SUNDAY 28th September
TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY Year C
Readings: Amos 6:1-7 Psalm 145, 1 Timothy 6:11-16, Luke 16:19-31
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)
Mon 29th Sep 09.15 Archangels Michael, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Gabriel & Raphael Bernadette Dowswell (Jeyaseelan)
Tues 30th Sep 09.15 Jerome Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Anne Francis Burton-Bowen RIP (Wood)
Wed 1st Oct 09.15 Therese of the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Child Jesus Rex Wheatley RIP (Wheatley)
Fri 3rd Oct 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Ivor John Burton-Bowen RIP (Wood)
Sat 4th Oct 17.30 Confessions
18.00 Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)
Sun 5th Oct TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY Year C – Rosary Sunday
08.30 Kay Gillespie RIP (Gillespie)
10.30 Victor & Lorna Furze – Diamond Wedding
Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass.
LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE
All masses are streamed. Go to our website, stjohnfisherbexley.org and view 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 £ 868.38
Retiring Collections: Last week: Catholic Agency for Evangelisation £52.00
Next Week CaFOD
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,
Good to be home, though it’s so sad to lose 2 of our senior parishioners in the same week!
BERNARD GILLESPIE RIP & JOHN HOLLIS RIP
Bernard and John both died last week. Please pray for them and their families.
God Bless, Fr Doug
QUIZ NIGHT We will hold our annual Quiz Night on Saturday, October 18th. 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 £8. Raffle prizes welcome. Bring your own snacks for the table.
OCTOBER ROSARY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
In the light of increasingly shocking news of the wars in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere, we will offer a chance for prayer and reflection on the 5 Wednesday evenings of October, (starting Oct 1st) from 7.30 p.m. We will pray the Archbishop Romero Rosary with gospel readings and extracts from the teachings of St. Oscar Romero, Patron of Justice and Peace. There will be some quiet time to reflect, and then a decade of the Rosary prayed slowly and meditatively.
CaFOD FAMILY FAST DAY: This will be next Friday and we will have a collection from the savings you make (?) on Sunday. Also, we will collect any items you can donate to the Manna Centre – Non perishable food items and suitable clothes.
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 3rd October.
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.
SANCTUARY QUIET DAY – Saturday October 18th from 11- 3pm
“Uniquely and Wonderfully Made” (Psalm 139) to fulfill a distinct purpose and reflect Gods glory. Spend some time in prayer to reflect on your life and your calling. Bookings: tkilcullen@live.co.uk
SHARING YOUR FAITH WORKSHOP
Saturday 11th October 10am-3:30pm at Ss John Fisher and Thomas More, Eltham Well Hall. The Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis are hosting this one-day workshop to explore what it means to share our Catholic Faith. For more details email evangelisation@rcaos.org.uk
THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW: On Saturday, Nov 15th, from 10.00-3.00. Dr. Brian Purfield on the loving justice and trusting peace.
SAINT URSULA’S CONVENT SCHOOL
Open Mornings Oct 6-10 between 9.15 and 10.45
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