Newsletter

SUNDAY 19^th July

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY   Year A

   Readings: Wisdom 12:13-19, Psalm 85, Romans 8:26-27 Matthew 13:24-43

 

   Sat      18^thJuly         18.00            Bob Cameron RIP (Fitzpatrick)

   

   Sun     19^th  July        SIXTEENTH SUNDAY 

                                    08.30          Mavia Abbot RIP (Cannon) 

                                    10.30          George Birch RIP (Birch)

   

   Mon    20^th July          09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                                     10:00          Michael Wheatley (Connolly)                              

 

   Tues   21^st July          09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                                     10:00           Sonny Sheehan & Colette Hunt RIP (Sheehan)

 

   Wed   22^nd July         09:15 St. Mary  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00 Magdalene    Michael Wheatley (Wheatley)

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after mass

 

    Fri      24^th July          09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

`                                    10.00            Danny Ferrao (Almeida)

 

   Sat      25^thJuly           18.00            Philip Hagan RIP (Hagan)

 

   Sun     26^th  July        SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY

                                    08.30          Rhona McIlfatrick RIP (Cannon) 

                                    10.30           George Birch RIP (Birch)

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                                   £882.98

Retiring Collections. Last week   Apostleship of the Sea.          £171.34

                                 This Week Ahotokurom in Ghana                      

 

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,

 

THANK YOU so much, all of you who supported our parish celebration day. I hope you enjoyed a very relaxed afternoon with good food and good company. You may even won a treat in the raffle!

I express gratitude on behalf of us all to Aidan who took responsibility for organizing it and for all those who helped out in many and various ways: cooking, bringing food, setting up and clearing up, running the raffle, selling tickets and so on. Many hands… etc. Well done, Team!

We will know by next week how much money we made to support the parish.          

God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

WELCOME & CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Anna, Paul, Olivia and Charlie Bennett who will be received into full communion with our Church at the 8.30 mass this weekend. Please keep them in your prayers. 

 

AHOTOKUROM – Padre Pio Rehabilitation Centre

This weekend we welcome Seb Santhiapillai, Trudy Kilcullen & Sophie Norman – volunteers with Friends of Ahoto charity who support people with leprosy and disability at Ahotokurom Padre Pio Rehabilitation Centre in Ghana. 

Our retiring collection will be for Ahoto. Every penny raised goes directly to support the work (no administration costs) and thanks to a generous donor all donations will be doubled! For further details of the mission see https://www.ahoto.org/

 

THE ST JOHN BOSCO CHILDREN’S CAMP

The St John Bosco Children’s Camp in Brentwood Essex, is an activities camp with a Catholic ethos that runs for two weeks each summer for boys and girls. Applications are now open for children currently in school year 5 – 7 (i.e. aged 9-12 in August 2026) to spend a week at camp. Week One 25th July – 1st August or Week Two 1st – 8th August. Activities include archery, fishing, Aqua Park visit, football, kayaking and much more. The camp is especially for children who may not otherwise have a summer holiday. Suggested donation £200, but full bursaries are available. All application details are at https://boscocamp.co.uk. 

 

PILGRIMAGE TO ASSISI

Eddie Gilmore is leading a walking pilgrimage to Assisi from September 18^th– 26^th, 2026: one night in Florence then six days along the beautiful ‘Way of Francis’. Contact Eddie for more information: gileag@gmail.com    www.eddiegilmore.org 

 

CYBER CRIMINALS … are increasingly using AI to create videos, voice messages and other communications impersonating members of the clergy. They then request money or donations. Never send money, gift cards or bank details in response to such requests. Always verify the identity of the sender by contacting the priest or parish directly using a known telephone number or official email address before responding to any request.