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SUNDAY 19^th October

TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY Year C

Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 120, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2, Luke 18:1-8

 

Sat   18^th Oct       17.30      Confessions

18.00                      Kathleen Delport RIP 

 

Sun  19^th Oct     TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY Year C – World Mission Day

                            08.30                             Fernando Guerreira RIP (McGrath)            

10.30                             John Hughes RIP (Hughes)       

 

Mon  20^th Oct       09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00                            Anton Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan)                      

 

Tues  21^st Oct     NO MASS TODAY

 

Wed  22^nd Oct      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00 John Paul II                Jane Buhl RIP (Dorothy and Joanna)

 

Fri     24^th Oct       09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament        

                            10.00                             Sister John Bowman RIP (Bowman)

 

Sat    25^th Oct     17.30        Confessions

18.00                             Barney O’Neill RIP (O’Neill) 

 

Sun  26^th Oct     Thirtieth SUNDAY Year C 

                            08.30                            Souls in Purgatory (Gillespie)             

10.30                             Anthony Moffat RIP (Moffat)

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            £ 846.27 

Retiring Collections:                 This Week         Missio                               

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,

In his Angelus address in St Peter’s Square Pope Leo, referring to the ceasefire in the Holy Land, said: “I encourage the parties involved to continue courageously on the path they have chosen, towards a just and lasting peace that respects the legitimate aspirations of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples… The Church is close to the immense pain of those who have brutally lost their children, parents, friends and possessions in the war. The gentle touch of the Lord is directed especially toward you today, in the certainty that even amidst the deepest darkness, he always remains with us. We ask God, who is the true peace of humanity, to heal all wounds and to help us with his grace to accomplish what now seems humanly impossible: to remember that the other is not an enemy, but a brother or sister to be seen, forgiven and offered the hope of reconciliation.”

God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

 

PLANT SALE:  Many thanks to those who adopted plants last weekend and/or made donations to the Padre Pio Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana. Thanks too to the grower! £220 was raised. Marvelous. 

 

HARVEST CAKE SALE:  The Children’s Liturgy Group we will be holding a cake sale in the parish Centre this Sunday after 10.30. mass. All money raised will be donated to Cafod’s Harvest appeal. Please come along and support us. All home baked/ shop bought donations welcome.

 

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, (aged 13+ during the school year 25-26) Please have conversations at home and with friends. Application forms available in the foyer.

 

BERNARD GILLESPIE RIP:   Bernard’s funeral will be on Thursday October 30^th at 12.00. Please pray for him and his family.

 

OCTOBER ROSARY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE:  In the light of the dreadful wars in our world, we offer a chance for prayer and reflection on the Wednesday evenings of October, at 7.30 p.m. We pray the Archbishop Romero Rosary with gospel readings and extracts from the words of St. Oscar Romero, Patron of Justice and Peace. There will be quiet time to reflect, and then a decade of the Rosary prayed slowly and meditatively.

 

MISSIO:  The collection today supports churches, schools, hospitals, vocations and other projects in countries where the Church is new, young or poor. It works through local bishops, churches and missionary congregations to ensure resources are distributed justly on the basis of need.

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW: On Saturday, Nov 15^th, from 10.00-3.00. Dr. Brian Purfield. Bring a packed lunch. 

 

TEACHING VACANCIES AT ST CATHERINE’S CATHOLIC GIRLS SCHOOL 

Teacher of Science, Teacher of Psychology (and Sociology) (Maternity Leave), Teacher of Geography (Fixed term), Teacher of Science (Maternity Leave).  For full job descriptions and person specifications please visit www.stccg.co.uk/vacancies. Thank you.

 

BEXLEY PHOENIX CHOIR – CONCERT:  Directed by John MacKenzie – Accompanied by Christine Diggens    Saturday 25^th October 2025 – 7.00pm at Christ Church, Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent DA6 7BT