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SUNDAY 15th September 2024,

TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY YEAR B

Readings: Isaiah 50:5-9, Psalm 114, James 2:14-18, Mark 8:27-35. Page132

 

Sat  14th Sep       17.30       Confessions

18.00       TG 40th Wedding Anniversary of B & E Fernandes

 

Sun 15th Sep        TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY YEAR B – Home Mission Sunday 

                             08.30            Kay Gillespie RIP (Gillespie)  

                             10.30              Lance Grainger (Grainger/Hewitt))

 

Mon 16th Sep       09.15 Cornelius &      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00  Cyprian        For the Parish

 

Tues 17th Sep      09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00           Peter Moore RIP (Anderson)

 

Wed 18th Sep      09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00           TG Alma (Benedicte)

                                    

 

Fri    20th Sep      09.15  Andrew Kim &    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00  Companions       John & Helen Evans (Evans)

 

Sat   21st Sep     17.30       Confessions

18.00           Mary Connolly RIP (Eida/Connolly)

 

Sun  22nd Sep       TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY YEAR B 

                             08.30           TG & for a special blessing (Ray & Teresa)  

                             10.30           Olga Bowman RIP (Bowman)

 

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass.           

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed via the link:

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Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also in print on the website.

 

FINANCES   

Many thanks for your offertory collection        Last week:                            £1057.96

                                                                        Last Week C E S                 £191.21

This Week C A S E

 

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

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by the previous Wednesday

 

Dear Parishioners,

Our HARVEST FESTIVAL will be celebrated on Sunday 6th October at 10.30 mass. We will be collecting food donations (non-perishable only please) and other essential items for the Manna Day Centre at London Bridge. For a list of most needed items please visit the Manna Society website: http://www.mannasociety.org.uk Please bring in your food items (nothing fresh that can go “out of date”) from next Sunday onwards and place them on the sanctuary. Harvest Festival gifts provide the Manna Centre with 70% of their foodstuffs for the year and are therefore critically important to them.  Please give if you are able. A full list of desirables is in the foyer.

                          God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

BEXLEY INTERFAITH FORUM – SUMMER OF DISCONTENT? 

How can faith communities build cohesion in the wake of the August riots?

Tuesday 24th September at 7.30pm at Geddes Place United Reformed Church, Geddes Place, Bexleyheath DA6 7DJ. – One minute walk from the bus stops by the Clock Tower in Bexleyheath. 

The meeting will feature a Panel discussion with faith leaders of various faiths in Bexley – with the opportunity for Q&A 

 

REFLECTION DAY – “Love Changes Everything”

Saturday 5th October – 11am to 3pm, led by Fr Doug Bull and Trudy Kilcullen.

The day will offer plenty of space for quiet, prayer and reflection on God’s love in your life, and what, if anything might need to change. 

Sanctuary, 8 Hotham Close, Swanley Village. Bring a packed lunch. Donations welcome. 

For more information or to book – please email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977978536

 

CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY 

Friday 4th October is Family Fast Day. You are invited to fast on the day and offer the money saved to the work of CAFOD.  There will be a retiring collection on Sunday 6th October to harvest your savings and to give everyone the chance to contribute.  

 

YEAR OF PRAYER 2024

Our next opportunity to participate in this year of preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year will be a series of presentations on the Lord’s own prayer in our parish hall.

Fridays Oct. 11th, 18th, 25th and Nov. 15th, 22nd. 7p.m. for 7.30.- 9.00.

WELCOME to one session or all.

 

SCHOOL OPEN DAYS:

St Peter Chanel, local Catholic Primary School, (including pre-school for children from 2 yrs old)

Friday 11th October            from 9:30am – 11am

Tuesday 22nd October       from 9:30am – 11am

Friday 22nd November       from 9:30am – 11am

St Catherine’s and St Columba’s, local Secondary 

St Catherine’s for girls on Thursday October 3rd at 5pm 

St Columba’s for boys on Saturday October 5th in the morning

St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive Book on:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/st-thomas-more-catholic-comprehensive-school-71507663123

Monday 23 Sep – Fri 27 Sep

 

Diocesan Day for Catechists – Saturday 28 September 2024

The Archbishop invites you to attend our tenth annual Diocesan Day for Catechists on Saturday 28 September 2024 at the Amigo Hall and St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 6HR. This Day is for all the catechists of the diocese, including those involved in Liturgy of the Word for Children