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SUNDAY 25^th February 2024

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR B 

Readings: Genesis 22:1 ff, Psalm 115, Rom 8:31-34, Mark 9:2-10 

Sat      24^th Feb        17.30  Confessions

 18.00          For the Parish

Sun    25^th Feb         SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B)            

                                08.30         Annama Family RIP (Jeyaseelan) 

 10.30         Jackie Weedon RIP (Hollis)

Mon    26^th Feb       09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                               10.00         Christine Tellus (Stanton)

Tues   27^th Feb        09.15  St Gregory of Narek      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                10.00         For the Parish 

Wed    28^th Feb        09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Sacrament 

                                10.00          Nina Szredski RIP (Szredski)                                     

Fri       1^st Mar          09.15  St David Patron of Wales  Exposition of the Blessed 

  10.00          Thanksgiving (Bosser) 

                                10.30          Stations of the Cross 

Sat      2^nd Mar         17.30  Confessions

  18.00           Foundation: Juliet Benedict RIP

Sun     3^rd Mar           THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (B)  

                                 08.30          Connie Barrett RIP (Cannon)

                                 10.30          David Watkins RIP (Aspeek)

 

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                     £1014.69

Retiring Collections:            Last week:     Sick or Retired Priests Fund                        £526.21

This 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,

Great to be back and to see the early signs of Spring – daffodils and so on. Other plants and ourselves too, keep heads a little low during these days of Lent as we ready ourselves to rise up with the Lord on Easter day, 31^st March. We should take a little time to pray for each other on our journeys through Lent. We need each other, just as we need the Lord.

If you haven’t got into the spirit of Lent yet, well then today is the day.

                                               God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR ALL 

The next Scripture Study Day led by Brian Purfield will be on Sat 9^th March 10am-3.30pm Brian’s topic will be: Bringing the New Testament to Life.   Packed lunch required.

We will 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 2^nd – 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 2^nd, 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 28^th February, 8pm – 9:30pm.  

Four online sessions for grandparents, starting Thurs 18^th April, 7:30 – 9pm.     

Email Lisette on mflse@rcaos.org.uk 

 

QUIET MORNING :  A Lenten Quiet Morning will be held at St Mary’s Bexley, 10am-12noon, on Saturday 23rd March, journeying through Easter with St Peter. For more information and/or to register interest, please contact Kate Little (Email: ma01kcm@hotmail.com). 

 

CONFIRMATION:  Our Confirmation programme is underway. Our candidates are David, Rose, Nikolay, Ovie, Sophie, Jesse and Lara. As usual the first part of the programme is to more actively share in the ministry and mission of the Church and then to reflect on this experience and how it relates to the Sacrament of Confirmation. You may therefore see them in active roles at Sunday masses. Please support them in this and keep them in your prayers during this grace-filled time of preparation.

 

MAUREEN ORAM RIP

Please pray for the repose of her soul. Her funeral will be on Wed March 6^th at 10.45

 

MASS TO CELEBRATE MARRIAGE – July 13^th, At St George’s Cathedral

If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th 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 your email with “Bexley Parish”  

 

PRAYING VATICAN II by ARCHBISHOP JOHN WILSON 

Book Launch Wed 6th March 6pm at Amigo Hall, adjacent to St George’s Cathedral, Southwark.