Newsletter

SUNDAY 17th November 2024

THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY YEAR B

Readings: Daniel 12:1-13, Psalm 15, Hebrews 10:11-18, Mark 13:24-32.

 

Sat    16th Nov    17.30        Confessions

18.00              Fr Paul Rout OFM (Morris) 

 

Sun   17th Nov        THIRTY THIRD SUNDAY YEAR B 

                              08.30             Frederick Stewart RIP (Cannon)  

                             10.30              Deceased Members of the Creasy Family 

 

Mon  18th Nov     09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00                       Mary, Jude and Brian Doyle RIP (Doyle)

 

Tues 19th Nov     09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                     Mick Minihane (Sheehan)

 

Wed  20th Nov     09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00                      Edward Stringer RIP (Grainger) 

                                    

Fri     22nd Nov      09.15 Cecilia    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00                   Tony Speed RIP (Speed)

 

Sat    23rd Nov    17.30        Confessions

                            18.00             Barbara Lenergan (Staden) 

 

Sun   24th Nov        CHRIST THE KING YEAR B 

                              08.30                    Peggy Lawlor (Kilcullen)  

                             10.30                  Mrs O’Callaghan (Lyons) 

 

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:                           £1209.47 incl S.O.   

Last Week: Archbishop’s Appeal Fund    £133.51                                             

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 are approaching the end of the Church Year. Next Sunday, the Feast of Christ the King is the last. Advent will be on us the week after, and the first Sunday of Advent opens our new year. From then on, the readings at Sunday Mass will be slightly altered. A different translation will be used and the ones we are used to hearing will be banned. READERS beware! I can only apologise for this. It means that the readings in your parish mass books will be slightly different from the ones read out at mass and those of you with missals will be equally inconvenienced. We discussed this in the parish liturgy committee and agreed that throwing away all our parish mass books and buying new ones at huge cost would not be ethical and so we ask that you manage the slight discrepancies in the readings. The prayers will remain as they are. 

                                God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

THE TERMINALLY ILL ADULTS (END OF LIFE) BILL 

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 or…

USE THE CARDS that are available in the foyer.

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 righttolife.org.uk/betteroffdead

 

BISHOPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES STATEMENT

The Bishops’ Conference have prepared a statement about this important issue of life and death. Copies are available in the foyer

 

SPIRITUALITY COMMISSION ADVENT REFLECTIONS. 

The Spirituality Commission will be sending daily reflections during Advent featuring Scripture, thoughts and prayers. You can sign-up to receive them directly into your inbox each morning here: tinyurl.com/adventreflections2024

Many of you already receive this. Recommended for all.

 

REFLECTION DAY – “Waiting For God”

Saturday 7^th December – 11am to 3pm, led by Trudy Kilcullen.

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

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

 

PRAYING THE MASS WITH ARCHBISHOP JOHN. 

Some may be returning to Mass. For others Mass, is the cornerstone of their spiritual lives. To help people, wherever they are on their spiritual journey, Archbishop John has recorded a message (tinyurl.com/prayingthemass) which guides us on how to pray through the Mass. 

 

OUR BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE is available throughout the month of November 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 at each Sunday Mass.

 

PRAYING THE OUR FATHER

The final one of our series of presentations on the Lord’s prayer will be on this Friday Nov 22nd

7.30.- 8.30. in our hall. Teas and coffees from 7.00 p.m. 

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2025

Application forms are now available for the 2025 First 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.