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SUNDAY 7th September 2025

TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY Year C

Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18 Psalm 89, Philemon 9-17, Luke 14:25-33

 

Sat      6th Sep    17.30     Confessions

18.00               Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)

 

Sun     7th Sep          TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY Year C 

                            08.30                    Betty McCartney (Traynor)             

10.30                    Asaam Family (Asaam)      

 

Mon    8th Sep     09.15 Birth of Our Lady      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00                    Homeless People (Saturday Friends)

 

Tues   9th Sep     09.15                             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00                     Jane Buhl RIP (Wheatley)  

 

Wed  10th Sep     09.15                             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                   10.00                    Geoff Hinton (Wheatley)

 

Fri     12th Sep     09.15                             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                            10.00                   Giuseppe Nucera RIP (Highlan)

 

Sat    13th Sep    17.30      Confessions

18.00                      Nora White (Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun   14th Sep        EXALTATION OF THE CROSS – Education Sunday

                            08.30                     Jeff Munroe RIP (Oram)                 

10.30                      Lance Grainger RIP ()                     

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.

 

MASS INTENTIONS

You are invited to ask for masses to be offered for your intentions. Please use the envelopes in the foyer to indicate the intention and to enclose a mass offering. Give them to Fr Doug or post them through the presbytery door.

 

FINANCES   

Many thanks for your offertory collection            £ 966.

                     Retiring Collection:           Next week     Catholic Education Service 

Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

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 on weekdays, £40 per hour at weekends

 

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

 

Dear Parishioners,

Just looking ahead to October, the month of the Rosary, we will be offering a time of prayer in the church each Wednesday evening at 7.30 for about a half hour. We will be praying the Archbishop Romero Rosary, with meditations on Justice and on Peace. More information to follow, but mark up the Wednesday evening slots on your calendar or in your diary. 

Oh, and does anyone know of a tree surgeon?! The diocese wants our trees inspected!

God Bless,                                      Fr Doug 

 

A CALL TO PRAYER AND PUBLIC WITNESS FOR PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND

We are witnessing the devastating escalation of violence in Gaza and the West Bank with Israel’s latest decision to mount a new offensive in Gaza City threatening hundreds of thousands with further forced displacement. The cries of Palestinian church leaders for peace and solidarity have echoed across the global Church, urging us to respond with clarity, compassion, and conviction.

In response we are calling on churches across Britain to pray for peace on Sunday 21st September, coinciding with UN World Peace Day and the global call to prayer from the World Council of Churches (Friends of the Holy Land)

 

SAINT URSULA’S CONVENT SCHOOL:   Open Day Sep 27 between 9 and 12, Open Mornings Oct 6-10 between 9.15 and 10.45

 

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:   We have a number of books on religious themes that children may enjoy reading or looking at. They are now in the foyer for you to take away free of charge.

More will be made available in due course. There are non-religious ones too.

 

JANE BUHL RIP

Please pray for Jane. Her funeral will be on Monday 15^th September at 10.00 

 

CHILDREN’S LITURGY :   The Children’s Liturgy Group resumes this Sunday, 7th September.  If you enjoy supporting children and want to give something back to the church community please consider volunteering as a Children’s Liturgy catechist.  More info from Father Doug or Angela Underwood. 

 

MARCH FOR LIFE UK:   Join the march on Saturday 6th Sept in London! The right to life underpins every other right we have and without it every other right is rendered meaningless. Abortion denies the most vulnerable in our society their most basic right to life. Unite with thousands of others at this family-friendly event where we recognise the value of life from conception and stand up for all those who have been impacted by abortion. Find out more at marchforlife.co.uk or email info@marchforlife.co.uk

 

BUILDING A BETTER MARRIAGE: Highly recommended events for married couples 9.30am till 4.30pm and are free of charge Contact Carole on 07983 524 727 or email: mflkent@rcaos.org.uk;   13 September – Southwark Cathedral, London
4 October – Holy Cross, Catford
1 November – St James the Great, Petts Wood

 

SYCAMORE COURSE:   This is a FREE online course about the Catholic faith by Fr Stephen Wang, for married and engaged couples taking place on the 9th, 16th, 23^rd & 30th September (4x 1 hr sessions at 8pm)

It is a wonderful opportunity for married couples to enrich their friendship and love and for engaged couples who want to start or continue exploring their faith together.

For further information and to book a place, please contact Carole on mflkent@rcaos.org.uk