Weekly Newsletter

30 October 2026 Nuntius

Sunday 1^st November

All Saints Year A

Readings: Apocalypse 7:2-14 Psalm 23, 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5: 1-12

Sat 31^st Oct 18. 00 John Paul Burton- Bowen RIP (Wood)

Sun 1^st Nov ALL SAINTS

08.30 Alan Collins RIP (Fogarty)

10.30 George Birch RIP (Birch)

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

10:00 Olivia Boome (Howie)

Tue 3rd Nov 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Marlene Burt RIP (Bowman)

Wed 4^th Nov 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Susan Balogh RIP (Balogh)

Please join us in the hall for refreshments after mass

Fri 6^th Nov 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 Sylvie & Victor Jeyaseelan (Jeyaseelan)

Sat 7^th Nov 18. 00 Holy Souls (Jeyaseelan)

Sun 8^th Nov THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY

08.30 Prima & Shanti Seneviratine RIP (DeSilva)

10.30 Giavanni Muselli RIP (Ward)

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 £938.40

Retiring collections: next week Archbishop’s Appeal

Bank Payments details available on request

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 beginning to look at investing in solar power through panels on the church roof. We hope to make savings in fuel costs but we are also keen to do it because it is the right thing to do in pursuit of “net zero” – “on earth as it is in heaven”. If anyone by chance has any expertise in this area, or useful contacts, I’d love to hear from you.

SYNODALITY: the way we as individuals, and the church as institution interact. A small group engaged in consultation over this and produced a significant response to share with the Archdiocese at a meeting in November. We invite you as individuals to add your pennyworth by taking and returning a brief questionnaire, available in the foyer. Next Sunday is the deadline for submitting your responses.

And finally, PLEASE JOIN US in the hall after 10.30 Sunday Mass. We have fresh coffee, tea and orange squash (free for children) and confectionary besides. The bar is also open. It is a key part of our calling as Church – to build ourselves up in community. There are many ways to do this but a pleasant half hour together on Sundays is a good one! It would be nice to see more of you.

God Bless, Fr Doug

GOSPEL OF MARK – Dr. Brian Purfield

Saturday, Nov 14^th, from 10.30-3.00. refreshments from 10.00

Throughout next year we will be reading the Gospel of Mark at Sunday masses and so it is good for us to know a little about this gospel and particularly how it differs from the others. As in previous years we have invited Dr. Brian Purfield to come and talk about this.

NOVEMBER – remembering those who have died

Remembrance Sunday is of course next week, 8^th November

Our Parish Remembrance Services for those who have died will be on 15th/16^th November. We remember all our loved ones and we invite the families of those who have died during this past year to attend mass during which a candle will be lit for each named soul.

Grave blessings are as follows:

Nov 8^th^:St. Paulinus at 12.30, Bexleyheath at 2.00, Kemnal Park at 2.00, Brook St. at 3.00

Nov 15^th Sidcup at 2.00,

Nov 21^st Hillview at 11.00

BEXLEY DEANERY YOUNG ADULT GROUP:

For Young adults and professionals (18 – 35) to create a community where we can build each other up in faith, and friendship. Come join us for the next meeting in the Angelus Centre, Bexley Rd, Erith DA8 1DN on 5^th November at 6:30pm.

YOUNG ADULT MASS IN KENT

The Diocesan Youth Service is delighted to introduce a monthly Young Adult (18-35) Mass in Kent on the third Sunday of each month. Our first Mass will be celebrated by Fr Stephen Trafford on Sunday 15 November at 6pm at Sacred Heart Church, 63 West Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 1AN.

INTERFAITH FORUM EXHIBITION

Thursday 12th November at 7.30pm at Geddes Place URC church (near B/Heath clocktower).

There will be presentations from all the Faiths on their main beliefs.

FAMILY CAROL SERVICE AND SOCIAL

Our family service will be on Sunday 13^th December at 4.00, followed by a social event in the hall with games for the children

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN OLD BEXLEY

Singing Christmas Carols in the High Street:

Wed 9 Dec, 5:30pm outside Grey’s Tea & Coffee House (Option to gather at 5pm at Bexley URC)

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Sunday 25^th October

THIRTIETH SUNDAY Year A

Readings: Exodus 22:20-26 Psalm 17, 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Matthew 22: 34-40

Sat 24^th Oct 18. 00 Sr.John Bowman RJM (Bowman)

Sun 25^th Oct THIRTIETH SUNDAY

08.30 Catriona Keenan RIP (Brailsford)

10.30 George Birch RIP (Birch)

Mon 26^th Oct. 09.15 Ss Chad Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 & Cedd Marlene Burt RIP (Hughes)

Tues 27^thOct 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Francois De Comarmond RIP (Gibbs)

Wed 28^th Oct 09.15 Simon Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 & Jude Ainsworth family (Howie)

Please join us in the hall for refreshments after mass

Fri 30^th Oct 09.20 Rosary – 5th Mystery but no Exposition of the Sacrament.

10:00 FUNERAL MASS MARLENE BURT RIP

Sat 31^st Oct 18. 00 John Paul Burton- Bowen RIP (Wood)

Sun 1^st Nov ALL SAINTS

08.30 Alan Collins RIP (Fogarty)

10.30 George Birch RIP (Birch)

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 £923.85

Retiring Collections Last week Missio £193.60

Bank Payments details available on request

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,

Great news! You will remember that as a conclusion to the Church’s Season of Creation we had a screening in our hall of The People’s Emergency Briefing (about climate change). The hope nationwide was to prompt a debate in Parliament about the Climate Crisis here and around the world. Many around the country have been moved to contact their MPs and to petition the government. The good news is that ordinary people like us CAN have an impact. They have listened and a debate in Parliament is now scheduled for 16th November. Democracy, eh!

Now, SYNODALITY: the way we as individuals, and the church as institution interact. A small group engaged in consultation over this and produced a significant response to share with the Archdiocese at a meeting in November. We invite you as individuals to add your pennyworth by taking and returning a brief questionnaire, available in the foyer.

God Bless, Fr Doug

MARLENE BURT RIP: Marlene’s funeral will be on Friday October 30^th at 10.00. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

All of the details are on the family’s web page www.rsvp.studio/marleneburt Can people please let us know if you are coming via the link.

HARVEST CAKE SALE: Thank you to everyone who supported the Harvest Cake sale on Sunday. Together we raised £206 which will be donated to Cafod. Your support will assist Cafod in their mission as they reach out to people across the world who are truly in need.  

GOSPEL OF MARK – Dr. Brian Purfield

Saturday, Nov 14^th, from 10.30-3.00. refreshments from 10.00

OCTOBER ROSARY – Jesus Commissions Peter: “Do You Love Me?”

On this 5th Friday before mass at 9.20 because of the funeral, we will pray the last of the Romero Rosary’s Mysteries of Charity. We contemplate Jesus telling Peter: Feed My Sheep. We invite those joining livestream to accompany us and everyone else to pray the decade sometime during the day in solidarity with us.

NOVEMBER – remembering those who have died

Remembrance Sunday is of course the 8^th November

Grave blessings are as follows:

Nov 8^th^:St. Paulinus at 12.30, Bexleyheath at 2.00, Kemnal Park at 2.00, Brook St. at 3.00

Nov 15^th Sidcup at 2.00, Nov 21^st Hillview at 11.00

INTERFAITH FORUM EXHIBITION

Thursday 12th November at 7.30pm at Geddes Place URC church (near B/Heath clocktower). There will be presentations from all the Faiths on their main beliefs.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN OLD BEXLEY

Singing Christmas Carols in the High Street:

Wed 9 Dec, 5:30pm outside Grey’s Tea & Coffee House (Option to gather at 5pm at Bexley URC)

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Sunday 18^th October

TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY Year A

Readings: Isaiah 45:1-6 Psalm 95, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 Matthew 22: 15-21

Sat 17^th Oct 18.00 Mary Joyce RIP (Liddiard)

Sun 18^th Oct TWENTY NINTH SUNDAY WORLD MISSION DAY

08.30 Fr.John O’Donohue TG (Cannon)

10.30 John Hughes RIP (Hughes)

Mon 19^th Oct 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 The Bacon family (Howie)

Tues 20^thOct 09.15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00 Sheehan family RIP (Sheehan)

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

10.00 Colette Hunt & Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

Please join us in the hall for refreshments after mass

Fri 23^rdOct 09:15 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 Sr. Regula Golden Jubilee (Kilcullen)

Sat 24^th Oct 18. 00 Sr.John Bowman RJM (Bowman)

Sun 25^th Oct THIRTIETH SUNDAY

08.30 Catriona Keenan RIP (Brailsford)

10.30 George Birch RIP (Birch)

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.

FINANCES

Many thanks for your offertory collection £1011.75

Retiring Collections: Last Week: Prisoners Sunday £143.01

This Week: Missio

Bank Payments details available on request

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,

Do keep our Holy Father, Pope Leo in your prayers after his operation this week. May he be blessed with God’s healing grace and be fully restored to his vital ministry soon.

God Bless, Fr Doug

APF/ MISSIO (RED BOXES)

There will be a retiring collection for Missio THIS week. If you have a red box, please empty it and put in that collection. Susan Mantle suejmantle@hotmail.com

HARVEST CAKE SALE: The Children’s Liturgy Group we will be holding a cake sale in the parish centre THIS Sunday, 18th October after 10.30 mass. All money raised (cash please) will be donated to Cafod’s Harvest appeal. Please come along and support us. All home baked/ shop bought donations welcome.

YOUNG ADULTS GROUP (18-35): The first meeting of this deanery-wide group will be this Thursday (22^nd Oct) at 6.00 in St John Vianney Hall, Bexleyheath. Why not take a look-see, help shape a future agenda and strengthen your membership of the Church? Learn a thing or two and enjoy a thing or two.

OCTOBER – month of the rosary

At Sunday masses during the month, we will say the “Hail Holy Queen” instead of the “Hail Mary” in our prayers of intercession. Also, on Friday mornings after mass we will pray the Romero Rosary’s Mysteries of Charity. There will be a short scripture reading to help us meditate on God’s love for us, a brief reflection and then those present will pray a decade of the rosary. We invite those joining livestream to accompany us and everyone else to pray a decade sometime during the day in solidarity with us.

NOVEMBER – remembering those who have died

Remembrance Sunday is of course the 8^th November

Our Parish Remembrance Services for those who have died will be on 15th/16^th November. We remember all our loved ones and we especially invite the families of those who have died during this past year to attend mass during which a candle will be lit for each named soul. Grave blessings are as follows: Nov 8^th^:St. Paulinus at 12.30, Bexleyheath at 2.00, Kemnal Park at 2.00, Brook St. at 3.00

Nov 15^th Sidcup at 2.00, Nov 21^st Hillview at 11.00

MARLENE BURT RIP: Marlene’s funeral will be on Friday October 30^th at 10.00. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

MANY THANKS TO ST JOHN FISHER FOR YOUR HARVEST FESTIVAL GIFTS

The food that we have received will be used throughout the next twelve months to provide meals to some of the most disadvantaged members of our society. The work we do here on your behalf is a Christian response to poverty and homelessness. We ensure that our service-users receive a free hot meal and have access to washing facilities, health care, clothing, housing & welfare advice. On average we see about 120 people a day. All thanks to your support.

VOCATION CONFERENCE: Sat, 24 Oct, 2:00 – 8:00 at St Thomas More Church, 420a Long Lane, Bexleyheath. For young adults aged 18+ currently discerning their vocation. There will be opportunities to for prayer and discussion, and to explore important questions about vocation, relationships and marriage.