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SUNDAY 15th March

FOURTH SUNDAY OF Lent Year A

Readings: Samuel 1 16:1-13 Psalm 23, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41

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)

 

Mon   16^th Mar      09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10:00              Hema Anton RIP (Jeyaseelan)  

 

Tues 17^th Mar      09.15  St Patrick   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00                   Sabrina Bosser, Susan & Wallace D’Monte        

 

Wed  18^th Mar      09:15          Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                     Rex Wheatley RIP (Wheatley)

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

 

Fri    20^th Mar     09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                          10.00                     Thanksgiving St Anthony (Fogarty)

                             Way of the Cross

 

Sat    21^st Mar      17.30      Confessions

                            18.00                    Peter Weaver RIP  (Staden)          

 

Sun   22^nd Mar        FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

                             08.30                 Jay Maskell (Cannon)

                            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                                                                       £963.57

Retiring collection for AIC                                                                                      £615.36

Retiring collection next Sunday for Poor Parishes

 

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

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,

We reflected last year especially about life being a Pilgrimage from one place to somewhere better, somewhere holy, perhaps. Many of us follow The Way (or Stations) of the Cross as a devotion privately or as a family or in Church. We think of Lent as being a Journey in Faith. This dynamic often focuses our thoughts on where we are going or trying to get to. It is sometimes worth looking back though, and reminding ourselves that we have actually been moving! If we look back we will be able to see that we have developed or grown in some ways. Maybe this growth has followed a difficult situation or challenge, maybe it’s just down to some change in our lives. Whatever, look until you see and then give thanks to God.

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.

ALSO, Churches Together “40 Days in the Desert”: Biblical reflection and prayer 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 FRIENDS: 

A big Thank you for your generous donation last week of £615.36 Your support will enable us to continue our monthly outings with homeless friends – to London locations in the winter; in the summer via SVP minibus to Kent and East Sussex. God richly bless your almsgiving this Lent.

 

PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES

Please collect your envelopes from the foyer. 

ALSO, if you contribute by S.O., there are envelopes for special collections for you. 

 

RETIRING COLLECTION NEXT SUNDAY FOR POOR PARISHES

There are some parishes in the diocese that are thriving in many ways but just can’t make ends meet. Not here, thankfully, but we can help the Archbishop support such parish communities until they can get themselves afloat. 

 

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