Newsletter

SUNDAY 6th April 2025

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 125, Philippians 3:8-14, John 8:1-11

 

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)

 

Mon  7^th April        09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00              Dr Sheila Santamaria RIP (Coutinho)

 

Tues 8th April       09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                           10.00                     Pet Kilcullen RIP (Kilcullen)

 

Wed  9th April      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                             10.00                    Maureen Fitzpatrick RIP (Bowman) 

 

Fri   11th April       09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00              Fr Thomas Power RIP (Foundation)

                            Followed by Stations of the Cross

 

Sat   12th April     17.30      Confessions

18.00               Special Intention (Cottle) 

 

Sun  13th April  PALM SUNDAY of the PASSION of the LORD Year C 

                            08.30                     Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

                            10.30                     Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)

 

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:                 £ 957.15 incl S.O

                                                                           AIC                    £ 523.91

                                                                                                      

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,

This weekend a Pastoral Letter from Archbishop John is to be read at all masses. It concerns the Assisted Suicide Bill being voted on again in Parliament very soon. The Archbishop is particularly scathing about the poor process with which the debate is being conducted. He asks us to contact our M. P. objecting to the content of the Bill and also to the flawed procedures that he points out.

Please think about doing this.

Alternatively, you might simply take one of the postcards from the foyer that “Not Dead Yet UK” has provided, fill it in and then post it to the House of Commons. You just need to write your M.P.’s name and your own name and address – and add a stamp of course! The card lists some of the arguments against passing the Bill. The organisation is a network of disabled people. 

Local M.P.s:  Mr Louie French – Old Bexley & Sidcup  

Mr Daniel Francis – Bexleyheath and Crayford

                                              God Bless,          Fr Doug 

 

LENTEN REFLECTIONS

We invite you for the last time, 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.                      

 

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



 

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.

 

AIC PASSAGE FRIENDS 

A big thank you for last week’s generous donations of over £500 – an invaluable help to support the monthly outings our homeless friends so enjoy, part of their rehabilitation.

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF 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 & Governors.

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 practising Catholics. 

 

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.