SUNDAY 17th MAY
Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
Readings: Acts 1:12-14 Psalm 26, Peter 4:13-16, John 17:1-11
Sat 16th May 18.00 Serse & Dorothy Cima RIP (Foundation)
Sun 17th May SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – Communications Sunday
08.30 Patrick O’Brien RIP (0’Brien)
10.30 John Kilner RIP (Kilner)
Mon 18thMay 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10:00 Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)
Tues 19th May 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Annie & Mervyn Griffin, Mary McDonnell & family RIP (Carr)
Wed 20th May 09:15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Kathy & Fergal Hardiman (Wheatley)
Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after mass
Fri 22nd May 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
` 10:00 Michael McLaughlin RIP (Quinn)
Sat 23rd May 18.00 Brian Hanley RIP (Hagan)
Sun 24th May PENTECOST SUNDAY
08.30 Seamus Jordan & Margaret Donovan (Larkin)
10.30 Carmel Dunning (Wheatley)
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 Sunday: £1026.29
Retiring collection THIS Sunday for Catholic Communications Network
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 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,
Good to be home. I realised when I’d left that I had not composed Bidding Prayers for the following Sunday. Oops! Well done to those who covered! It would be good to have some back up. Would anyone or any family or any group be interested in composing the prayers, say, once a month with my help and support? Then in absence or illness you could be first port of call.
May – the month of Mary. We pray the Hail Holy Queen at Sunday masses.
God Bless, Fr Doug
EASTER GARDEN DONATIONS
For this second half of Easter, our Easter Garden Donations are going to PETER’S PENCE. This fund enables the Holy Father to exercise works of mercy and charity: humanitarian initiatives and social promotion projects. Pope Leo is attentive to poor dioceses, religious and faithful in grave difficulty: the poor, children, the elderly, those marginalised and war victims.
ROSARY IN MAY – Friday evenings
This May we are 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 Fridays from 6.30 – 7.00.
PARISH FEAST DAY BARBECUE
This year our summer celebration will be on Sunday 12th July. Put it in your diaries!
DAYS OF REFECTION AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN IN MAY 2026
Monday May 18th 9.30 to 12.30 OR Saturday May 30th from 11- 3pm. (same programme)
The theme is “Spirit of God” Come and spend some time in quiet prayer and reflection in nature.
For more details or to book please email sanctuaryakwaaba@gmail.com or call 07977 978536
MASS IN CELEBRATION 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 by next Friday, 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. Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk using “Bexley” as a title.
AN EVENING WITH SAM CHILDERS.
Sam’s life is a remarkable story of transformation — from a past marked by brokenness and violence to a life devoted to rescuing vulnerable children in East Africa. On Friday 22 May at Albany Park Baptist Church, Bexley at 7:00pm. Tickets £5
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. A reminder that if you (or a family member) are admitted to hospital, you need to ask that your record indicate you are a Roman Catholic if you would like a visit from the Chaplaincy team or to receive Holy Communion. Hospital staff may forget to ask you about your religious background and due to data regulations, the Chaplaincy team cannot approach you – unless your religion is on your admission record.
ST CATHERINE’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Vacancies for a Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) Learning Support Assistant (LSA), and a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) for the SEND department. Both roles are f/t positions, term time (39 weeks per year) from 8:00-16:00. Visit https://www.stccg.co.uk/Teaching-Vacancies
stjohnfisherbexley.org 
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