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SUNDAY 19^TH April

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Year A

Readings: Acts 2:14-33 Psalm 15, Peter 1:17-21, Luke 24:13-35

 

Sat         18^th Apr   18.00              Una Muzzi RIP & H. Fitzpatrick RIP (Palmer)     

 

Sun        19^th Apr          THIRD  SUNDAY OF EASTER

                             08.30               Mr & Mrs Gomes RIP  (Gomes)

                             10.30                   Mr & Mrs Pereira RIP  (Pereira)

 

Mon  20^th April      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

 10:00                  Margaret McQuaid RIP (McQuaid)                       

 

Tues 21^st April   NO MASS TODAY                      

                                                

Wed  22^nd Apr      09:15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                 John Colaco RIP (Gomes & Pereira)

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

 

Fri    24^thApr         09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

`                           10:00                  The Sheehan family RIP (Sheehan)

 

Sat   25^th Apr       18.00                   Marie Burkinshaw thanksgiving (Kilcullen) 

 

Sun 26^th Apr       FOURTH  SUNDAY OF EASTER 

                           08.30                   Harrington family RIP  (Sheehan)

                          10.30                   Maureern Fitzpatrick RIP  (Choir)

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                          £976.11

Retiring collection next Sunday Priest Training Fund

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,

You may have noted that I am praying the “Eucharistic Prayers for Various Occasions” on the Sundays of Easter. Last week we had No. 3, “Jesus, the Way to the Father”. This week will be No. 2, “God guides his Church along the Way of Salvation”. They are beautiful prayers.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump’s War continues – his war with Pope Leo and the Church, that is! 

On the day of one of his most bitter attacks last week, the daily mass reading from the Acts of the Apostles had this prayer from Saints Peter and John after they’d been assaulted:

“And now Lord, take note of their threats and help your servants to proclaim your message with all boldness”.

We might pray along with them for Pope Leo and for those bishops in America brave enough to speak out with the prophetic voice of the Church. “Lord, help us find your peace.”

God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

 

EASTER GARDEN DONATIONS:  Once again, our Easter Garden Donations are going to FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND. 

We have received this message of gratitude from them:

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:2)  Thank you

 

GEORGE BIRCH RIP:  Please pray for the repose of the soul of George. His funeral will be on Tuesday 28^th April at 11.00.

 

ROSARY IN MAY – Friday evenings

The rosary is a way of praying any time, and in any place, but in October and May it has become our tradition to pray it together once a week. We have been using this as an opportunity to pray it in different ways. This May we will be using Archbishop John’s Romero Rosary, praying a mystery each week. There will be a scripture reading, a reflection from Archbishop Romero, and then time for our own reflection before we pray a decade of the rosary. We will be praying the Mysteries of mercy and Compassion on Friday evenings from 6.30 – 7.00, starting Friday 1^st May

 

PARISH FEAST DAY BARBECUE:  This year our summer celebration will be on Sunday 12^th July. Put it in your diaries!

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

July 11th, at St George’s Cathedral

If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th + 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 

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

 

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

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-sam-childers-the-machine-gun-preacher-tickets-1984617587629 or by email: revnatapbc@gmail.com