Author: Nuntius

SUNDAY 26^th April

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A

Readings: Acts 2:14-41 Psalm 23, Peter 2:20-25, John 10:1-10

Sat   25^th Apr  18.00        Marie Burkinshaw thanksgiving (Kilcullen) 

 

Sun  26^th Apr             Fourth  Sunday of Easter

                        08.30             Harrington family RIP  (Sheehan)

                       10.30                     Maureen Fitzpatrick RIP  (Choir)

 

Mon 27^th Apr  09.15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                      10:00                     Margot Bowden RIP (Cannon)                     

 

Tues  28th Apr   11:00 Funeral Mass           George Birch RIP                         

 

Wed   29^th  Apr    09:15  St Catherine   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00     of Siena          John Larkin RIP (Larkin)

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

 

Fri     1^st May     09.15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

`                         10:00                   Sylvie & Victor Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan)

 

Sat    2^nd May    18.00                   Owen King RIP (Staden)   

 

Sun   3^rd May            Fifth Sunday of Easter 

                           08.30                    John & Rosy Colaco RIP  (Colaco)

                           10.30                    Sophie Spinks  (O’Donnell)

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                                £973.67

Retiring collection this Sunday Priest Training Fund

                                                                 

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 are using the “Eucharistic Prayers for Various Occasions” on the Sundays of Easter. This week will be No. 1, “The Church on the Path of Unity”. 

I have been away on a short trip this week. Sorry to anyone who has been trying to contact me!!

          God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

 

EASTER GARDEN DONATIONS

Once again, our Easter Garden Donations are going to FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND. 

We have received this message of gratitude from them:

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:2)         Thank you

 

GEORGE BIRCH RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of George. His funeral will be on Tuesday 28^th April at 11.00.

 

ROSARY IN MAY – Friday evenings

The rosary is a way of praying any time, and in any place, but in October and May it has become our tradition to pray it together once a week. We have been using this as an opportunity to pray it in different ways. This May we will be using Archbishop John’s Romero Rosary, praying a mystery each week. There will be a scripture reading, a reflection from Archbishop Romero, and then time for our own reflection before we pray a decade of the rosary. We will be praying the Mysteries of mercy and Compassion on Friday evenings from 6.30 – 7.00, starting Friday, 1^st May

 

PARISH FEAST DAY BARBECUE :   This year our summer celebration will be on Sunday 12^th July. Put it in your diaries!

 

DAYS OF REFECTION AT SANCTUARY QUIET GARDEN IN MAY 2026 

Monday May 18^th 9.30 to 12.30 OR Saturday May 30th from 11- 3pm. (same programme)

The theme is “Spirit of God” Come and spend some time in quiet prayer and reflection in nature – inspired by the Holy Spirit through the beauty of creation. For more details or to book please email sanctuaryakwaaba@gmail.com or call 07977 978536

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

July 11th, 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 your names (e.g. John & Mary Smith), your address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass.  Spaces are limited.  Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk    using your parish name as a title.

 

VACANCY ST CATHERINE’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Head of Music (Maternity Leave). Please visit https://www.stccg.co.uk/Teaching-Vacancies/ for the full job description and person specification.

 

AN EVENING WITH SAM CHILDERS. Widely known as “The Machine Gun Preacher” 

Sam’s life is a remarkable story of transformation — from a past marked by brokenness and violence to a life now devoted to rescuing vulnerable children in East Africa. 

On Friday 22 May at Albany Park Baptist Church, Bexley at 7:00pm. Tickets £5

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-sam-childers-the-machine-gun-preacher-tickets-1984617587629 or by email: revnatapbc@gmail.com 




HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. A reminder that if you (or a family member) are admitted to hospital, you need to ask that your record indicate you are a Roman Catholic if you would like a visit from the Chaplaincy team or to receive Holy Communion. Hospital staff may forget to ask you about your religious background and due to data regulations, the Chaplaincy team cannot approach you – unless your religion is on your admission record.

SUNDAY 19^TH April

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Year A

Readings: Acts 2:14-33 Psalm 15, Peter 1:17-21, Luke 24:13-35

 

Sat         18^th Apr   18.00              Una Muzzi RIP & H. Fitzpatrick RIP (Palmer)     

 

Sun        19^th Apr          THIRD  SUNDAY OF EASTER

                             08.30               Mr & Mrs Gomes RIP  (Gomes)

                             10.30                   Mr & Mrs Pereira RIP  (Pereira)

 

Mon  20^th April      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament  

 10:00                  Margaret McQuaid RIP (McQuaid)                       

 

Tues 21^st April   NO MASS TODAY                      

                                                

Wed  22^nd Apr      09:15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                 John Colaco RIP (Gomes & Pereira)

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

 

Fri    24^thApr         09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

`                           10:00                  The Sheehan family RIP (Sheehan)

 

Sat   25^th Apr       18.00                   Marie Burkinshaw thanksgiving (Kilcullen) 

 

Sun 26^th Apr       FOURTH  SUNDAY OF EASTER 

                           08.30                   Harrington family RIP  (Sheehan)

                          10.30                   Maureern Fitzpatrick RIP  (Choir)

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                          £976.11

Retiring collection next Sunday Priest Training Fund

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,

You may have noted that I am praying the “Eucharistic Prayers for Various Occasions” on the Sundays of Easter. Last week we had No. 3, “Jesus, the Way to the Father”. This week will be No. 2, “God guides his Church along the Way of Salvation”. They are beautiful prayers.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump’s War continues – his war with Pope Leo and the Church, that is! 

On the day of one of his most bitter attacks last week, the daily mass reading from the Acts of the Apostles had this prayer from Saints Peter and John after they’d been assaulted:

“And now Lord, take note of their threats and help your servants to proclaim your message with all boldness”.

We might pray along with them for Pope Leo and for those bishops in America brave enough to speak out with the prophetic voice of the Church. “Lord, help us find your peace.”

God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

 

EASTER GARDEN DONATIONS:  Once again, our Easter Garden Donations are going to FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND. 

We have received this message of gratitude from them:

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:2)  Thank you

 

GEORGE BIRCH RIP:  Please pray for the repose of the soul of George. His funeral will be on Tuesday 28^th April at 11.00.

 

ROSARY IN MAY – Friday evenings

The rosary is a way of praying any time, and in any place, but in October and May it has become our tradition to pray it together once a week. We have been using this as an opportunity to pray it in different ways. This May we will be using Archbishop John’s Romero Rosary, praying a mystery each week. There will be a scripture reading, a reflection from Archbishop Romero, and then time for our own reflection before we pray a decade of the rosary. We will be praying the Mysteries of mercy and Compassion on Friday evenings from 6.30 – 7.00, starting Friday 1^st May

 

PARISH FEAST DAY BARBECUE:  This year our summer celebration will be on Sunday 12^th July. Put it in your diaries!

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

July 11th, 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 your names (e.g. John & Mary Smith), your address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass.  Spaces are limited.  Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk    using your parish name as a title.

 

SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: 21 to 28 August 2026
An opportunity to refresh our relationship with the Lord Jesus, with the help of Our Lady’s prayers.

Details for booking travel and accommodation can be found at 

www.catholicassociation.co.uk/join2026 or edwardperera@rcaos.org.uk

 

AN EVENING WITH SAM CHILDERS. Widely known as “The Machine Gun Preacher” 

Sam’s life is a remarkable story of transformation — from a past marked by brokenness and violence to a life now devoted to rescuing vulnerable children in East Africa. 

On Friday 22 May at Albany Park Baptist Church, Bexley at 7:00pm. Tickets £5

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-sam-childers-the-machine-gun-preacher-tickets-1984617587629 or by email: revnatapbc@gmail.com 

 

 

SUNDAY 12^th APRIL

Second Sunday of Easter Year A

Readings: Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 117, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31

 

   Sat  11^th Apr       18.00                        Molly Aldridge RIP (Wood)         

 

   Sun 12^th Apr        SECOND  SUNDAY OF EASTER 

                              08.30                       Ainsworth Family  (Howie)

                             10.30                           Peggy Collins  (Osborne)

 

   Mon 13^th April   09.15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 

                           10:00                              Donald Almeida RIP (Almeida) 

        

  Tues 14^th April    09.15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00                            Joan Aspeek (Stanton/Connolly)        

 

   Wed 15^th Apr      09:15   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                             Dan & Julia Harrington RIP (Sheehan)

 

   Fri   17^th Apr     09.15    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

`                          10:00                            Patrick & Mary Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

 

   Sat  18^th Apr     18.00                            Una Muzzi RIP (Fitzpatrick)       

 

   Sun 19^th Apr     THIRD  SUNDAY OF EASTER  

                            08.30                           Mr & Mrs Gomes RIP  (Gomes)

                             10.30                           Mr & Mrs Pereira RIP  (Pereira)

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 

 Fr Doug says:   Thank you all very much for your generous Easter Offering

Retiring collection for Holy Places                                                 £254.78

                                                                 

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 thank God for the temporary ceasefire in Mr Trump’s War. No one takes him at his word but to threaten to annihilate a whole civilisation with his military might is way beyond any moral realm, it was a threat Pope Leo described as “totally unacceptable”.

Speaking to the tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged “those who have the power to unleash wars” to choose peace. This should not be a peace “imposed by force”, he stressed, but one achieved through dialogue – “not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them”. “Let those who have weapons, lay them down!”, he said. He continues to call for peace. In our thoughts and conversations let us be unequivocal in calling for peace and take the lead from our Holy Father.

God Bless,                                Fr Doug 

 

EASTER GARDEN DONATIONS

Once again, our Easter Garden Donations are going to FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND.    We have received this message of gratitude from them:

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” (Isaiah 9:2)

We hold on to the message of Easter that new life rises and hope is renewed even in the darkest times. Thank you for standing with our mission in support of our brothers and sisters living through the hardest conditions experienced in the Holy Land in living memory. May this Easter bring renewed hope, peace and dignity to all those living in the Holy Land and to you and your families.

 

GEORGE BIRCH RIP:  Please pray for the repose of the soul of george. His funeral will be on Tuesday 28^th April at 10.30.

 

PATSY LATIMER:  We pray for Patsy each week and her family sent a message following her 86th Birthday last week. She has not known any of us for a few years now but is otherwise in relatively good physical health. It will soon be 3 years since Fr Doug anointed her in the Sacrament of the Sick!

 

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

July 11th, 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 your names (e.g. John & Mary Smith), your address, your parish, and the anniversary you are celebrating. You will then receive an invitation from the Archbishop for the renewal of vows during Mass.  Spaces are limited.  Contact us at mflse@rcaos.org.uk    using your parish name as a title.

 

SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: 21 to 28 August 2026
An opportunity to refresh our relationship with the Lord Jesus, with the help of Our Lady’s prayers.   Details for booking travel and accommodation can be found at:

https://www.catholicassociation.co.uk/join2026 or edwardperera@rcaos.org.uk

 

PART TIME CARETAKER – St. Mary of the Crays Church, Old Road, Crayford 

8 hours per week. Send your CV to crayford@rcaos.org.uk by Wed 15th April 2026, 

 

AN EVENING WITH SAM CHILDERS. Widely known as “The Machine Gun Preacher” 

Sam’s life is a remarkable story of transformation — from a past marked by brokenness and violence to a life now devoted to rescuing vulnerable children in East Africa. 

On Friday 22 May at Albany Park Baptist Church, Bexley at 7:00pm. Tickets £5

Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-sam-childers-the-machine-gun-preacher-tickets-1984617587629 or by email: revnatapbc@gmail.com 

 

AND FINALLY- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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