SUNDAY 5th APRIL
EASTER SUNDAY Year A
Readings: Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 117, Colossians 3:1-4, John 20:1-9
Sat 4th Apr 20.00 Easter Vigil Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)
Sun 5th Apr EASTER SUNDAY
08.30 Peggy Godfrey (Cannon)
10.30 Fiona Boone RIP (Howie)
Mon 6th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10:00 Joan Aspeek (Alex & Dahlia)
Tues 7th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Peter Whiffin (Stanton/Connolly)
Wed 8th Apr 09:15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Pet Kilcullen (Kilcullen)
Fri 10th Apr 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
` 10:00 Sonny Sheehan & Colette Hunt RIP (Sheehan)
Sat 11th Apr 18.00 Molly Aldridge RIP (Wood)
Sun 12th Apr SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
08.30 Ainsworth Family (Howie)
10.30 Peggy Collins (Osborne)
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 last week £1263.99The
Collection today (like Christmas Day) is your personal gift for Fr Doug
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
Happy Easter to you all.
First of all, a big welcome to any visitors to the Church today to celebrate this great event of Easter.
What a joy it has been – so far(!) – to celebrate Easter here at St. John Fisher. We have been able to journey with the Lord on a Way that led him through suffering and death to joy and new life. That journey also describes our path and our calling through difficulties, through suffering and yes, through death to joys and to new life. We place our trust with Him.
Let me thank everyone involved: The stewards, the readers, the cleaners, the altar servers, the sacristans, those who have led the Stations of the Cross, those in the music ministry, those who produced our Easter Garden, and of course those responsible for the wonderful floral display.
I also offer my personal thanks for your personal gift in the Easter offering.
As we celebrate this wondrous day in the freedom of our land, you may well be aware and certainly not surprised that the Israelis banned the celebration of Easter in Jerusalem. Mass on Palm Sunday was nevertheless celebrated by the Latin Patriarch in the Garden of Gethsemane. He said in his sermon
“Today Jesus weeps once more over Jerusalem. He weeps over this city, which remains a sign of both hope and sorrow, of grace and suffering. He weeps over this Holy Land, still unable to recognize the gift of peace. He weeps for all the victims of a war that seems without end: for divided families, for shattered hopes. But the tears of Jesus are never fruitless. They open our eyes, challenge us, and reveal the truth.”
We too weep for the people of Palestine and Gaza and for so many others suffering in the region.
God Bless, Fr Doug
MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
July 11th, at St George’s Cathedral
If you are celebrating your 1st/10th/25th/40th/50th/60th + wedding anniversary this year, please let us know as soon as possible, and no later than the middle of May, providing your names (e.g. John & Mary Smith), your address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass. Spaces are limited. Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk using your parish name as a title.
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
ARCHBISHOP’S CERTIFICATE
The Archbishop’s Certificate (ArchCert) is a two-year online course for all who wish to understand their faith in a more profound way and be able to share it with both confidence and joy.
The 2-year course will commence on 10 October 2026 and the cost will be £400 per year. In addition, registration must be completed in advance and there is a non-refundable registration fee of £50. Further details can be found here: https://aec.rcaos.org.uk/archcert
AN EVENING WITH SAM CHILDERS, Widely known as “The Machine Gun Preacher”
Sam’s life is a remarkable story of transformation — from a past marked by brokenness and violence to a life now devoted to rescuing vulnerable children in East Africa.
On Friday 22 May at Albany Park Baptist Church, Bexley at 7:00pm. Tickets £5
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-sam-childers-the-machine-gun-preacher-tickets-1984617587629 or by email
stjohnfisherbexley.org 
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