Author: Nuntius

SUNDAY 9th November,

DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA

Readings: Ezekiel 47:1-12 Psalm 45, 1 Corinthians 3:9-17, John 2: 13-22

 

Sat     8^th Nov      17.30 Confessions

18.00                     Ellen Gilligan (Stevens)

 

Sun    9^th Nov          DEDICATION OF LATERAN BASILICA 

08.30                     Roger Fellows RIP (Bowman) 

                            10.30                    Rachael Kelly & Family (Bowman)                       

 

Mon  10^th Nov      09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

 10.00                     Jean Scott RIP(Bowman)                 

 

Tues  11^th Nov      09.15            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00                  Sylvie & Victor Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan) 

 

Wed  12^th Nov        09.15             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                               10.00                 Baby MacNally RIP (Hollis)

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

 

Fri     14^th Nov        09.15            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament      

                               10.00                Vincent Jeyaseelan RIP (Foundation)

 

Sat    15^th Nov       17.30            Confession 

                              18.00                Olivia Nazereth (Fernandes)          

 

Sun   16^th Nov        THIRTY-THIRD   SUNDAY Year C    

  08.30                  Anysia Saldanha (Sylvia)

                             10.30                  Jim Henry RIP

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                                             £ 1011.90

This week, 2^nd Collection Archbishop’s Appeal                                                              

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,

Welcome to all who are here today to remember someone they lost during this past year. We will be praying for each of them by name and lighting a candle for them. 

We remember too, all those whose names are recorded in our parish Book of Remembrance.

And today we pray for those who lost their lives in wartime. 

The whole of November is a time when we pray especially for those who have died and during the month we are encouraged to visit the graves of our loved ones. Priests from around the deanery will be blessing graves according to the following schedule: 

Brook Street on 9^th November at 3:00 pm

Friary Cemetery on 9^th November (after the 8:30 Mass)

Bexleyheath Cemetery on 9^th November at 2:30 pm

Kemnal Park Cemetery on 9^th November at 2:00 pm

Sidcup Cemetery on 16^th November at 2:00 pm 

        God Bless,                                               Fr Doug 

 

CONFIRMATION 2026

We would like to run a programme for young people wishing to be confirmed in June 2026. You should be in Year 8 or above, (aged 13+ during 2025-26) Application forms available in the foyer.

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2026

Application forms are available in the foyer. Baptised children in year 3 or above are eligible to apply. Feel free to discuss with Fr Doug or Angela Underwood after mass.  Completed forms must be returned by 31st December 2025.  The programme will commence in January 2026.

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 

On Saturday, Nov 15^th, from 10.00-3.00. Dr. Brian Purfield. We will start at 10.30 after a welcome refreshment from 10.00. Please bring a packed lunch. 

 

ARCHBISHOP’S APPEAL

Next week’s collection funds diocesan organisations for Youth and Evangelisation, Caritas, Clergy Care and Clergy Formation

 

THE MANNA DAY CENTRE

Seek a Housing & Welfare Advice Worker. The working week Mon-Fri, 9- 4. Salary from £31,746 to £36,678. Details from www.mannasociety.org.uk  Apply by: 21/11/2025, Interview: 09/12/2025 

 

JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE ADVENT SERVICE AND RECEPTION

Monday 1st December, 7:00pm – Farm Street Church, W1K 3AH
As we begin our preparations for Advent and reflect on the Holy Family’s flight into exile, join the Jesuit Refugee Service for an evening of carols and a performance by their refugee music group.

 

BEXLEY INTERFAITH FORUM

Panel Discussion on Tuesday 11^th November starting at 7.30pm at the Belvedere Gurdwara, 31 Mitchell Close, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6AA.   This event celebrates Interfaith week.

The evening will look a bit like “Any Questions” on the BBC.  There will be questions and each member of the panel will be expected to answer from the perspective of their faith tradition/religion.

 

QUIET DAY AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN: 

Saturday Dec 6th – 11am to 3pm – “The light shines in the dark”. Time to prepare to welcome ‘the Light of the World’ this Christmas. Spend some quiet time in prayer and reflection Bring a packed lunch. Donations welcome. Sanctuary, is in Swanley Village. For more information or to book – please email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977978536

 

SUNDAY 2^nd November

ALL SAINTS Year C

Readings: Apocalypse 7:2-14, Psalm 23, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12

 

Sat  1^st Nov ALL SAINTS      17.30 Confessions

18.00                      Brendan Kilcullen – Thanksgiving

 

Sun   2^nd Nov        08.30                   O’Neill family & Terry Beazley (B&M O’Neill) 

                             10.30                     Kathy Connolly (Hughes)          

 

Mon   3^rd Nov       09.15   All Souls     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

 10.00                      Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)                      

 

Tues  4^th Nov         09.15            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00                    Joan Buhl (Fos)

 

Wed   5^th Nov        09.15             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

 10.00                    Jane Buhl RIP (Hughes)

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

 

 Fri    7^th Nov       11.00               Funeral Mass Baroness Rosalind Howells RIP

 

Sat    8^th Nov       17.30      Confessions

18.00                     Ellen Gilligan (Stevens)

 

Sun   9^th Nov        08.30 Dedication of          Roger Fellows RIP (Bowman) 

                            10.30 Lateran Basilica       Rachael Kelly & Family (Bowman)

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               £ 965.008

                     Next week, 2^nd Collection Archbishop’s Appeal

                                                                 

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,

We have celebrated some wonderful funerals of late. You may be asking about the funeral next Friday. I feel a word of explanation is due. I received a call from a care home recently to anoint someone close to death. It was Rosalind Howells. By sheer coincidence I knew this lady. Baroness Howells was honoured with a seat in the House of Lords for her work with Grenadian people in the UK. She offered close support to a project my last parish was running in Grenada. Her family asked if we could host the funeral here and I agreed. It seems there will be many distinguished guests from both Houses, mayoral representation and so on. If you plan to attend the mass, then please assist with the hosting, welcoming guests to our beautiful church, etc. 

                                         God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

VOTIVE CANDLES – 40p

We have held the required donation of votive candles at 20p for many, many years despite the cost price increasing along with everything else. It has not troubled us as most people generously offer more than 20p. However, the time has come to ask for a bigger donation.   From now on please offer a minimum donation of 40p.  

 

CONFIRMATION 2026:  We would like to run a programme for young people wishing to be confirmed in June 2026. You should be in Year 8 or above, (aged 13+ during 2025-26) Application forms available in the foyer.

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2026:   Application forms are available in the foyer. Baptised children in year 3 or above are eligible to apply. Feel free to discuss with Fr Doug or Angela Underwood after mass.  Completed forms must be returned by 31st December 2025.  The programme will commence in January 2026.

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 

On Saturday, Nov 15^th, from 10.00-3.00. Dr. Brian Purfield. We will start at 10.30 after a welcome refreshment from 10.00. Please bring a packed lunch. 

 

JUBILEE YEAR OF PILGRIMAGE:   Martin Grecula has been walking 120km of the Via Francigena pilgrimage from Viterbo to Rome to support and raise funds for those suffering from leprosy in Africa, who couldn’t and wouldn’t be allowed to walk there themselves. Follow Martin’s progress on Instagram (@steps_for_hope). If you would like to help, please donate directly at https://www.ahoto.org

 

ARCHBISHOP’S APPEAL:  Next week’s collection funds diocesan organisations for Youth and Evangelisation, Caritas, Clergy Care and Clergy Formation

 

THE MANNA DAY CENTRE:  Seek a Housing & Welfare Advice Worker. The working week Mon-Fri, 9- 4. Salary from £31,746 to £36,678. Details from www.mannasociety.org.uk  Apply by: 21/11/2025, Interview: 09/12/2025 

 

JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE ADVENT SERVICE AND RECEPTION

Monday 1st December, 7:00pm – Farm Street Church, W1K 3AH
As we begin our preparations for Advent and reflect on the Holy Family’s flight into exile, join the Jesuit Refugee Service for an evening of carols and a performance by their refugee music group.

SUNDAY 26^th October

THIRTIETH SUNDAY Year C

Readings: Ecclesiasticus 35:12-19, Psalm 33, 2 Timothy 4:6-18, Luke 18:9-14

 

Sat      25^th Oct     17.30      Confessions

18.00                     Barney O’Neill RIP (O’Neill) 

 

Sun     26^th Oct    08.30                      Souls in Purgatory (Gillespie)                    

                            10.30                            Anthony Moffat RIP (Moffat )                                 

 

Mon    27^th Oct     09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00                            Philip Hubert Francis RIP (Pereira)                      

 

Tues   28^th Oct          NO MASS TODAY

 

Wed   29^th Oct       09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                             10.00                             Eileen Wheatley (Hughes)

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

 

Thurs 30^th Oct      12.00         Funeral Mass Bernard Gillespie RIP

 

Fri      31^st Oct        09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament      

                             10.00                           Mary McGinty RIP (Cannon)

 

Sat     1^st Nov     17.30   ALL SAINTS      Confessions

 18.00                           Brendan Kilcullen 85th birthday

 

Sun   2nd Nov      08.30                        Terry Beazley and the O’Neill and Beazley famiies

10.30                           Kathy Connolly (Hughes)

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                                             £ 913.39

                                            Last Week     Missio                                  £ 183.04

                                                                 

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

In successive weeks we have been supporting through prayer, finance and other gifts, a number of good causes: CaFOD, Padre Pio Rehabilitation Centre, Missio and the Manna Day Centre. These are all expressions of the Church in Ministry, and it is a privilege for us to be able to participate. It is the responsibility of each of us  to grow in Communion and in Mission. Without the Church that would be a jolly sight harder. As a Church we can live the life God expects of us. 

God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

HARVEST CAKE SALE:  The Children’s Liturgy Group thank everyone who supported our Cake sale last Sunday. We raised £172 which will be donated to Cafod’s work in the mission to needy people across the world.

 

QUIZ NIGHT:  What a great evening! Thanks to all who organised it and all who participated. We raised £565 on ticket sales, and a further £210 on the raffle. Thanks to the prize donors too.

 

THE MANNA DAY CENTRE, 12 Melior St. London SE1 

A big thank you for your gifts. Your donation helps us provide breakfast and lunch for about 120 people every day – and more support besides.

 

OCTOBER ROSARY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE – Wednesday evening, at 7.30 p.m. 

 

BERNARD GILLESPIE RIP:   Bernard’s funeral will be on Thursday October 30^th at 12.00. Please pray for him and his family.

 

CONFIRMATION 2026:  We would like to run a programme for young people wishing to be confirmed in June 2026. You should be in Year 8 or above, (aged 13+ during 2025-26) Application forms available in the foyer.

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2026:  Application forms are available in the foyer. Baptised children in year 3 or above are eligible to apply. Feel free to discuss with Fr Doug or Angela Underwood after mass.  Completed forms must be returned by 31st December 2025.  The programme will commence in January 2026.

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 

On Saturday, Nov 15^th, from 10.00-3.00. Dr. Brian Purfield. Bring a packed lunch. 

 

GOOD COUNSEL NETWORK

“There have now been over ten and a half million abortions in Great Britain since the Abortion Act was passed 58 years ago, on 27th October 1967. On this anniversary perhaps go to Mass or say an extra Rosary or give up some food for the day. 

 

A DAY OF REFLECTION WITH DAVID WELLS :  Saturday November 1^st, 10.30 – 3.OO at St Stephen’s Church, Welling. Bring A Packed Lunch.

 

SEEKING MARRIED COUPLES – Southwark Marriage and Family life Team

We are seeking couples who are practising Catholics, to join our team to present courses for Marriage Preparation, and other initiatives. Training provided. Salary and travel costs payable. Closing date for applications: October 31^st. Contact liamgallagher@rcaos.org.uk   

 

JUBILEE YEAR OF PILGRIMAGE

From October 25th, Martin Grecula is going to walk 120km of the Via Francigena pilgrimage from Viterbo to Rome. This is to support and raise funds for those suffering from leprosy in Africa, who couldn’t and wouldn’t be allowed to walk there themselves. Follow Martin’s progress on Instagram (@steps_for_hope). If you would like to help, please donate directly at https://www.ahoto.org