SUNDAY 11th February 2024
SIXTH SUNDAY, YEAR B
Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46, Psalm 31 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1 40-45:
Sat 10th Feb 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Foundation: Virginia Bolton RIP
Sun 11th Feb SIXTH SUNDAY (B)
08.30 Petronella Family RIP (Jeyaseelan)
10.30 Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)
Mon 12th Feb 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Eda Kilcullen (Kilcullen)
Tues 13th Feb 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 For the Parish
Wed 14th Feb 09.15 ss Cyril & Methodius Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Ash Wednesday 10.00 Rose Swink RIP (Bowman)
19.30 Desie Kennedy RIP (Kennedy)
Fri 16th Feb 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Mary & Lawrence Dowling RIP (Gillis)
Sat 17th Feb 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Marino Jose Echavarria RIP (Wood)
Sun 18th Feb FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (B)
08.30 Fr Pat Maloney RIP (Cannon)
10.30 Ron Aspeek RIP (D+A Fernandes)
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 £1028.93
Next week: Sick or Retired Priests Fund
PARKING 2024
Please renew your car parking permit for 2024. Applications forms are in the foyer.
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.
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,
LENT begins on Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence.
Archbishop John, in his letter today, invites us to renew our shared commitment to holiness, evangelisation and mission. It is so important for us to grasp the spirit of this annual season. So:
· The 2 Scripture Days offer not scholarship, but greater access to the Word spoken by God.
· Good “places” of Prayer can be revisited. Try any or all of the 40 reflections in Rediscover Jesus – books available in the foyer. Word of Life leaflets there too. Any prayertime is good.
· Sunday Mass is the key to Catholicism but weekday masses offer a great deal too.
· There is so much good spiritual reading available in the bookshelf at the back of church.
· Sign up for the Daily Reflections from the Diocese. Go to www.southwarkdsc.org.uk and click on Lenten Reflections. If you’ve used them in the past they’ll arrive automatically.
· Give something up? Yes, or take something up!
· Whatever you do, do something!
God Bless, Fr Doug
SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR LENT – for EVERYONE
A scripture course led by Brian Purfield over 2 Saturdays.
1) Bringing the Old Testament to Life Sat 24th Feb 10am-3.30pm
The main sections of the Old Testament are identified and outlined.
2) Bringing the New Testament to Life Sat 9th March 10am-3.30pm
We meet the various characters mentioned in the Gospels and the life of the early Church.
Brian’s mission is to deepen our knowledge and love of the Scriptures at a level that we can all understand and apply in our daily lives.
CATECHISTS – March 2nd – details in our foyer.
All catechists are invited to a Day of support and reflection with other catechists from our deanery of Bexley. You may be involved in Baptism, Holy Communion, Children’s Liturgy, or Confirmation. (This is not a follow-up to the Southeast Area event of last October for all ministers.)
Our day will be at Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen, on Sat March 2nd, from 10.00 till 3.45. Canon Ed Perera and I will be leading the day. If you need a lift, just say! Bring a packed lunch.
PASSING ON THE FAITH
How do we start? How do we continue? What works well for children at different stages?
Four online sessions for parents starting Weds 28th February, 8pm – 9:30pm.
And for grandparents, focusing specifically on the conversations which can help to anchor faith, four online sessions starting Thurs 18th April, 7:30 – 9pm. Email Lisette on mflse@rcaos.org.uk
MAUREEN ORAM RIP
Please pray for the repose of her soul. Funeral details to follow.
CLERGY SUPPORT FUND
Next week we have this retiring collection to enable the diocese to care for priests in their retirement, old age, and at their time of ill health, after their years of service in the Church.
You are encouraged to use the envelopes in the foyer if you are able to gift aid.
MASS TO CELEBRATE MARRIAGE – July 13th, At St George’s Cathedral
If you are celebrating your 1st/10th/25th/40th/50th/60th wedding anniversary this year, please let us know, no later than May 31, providing: your names, your home address and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass. Email us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk Title of your email with “Bexley”
FIRST FRIDAYS AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN, SWANLEY VILLAGE
Open ‘winter hours’ 12 – 4 on First Fridays. Just call in – The side gate is open. call 07977 978536
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