SUNDAY 18th February 2024
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Readings: Genesis 9:8-15, Psalm 24, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1 12-15
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)
Mon 19th Feb 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 For the Parish
Tues 20th Feb 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Sr Angela Wootton RIP (Jeyaseelan/Connolly)
Wed 21st Feb 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Foundation: Christine Hand RIP
Fri 23rd Feb 09.15 St Polycarp Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 John & Alice Stanton RIP (Stanton)
Stations of the Cross
Sat 24th Feb 17.30 Confessions
18.00 For the Parish
Sun 25th Feb SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B)
08.30 Annama Family RIP (Jeyaseelan))
10.30 Jackie Weedon RIP (Hollis)
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 £1063.82
This week: Sick or Retired Priests Fund
Next Week: CAFOD from Family Fast Day
PARKING 2024
Please renew your car parking permit for 2024. Applications forms are in the foyer.
We are grateful for this support and hope you can use your parking rights during the week as well!
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,
From my holiday may I wish you a happy season of Lent. Let me, on this first Sunday repeat some of the opportunities for renewal that are on offer through our parish:
· The 2 Scripture Days offer not scholarship, but greater access to the Word spoken by God.
· Try any or all of the 40 reflections in Rediscover Jesus – books available in the foyer.
· Word of Life leaflets there too. Any prayer time is good, of course.
· Sunday Mass is the key to Catholicism but weekday masses offer a great deal too. After masses on Friday there will be an opportunity to journey the Stations of the Cross together.
· 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.
· Churches Together offer a course exploring the Bible’s relevance. Starts Tues 20 Feb, 10:30am at URC, opposite the War Memorial and repeated Tues at 7pm at Baldwyns Park Baptist Church, Dartford Road. All are welcome. Kathy Fogarty – k.fogarty@ntlworld.com
· Friday is CaFOD Family Fast Day – Collection next Sunday.
· So, Give something up? Yes, or take something up! Whatever you do, do something!
God Bless, Fr Doug
SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR ALL – led by Brian Purfield — Packed lunch required!!!
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 characters mentioned in the Gospels and the life of the early Church.
Brian aims to deepen our knowledge of the Bible at a level that we can 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.
Four online sessions for grandparents, starting Thurs 18th April, 7:30 – 9pm.
Email Lisette on mflse@rcaos.org.uk
BEXLEY JAZZ CLUB
Bexley Jazz Club runs once a month on a Monday evening in the room at the back of the Kings Head pub in the village. It hosts world class established jazz musicians and exciting emerging talent. For further information, including up and coming events or to join a mailing list, please email info@bexleyjazzclub.com
MAUREEN ORAM RIP
Please pray for the repose of her soul. Funeral on Wed March 6th at 10.45
CLERGY SUPPORT FUND
Today’s collection supports our priests in retirement and old age, or in ill health. Your help ensures a dignified retirement for our priests.
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”
PRAYING VATICAN II by ARCHBISHOP JOHN WILSON
Book Launch Wed 6th March 6pm at Amigo Hall, adjacent to St George’s Cathedral, Southwark.
stjohnfisherbexley.org 
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