Newsletter

SUNDAY 21st September

TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY

Readings: Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 112, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Luke 16:1-13

 

Sat   20th Sep      17.30             Confessions

18.00               Priest’s Intention 

 

 

Sun  21st Sep   TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY Year C– Home Mission Sunday

                            08.30              Priest’s Intention                 

10.30                   Antony Moffat RIP (Moffat)                  

 

Mon  22nd Sep     09.15             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00                      Olga Bowman RIP (Bowman)

 

Tues 23rd Sep NO SERVICE TODAY

 

Wed   24th Sep   09.15  Our Lady of    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                           10.00   Walsingham    Priest’s Intention

 

Fri     26th Sep   09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                           10.00                Bill & Sheila Pearce RIP (Weeks)

 

Sat    27th Sep   17.30         Confessions

18.00                    Helen Gilligan 

 

Sun  28th Sep   TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY Year C

                            08.30                    Simon D’Souza RIP (Keenan)            

10.30                    John & Helen Evans (Evans)              

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:  Do have masses said for your intentions. Use the envelopes in the foyer to name the intention and to enclose an offering. Give them to Fr Doug or post them through the presbytery door.

 

FINANCES       

Many thanks for your offertory collection                   £ 818.38 

Retiring Collections:        Last week          Catholic Education Service        £ 193.69

                                          This Week         Catholic Agency for Evangelisation

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,

Greetings from Spain! And welcome to the Brothers from Erith who are saying masses for you while I’m away on holiday.

           God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

 

QUIZ NIGHT
We will hold our annual Quiz Night on Saturday, October 18^th. at 7p.m. The competition will be between tables of up to 8 people. You don’t have to form a team before arrival, just take a seat at table – and perhaps meet new people. The bar will be open. Tickets are available after masses, at £7. Raffle prizes welcome. Bring your own snacks for the table.

 

CONFIRMATION 2026:  We would like to run a programme in 2026 with and for young people wishing to be confirmed in June 2026. Candidates should be in Year 8 or above, in other words aged 13+ sometime during the school year 25-26. Please have conversations at home and with your friends. Application forms will be available in the weeks to come.

 

ANNUAL MASS COUNT:  Don’t be suspicious or alarmed! Mass stewards will be counting our mass attendance over the next few weeks. The diocese requires this statistic.

 

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

The cries of Palestinian church leaders for solidarity echo across the global Church, urging us to respond with clarity, compassion, and conviction. So, churches across Britain will 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)

 

OCTOBER ROSARY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE 

In the light of increasingly shocking news of wars, we will offer a chance for prayer and reflection on the 5 Wednesday evenings of October, (starting Oct 1^st) from 7.30 p.m. We will pray the Archbishop Romero Rosary with readings and extracts from the teachings of St. Oscar Romero, Patron of Justice and Peace. 

 

LIVE SIMPLY AWARD for ST. JOHN FISHER, BEXLEY

CAFOD have given us an award for our 2025 Live Simply Campaign. We will be accepting it at masses on 4/5 October following the Friday Fast Day of the 3^rd October.

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW:  On Saturday, Nov 15^th, from 10.00-3.00. Dr. Brian Purfield on the loving justice and trusting peace.

                                                    

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

 

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:  Please take the last few. left on the table

 

BUILDING A BETTER MARRIAGE 

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; 

4 October – Holy Cross, Catford,  1 November – St James the Great, Petts Wood

 

CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY:  Friday 3rd October is Family Fast Day. You are invited to fast on the day and offer the money saved to the work of CAFOD.  There’ll be a retiring collection on Sunday 5th October.

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL:  Sunday 5th October at 10.30 mass we will celebrate the Harvest. In addition to our collection for CAFOD, we are collecting food donations (non-perishable) and other essential items for the Manna Day Centre at London Bridge. For a list of most needed items please refer to the list on the board in the foyer or visit the Manna Centre website.  Please bring in items and place them on the sanctuary. Harvest Festival gifts provide the Manna Centre with 80% of their foodstuffs for the year. Please give if you are able.