Newsletter

SUNDAY 21st July 2024

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

 

Readings: Jeremiah 23:1-6, Psalm 22, Ephesians 2:13-18, Mark 6:30-34. Page109

 

Sat   20th July      17.30       Confessions

18.00            Stephen Stewart RIP (Connolly)

 

Sun  21st July   SIXTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                            08.30            Shruti Sharma RIP (Bhalla)   

                            10.30            Andrew King RIP (Speed)

 

Mon  22nd July     09.15  Mary Magdalene   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00            For the Parish 

 

Tues  23rd July    09.15  Bridget               Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00            Harrington & Sheehan Families RIP (Sheehan)

 

Wed  24^th July     09.15                            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00                             Anderson Family RIP (Anderson)

 

Fri    26th July       09.15 Joachim & Anne      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00            Derek Botterill RIP (Botterill) 

 

Sat   27th July    17.30        Confessions

18.00             Alex & Angela Fernandes RIP (Fernandes) 

 

Sun  28th July   SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                            08.30           For the Parish

                            10.30           Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)

                            

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed 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:                          £964.31

Retiring Collection                           Star of the Sea          £289.99

                                                            

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 foyer.  

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms available in the foyer. 

         

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time and our secretary will get back to you. Prices: £35 per hour weekdays, £40 per hour weekends 

 

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,

Shame about the football. It wasn’t fair. They had a better team than us!!

But there is more sport ahead, with the Olympics in particular. Participating in sport is a wonderful thing, but even in watching it we can hone our attitudes and our outlooks in life. Do we celebrate gifts, in others, but in ourselves too? Do we thank God for them? Do we empathise with the underdogs or losers? In life do we align with Jesus opting to be alongside the poor and marginalised – the underdogs and losers? Do we play by the rules, in business and in relationships? Are we prepared to endure pain, like athletes do in training, in order to release our greatest potential? Will we, like St. Paul, be able to say: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”?

 

                                             God Bless,                                  Fr Doug 

 

PARISH REGISTER for SICK OR HOUSEBOUND

We no longer have a register of those who are sick or housebound in the parish. I want to put this right and once we have an up to date list we will be able to reach out to them. So please help:

If you know of someone sick or housebound (and therefore not coming to church), please give me their name and if possible, their contact details. Many thanks, Fr Doug.

 

FORTHCOMING REFLECTION DAYS AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN

Why not take some ‘time out’ this summer to refresh and renew the spirit! Both days will offer plenty of space for quiet, prayer and reflection. Bring a packed lunch. Donations welcome. Sanctuary, is in Swanley Village. For more information or to book – please email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977978536

Saturday 24^th August – 11am to 3pm – “ Bread of Heaven” led by Chris Chapman, and Fr Doug Bull. Explore how we can cooperate with God’s invitation to travel further into God’s life and love.

Saturday 5^th October – 11am to 3pm – “ Love Changes Everything” led by Fr Doug Bull and Trudy Kilcullen. We need to talk about love in our lives!

 

QUIET DAYS AT SANCTUARY 

FIRST FRIDAYS of every month: The garden is open for you 10 – 4. Wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and enjoy some reflection time. tkilcullen@live.co.uk or 07977978536 

 

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED:  It was suggested at the AGM that we could and should support this organisation. If we are to do so we will need a parish promoter. If anyone already has any relationship with them, please let Fr Doug know or if you think you might be able to help, again talk to Fr Doug.

 

MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP JOHN TO NIGERIAN PARISHIONERS

… Or those with a Nigerian heritage, following his recent visit there.

The Pastoral Message can be found on the Archdiocese of Southwark website: https://rcaos.org.uk/diocese/archbishop-john-wilson/archbishop-wilson-s-letters/pastoral-letters/pastoral-message-to-nigerian-catholics/ 

The news story, which links both photos and the message, can be found here: https://rcaos.org.uk/news-events/news/archbishop-john-visits-nigeria-to-ordain-priests/ 

 

PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE, SAT. 3RD AUGUST, 

Coach leaves Co-op Food Store, McLeod Road, Abbey Wood SE2 0BS at 8.00am. Places £35 Bring a packed lunch and drinks. Book on 07947 765401 or http://www.prolifepilgrimage.org