SUNDAY 30^th October 2022

 31^st SUNDAY 

Readings: Wisdom 11:22-12:2, Psalm 144, 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 Luke19:1-10 PAGE 157

 

Sat    29^th Oct    17.30          Confessions

                18.00          Fitzpatrick Family (Staden)

 

Sun   30^th Oct   31^st SUNDAY   

    08.30          For the Parish

    10.30          John Rayer RIP + Anne & family (Lyons)

Mon   31^st Oct   09.15          Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00          Diamond & Alfred D’Mello RIP (Fernandes) 

 

Tues   1^st Nov    09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

All Saints HDO       10.00        For the Parish

                 19.30        Fr John Hartley RIP (Friends)          

 

Wed  2^nd Nov    09.15   All Souls     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00          Christa Frake RIP (Frake)           

 

Fri    4^th Nov     09.15  St Charles Borromeo    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

              10.00           Mary Connolly RIP (Eida/Connolly)

 

Sat    5^th Nov   17.30           Confessions

                        18.00           Private Intention (Kevan)

 

Sun   6^th Nov    32^nd SUNDAY           

  08.30            Michael Northover (Cannon)

                            10.30              Flor Valdez & Sergia Balaqui RIP (Bernarte)                                                                       

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

Owing to a technical problem we are unable to stream the Mass at present.

 

FINANCES       

Many thanks for your offertory collection last week:             £952.10    Incl. S.O.s

Next week’s retiring collection is for the Archbishop’s Appeal

   

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.

 

GIFT AID

Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish will receive 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are advisable. Thank you

 

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time for enquiries and our hall secretary will get back to you. 

 

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

 

Dear Parishioners 

As we enter the month of November, in keeping with our tradition, we will pay respect to those who have gone before us. Next weekend at our masses we will recall with solemnity the names of all our parishioners who died during this past year. Details of other services are listed below.   

God Bless,            Fr Doug

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL GIFTS 

Thank you for St John Fisher’s gifts to the Manna Centre. The food that we have received will be used throughout the next twelve months to provide meals to some of the poorest members of our society. The work we do here is a practical and compassionate response to poverty and homelessness. Most of our funding and our foodstuffs come from the Christian community. Without the continuing generosity of our supporters, we would be unable to continue our work.

 

CEMETERY BLESSING OF GRAVES:
Saturday 5th Nov at 1.30pm: Kemnal Park Cemetery
Saturday 12th Nov at 1pm: Hillview, Welling
Sunday 13th Nov 12noon St. Paulinus (Crayford)
Sunday 13th Nov at 2pm: Sidcup Cemetery
Sunday 13th Nov at 2.30pm: Bexleyheath Cemetery
Sunday 13th Nov at 3pm: Brook St Cemetery (Erith) 

 

MASS FOR DECEASED CLERGY OF THE DEANERY

Tuesday 15^th November at St Mary of the Crays, 111 Old Road, Crayford. All are welcome.

 

DIOCESAN DAY FOR CATECHISTS – ALL CATECHISTS! 

Archbishop John is keen that all catechists from the diocese join him for this special day on Sat, Nov12^th at the Amigo Hall.   There is a letter of invitation for each one of you in the Church foyer.  Please let Fr. Doug or Barbara Assaam know if you plan to attend.

 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY – Members of the St. John Fisher Conference would like to make parishioners aware that anyone who is feeling lonely and would like a visit or a phone call can contact the Parish Office. One of us will then contact you.  We would also like to recruit members to our Conference as age is catching up with us!  If you can help with visiting and fund raising to support the more vulnerable in our area, please contact the Parish Office.

 

HOW TO USE DONA COLLECTION PLATE (DCP) – LOCATED IN THE PORCH

Select a donation amount by pressing one of the amounts.   The card reader screen will read “Please Tap”, select the amount you wish to donate, tap your card or phone on the card reader.  This will collect the payment. Easy! 

 

AUTUMN SPIRITUALITY PROGRAMME CONTINUES

Our spirituality committee have organised our programme: Ways into Prayer. Meetings at: 7.30 – 9 on Mondays Oct 31, Nov 14, 28, and repeated at: 1 – 2.30 on Mondays, Nov 7, 21, Dec 5. 

 

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC SIXTH FORMS – OPEN EVENTS

Book your place for Saturday 5^th, 12^th or 19^th November online at ctk.ac.uk

 

HELP NEEDED

Cleaner and gardener needed for an elderly parishioner to clean her house and tidy the garden.   Reasonable rate offered. Contact Carol Anderson on 07913 698912 initially.

 

MUMS’ NIGHT OUT

This is a new event for mums who need a night out with those who understand the phenomenal job you do!. 2^nd Nov Orpington, To book: Tel 029 2081 0800 or Online: cff.org.uk/mumsnight

SUNDAY 23^rd October 2022

 30^th SUNDAY 

Readings: Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14, 16-19 Psalm 33, 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18: Luke:18:9-14 PAGE 155

 

Sat       22^nd Oct        17.30                                      Confessions

                       18.00                                      Pet & Brendan Kilcullen & family (E.Kilcullen)

Sun     23^rd Oct        30^th SUNDAY           

            08.30                                      Tommy Elsmore RIP (Lee)

 10.30                                      John Rayer RIP + Anne & family (Jones)

Mon     24^th Oct         09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                  10.00                                      Eileen Wheatley (Hughes) 

Tues    25^th Oct         09.15  40 Martyrs                    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                  10.00                                      For the Parish                                   

Wed     26^th Oct         09.15  Ss Chad + Cedd            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                   10.00                                      Sister John Bowman RIP (Bowman)                     

Fri        28^th Oct         09.15  Ss Simon + Jude           Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                       10.00                                      Angela Fernandes RIP (Fernandes)

Sat       29^th Oct         17.30                                      Confessions

                                   18.00                                      Fitzpatrick Family (Staden)

Sun     30^th Oct        31^st SUNDAY                       

            08.30                                      For the Parish

                                         10.30                                      John Rayer RIP + Anne & family (Lyons)                                                                                                

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

Owing to a technical problem we are unable to stream the Mass at present.

 

FINANCES    

Many thanks for your offertory collection last week:                  £1186.28       Incl. S.O.s

Further collection, for CAFOD                                                      £151.20

This week’s retiring collection is for MISSIO

 

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.

 

GIFT AID

Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish will receive 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are advisable. Thank you

 

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time for enquiries and our hall secretary will get back to you. 

 

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

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by previous Wednesday

I wonder, if like me, you have had your fill of the grimy, ugly goings-on within the leadership of our country. I am bored with it, fed up with it and even angry about it. The perfect antidote is to get out and see the beautiful coloration of the trees around us as they head into autumn, every shade of yellow and orange and rusty brown. Quite magnificent. Well done, God!       God Bless

                                                                     

 

DIOCESAN DAY FOR CATECHISTS – ALL CATECHISTS! 

Archbishop John is VERY keen that all catechists from the diocese join him for this special day on Saturday, November 12^th at the Amigo Hall.  There is a letter of invitation for each one of you in the Church foyer.  Please let Fr. Doug or Barbara Asaam know if you plan to attend because we have to pay for you!

 

MISSION SUNDAY/APF Missio 

The retiring collection on the weekend of 22^nd and 23^rd October is for Mission Sunday, also if you have a Red Box please empty it and add it to the 2^nd collection. Any queries please contact Sue Mantle 07955416185, suejmantle@hotmail.com

 

HOW TO USE DONA COLLECTION PLATE (DCP) – LOCATED IN THE PORCH

Select a donation amount by pressing one of the amounts.  The card reader screen will read “Please Tap”, select the amount you wish to donate, then tap your card or phone on the card reader.  This will collect the payment. Easy. 

For a donation value greater than £100 (!!), the card must be inserted at the top of the card reader.   The card reader screen will read “Please Tap” with the selected payment amount.  To cancel a transaction before completion, simply press and release the power button on the right-hand side of the card reader.  This cancels the transaction and declines the payment.

 

AUTUMN SPIRITUALITY PROGRAMME CONTINUES

Our spirituality committee have organised our programme: Ways into Prayer. Meetings at: 7.30 – 9 on Mondays Oct 31, Nov 14, 28, and repeated at:1 – 2.30 on Mondays Oct 24, Nov 7, 21, Dec 5. 

 

RELICS OF SAINT BERNADETTE

The relics will be in Aylesford Priory 24^th to 28^th October. Register their attendance: http://www.stbernadette.org.uk/registration.

 

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC SIXTH FORMS – OPEN EVENTS

Book your place for Saturday 5^th, 12^th or 19^th November online at ctk.ac.uk

 

MUMS’ NIGHT OUT

This is a new event for mums who need a night out with those who understand the phenomenal job you do! 1^st November Stratford. 2^nd November Orpington. 3^rd November Wimbledon.

To book: Telephone 029 2081 0800 or Online: cff.org.uk/mumsnight

 

BEXLEY PHOENIX CHIOR CONCERT – Sat. October 29^th 2022 – 7.30 pm

Performing at St. James the Great, Bladindon Drive, Bexley, DA5 3BP.  A varied programme of sacred and secular music.  Tickets £10, Students £5. – 16 and under free.  Available from Jenny Breen – 020 8303 2709 or on the door.

 

TALK ORGANISED BY THE FRIENDS OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL  

Thursday, 27^th October at 7.00 pm in Westminster Cathedral Hall. Creators of Peace (COP) is a global network of people on each continent making a difference.  For peace to be meaningful it must be inclusive, but often it isn’t. https://iofc.org.uk/initiatives/creators-of-peace/ Talk by Miranda Shaw and Elizabeth Lasker £10 Tickets from Friends@rcdow.org.uk or 020 77989059

 

SUNDAY 16^th October 2022

 29^th SUNDAY 

Readings: Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 120, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 Luke:18:1-8 PAGE 152

 

Sat   15^th Oct       17.30           Confessions

18.00           Trewin Pinto (Mascarenhas)

 

Sun  16^th Oct        29^th SUNDAY           

                            08.30           Mrs N White RIP (C.Fitzpatrick)

10.30            Susan Balogh RIP (Balogh)

 

Mon  17^th Oct       09.15  St Ignatius of Antioch    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00             Christina Villalta RIP (Rowland Family) 

 

Tues  18^th Oct      09.15  St Luke, Evangelist       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00               For the Parish                                   

 

Wed  19^th Oct       09.15                                 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00              Les Truman RIP (Truman Family)            

 

Fri      21^st Oct       09.15  St Margaret Clitherow    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

  10.00              Fr Michael Jones (Jeyaseelan)

 

Sat     22^nd Oct      17.30             Confessions

                              18.00             Pet & Brendan Kilcullen (E.Kilcullen)

 

Sun   23^rd Oct        30^th SUNDAY                       

                              08.30            Tommy Elsmore RIP (Lee)

                              10.30             John Rayer RIP + Anne & family (Jones) 

 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

Owing to a technical problem we are unable to stream the Mass at present.

 

FINANCES   

Many thanks for your offertory collection last week:                  £927.97         Incl. S.O.s

Last week’s retiring collection, for CAFOD                               £309.00

Next week’s retiring collection is for MISSIO

 

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.

 

GIFT AID

Please join the GIFT AID scheme – Forms are at the back of the Church. For every £1.00 donated the Parish will receive 25p from the Tax Office. Standing Orders are advisable. Thank you

 

OUR PARISH HALL

Our hall is available for hire. Please email bexley@rcaos.org.uk at ANY time for enquiries and our hall secretary will get back to you. 

 

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

 

Newsletter: Please copy notices to Fr Doug by previous Wednesday

 

Dear Parishioners 

I am very pleased to tell you that Canon Peter Stodart is our new neighbour and resident. Fr Peter has moved into 48a Thanet Road and looks forward to spending his retirement from active ministry here in Bexley. Please give him a warm welcome when you see him. He will enjoy celebrating mass with us, but after his many years of service in the diocese, he deserves a rest and freedom from ANY parish duties. He and I have been friends for many years and now I get to be his landlord! (- on your behalf, of course.) We also welcome Fr Peter’s family, here this weekend.  God Bless,               

                                                                                                        Fr Doug

 

HOW TO USE DONA COLLECTION PLATE (DCP) – LOCATED IN THE PORCH

Select a donation amount by pressing one of the amounts.  The card reader screen will read “Please Tap”, select the amount you wish to donate, then tap your card or phone on the card reader.  This will collect the payment. Easy. 

For a donation value greater than £100 (!!), the card must be inserted at the top of the card reader.  The card reader screen will read “Please Tap” with the selected payment amount.  To cancel a transaction before completion, simply press and release the power button on the right-hand side of the card reader.  This cancels the transaction and declines the payment.

 

AUTUMN SPIRITUALITY PROGRAMME CONTINUES:   Our spirituality committee have organised our programme: Ways into Prayer. Meetings at:  7.30 – 9 on Mondays Oct 17, 31, Nov 14, 28, and repeated at:1 – 2.30 on Mondays Oct 24, Nov 7, 21, Dec 5. 

 

RELICS OF SAINT BERNADETTE

The relics will be in our own St George’s Cathedral during 19th to 21^st October and in Aylesford Priory 24^th to 28^th October. Register their attendance: http://www.stbernadette.org.uk/registration.

 

CAFOD Family Fast Day – Harvest – World Crisis Appeal – still open!

Your donations can help CAFOD’s local experts to provide emergency food supplies to families in the worst affected countries in East Africa and support communities around the world working hard to put food on the table.  Use the envelope or go to cafod.org.uk/fastday

 

CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC SIXTH FORMS – OPEN EVENTS

Book your place for Saturday 5^th, 12^th or 19^th November online at ctk.ac.uk

 

AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AN ONLINE GROUP ‘Building a Better Marriage’ 

9am – 1 pm on Sat, Oct 22^nd 2022 from your own living room and there is no group sharing!  “No probing questions; only stories from their own experience and helpful questionnaires for us to use in private.  We recommend this to any couple seeking to renew the joy and energy in their marriage.  Contact:  Marriage and Family Life South East London, email: mflse@rcaos.org.uk

 

MUMS’ NIGHT OUT:  This is a new event for mums who need a night out with those who understand the phenomenal job you do! 1^st November Stratford. 2^nd November Orpington. 3^rd November Wimbledon.   To book: Telephone 029 2081 0800 or Online: cff.org.uk/mumsnight

 

WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL Interfaith Group will complete its study of Laudato Si’ Care for our common home on Wed. Oct. 19^th at 2 p.m.  In November we will start to study “Fratelli tutti”.  All are welcome and we meet in the Hinsley room, Morpeth Terrace – email johnwoodhousecat@gmail.com

 

MISSION SUNDAY/APF Misso – The second collection on the weekend of 22^nd and 23^rd October is for Mission Sunday, also if you have a Red Box please empty it and add it to the 2^nd collection.  ~Any queries please contact Sue Mantle 07955416185, suejmantle@hotmail.com