Author: Nuntius

SUNDAY 14th July 2024, 

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

 

Readings: Amos 7:12-15, Psalm 84, Ephesians 1:3-14, Mark 6:7-13. 

 

Sat    13th July    17.30        Confessions

18.00            Mary Conlan RIP (Kilcullen)

 

Sun   14th July        FIFTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                            08.30            Healing for Children (Jayaseelan)   

                            10.30            Peter & Sue Murphy (Hughes)

 

Mon   15th July    09.15  Bonaventure   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00           Bridie & Mary (x2) Harrington RIP (Sheehan)

 

Tues  16th July    09.15  Mary of Mt Carmel   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                            10.00           For the Parish

 

Wed   17th July    09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00            Maureen Fitzpatrick (Anderson)

 

Fri     19th July     09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00            Winston Gonzales (Benedicte) 

 

Sat    20th July    17.30       Confessions

18.00           Stephen Stewart RIP (Connolly)

 

Sun   21st July      SIXTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                            08.30           Shruti Sharma RIP (Bhalla)   

                            10.30           Andrew King RIP (Speed)

                                    

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed and can be viewed via the link.

Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES   

Many thanks for your offertory collection           Last week:                            £966.99

Retiring Collection                           Previously, Peter’s Pence  £47.67

                                                            This week:                             Star of the Sea

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.  

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 weekdays, £40 per hour weekends 

 

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by the previous Wednesday

 

Dear Parishioners,

Fr Peter has been unwell. He is currently in respite care but is anxious to return to Bexley and we are making preparations for that. He’ll be home soon, I hope. It’s true isn’t it, that we are all different. If I am ill or injured I tell anyone who’ll listen and soak up any sympathy on offer! Fr Peter is different and insisted on absolute discretion when he took ill. I have though, been telling him that you hold him in high esteem and miss his presence.

God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

PARISH REGISTER for SICK OR HOUSEBOUND

We no longer have a register of those who are sick or housebound in the parish. I want to put this right and once we have an up to date list we will be able to reach out to them. So please help:

If you know of someone sick or housebound (and therefore not coming to church), please give me their name and if possible, their contact details. Many thanks, Fr Doug.

 

STAR OF THE SEA

Seafarers and fishers play a vital role in all of our lives, but they often work in difficult, hazardous conditions. Today is Sea Sunday, a day when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. Your support will make a big difference to seafarers and fishers in need. You can donate in church, or by visiting www.stellamaris.org.uk/donate, or by texting ‘SEA’ to 70460 to donate £5. Today’s retiring collection is vital to enable Stella Maris to continue its important work, so please give generously. Thank you.

 

FORTHCOMING REFLECTION DAYS AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN

Why not take some ‘time out’ this summer to refresh and renew the spirit! Both days will offer plenty of space for quiet, 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

Saturday July 20th – 11am to 3pm – “Walking Humbly with God” led by Chris Chapman (spirituality author and retreat leader), and Trudy Kilcullen. Time to explore how humility can help us grow in self-understanding and free us to share the best of who we are. Through humility we become self – aware without being self-centred.  

Saturday 24^th August – 11am to 3pm – “Bread of Heaven” led by Chris Chapman, and Fr Doug Bull. Explore how we can cooperate with God’s invitation to travel further into God’s life and love.

 

QUIET DAYS AT SANCTUARY 

FIRST FRIDAYS of every month: The garden is open for you 10 – 4. Wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and enjoy some reflection time. tkilcullen@live.co.uk or 07977978536 

 

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

It was suggested at the AGM that we could and should support this organisation. If we are to do so we will need a parish promoter. If anyone already has any relationship with them, please let Fr Doug know or if you think you might be able to help, again talk to Fr Doug.

 

MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP JOHN TO NIGERIAN PARISHIONERS

… Or those with a Nigerian heritage, following his recent visit there.

The Pastoral Message can be found on the Archdiocese of Southwark website: https://rcaos.org.uk/diocese/archbishop-john-wilson/archbishop-wilson-s-letters/pastoral-letters/pastoral-message-to-nigerian-catholics/ 

The news story, which links both photos and the message, can be found here: https://rcaos.org.uk/news-events/news/archbishop-john-visits-nigeria-to-ordain-priests/ 

 

PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE, SAT. 3RD AUGUST, 

Coach leaves Co-op Food Store, McLeod Road, Abbey Wood SE2 0BS at 8.00am. Places £35 Bring a packed lunch and drinks. Book on 07947 765401 or http://www.prolifepilgrimage.org 

SUNDAY 7th July 2024,

 FOURTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

 

Readings: Ezekiel 2:2-5, Psalm 122, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Mark 6:1-6. Page 103

 

Sat      6th July    17.30    Confessions

18.00                       Phil Kay RIP (Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun     7th July          FOURTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                            08.30                       Dec Members of Gillespie Family (Gillespie)   

                            10.30                       John Rayer RIP (Rayer)

 

Mon    8th July      09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00                      Manjula & Bhanu Patel (Bhalla)

 

Tues   9th July       09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                               10.00                      For the Parish

 

Wed    10th July      09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

   10.00                       Fr Paul Rout (Hughes)

 

Fri       12th July      11.30       FUNERAL Mass   Jim Mullins RIP

 

Sat      13th July      17.30    Confessions

    18.00                      Mary Conlan RIP (Kilcullen)

 

Sun     14th July        FIFTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                                 08.30                                      Healing for Children (Jayaseelan)   

                                 10.30                                      Peter & Sue Murphy (Hughes)

                                    

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed and can be viewed via the link:

Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES   

Many thanks for your offertory collection           Last week:     £985.62

Retiring Collection                           Last week                    Peter’s Pence

                                                            Next week:               Star of the Sea

                   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.  

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 weekdays, £40 per hour weekends 

 

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by the previous Wednesday

Dear Parishioners,

The Euros continue but the election campaigns are over! We congratulate the winners locally and nationally and pray that the new government will act with integrity in trying to serve ALL the people of this country … and beyond. They will need to exercise what in Catholic Social Teaching, is described as the preferential option for the poor, which is a direct expression of Christ’s message. Try “googling” it and see how important this principle is, and how it should be applied in government.

 

                            God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

PARISH REGISTER for SICK OR HOUSEBOUND

Partly due to the Covid Lockdown, we no longer have a register of those who are sick or housebound in the parish. We therefore only have contact with a few of them. I want to put this right and once we have an up to date list we will be able to reach out to them. So please help:

If you know of someone sick or housebound (and therefore not coming to church), please give me their name and if possible, their contact details. DO NOT PRESUME that I already know! Catch me in the foyer or out under the canopy after mass, email me, or drop a note through my door. Many thanks, Fr Doug.

 

STAR OF THE SEA

Seafarers and fishers play a vital role in all of our lives, but they often work in difficult, hazardous conditions. Sea Sunday is Sunday 14th July. It is when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. Your support will make a big difference to seafarers and fishers in need. You can donate in church, by visiting www.stellamaris.org.uk/donate, or by texting ‘SEA’ to 70460 to donate £5. This collection is vital to enable Stella Maris to continue its important work, so please give generously. Thank you.

 

SVP

St.John Fisher Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank parishioners for their donations in the recent collection which amounted to £282.92. This will enable us to continue to support vulnerable people in our area.

 

REFLECTION DAY AT SANCTUARY 

“Walking Humbly with God” Saturday July 20th from 11am to 3pm at Sanctuary, Swanley Village. This time for space, prayer and reflection will be led by Chris Chapman and Trudy Kilcullen. We will explore how humility can help us grow in self-understanding and free us to share the best of who we are. For more info or to book email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977 978536

 

QUIET DAYS AT SANCTUARY (in Swanley Village)

FIRST FRIDAYS of every month: The garden is open for you 10 – 4. Wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and enjoy some reflection time. tkilcullen@live.co.uk or 07977978536 

 

CHURCH CLEANING   

We are very grateful that a new group of parishioners have volunteered to help with the church cleaning.  We now have 6 groups therefore each group will clean every 12 weeks.  The revised rota from 8 July is now available for collection from the cupboard.

 

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

It was suggested at the AGM that we could and should support this organisation. If we are to do so we will need a parish promoter. If anyone already has any relationship with them, please let Fr Doug know or if you think you might be able to help, again talk to Fr Doug.

SUNDAY 30th June 2024, 

SAINTS PETER & PAUL

 

Readings: Acts 12:1-11, Psalm 33, 2 Timothy 4:6-18, Matt 16:13-19. Page 172

 

Sat   29th June     17.30    Confessions

  18.00                For the Parish in TG (Kilcullen family)

 

Sun  30th June SAINTS PETER AND PAUL  

                               08.30              Private Intention (Jeyaseelan)   

                               10.30              Lesley Sarton (Fitzpatrick)

 

Mon  1st July          09.15 Oliver Plunket   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00              Harrington & Sheehan Families (Sheehan)

 

Tues   2nd July NO SERVICE TODAY

 

Wed   3rd July       09.15 Thomas     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

10.00                  Christine Brown RIP (Mantle)

 

Fri     5th July        09.15                    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

          10.00                 Holy Souls (Connolly) 

 

Sat   6th July         17.30    Confessions

 18.00                  Phil Kay RIP (Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun  7th July     FOURTEENTH SUNDAY YEAR B  

                              08.30                  Dec Members of Gillespie Family (Gillespie)   

                              10.30                  John Rayer RIP (Rayer)

                            

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed via the link:

Recordings are available. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES       

Many thanks for your offertory collection Last week:                          £939.38

Retiring Collection                           This Week                            Peter’s Pence            

                                                            

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.  

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 weekdays, £40 per hour weekends 

 

Please join us in the Hall for refreshments after the 10.30 mass

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by the previous Wednesday

Dear Parishioners,

This weekend Bishop Philip Moger came to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation of 6 teenagers in our parish. The gift of God’s Holy Spirit affirms the gifts, the talents and the individuality of each young person and sets them free to share all this with others especially in the parish. All of us should look back to the day of our Confirmation and reflect upon how we allow or limit the Holy Spirit to enable us to fully express and share who each of us is, with all our personal gifts. We all have much to share. Our Parish Feast day celebrations illustrated this perfectly!

                       God Bless,                                  Fr Doug 

 

PARISH FEASTDAY BBQ 

Many, many, thanks to everyone who pitched in to help make the day a really good one for the parish, and especially our hard-working organizing Events Team, but a huge thanks as well, to all who supported with participation, raffle prizes etc. 

 

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH – Shape Up! Friday 7.00

In preparation for the HOLY YEAR in 2025. Pope Francis has asked us to reflect on the renewal and reshaping of the church launched by the second Vatican Council in the 1960s.

Fr. Eugene Curran C.M. will offer a presentation in the hall on Friday, 5^th July 7-9.30. It really will be well worth the investment in time to see why we are as we are, and not as we were!!!

 

A parish programme on praying the Our Father will be delivered in the autumn.

 

PETER’S PENCE

This fund enables Peter’s successor, Pope Francis to support and develop the church and particular groups in need, in many different parts of the world.

 

SVP

St.John Fisher Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank parishioners for their donations in the recent collection which amounted to £282.92. This will enable us to continue to support vulnerable people in our area.

 

REFLECTION DAY AT SANCTUARY 

“Walking Humbly with God” Saturday July 20th from 11am to 3pm at Sanctuary, Swanley Village. This time for space, prayer and reflection will be led by Chris Chapman and Trudy Kilcullen. We will explore how humility can help us grow in self-understanding and free us to share the best of who we are. For more info or to book email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977 978536

 

QUIET DAYS AT SANCTUARY (in Swanley Village)

FIRST FRIDAYS of every month: The garden is open for you 10 – 4. Wander in, find a place to sit, bring your prayer book and enjoy some reflection time. tkilcullen@live.co.uk or 07977978536 

 

CHURCH CLEANING   

We are very grateful that a new group of parishioners have volunteered to help with the church cleaning.  We now have 6 groups therefore each group will clean every 12 weeks.  The revised rota from 8 July is now available for collection from the cupboard.

 

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

It was suggested at the AGM that we could and should support this organisation. If we are to do so we will need a parish promoter. If anyone already has any relationship with them, please let Fr Doug know or if you think you might be able to help, again talk to Fr Doug.