Sunday 18th October
TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY Year A
Readings: Isaiah 45:1-6 Psalm 95, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 Matthew 22: 15-21
Sat 17th Oct 18.00 Mary Joyce RIP (Liddiard)
Sun 18th Oct TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY WORLD MISSION DAY
08.30 Fr.John O’Donohue TG (Cannon)
10.30 John Hughes RIP (Hughes)
Mon 19th Oct 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10:00 The Bacon family (Howie)
Tues 20thOct 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Sheehan family RIP (Sheehan)
Wed 21st Oct 09.15 Margaret Clitherow Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Colette Hunt & Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)
Please join us in the hall for refreshments after mass
Fri 23rd Oct 09:15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10:00 Sr. Regula Golden Jubilee (Kilcullen)
Sat 24th Oct 18. 00 Sr.John Bowman RJM (Bowman)
Sun 25th Oct THIRTIETH SUNDAY
08.30 Catriona Keenan RIP (Brailsford)
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 £1011.75
Retiring Collections: Last Week: Prisoners Sunday £143.01
This Week: Missio
Bank Payments details available on request
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,
Do keep our Holy Father, Pope Leo in your prayers after his operation this week. May he be blessed with God’s healing grace and be fully restored to his vital ministry soon.
God Bless, Fr Doug
APF/ MISSIO (RED BOXES)
There will be a retiring collection for Missio THIS week. If you have a red box, please empty it and put in that collection. Susan Mantle suejmantle@hotmail.com
HARVEST CAKE SALE: The Children’s Liturgy Group we will be holding a cake sale in the parish centre THIS Sunday, 18th October after 10.30 mass. All money raised (cash please) will be donated to Cafod’s Harvest appeal. Please come along and support us. All home baked/ shop bought donations welcome.
YOUNG ADULTS GROUP (18-35): The first meeting of this deanery-wide group will be this Thursday (22nd Oct) at 6.00 in St John Vianney Hall, Bexleyheath. Why not take a look-see, help shape a future agenda and strengthen your membership of the Church? Learn a thing or two and enjoy a thing or two.
OCTOBER – month of the rosary
At Sunday masses during the month, we will say the “Hail Holy Queen” instead of the “Hail Mary” in our prayers of intercession. Also, on Friday mornings after mass we will pray the Romero Rosary’s Mysteries of Charity. There will be a short scripture reading to help us meditate on God’s love for us, a brief reflection and then those present will pray a decade of the rosary. We invite those joining livestream to accompany us and everyone else to pray a decade sometime during the day in solidarity with us.
NOVEMBER – remembering those who have died
Remembrance Sunday is of course the 8th November
Our Parish Remembrance Services for those who have died will be on 15th/16th November. We remember all our loved ones and we especially invite the families of those who have died during this past year to attend mass during which a candle will be lit for each named soul. Grave blessings are as follows: Nov 8th: St. Paulinus at 12.30, Bexleyheath at 2.00, Kemnal Park at 2.00, Brook St. at 3.00
Nov 15th Sidcup at 2.00, Nov 21st Hillview at 11.00
MARLENE BURT RIP: Marlene’s funeral will be on Friday October 30th at 10.00. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
MANY THANKS TO ST JOHN FISHER FOR YOUR HARVEST FESTIVAL GIFTS
The food that we have received will be used throughout the next twelve months to provide meals to some of the most disadvantaged members of our society. The work we do here on your behalf is a Christian response to poverty and homelessness. We ensure that our service-users receive a free hot meal and have access to washing facilities, health care, clothing, housing & welfare advice. On average we see about 120 people a day. All thanks to your support.
VOCATION CONFERENCE: Sat, 24 Oct, 2:00 – 8:00 at St Thomas More Church, 420a Long Lane, Bexleyheath. For young adults aged 18+ currently discerning their vocation. There will be opportunities to for prayer and discussion, and to explore important questions about vocation, relationships and marriage.
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