Author: Nuntius

THIRD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR

The Lord Teaches us His Ways

Like Jonah, Christ was sent to preach repentance. He calls us to change our ways. We are not to become engrossed in the world, but to believe the good news and live for the Kingdom of God.

 

MASS INTENTIONS FOR WEEK  20 – 28 JAN 2018

Sat 20 Jan          9am               The Dunne Family RIP (Bridie Haylett)
                              6pm               Dan, John, Jim & Dannie Harrington RIP
                                                 (Eileen Sheehan & Family)

Sun 21 Jan         8.30am        Parishioners
                             10.30am      Margaret Wallis RIP (Mary Lee)

Mon 22 Jan         9am               Wellbeing of Marie Brady (Anne Harris)

Tues 23 Jan        7pm               Intentions of Tess & Les Truman (Tony Frake)
                         Followed by Adoration + Our Lady & St Pio’s Prayer Group

Wed 24 Jan        10am             Patrick, Mary, Donal & Patrick Sheehan
                                                  (Eileen & Family)

Thu 25 Jan          9am               Eucharistic Service
                             7pm-9pm    ‘Service of Songs’ for Elizabeth Iroko

Fri 26 Jan          No 9am Mass
                              11am              Funeral Mass for Elizabeth Iroko

Sat 27 Jan           9am               Intentions of Sheila & Ed Jones (Maureen Fitzpatrick)   
                              6pm   Elizabeth & Mick Minihane RIP (Eileen Sheehan & Family)

Sun 28 Jan           8.30am        Parishioners
                              10.30am      Wellbeing of Tess Truman (The Choir)

Reconciliation Times:  Sat 9.30am-10.30am and Sat 7pm-8pm (following Masses)

Prayers for the Sick: Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones, John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, Mary Stubbs, John Harrington, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski,  Eileen Weald, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Eric May, Wendy Bowman, Gracie Maddox, Anne Hastings, Tom Barrett, Joann McIntosh, Timmy Lenihan, John Clarey, Marlene Burt, Tess Truman, Anne Comiskey, Irene Gannaway, David Collison.

Anniversaries: Fr Vincent Ryan, Michael Dooley, Maudie Thompson, Chris Symmonds, Patrick Stanley, Tom Johnson, Christopher Lynch, Arthur Moss.

Feast Days: Thursday: The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle

ROTAS For w/c Mon 22 Jan
Readers: Sat 6.00pm Kathy Fogarty Sun 8.30 Ann Wilks Sun 10.30 Joseph Ebare  Copying of Newsletter: Mollie Hobson Newsletter Typist: Molly Robins Collection for 8.30am Mass: Mrs M Weeks Parishioner Attending To Front of Church on Saturdays: John Stanton  Eucharistic Ministers: Saturday 6 pm  Carole Sun 8.30am Bridie  10.30am Kathy(5) Mary (6) Peter H (7) Dorothy (8) Margaret (9)  Washing of Purificators:  Molly Robins Flower Arranging Mary K and Sue

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY is traditionally observed by Christians around the world from 18-25th January – the Octave of St Peter and St Paul.  Churches Together in Bexley warmly invites you to our annual Unity Service on Sunday 21 January kindly hosted by St John the Evangelist, Penhill Road, DA5 1HX at 3.00pm with light refreshments afterwards. Now, more than ever, with Christianity under attack around the world, we need to show we can live Our Lord’s Prayer “That they may be one”.  Kathy Fogarty, Parish Unity Contact.

YOUTH MEETING 20TH JANUARY  There is a meeting on 20 January of anyone interested in forming an ecumenical youth group (18-29) to engage in social, charitable or spiritual pursuits. If interested, please contact Joe Ebare on j.jebare@gmail.com

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING Wed 24th Jan: (Christian Unity Octave) documentaries on a) Shroud of Turin, and b) St Augustine of Hippo, the most influential Saint, Father and Doctor of the Church (as background to April & May’s 2-part movie).   Bar open, all welcome 7pm for 7.30pm start. SPECIAL EVENT: Fri 26th Jan: fish-n-chips social evening, bar, and testimony of radical conversion of Mr Robin Mace. We hope that all past, present and future attendees of film evenings will attend. Details & £10 tickets at  film evening from Rebecca (07956 111909) or rebeccaluton@yahoo.co.uk, or from Tim Bowman.

NORTH WEST KENT LIFE GROUP – EVENTS 2018
Quiz Night in aid of Life Charity on Saturday 17th February 2018 at St Anselm’s Parish Centre, 89 West Hill Dartford DA1 2HJ.
Afternoon Tea in aid of Life Charity on Thursday 5th April 2018 at 1pm – 4pm at St Anselms Parish Centre.
AGM of North West Kent Life Group with Coffee Morning and Guest Speaker on Thursday 19th July 2018 at 11am. St Anselms.
Contact Rebecca Luton 07956 111909 or rebeccaluton@yahoo.co.uk.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Answering God’s Call

Christ calls each of us by name. In this celebration we listen to what he has to say to us, prepared to use in his service the body that he has given us for the glory of God. We say with him, “This is my body which is given up for you.”

MASS INTENTIONS FOR WEEK 13 – 21 JANUARY 2018

Saturday 13 January:     9.00am Belinda Coutinho RIP (Sylvia Coutinho)
                                         6.00pm- Mae Moynihan RIP (Eileen Sheehan)

Sunday 14 January:     8.30am Parishioners
                                        10.30am: John & Rebecca Harris (Carole Hughes)

Monday 15 January:     9.00am-Intention of Anne Marie (Anne Harris)

Tuesday 16 January:     7.00pm-Intentions of Bernie King (Maureen Fitzpatrick)
    Followed by Adoration & Our Lady & St Pio’s Prayer Group.

Wed 17 January:     10.00am-Sonny Sheehan RIP (Eileen & Family)

Thursday 18 January:     9.00am-Eucharistic Service

Friday 19 January:     9.00am-Wellbeing of Dave Collison (Anne Harris)

Saturday 20 January:     9.00am The Dunne Family RIP (Bridie Haylett)
                                         6.00pm- Dan, John, Jim & Dannie Harrington RIP (Eileen Sheehan & Family)

Sunday 21 January:     8.30am Parishioners
                                        10.30am- Margaret Wallis RIP (Mary Lee)

Reconciliation Times: Sat 9.30am-10.30am and Sat 7pm-8pm (following Masses)

Prayers for the Sick: Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones, John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, Mary Stubbs, John Harrington, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski, Ann McDonald, Eileen Weald, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Eric May, Wendy Bowman, Gracie Maddox, Anne Hastings, Tom Barrett, JoAnn McIntosh, Timmy Lenihan, John Clarey, Marlene Burt, Tess Truman, Anne Comiskey, Irene Gannaway

Anniversaries: Erwin Janota, Carol Brooker, Jim Smerdon, Avril D’Silva, Mary Clancy, Anne Ryder, Anthony Gray, Charlotte Seekings, Ida Leito

Feast Days:  Wed: St Anthony, Abbot Fri: St Wulfstan, Bishop Sat: St Fabian, Pope & Martyr. St Sebastian, Martyr.

ROTAS:  Readers: Saturday 6pm Christine Hand,  Sunday 8.30am Peter Wilkes,  10.30am Tony Frake.   Copying of Newsletter: John Stanton.   Newsletter Typist: Ruth Powers.   Collection for 8.30am Mass: Mrs M Lee.   Parishioner Attending to Front of Church on Saturdays: Paul Rowlands.  Eucharistic Ministers: Saturday 6 pm (1) Anne H Sun 8.30am (2) Marlene Sun 10.30am (3) Volunteer (4) Margaret (5) Volunteer (6) Molly (7) Eileen.   Washing of Purificators: Kathy Connolly.   Flower Arranging: Graziella Highland & Lynn Cayford.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION: Sunday 7^th January 2018
Gift Aid £ 448.00       Loose £ 237.93   Total £ 685.93
This week’s retiring collection: SPUC White Flower Appeal.
Next week’s retiring collection: Bexley Deanery Developing World Group

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: The Archdiocese of Southwark is setting up a Diocesan Adoration Lay Committee to develop the practice of Eucharistic Adoration throughout the Archdiocese. You are welcome to attend an Information Meeting in The Centre for Catholic Formation, 21 Tooting Bec Road, London SW17 8BS, on Saturday 3^rd February 2018 at 11.00am (finishing at 12.15pm). Refreshments served. See poster in the church for further details of how to attend, or contact the Parish Office promptly.

WHITE FLOWER APPEAL: SPUC will be holding its annual appeal this weekend.  Please be as generous as you can in supporting us.

YOUTH MEETING:  There is a meeting on 20th January to anyone interested in forming an ecumenical youth group (18-28) to engage in social, charitable or spiritual pursuits.  If interested, please contact Joe Ebare on j.jebare@gmail.com

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING – Wednesday 24^th January: (Christian Unity Octave): documentaries on a) Shroud of Turin, & b) St Augustine of Hippo, influential Father & Doctor of Church (as background to April & May’s 2-part movie).  Bar open, all welcome, 7pm for 7.30pm start.  SPECIAL EVENT: Friday 26^th Jan: fish-n-chips social evening, bar and testimony of radical conversion of Mr Robin Mace.  We hope that all past, present and future attendees of film evenings will attend. Details and £10 tickets at film evening; or from Rebecca on 07956 111 909 or rebeccaluton@yahoo.co.uk or Tim Bowman.

THREAT TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION: The Government may be about to renege on its manifesto commitments to remove the 50% cap on Catholic admissions to Free Schools.  It appears that lobbying and letters to MPs have not worked. The Bishops have therefore put an online letter on their website which all Catholics are asked to consider signing. It takes around 3 minutes. Follow the link:  http://cbcew.org.uk/education-cap and then follow the two steps.  If each member gets 3 to 4 people to sign in addition to themselves, then we will begin to approach the kind of numbers that would make a difference.  Best wishes, David O’Mahony, Chairman Catholic Union.

PARISH SOCIAL EVENTS:  Parishioners have identified a number of activities that they would enjoy.  The Events Team has suggested that these might be spread through the year.  Two of these are relatively fixed: June/July St John Fisher Feast Day and BBQ and 31 December – New Year’s Eve Disco. Others that were well liked and could be planned for each quarter: Quiz, 60/70s Night, Variety Night, Dinner and Dance.  Each event needs a small team to plan the event. All parishioners are invited to a meeting in the hall on Friday 19 January at 7.30pm to see what might be involved and become part of one of the teams. If there is no team for an event, that event will not take place. Bar will be open, light refreshments will be provided.

NORTH WEST KENT LIFE GROUP EVENTS: Coffee Morning with homemade cakes and marmalades. Raffle and Bring & Buy Sale in aid of Life Charity at St Anselm’s Parish Centre, 89 West Hill, Dartford DA1 5HJ on Friday 19^th January 2018, 10.00am – 1.00pm. Fish ‘n’ Chips Supper at St John Fisher Church Hall, 48 Thanet Road, Bexley DA1 1AP in aid of Life Charity on Friday 26^th January 2018 at 6.30pm. Tickets are £10.

Contact Rebecca Luton on 07956 111909 or rebeccaluton@yahoo.co.uk

LOURDES 24^th – 31^st AUGUST 2018: If you are interested in coming on the Catholic Association Pilgrimage as an assisted (sick or disabled) pilgrim or helper, please see poster on porch or visit http://www.catholicassociation.co.uk or call Dr Mellows on 07771 543422 or see Tim Bowman.

 

THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK:

Saturday 6 January     9.00am NO MORNING MASS
                                       6.30pm Deceased Parents, Brother & Sister of the Henry Family

Sunday 7 January     8.30am Parishioners
Epiphany                 10.30am In thanksgiving David Shaw (The Choir)

Monday 8 January     9.00am Parishioners

Tuesday 9 January     7.00pm Wellbeing of Anne Comiskey (Tony Frake)
     Followed by Adoration & Our Lady & St Pio’s Prayer Group

Wednesday 10 January     10.00am Bill Keefe RIP (Maureen Fitzpatrick)

Thursday 11 January     9.00am Eucharistic Service

Friday 12 January       9.00am Fr Ernest Akorsou RIP (OLPG)

Saturday 13 January     9.00am Belinda Coutinho RIP (Sylvia Coutinho)
                                       6.00pm Mae Moynihan RIP (Eileen Sheehan)

Sunday 14 January     8.30am Parishioners
                                       10.30am John & Rebecca Harris (Carole Hughes)

Reconciliation Times: Sat. 9:30am-10:30am and Sat. 7pm-8pm (Following Masses).

Sick:
Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones, John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, Mary Stubbs, John Harrington, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski, Ann McDonald, Eileen Weald, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Eric May, Wendy Bowman, Gracie Maddox, Anne Hastings, Tom Barrett, Joann McIntosh, Timmy Lenihan, John Clarey, Marlene Burt, Tess Truman,
Anne Comiskey, Irene Gannaway.

Anniversaries:
Kathleen Russell, Pat D’Silva, Barry Haddock, Mary Rose Romeril.

Feast Days: Monday: The Baptism of The Lord. Friday: St Aelred of Rievalux Saturday: St Hilary.

ROTAS: Readers: Saturday 6pm Peter Harris, Sunday 8.30am Les Thomas, 10.30am Katherine Benarte.  Photocopying of Newsletter: Emma Fox.  Newsletter Typist: Venus Bernarte.  Collection for 8.30 Mass Mr T Lee.  Parishioner Attending To Front of Church on Saturdays: Ken Crump.  Flower Arranging: Doune & Theresa.  Eucharistic Ministers Saturday 6 pm: Kathy,  Sun 8.30am Peter W. Sun 10.30am Carole (5) Marleen (6) Patricia (7) Rob (8) Dorothy (9).  Washing of Purificators: Norma Brooker.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION: 31/12/17:
GIFT AID: £ 354.00 LOOSE: £ 235.87 TOTAL: £ 589.87
XMAS OFFERING: GIFTAID: £ 150.00 LOOSE: £ 10.00 TOTAL: £ 160.00

BEXLEY DEANERY DEVELOPING WORLD GROUP: Thank you for your kind donation of £101.38 on Sunday 10th December. Please contact our Parish Representative, Maria Ward, on 01322 555 553 if you have any queries.

WHITE FLOWER APPEAL: The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) will be holding its annual appeal next weekend. SPUC is currently campaigning to stop the decriminalisation of abortion, which means taking abortion outside the law. This is the most dangerous threat to unborn children and their mothers in decades. Please be as generous as you can to help us defeat this latest attack on unborn babies and their mothers, and to stop abortion getting even worse in this country by decriminalisation.

GOA ORPHANAGE: Eileen and John Hollis will be returning to Goa at the end of this month, visiting an orphanage where the children have HIV. They have had your support for many years, please contact them if you can help. Thank you. 0208 303 4136.  

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING: Wednesday 24th January (Christian Unity Octave): documentaries on a) Shroud of Turin, & b) St Augustine of Hippo, influential Father & Doctor of Church (as background to April & May’s 2-part movie). Bar open, all welcome, 7pm for 7.30pm start. SPECIAL EVENT: Friday 26th Jan: fish-n-chips social evening, bar and testimony of radical conversion of Mr Robin Mace. Details and £10 tickets at: film evening or Rebecca on 07956 111 909 or rebeccaluton@yahoo.co.uk

THREAT TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION: The Government may be about to renege on its manifesto commitments to remove the 50% cap on Catholic admissions to Free Schools. It appears that lobbying and letters to MPs have not worked. The Bishops have therefore put an online letter on their website which all Catholics are asked to consider signing. It takes around 3 minutes. Follow the link: http://cbcew.org.uk/education-cap and then follow the two steps. If each member gets 3 to 4 people to sign in addition to themselves, then we will begin to approach the kind of numbers that would make a difference. Best wishes, David O’Mahony, Chairman Catholic Union.

YOUTH MEETING: There is a meeting on 20th January to anyone interested in forming an ecumenical youth group (18-28) to engage in charitable or spiritual pursuits. If interested, please contact Joe Ebare on j.jebare@gmail.com

PARISH SOCIAL EVENTS: Parishioners have identified a number of activities that they would enjoy. The Events Team has suggested that these might be spread through the year. Two of these are relatively fixed: June/July St John Fisher Feast Day and BBQ and 31 December – New Year’s Eve Disco. Others that were well liked and could be planned for each quarter: Quiz, 60/70s Night, Variety Night, Dinner and Dance. Each event needs a small team to plan the event. All parishioners are invited to a meeting in the hall on Friday 19 January to see what might be involved and become part of one of the teams. If there is no team for an event, that event will not take place. Bar will be open, light refreshments will be provided.