)

 

Sun   22^nd Oct       TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY            

                            08.30                          For the Parish 

10.30                           Carmel O’Leary RIP (Lyons)

 

Mon   23^rd Oct    09.30     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

*********               10.30                           Ellen Gilligan RIP (Staden)

 

Tues  24^th Oct      09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                          Sam Ahlers RIP (Nicolson)

 

Wed   25^th Oct     09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00  Forty Martyrs       Sister John Bowman RIP (Bowman)   

 

Thurs 26^th Oct      08.00  ss Chad + Cedd     Priest’s Intention

 

Fri      27^th Oct      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00                          Barney O’Neill RIP (O’Neill) 

 

Sat     28^th Oct      10.00      Rosary 

                             17.30      Confessions

                             18.00                         Jack Bowen RIP (Wood)

 

Sun    29^th Oct         THIRTIETH SUNDAY   

  08.30                        Sheila Cakebread RIP (Cannon)

                             10.30                        Fr Paul Rout (Cayford)

 

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          £1004.26

Last week: Harvest & Cafod family fast                                                               £783.85

This week: SMA Mission Appeal

Next week: Mission Sunday (Missio)

                                                                        

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,

We welcome Fr Henry Soma SMA to our parish He will be making an appeal for the Society of African Missionaries.

OUR HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS announced another day of prayer and fasting for an end to the Israel-Hamas war, to be observed on Friday 27 October. The Holy Father went on to say, it will be “a day of penance to which I invite sisters and brothers of the various Christian denominations, those belonging to other religions, and all those who have at heart the cause of peace in the world, to join in as they see fit,”.

There is one more week of “A DOORWAY INTO PRAYER”: The Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries. An opportunity on Saturday morning at 10.00, to pray the rosary together. There is an emphasis on the scriptural background to the mysteries. All are welcome.

                        God Bless,                        Fr Doug

 

COLLECTION FOR MISSION SUNDAY 

Deferred from 22^nd October till 29^th October.

If you have a Red Box, please empty it and put the collection in an envelope with your name on.  If you do Gift Aid you can use a Gift Aid envelope. It will be submitted along with the retiring collection for APF on 29^th October. Any problems please contact Sue Mantle 07955416185

 

QUIZ NIGHT 

11th November. This is the first event to be held by the new events committee so please do make every effort to attend. The bar will be open and feel free to bring your own nibbles. Quiz + Raffle and more. Tickets will be on sale after mass. 

 

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. 

 

RONNIE ASPEEK RIP

Please pray for the soul of Ronnie Aspeek. His funeral will be here on Monday 30^th October at 11:15am. May he rest in peace and rise in Glory.

 

BLESSING OF GRAVES

Hillview Cemetery                Sun. 5^th Nov. at 1 pm

Kemnal Park                         Sat 11^th Nov at 1pm 

Bexleyheath Cemetery       Sun 12 Nov. at 12.30 pm 

Sidcup Cemetery                 Sun 12 Nov. At 1 pm

 

SAVE THE DATE 

The Parish events committee will be hosting the following events in the upcoming year. Details of the November event to follow in the coming weeks. 

1) 11th Nov 23                      Quiz Night 

2) 29th December 23          Festive party

3) 13th April 24                     Spring Cinema Singalong 

4) 22nd June 24                   Summer Garden Party