Newsletter

SUNDAY 22nd September 2024,

TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY YEAR B

Readings: Wisdom 2:12-20, Psalm 53, James 3:16-4:3, Mark 9:30-37. 

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)

 

Mon 23rd Sep   09.15 Pius (Padre Pio) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00 For the Parish

 

Tues   24th Sep 09.15 Our Lady of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00 Walsingham Vincent Kelly RIP (Staden)

 

Wed 25th Sep   09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                         10.00 Ron Anderson (Anderson)

 

Fri 27th Sep     09.15 Vincent de Paul Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                        10.00 The Homeless (Saturday Friends & SVP)

 

Sat 28th Sep   17.30 Confessions

                        18.00 Frogley Family (Frogley)

 

Sun 29th Sep TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY YEAR B – Mission Appeal

                        08.30 Priest’s Intention

                        10.30 Tess & Les Truman RIP (Truman)

 

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

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed and can be viewed via the link:

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

 

FINANCES

Many thanks for your offertory collection Last week:           £1041.51

Last Week C A S E £120.72

Next Week Spiritans (aka Holy Ghost Fathers)

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,

This week on Tuesday we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham, which is really about the national shrine there in Norfolk. It’s said that in 1061 the lady of the manor was instructed in a vision of Our Lady to build a replica of the house in Nazareth. The replica house was destroyed at the Reformation but pilgrimages revived in the 19th and 20th centuries for both Catholics and Anglicans, giving it national significance. There is now a special mass for the day.

 

I am on a short holiday from Wednesday onwards. Back next week.

 

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

 

SEASON OF CREATION & COP 29

The Jesuit Missions Team invite you to send a clear message to our government about the climate crisis. A presentation of cards is to be made in Downing Street. Cards and envelopes are available in the foyer. Your card needs to arrive by October 1st.

 

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’ll be a retiring collection on Sunday 6th October to harvest (!) your savings and to give everyone the chance to contribute.  

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL

Sunday 6th October at 10.30 mass we will celebrate the Harvest. In addition to our collection for CAFOD, we are collecting food donations (non-perishable) and other essential items for the Manna Day Centre at London Bridge. For a list of most needed items please refer to the list on the board in the foyer. Please bring in items and place them on the sanctuary. Harvest Festival gifts provide the Manna Centre with 70% of their foodstuffs for the year. Please give if you are able.

 

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.

Friday Oct. 11th, 18th, 25th, Nov. 15th, 22nd. 7p.m. for 7.30.- 9.00. Come to one session or all.

 

SPIRITANS (aka HOLY GHOST FATHERS)

Fr Martin Goba will be here next weekend to make the appeal. Any cheques will need to be made out to “The Spiritans”. Bank transfers to Sort Code 01 03 46, A/c 83279806