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SUNDAY 8th March

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT Year A

Readings: Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 94, Romans 5:1-8, John 4:5-42

 

Sat      7^th Mar      17.30      Confessions

                            18.00            Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)     

 

Sun     8^th Mar           THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

                             08.30           Thomas Kilvarry RIP (Deal family)

                             10.30            Angela Carroll   (Cowdell family)

 

Mon    9^th Mar        10.30  FUNERAL MASS     Owen King RIP

                                                         

Tues  10^th Mar      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00             Helen & Brendan Rutledge (Kilcullen)      

 

Wed   11^th Mar      09:15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00                  Michael & Kate Dunning RIP (Wheatley)

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.00 mass in the Meeting Place

 

Fri      13^th Mar      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament                                 

                             10.00                    Donald Almeida RIP (Almeida)

 

Sat     14^th Mar      17.30     Confessions

                              18.00                  Dave Woolsgrove RIP  (Staden)   

 

Sun     15^th Mar         FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

                              08.30           Ian D’Silva RIP (Keenan)

                              10.30                John Hughes RIP (Hughes)

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                                                                       £1047.40

Retiring collection last week                      CAFOD                                  £560.13

Retiring collection this week                      AIC

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,

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for March is “for disarmament and peace.”

He asks us to pray for peace: he begins his prayer by recalling that the Lord has shaped every human being in His image and likeness and that He created us “for communion, not for war, for fraternity, not for destruction. You who greeted your disciples saying, “Peace be with you,” grant us the gift of your peace and the strength to make it a reality in history. Today we lift up our prayer for peace in the world, asking that nations renounce weapons and choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy. Lord help us disarm our hearts of hatred, resentment, and indifference, so we may become instruments of reconciliation. Help us understand that true security does not come from control fuelled by fear, but from trust, justice, and solidarity among peoples.”

God Bless,                                    Fr Doug 

 

LENT 2026:

At most masses we will greet the gospel by singing: 

Praise To You Lord Jesus Christ, King of Eternal Glory.

 

We are offering the opportunity each week to reflect on the following Sunday’s Gospel:

Mondays, 6.00 Exposition, 6.30 Gospel Reflection and/or…

Tuesdays, 1.00 Refreshments, 1.30 Gospel Reflection.

 

ALSO, as ever, we recommend the Southwark Spirituality (daily) reflections, arriving as emails. All you have to do is ask! Go to www.southwarkdsc.org.uk and click on LENT REFLECTIONS.

For those who don’t use email, there are printed copies available in the foyer.

ALSO, The Way of the Cross: Devotional prayer after the 10.00 mass, (approx. 10.20) each Friday. If you like to lead one session, with help, please see Carol Anderson or Angela Gillespie.

ALSO, Churches Together “40 Days in the Desert”: a 5-week course of Biblical reflection and prayer exploring the Book of Exodus, drawing parallels between the Hebrews’ 40 years in the wilderness and Jesus’ 40 days in the desert. Tues 10 a.m., Bexley URC, Hurst Rd, Thurs, 7 p.m., Baldwyns Park Baptist Church, Dartford Rd.

 

SANCTUARY QUIET DAY

A Day of Reflection for Lent on 28^th March 11-3 at “Sanctuary”, 8 Hotham Close, Swanley Village.

All are welcome. Bring a packed lunch. Bookings at tkilcullen@live.co.uk

 

AIC PASSAGE (FORMERLY SATURDAY) FRIENDS: 

This weekend our AIC Passage Friends group will make their annual appeal on behalf of homeless people who are clients of The Passage Day Centre in central London and use our Passage Friends rehabilitation service. We hope to explain what, with your generous help, has been achieved and what, with continued help, can be done this year.   

 

JOB OPPORTUNITY AT JESUIT MISSIONS – ‘Campaigns & Outreach Officer’

Remote working, with travel across the UK. Can you engage and motivate others to act on campaigns involving those in the Global South? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information about Jesuit Missions, the Job Description/Person Specification go to: https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/vacancies/ or scan the QR code Closing date: 9am, Friday 20^th March

 

SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: 21 to 28 August 2026
An opportunity to refresh our relationship with the Lord Jesus, with the help of Our Lady’s prayers.

Details for booking travel and accommodation can be found at 

https://www.catholicassociation.co.uk/join2026 or edwardperera@rcaos.org.uk