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SUNDAY 30^th March 2025,

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

Readings: Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 33, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Luke 15:1-32

 

Sat   29th March  17.30        Confessions

                            18.00              Zoe Baker (Duff) 

 

Sun  30th March    FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C Laetare Sunday 

                            08.30                     Alan Hyde (Hyde)

                            10.30                     Alice Howie RIP (Howie).

 

 Mon 31st March 09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00                    Rosa Colaco RIP (Colaco)

 

Tues 1^st April       09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                            10.00                    TG Sabrina (Bosser)

 

Wed  2nd April     09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                           10.00                     Rex Wheatley RIP (Wheatley) 

 

Fri     4th April      09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00                   Victor & Sylvia Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan)

Followed by Stations of the Cross

 

Sat   5th April      17.30         Confessions

18.00                   Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan) 

 

Sun   6th April         FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C 

                              08.30                  John Haines (Cannon)

                             10.30                   Peggy Collins (Osborne)

 

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:        £ 899.41 incl S.O

                                                                      Poor Parishes:  £ 147.15

Retiring Collection This Week: AIC

                                                                                                                                    

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. Very easy to use!

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 on weekdays, £40 per hour at weekends

 

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

 

Dear Parishioners,

LAETARE! 

“It is only right that we should celebrate and rejoice.” That’s what the father says in the gospel today, when his “prodigal” son returns. It is the theme of Laetare Sunday: Laetare means Rejoice.

So yes, happy Mothering Sunday.

Rejoice too that Pope Francis has recovered from his illness sufficiently to return home. We keep him in our prayers though.

There is much in all our lives about which to rejoice. Today we count our blessings.

God Bless,                        Fr Doug 

 

LENTEN REFLECTIONS:  We invite you to take part in a prayerful reflection on next Sunday’s Gospel in the Parish Hall: Monday – 6.30-7.00 p.m. or Tuesday – 1.30-2.30 p.m. All are welcome.                           

 

AIC SATURDAY FRIENDS now known as ‘Passage Friends’  

Our annual collection for our work with homeless people falls today, Mothers’ Day,  a difficult day for our Friends. Today we will be in the porch with our baskets should you choose to include them in your alms giving for Lent. Thank you in advance for your always generous response.

 

PARISH EVENT – Motown to Modern Disco -12 April – Please join the events team for our Spring 2025 event where a DJ will be playing music from the 60s and beyond. £8 ticket. Doors and bar open at 7.  DJ from 8. Feel free to bring your own nibbles. Please purchase your tickets in advance as prior events have seen as many as 1/3 electing to pay on the door meaning we have come very close to having to turn people away.

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MASS IN CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE July 12th, at St George’s Cathedral

If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th + wedding anniversary this year, please let us know as soon as possible, and no later than the middle of May, providing the following details:  your names, your home address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop.  Spaces are limited.  Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk    

 

JUBILEE YEAR PILGRIMAGES  – Diocesan Pilgrimages to Aylesford on Sat 7^th June and Walsingham on Sat 28^th June

Deanery Pilgrimage to St. John Vianney        Saturday 5^th July

Augustine Camino: Rochester Cathedral to Minster Abbey – for Mary’s Meals Mon 1 – Sun 8 Sep 

 

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL – Vacancies

The school is looking to appoint a (lay) Chaplain and an Assistant Head SENDCo

Apply to the school for details, or view their website.

 

CHRIST THE KING SIXTH FORM COLLEGES

We are seeking volunteers for our Governing Body, particularly practicing Catholics. 

 

MEETING PLACE:  Two jewellery items of were handed in for the Christmas raffle in 2024. Could whoever left them please contact someone at the Meeting Place on a Wednesday between 9:30 and 12:30pm.

 

LONDON MARATHON :  Liam Morgan is running for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). If you would like to learn more and sponsor him, go to his just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-morgan-lm25?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL or sign his sponsor form after mass.

 

SHROUD OF TURIN EXHIBITION: St George’s Cathedral in Southwark until 21 April. See a life-sized replica of the Shroud and learn more about it. Many believe it was used to wrap the body of Jesus after his crucifixion. Free entry.