SUNDAY 1st December 2024
ADVENT 1 YEAR C
Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 24,Thess 3:12-4:2, Luke 21:25-36.
Sat 30th Nov 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Andrew Vedanayagam (Satchi)
Sun 1st Dec FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR C
08.30 John Hollis (Hollis)
10.30 Pam & Ernie Sarton RIP (Sarton)
Mon 2nd Dec 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Celine Family RIP (Bosser)
Tues 3rd Dec 09.15 Francis Xavier Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Tess Truman RIP (Wheatley)
Wed 4th Dec 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Reg Hewett RIP (Grainger)
Fri 6th Dec 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Nicholas Christine Brown & Robert Mantle RIP (Mantle)
Sat 7th Dec 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Vernon Rogers RIP (Rogers)
Sun 8th Dec SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT YEAR C
08.30 For the Parish
10.30 Choir members RIP (Anderson)
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: £1002.84 incl S.O.
Catholic Youth Service: £ 196.25
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,
I came upon this lovely prayer that expresses a welcome to the Lord this Advent:
Come into my loneliness with your friendship
Come into my weariness with your strength
Come into worries with your peace
Come into my sufferings with your joy
Come into my sorrows with your comfort
Come into my sadness with your consolation
Come into my heart with your love
Come into my life with your compassion
Come Lord and show me your loving care. Amen.
God Bless, Fr Doug
READERS AT MASS
The ministry of reading is a most worthy one. Please can we have some more readers! Give it a bit of thought and approach Fr Doug or, better still, Angela Gillespie directly.
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 7th 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
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2025
Application forms are in the foyer for the 2025 First Holy Communion programme, commencing in January. Children in year 3 or above can apply. Completed forms must be returned by 31st Dec.
SCAM EMAILS TARGETING PARISHIONERS.
These emails impersonate the parish priest, often using a similar email name and masking the real email address. They typically request the recipient to purchase Amazon or other gift cards for the priest. This is a SCAM. Don’t be caught. Report any such scams to Fr Doug and/or the police.
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN OLD BEXLEY INVITE YOU TO JOIN:
Carol Singing, Wed 11 Dec, 5:30-7pm. Singing outside Flowers of Bexley, High Street,
Advent Course, at Bexley United Reformed Church (opposite War Memorial), 10-12, Tuesdays.
Kathy Fogarty, Parish Christian Unity Contact, k.fogarty@ntlworld.com
ADVENT TEA PARTY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
at St Catherine’s Catholic School, Friday December 6th 1.30- 3.00pm
Free of charge but RSVP dcunningham@stccg.co.uk
SOUTHWARK ARCHDIOCESE ROSARY PRAYER PROJECT Everyone is warmly invited to join this Archdiocese-wide prayer initiative, praying a decade each day for priests and parishes in Bexley deanery. Details from southwarkrenewal@gmail.com
FESTIVE PARTY – SATURDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2024 Please join us from 1pm for an afternoon of Music and Games for all the family. Tickets go on sale after mass next week.
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