Sunday 1st November
All Saints Year A
Readings: Apocalypse 7:2-14 Psalm 23, 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5: 1-12
Sat 31st Oct 18. 00 John Paul Burton- Bowen RIP (Wood)
Sun 1st Nov ALL SAINTS
08.30 Alan Collins RIP (Fogarty)
10.30 George Birch RIP (Birch)
Mon 2nd Nov 09.15 All Souls Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10:00 Olivia Boome (Howie)
Tue 3rd Nov 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Marlene Burt RIP (Bowman)
Wed 4th Nov 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00 Susan Balogh RIP (Balogh)
Please join us in the hall for refreshments after mass
Fri 6th Nov 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10:00 Sylvie & Victor Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan)
Sat 7th Nov 18. 00 Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)
Sun 8th Nov THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY
08.30 Prima & Shanti Seneviratine RIP (DeSilva)
10.30 Giavanni Muselli RIP (Ward)
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 £938.40
Retiring collections: next week Archbishop’s Appeal
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,
We are beginning to look at investing in solar power through panels on the church roof. We hope to make savings in fuel costs but we are also keen to do it because it is the right thing to do in pursuit of “net zero” – “on earth as it is in heaven”. If anyone by chance has any expertise in this area, or useful contacts, I’d love to hear from you.
SYNODALITY: the way we as individuals, and the church as institution interact. A small group engaged in consultation over this and produced a significant response to share with the Archdiocese at a meeting in November. We invite you as individuals to add your pennyworth by taking and returning a brief questionnaire, available in the foyer. Next Sunday is the deadline for submitting your responses.
And finally, PLEASE JOIN US in the hall after 10.30 Sunday Mass. We have fresh coffee, tea and orange squash (free for children) and confectionary besides. The bar is also open. It is a key part of our calling as Church – to build ourselves up in community. There are many ways to do this but a pleasant half hour together on Sundays is a good one! It would be nice to see more of you.
God Bless, Fr Doug
GOSPEL OF MARK – Dr. Brian Purfield
Saturday, Nov 14th, from 10.30-3.00. refreshments from 10.00
Throughout next year we will be reading the Gospel of Mark at Sunday masses and so it is good for us to know a little about this gospel and particularly how it differs from the others. As in previous years we have invited Dr. Brian Purfield to come and talk about this.
NOVEMBER – remembering those who have died
Remembrance Sunday is of course next week, 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 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
BEXLEY DEANERY YOUNG ADULT GROUP:
For Young adults and professionals (18 – 35) to create a community where we can build each other up in faith, and friendship. Come join us for the next meeting in the Angelus Centre, Bexley Rd, Erith DA8 1DN on 5th November at 6:30pm.
YOUNG ADULT MASS IN KENT
The Diocesan Youth Service is delighted to introduce a monthly Young Adult (18-35) Mass in Kent on the third Sunday of each month. Our first Mass will be celebrated by Fr Stephen Trafford on Sunday 15 November at 6pm at Sacred Heart Church, 63 West Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 1AN.
INTERFAITH FORUM EXHIBITION
Thursday 12th November at 7.30pm at Geddes Place URC church (near B/Heath clocktower).
There will be presentations from all the Faiths on their main beliefs.
FAMILY CAROL SERVICE AND SOCIAL
Our family service will be on Sunday 13th December at 4.00, followed by a social event in the hall with games for the children
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN OLD BEXLEY
Singing Christmas Carols in the High Street:
Wed 9 Dec, 5:30pm outside Grey’s Tea & Coffee House (Option to gather at 5pm at Bexley URC)
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