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11 April 2025 Nuntius

SUNDAY 13th April 2025

PALM SUNDAY Year C

Readings: Luke 19:28-40 Isaiah 50:4-7, Psalm 21, Philipps 2:6-11, Luke 22:14-23:36

Sat 12th April 17.30 Confessions

18.00 Special Intention (Cottle)

Sun 13th April PALM SUNDAY of the PASSION of the LORD Year C

08.30 Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

10.30 Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)

Mon 14^th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Fernando Rodrigues (Coutinho)

19.30 PENITENTIAL SERVICE

Tues 15th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Colette Hunt RIP (Sheehan)

Wed 16th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Margaret Gillis (Wheatley)

11.00 Chrism Mass at St. George’s Cathedral

THE EASTER TRIDUUM

Thurs 17^th April HOLY THURSDAY – Mass of the Last Supper

20.00 Vladimir Somino RIP (Long)

Fri 18th April GOOD FRIDAY – Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

15.00 Solemn Commemoration (No mass today!!)

Collection for the Holy Places of Palestine

Sat 19th April EASTER NIGHT – THE VIGIL AND FIRST MASS OF EASTER

20.00 John Robins RIP (Robins)

Sun 20th April EASTER SUNDAY Year C

08.30 Patrick McQuaid RIP (McQuaid)

10.30 William Laverty RIP (Howie)

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.

FINANCES

Many thanks for your offertory collection Last Week: £576.11 incl S.O

Good Friday: Holy Places in Palestine

Easter Masses: Fr Doug’s Personal Gift

Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

Card Payment: Machine located in the foyer. Very easy to use!

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,

Congratulations to all those who have been undertaking even slight changes in lifestyle to live MORE simply, sustainably and in solidarity with people in parts of the world less blessed than ourselves.

Thanks to those who are taking up our offer to take your unwanted electric items to the recycling centre rather than putting them in the landfill (green) bins. Also, thanks to those who are using our offer to bring food items to the foodbank. This is really for those having home delivery. What we collect we will bring to local supermarket foodbank collection points. Indeed, if anyone can bring a bag or 2 to a supermarket they frequent, it would be much appreciated! We are not in competition with the supermarkets!

If you have guests joining you at Easter, please take a little time to explain to them why we have a used Christmas tree on our sanctuary, covered in pledges. If you see strangers looking a touch confused, then likewise, take the opportunity to help them see how we can affect the dreadful course of our planet just a little bit. We’ve got used to it. The bafflement in others may give a chance to open an important conversation.

EASTER IS COMING. Easter Sunday is great but why not try and join the Lord on a little bit of his journey through death, into resurrection and beyond! The Easter Triduum services are: HOLY THURSDAY 8 p.m.Join the Mass of the Lord’s Supper with the washing of feet. After Mass Watching in Gethsemane till 10 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY 3 p.m. Solemn Commemoration of the Death of the Lord

EASTER VIGIL 8 p.m. Fire – Light – Resurrection – Vigil of Readings –

Baptism – Confirmation – New Life for All

Masses on easter Sunday are as usual, 8.30 and 10.30

God Bless, Fr Doug

WELCOME INTO THE CHURCH

It is a wonderful joy in so many ways that there will be 2 people accepting full membership of the Catholic Church here on Easter night at our Vigil. They are Lois Medley and Adam Graimes. They will be received with their Confirmation names of Francis and Paul

JUBILEE YEAR PILGRIMAGES

Pope Francis encourages us all to make some kind of a pilgrimage in this Jubilee Year of Hope. A plenary indulgence will be gained by any who take part in any of the following:

Diocesan Pilgrimages to Aylesford on Sat 7^th June and Walsingham on Sat 28^th June

Deanery Pilgrimage to St. John Vianney Saturday 5^th July PLEASE MAKE A NOTE

Augustine Camino: Rochester Cathedral to Minster Abbey – for Mary’s Meals Mon 1 – Sun 8Sep

LONDON MARATHON

Liam Morgan is running for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). If you would like to learn more and sponsor him, go to his just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-morgan-lm25?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL or sign his sponsor form after mass.

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF OF MARRIAGE July 12th, at St George’s Cathedral

If you are celebrating your 1^st/10^th/25^th/40^th/50^th/60^th + wedding anniversary this year, please let us know as soon as possible, and no later than the middle of May, providing the following details: your names, your home address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop. Spaces are limited. Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk

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SUNDAY 6th April 2025

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21, Psalm 125, Philippians 3:8-14, John 8:1-11

Sat 5th April 17.30 Confessions

18.00 Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)

Sun 6th April FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

08.30 John Haines (Cannon)

10.30 Peggy Collins (Osborne)

Mon 7^th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Dr Sheila Santamaria RIP (Coutinho)

Tues 8th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Pet Kilcullen RIP (Kilcullen)

Wed 9th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Maureen Fitzpatrick RIP (Bowman)

Fri 11th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Fr Thomas Power RIP (Foundation)

Followed by Stations of the Cross

Sat 12th April 17.30 Confessions

18.00 Special Intention (Cottle)

Sun 13th April PALM SUNDAY of the PASSION of the LORD Year C

08.30 Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

10.30 Fiona Boome RIP (Howie)

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.

FINANCES

Many thanks for your offertory collection Last Week: £ 957.15 incl S.O

AIC £ 523.91

Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

Card Payment: Machine located in the foyer. Very easy to use!

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,

This weekend a Pastoral Letter from Archbishop John is to be read at all masses. It concerns the Assisted Suicide Bill being voted on again in Parliament very soon. The Archbishop is particularly scathing about the poor process with which the debate is being conducted. He asks us to contact our M. P. objecting to the content of the Bill and also to the flawed procedures that he points out.

Please think about doing this.

Alternatively, you might simply take one of the postcards from the foyer that “Not Dead Yet UK” has provided, fill it in and then post it to the House of Commons. You just need to write your M.P.’s name and your own name and address – and add a stamp of course! The card lists some of the arguments against passing the Bill. The organisation is a network of disabled people.

Local M.P.s: Mr Louie French – Old Bexley & Sidcup

Mr Daniel Francis – Bexleyheath and Crayford

God Bless, Fr Doug

LENTEN REFLECTIONS

We invite you for the last time, to take part in a prayerful reflection on next Sunday’s Gospel in the Parish Hall: Monday – 6.30-7.00 p.m. or Tuesday – 1.30-2.30 p.m. All are welcome.

PARISH EVENT – Motown to Modern Disco –

12 April – Please join the events team for our Spring 2025 event where a DJ will be playing music from the 60s and beyond. £8 ticket. Doors and bar open at 7. DJ from 8. Feel free to bring your own nibbles. Please purchase your tickets in advance as prior events have seen as many as 1/3 electing to pay on the door meaning we have come very close to having to turn people away  

LONDON MARATHON

AIC PASSAGE FRIENDS

A big thank you for last week’s generous donations of over £500 – an invaluable help to support the monthly outings our homeless friends so enjoy, part of their rehabilitation.

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF OF MARRIAGE July 12th, at St George’s Cathedral

JUBILEE YEAR PILGRIMAGES

Diocesan Pilgrimages to Aylesford on Sat 7^th June and Walsingham on Sat 28^th June

Deanery Pilgrimage to St. John Vianney Saturday 5^th July

Augustine Camino: Rochester Cathedral to Minster Abbey – for Mary’s Meals Mon 1 – Sun 8Sep

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL – Vacancies

The school is looking to appoint a (lay) Chaplain and an Assistant Head SENDCo & Governors.

Apply to the school for details, or view their website.

CHRIST THE KING SIXTH FORM COLLEGES

We are seeking volunteers for our Governing Body, particularly practising Catholics.

SHROUD OF TURIN EXHIBITION.

St George’s Cathedral in Southwark until 21 April. See a life-sized replica of the Shroud and learn more about it. Many believe it was used to wrap the body of Jesus after his crucifixion. Free entry.

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SUNDAY 30^th March 2025,

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

Readings: Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 33, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Luke 15:1-32

Sat 29th March 17.30 Confessions

18.00 Zoe Baker (Duff)

Sun 30th March FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C Laetare Sunday

08.30 Alan Hyde (Hyde)

10.30 Alice Howie RIP (Howie).

Mon 31st March 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Rosa Colaco RIP (Colaco)

Tues 1^st April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 TG Sabrina (Bosser)

Wed 2nd April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Rex Wheatley RIP (Wheatley)

Fri 4th April 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Victor & Sylvia Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan)

Followed by Stations of the Cross

Sat 5th April 17.30 Confessions

18.00 Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)

Sun 6th April FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Year C

08.30 John Haines (Cannon)

10.30 Peggy Collins (Osborne)

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.

FINANCES

Many thanks for your offertory collection Last Week: £ 899.41 incl S.O

Poor Parishes: £ 147.15

Retiring Collection This Week: AIC

Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

Card Payment: Machine located in the foyer. Very easy to use!

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,

LAETARE!

“It is only right that we should celebrate and rejoice.” That’s what the father says in the gospel today, when his “prodigal” son returns. It is the theme of Laetare Sunday: Laetare means Rejoice.

So yes, happy Mothering Sunday.

Rejoice too that Pope Francis has recovered from his illness sufficiently to return home. We keep him in our prayers though.

There is much in all our lives about which to rejoice. Today we count our blessings.

God Bless, Fr Doug

LENTEN REFLECTIONS: We invite you to take part in a prayerful reflection on next Sunday’s Gospel in the Parish Hall: Monday – 6.30-7.00 p.m. or Tuesday – 1.30-2.30 p.m. All are welcome.

AIC SATURDAY FRIENDS now known as ‘Passage Friends’

Our annual collection for our work with homeless people falls today, Mothers’ Day, a difficult day for our Friends. Today we will be in the porch with our baskets should you choose to include them in your alms giving for Lent. Thank you in advance for your always generous response.

PARISH EVENT – Motown to Modern Disco -12 April – Please join the events team for our Spring 2025 event where a DJ will be playing music from the 60s and beyond. £8 ticket. Doors and bar open at 7. DJ from 8. Feel free to bring your own nibbles. Please purchase your tickets in advance as prior events have seen as many as 1/3 electing to pay on the door meaning we have come very close to having to turn people away.

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MASS IN CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE July 12th, at St George’s Cathedral

JUBILEE YEAR PILGRIMAGES – Diocesan Pilgrimages to Aylesford on Sat 7^th June and Walsingham on Sat 28^th June

Deanery Pilgrimage to St. John Vianney Saturday 5^th July

Augustine Camino: Rochester Cathedral to Minster Abbey – for Mary’s Meals Mon 1 – Sun 8Sep

ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL – Vacancies

The school is looking to appoint a (lay) Chaplain and an Assistant Head SENDCo

Apply to the school for details, or view their website.

CHRIST THE KING SIXTH FORM COLLEGES

We are seeking volunteers for our Governing Body, particularly practicing Catholics.

MEETING PLACE: Two jewellery items of were handed in for the Christmas raffle in 2024. Could whoever left them please contact someone at the Meeting Place on a Wednesday between 9:30 and 12:30pm.

LONDON MARATHON : Liam Morgan is running for charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). If you would like to learn more and sponsor him, go to his just giving page https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-morgan-lm25?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL or sign his sponsor form after mass.

SHROUD OF TURIN EXHIBITION: St George’s Cathedral in Southwark until 21 April. See a life-sized replica of the Shroud and learn more about it. Many believe it was used to wrap the body of Jesus after his crucifixion. Free entry.