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SUNDAY 27th October 2024,

THIRTIETH SUNDAY YEAR B

Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-9, Psalm 125, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark 10:46-52.

 

Sat   26th Oct       17.30  Rosary (& Confessions)

18.00                 Ivor & John-Paul Burten-Bowen RIP (Wood) 

 

Sun  27th Oct   THIRTIETH SUNDAY YEAR B 

                            08.30             Allan Hyde RIP (Hyde)  

                            10.30        Eva Asaam & Ben Asaam (Asaam)

 

Mon  28th Oct      09.15  Simon & Jude   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00              TG Jose & Alma Benedicte

 

Tues   29th Oct    09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00             For the Parish

 

Wed    30th Oct   09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00          Brian Keeley RIP 

                    

Fri     1^st Nov      09.15        ALL SAINTS      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00       Harrington Family (Sheehan)

                            19.30             Brendan Casey (Murray)

 

Sat   2^nd Nov        17.30    Confessions

18.00      Margaret Leech RIP (Staden) 

 

Sun  3^rd Nov      THIRTY FIRST SUNDAY YEAR B 

                            08.30         Geoff Murkin RIP (Fogarty)  

                            10.30         John Hughes RIP (Hughes)

 

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:

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

 

FINANCES       

Many thanks for your offertory collection Last Week:    £936.50 incl S.O.       

                                                                   Missio:           £337.10    

 

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,

We will celebrate the Feast of All Saints on Friday. It is a Holy Day of Obligation.

As we enter November, we in the Catholic Church traditionally try to remember the faithful departed. 

Our Book of Remembrance will be available throughout the month for you to once again prayerfully enter the names of your own deceased family members. The book of names will be brought up in the offertory procession of each Sunday Mass.

Remembrance Sunday November 10^th We will solemnly remember those who have lost their lives in war. 

Sunday, November10^th, will also be the day we pray for the parishioners who have died in the course of the past year and whose funerals were hosted here in church. We will be reading out each of their names and lighting a candle for them on the sanctuary, We have tried to contact their families and invite them along. Please make them welcome if they come to mass that weekend. We will also be lighting one large candle for everyone else that we want to remember.

The blessing of graves is as follows:

St. Paulinus                  Nov 3^rd      12.30         

Kemnal Park                Nov 3^rd       2.00

Hillview                         Nov 9^th         12.00

Sidcup                          Nov 10      1.00

Bexleyheath                 Nov 10       2.30

Erith – Brook St.            Nov 10      3.00

                                                  God Bless,                                  Fr Doug 

  

THE VOTE ON ASSISTED SUICIDE:  Kim Leadbeater MP is introducing a bill to introduce assisted suicide, which will be voted on by MPs on the 29 November. If you are opposed to it, please contact your MP to express your view by visiting www.livesworthliving.org.uk It is straightforward. Even I could do it!

Watch actor and disability rights advocate Liz Carr’s BBC documentary on assisted suicide, Better Off Dead? where she examines the impact of one of the assisted suicide laws in Canada. Watch for free online (you do not need a TV licence): righttolife.org.uk/betteroffdead 

 

PRAYING THE OUR FATHER

The next in our series of presentations on the Lord’s prayer will be on this Friday Nov 15^th.   Then, 22nd.  7p.m. for 7.30.- 8.30. in the hall. Come to any or all of the sessions.

 

BARNEY O’NEILL RIP:  The 5^th anniversary of Barney’s death will be on Sunday 27^th October. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.   Mrs Jenny O’Neill and family

 

QUIZ NIGHT:  The Events Team will host a quiz night on the 2nd November. Tickets are on sale after Mass. The bar will be open, feel free to bring your own nibbles. Quiz, Raffle and more

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2025:  Application forms are now available for the 2025First Holy Communion programme. Baptised children in year 3 or above can apply.  Forms are available in the church foyer.  Completed forms must be returned by 31st December 2024.  The programme will commence in January 2025. 

 

THE UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS, OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, BLACKFEN  

Are holding a St. Martins day lunch & cake sale on Friday 8^th November 12.30 to 2 pm.

Soup, fish, desert, tea/coffee for £13.00 or soup & bread £3.00