Author: Nuntius

SUNDAY 25^th February 2024

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT, YEAR B 

Readings: Genesis 22:1 ff, Psalm 115, Rom 8:31-34, Mark 9:2-10 

Sat      24^th Feb        17.30  Confessions

 18.00          For the Parish

Sun    25^th Feb         SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B)            

                                08.30         Annama Family RIP (Jeyaseelan) 

 10.30         Jackie Weedon RIP (Hollis)

Mon    26^th Feb       09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                               10.00         Christine Tellus (Stanton)

Tues   27^th Feb        09.15  St Gregory of Narek      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                10.00         For the Parish 

Wed    28^th Feb        09.15         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Sacrament 

                                10.00          Nina Szredski RIP (Szredski)                                     

Fri       1^st Mar          09.15  St David Patron of Wales  Exposition of the Blessed 

  10.00          Thanksgiving (Bosser) 

                                10.30          Stations of the Cross 

Sat      2^nd Mar         17.30  Confessions

  18.00           Foundation: Juliet Benedict RIP

Sun     3^rd Mar           THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (B)  

                                 08.30          Connie Barrett RIP (Cannon)

                                 10.30          David Watkins RIP (Aspeek)

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

 All masses are streamed live 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:            Incl. S.O.s                     £1014.69

Retiring Collections:            Last week:     Sick or Retired Priests Fund                        £526.21

This Week:    CAFOD from Family Fast Day

 

PARKING 2024:  Please renew your car parking permit for 2024. Applications forms are in the foyer.  We are grateful for this support and hope you can use your parking rights during the week as well!

                                                                                                                                                         Direct 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 porch, is easy to use.  

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish receives 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are best for us. Thank you.

 

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,

Great to be back and to see the early signs of Spring – daffodils and so on. Other plants and ourselves too, keep heads a little low during these days of Lent as we ready ourselves to rise up with the Lord on Easter day, 31^st March. We should take a little time to pray for each other on our journeys through Lent. We need each other, just as we need the Lord.

If you haven’t got into the spirit of Lent yet, well then today is the day.

                                               God Bless,                                                Fr Doug 

 

SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR ALL 

The next Scripture Study Day led by Brian Purfield will be on Sat 9^th March 10am-3.30pm Brian’s topic will be: Bringing the New Testament to Life.   Packed lunch required.

We will meet the characters mentioned in the Gospels and the life of the early Church.

Brian aims to deepen our knowledge of the Bible at a level that we can apply in our daily lives.

 

CATECHISTS – March 2^nd – details in our foyer.:  All catechists are invited to a Day of support and reflection with other catechists from our deanery of Bexley. You may be involved in Baptism, Holy Communion, Children’s Liturgy, or Confirmation. (This is not a follow-up to the Southeast Area event of last October for all ministers.)

Our day will be at Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen, on Sat March 2^nd, from 10.00 till 3.45. Canon Ed Perera and I will be leading the day. If you need a lift, just say! Bring a packed lunch.

 

PASSING ON THE FAITH :  How do we start?  How do we continue?  What works well for children at different stages?

Four online sessions for parents starting Weds 28^th February, 8pm – 9:30pm.  

Four online sessions for grandparents, starting Thurs 18^th April, 7:30 – 9pm.     

Email Lisette on mflse@rcaos.org.uk 

 

QUIET MORNING :  A Lenten Quiet Morning will be held at St Mary’s Bexley, 10am-12noon, on Saturday 23rd March, journeying through Easter with St Peter. For more information and/or to register interest, please contact Kate Little (Email: ma01kcm@hotmail.com). 

 

CONFIRMATION:  Our Confirmation programme is underway. Our candidates are David, Rose, Nikolay, Ovie, Sophie, Jesse and Lara. As usual the first part of the programme is to more actively share in the ministry and mission of the Church and then to reflect on this experience and how it relates to the Sacrament of Confirmation. You may therefore see them in active roles at Sunday masses. Please support them in this and keep them in your prayers during this grace-filled time of preparation.

 

MAUREEN ORAM RIP

Please pray for the repose of her soul. Her funeral will be on Wed March 6^th at 10.45

 

MASS TO CELEBRATE MARRIAGE – July 13^th, 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, no later than May 31, providing:  your names, your home address and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass.  Email us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk Title your email with “Bexley Parish”  

 

PRAYING VATICAN II by ARCHBISHOP JOHN WILSON 

Book Launch Wed 6th March 6pm at Amigo Hall, adjacent to St George’s Cathedral, Southwark.

 

 

SUNDAY 18^th February 2024

 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Readings: Genesis 9:8-15, Psalm 24, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1 12-15 

Sat   17^th Feb    17.30         Confessions

                          18.00                       Marino Jose Echavarria RIP (Wood)

Sun 18^th Feb   FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (B) 

                         08.30                         Fr Pat Maloney RIP (Cannon) 

     10.30                         Ron Aspeek RIP (D+A Fernandes)

Mon  19^th Feb   09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                         10.00                         For the Parish

Tues  20^th Feb  09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                         10.00                        Sr Angela Wootton RIP (Jeyaseelan/Connolly) 

Wed 21^st Feb    09.15       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                         10.00                        Foundation: Christine Hand RIP                           

Fri     23^rd Feb   09.15     St Polycarp    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                          10.00                         John & Alice Stanton RIP (Stanton) 

                                            Stations of the Cross 

Sat   24^th Feb    17.30      Confessions

      18.00                            For the Parish

Sun  25^th Feb    SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (B)  

                           08.30                            Annama Family RIP (Jeyaseelan))

                          10.30                            Jackie Weedon RIP (Hollis)

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed live 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:            Incl. S.O.s                 £1063.82

This week:         Sick or Retired Priests Fund

Next Week:       CAFOD from Family Fast Day

 

PARKING 2024

Please renew your car parking permit for 2024. Applications forms are in the foyer.

We are grateful for this support and hope you can use your parking rights during the week as well!

                                                                                                                         

Direct 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 porch, is easy to use.  

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish receives 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are best for us. Thank you.

 

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,

From my holiday may I wish you a happy season of Lent. Let me, on this first Sunday repeat some of the opportunities for renewal that are on offer through our parish:

·       The 2 Scripture Days offer not scholarship, but greater access to the Word spoken by God.

·       Try any or all of the 40 reflections in Rediscover Jesus – books available in the foyer. 

·       Word of Life leaflets there too. Any prayer time is good, of course.

·       Sunday Mass is the key to Catholicism but weekday masses offer a great deal too. After masses on Friday there will be an opportunity to journey the Stations of the Cross together.

·       There is so much good spiritual reading available in the bookshelf at the back of church.

·       Sign up for the Daily Reflections from the Diocese. Go to www.southwarkdsc.org.uk and click on Lenten Reflections. If you’ve used them in the past they’ll arrive automatically.

·       Churches Together offer a course exploring the Bible’s relevance. Starts Tues 20 Feb, 10:30am at URC, opposite the War Memorial and repeated Tues at 7pm at Baldwyns Park Baptist Church, Dartford Road.  All are welcome.  Kathy Fogarty – k.fogarty@ntlworld.com

·       Friday is CaFOD Family Fast Day – Collection next Sunday.

·       So, Give something up? Yes, or take something up! Whatever you do, do something!

                               God Bless,                               Fr Doug

 

SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR ALL – led by Brian Purfield — Packed lunch required!!!

1)    Bringing the Old Testament to Life Sat 24^th Feb 10am-3.30pm

The main sections of the Old Testament are identified and outlined.

2)    Bringing the New Testament to Life Sat 9^th March 10am-3.30pm

We meet the characters mentioned in the Gospels and the life of the early Church.

Brian aims to deepen our knowledge of the Bible at a level that we can apply in our daily lives.

 

CATECHISTS – March 2^nd – details in our foyer.

All catechists are invited to a Day of support and reflection with other catechists from our deanery of Bexley. You may be involved in Baptism, Holy Communion, Children’s Liturgy, or Confirmation. (This is not a follow-up to the Southeast Area event of last October for all ministers.)

Our day will be at Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen, on Sat March 2^nd, from 10.00 till 3.45. Canon Ed Perera and I will be leading the day. If you need a lift, just say! Bring a packed lunch.

 

PASSING ON THE FAITH 

How do we start?  How do we continue?  What works well for children at different stages?

Four online sessions for parents starting Weds 28^th February, 8pm – 9:30pm.  

Four online sessions for grandparents, starting Thurs 18^th April, 7:30 – 9pm.     

Email Lisette on mflse@rcaos.org.uk 

 

BEXLEY JAZZ CLUB

Bexley Jazz Club runs once a month on a Monday evening in the room at the back of the Kings Head pub in the village. It hosts world class established jazz musicians and exciting emerging talent. For further information, including up and coming events or to join a mailing list, please email info@bexleyjazzclub.com

 

MAUREEN ORAM RIP

Please pray for the repose of her soul. Funeral on Wed March 6^th at 10.45

 

CLERGY SUPPORT FUND

Today’s collection supports our priests in retirement and old age, or in ill health. Your help ensures a dignified retirement for our priests.

 

MASS TO CELEBRATE MARRIAGE – July 13^th, 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, no later than May 31, providing:  your names, your home address and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass.  Email us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk Title of your email with “Bexley”  

 

PRAYING VATICAN II by ARCHBISHOP JOHN WILSON 

Book Launch Wed 6th March 6pm at Amigo Hall, adjacent to St George’s Cathedral, Southwark. 

 

SUNDAY 11^th February 2024

SIXTH SUNDAY, YEAR B

Readings: Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46, Psalm 31 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1 40-45: 

 

Sat   10^th Feb         17.30  Confessions

18.00                                      Foundation: Virginia Bolton RIP

Sun 11^th Feb         SIXTH SUNDAY (B)           

                              08.30                                     Petronella Family RIP (Jeyaseelan) 

                              10.30                                      Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

 

Mon  12^th Feb        09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00                                      Eda Kilcullen (Kilcullen)

 

Tues 13^th Feb        09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00                                      For the Parish 

 

Wed  14^th Feb       09.15  ss Cyril & Methodius         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Ash Wednesday  10.00                                      Rose Swink RIP (Bowman)

                              19.30                                      Desie Kennedy RIP (Kennedy)  

             

Fri     16^th Feb        09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

                              10.00                                      Mary & Lawrence Dowling RIP (Gillis)

 

Sat    17^th Feb       17.30                                      Confessions

                              18.00                                      Marino Jose Echavarria RIP (Wood)

 

Sun   18^th Feb       FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (B)  

                              08.30                                      Fr Pat Maloney RIP (Cannon)

                              10.30                                      Ron Aspeek RIP (D+A Fernandes)

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed live 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:            Incl. S.O.s                     £1028.93

Next week:    Sick or Retired Priests Fund

 

PARKING 2024

Please renew your car parking permit for 2024. Applications forms are in the foyer.

                                                                                                                                                            

Direct 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 porch, is easy to use.  

Gift Aid Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish receives 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are best for us. Thank you.

 

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,

LENT begins on Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence. 

Archbishop John, in his letter today, invites us to renew our shared commitment to holiness, evangelisation and mission. It is so important for us to grasp the spirit of this annual season. So:

·      The 2 Scripture Days offer not scholarship, but greater access to the Word spoken by God.

·      Good “places” of Prayer can be revisited. Try any or all of the 40 reflections in Rediscover Jesus – books available in the foyer. Word of Life leaflets there too. Any prayertime is good.

·      Sunday Mass is the key to Catholicism but weekday masses offer a great deal too.

·      There is so much good spiritual reading available in the bookshelf at the back of church.

·      Sign up for the Daily Reflections from the Diocese. Go to www.southwarkdsc.org.uk and click on Lenten Reflections. If you’ve used them in the past they’ll arrive automatically.

·      Give something up? Yes, or take something up!

·      Whatever you do, do something!

                                              God Bless,                        Fr Doug

 

SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR LENT – for EVERYONE

A scripture course led by Brian Purfield over 2 Saturdays. 

1)    Bringing the Old Testament to Life Sat 24^th Feb 10am-3.30pm

The main sections of the Old Testament are identified and outlined.

2)    Bringing the New Testament to Life Sat 9^th March 10am-3.30pm

We meet the various characters mentioned in the Gospels and the life of the early Church.

Brian’s mission is to deepen our knowledge and love of the Scriptures at a level that we can all understand and apply in our daily lives.

 

CATECHISTS – March 2^nd – details in our foyer.

All catechists are invited to a Day of support and reflection with other catechists from our deanery of Bexley. You may be involved in Baptism, Holy Communion, Children’s Liturgy, or Confirmation. (This is not a follow-up to the Southeast Area event of last October for all ministers.)

Our day will be at Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen, on Sat March 2^nd, from 10.00 till 3.45. Canon Ed Perera and I will be leading the day. If you need a lift, just say! Bring a packed lunch.

 

PASSING ON THE FAITH 

How do we start?  How do we continue?  What works well for children at different stages?

Four online sessions for parents starting Weds 28^th February, 8pm – 9:30pm.  

And for grandparents, focusing specifically on the conversations which can help to anchor faith, four online sessions starting Thurs 18^th April, 7:30 – 9pm.      Email Lisette on mflse@rcaos.org.uk 

 

MAUREEN ORAM RIP

Please pray for the repose of her soul. Funeral details to follow.

 

CLERGY SUPPORT FUND

Next week we have this retiring collection to enable the diocese to care for priests in their retirement, old age, and at their time of ill health, after their years of service in the Church.

You are encouraged to use the envelopes in the foyer if you are able to gift aid. 

 

MASS TO CELEBRATE MARRIAGE  – July 13^th,  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, no later than May 31, providing:  your names, your home address and the anniversary you are celebrating, so you can receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass.  Email us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk Title of your email with “Bexley”    

 

FIRST FRIDAYS AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN, SWANLEY VILLAGE

Open ‘winter hours’ 12 – 4 on First Fridays. Just call in – The side gate is open. call 07977 978536