SUNDAY 5^th March 2023,

SECOND SUNDAY of LENT, YEAR A 

Readings: Genesis 12:1-4, Psalm 32,  2 Timothy 1: 8-10, Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9

 

Sat       4^th Mar   17.30  Confessions

                           18.00                      For the Parish 

 

Sun      5^th Mar          SECOND SUNDAY of LENT 

                           08.30                      Ed Jones RIP (Jones)

                           10.30                      John Hughes RIP (Hughes)

 

Mon    6^th Mar     09.15               Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00                                     Private Intention (Sullivan) 

 

Tues    7^th Mar    09.15  ss Perpetua + Felicity    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00                       Private Intention (Connolly)

 

Wed    8^th Mar    09.15  St John of God             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00                       Sheehan Family RIP (Sheehan)

 

Thurs  9^th Mar     08.00                       Priest’s intention

 

Fri     10^th Mar     09.15                 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00                        Kevin McNamara (McCarthy)

                           10.30                  Stations of the Cross

 

Sat    11^th Mar     17.30                  Confessions

                            18.00                        Trish Kavanagh RIP (Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun   12^th Mar        THIRD SUNDAY of LENT              

                            08.30                         Richard Sweetland RIP (Cannon)

                            10.30                         Mary Malin RIP (Hollis)

                                    

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed live and can be viewed on the website, 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      £980.76

Last week:     Clergy Support Fund                                                           £304.77

This week:     CAFOD

 

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. Select a donation amount by pressing one of the amounts.  The screen will read “Please Tap”, and you tap your card or phone on the card reader.  

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 best for us. 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,

Fr Peter is celebrating the 6.00 Saturday evening mass. We are most grateful to him.

 

There is much at stake in Northern Ireland, with the conclusion of “The Windsor Framework”. We pray that there be a continuation of the peace in Northern Ireland, that was so hard to win.

 

                           God Bless,                Fr Doug

            

DIOCESAN LENTEN RETREAT: “Renewed in Hope”

It isn’t too late to sign up to receive the weekly Reflection (video) each Monday.  https://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/renewedbyhope

 Alternatively, you can participate with other Christians in Bexley in 3 different church locations with the video projected onto a ‘large screen’ and with a time for shared reflection.

Please note that the lunchtime session here is using the readings for the Sunday following but the morning and evening sessions reflect on the previous Sunday’s readings.

Mondays, 1.30 – 3.00 St. John Fisher Hall. 

Tuesdays 10.30 – 12.00 URC 

Wednesdays 7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. St John’s Church

 

PLANNED GIVING ENVELOPES 

Boxes of Planned Giving Envelopes are now available in the foyer.

Please take your box for the year 2023/2024 today!

Thank you.                                                    Edna Fernandes, Gift Aid Organiser

 

A QUIET DAY FOR HOLY WEEK

Saturday April 1st from 11am to 3pm at Sanctuary, Swanley Village. Come away for a time for space, prayer and reflection as Holy Week approaches. For more information or to book – please email tkilcullen@live.co.uk or call 07977978536

 

CLERGY SUPPORT FUND

Many thanks for your donations last week to the Clergy Support Fund.

 

CAFOD Family Fast Day – Lent Appeal – Friday, 3^rd March

This Lent, your donations to CAFOD’s Family Fast Day Appeal will help families fighting the climate crisis and ensure that our Church network can quickly respond to emergencies, like the recent earthquake in Syria and Turkey.  Give today using the envelope or at cafod.org.uk/give and please join us in praying for CAFOD’s development and emergency response work all over the world.

 

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY  

We can be contacted by leaving a message with the Parish Office, a note through the Presbytery Door or using the Parish email address as above.

 

WORLD YOUTH DAY LISBON –

31st July To 7th August 2023 The Archdiocese of Southwark is taking a group of pilgrims (aged 18-35) to World Youth Day. For info visit https://bit.ly/WYDSouthwark and http://www.lisboa2023.org/en/.

 

SUNDAY 26^th February 2023, 

FIRST SUNDAY of LENT, YEAR A 

Readings: Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7: Psalm 50 Romans 5:12-19, Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11

 

Sat       25^th Feb           17.30  Confessions

                                    18.00                  Joe & Michael McGowan (O’Rourke) 

Sun      26^th Feb        FIRST SUNDAY of LENT   

                                    08.30                  Marilyn Hurley RIP (Fogarty)

                                    10.30                  Maureen Fitzpatrick (Hughes)

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

                                    10.00                   For the Parish

Tues    28^th Feb           09.15                         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00                    Private Intention (Sullivan)

Wed    1^st Mar              09.15  St David         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00                   Dennis Saville (Cannon family)

Thurs  2^nd Mar             08.00                   Priest’s intention

Fri        3^rd Mar             09.15                        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00                    Eileen Geoghegan RIP (Sheehan)

Sat       4^th Mar             17.30                        Confessions

                                    18.00                     For the Parish

Sun      5^th Mar          SECOND SUNDAY of LENT                

                                     08.30                    Ed Jones RIP (Jones)

                                    10.30                     John Hughes (Hughes)

                                    

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      £841.33

Last week:     Earthquake Emergency Fund                                            £1035.18

This week:     Clergy Support Fund (see overleaf)

Next week:    Cafod

 

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. Select a donation amount by pressing one of the amounts.  The screen will read “Please Tap”, and you tap your card or phone on the card reader.  

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 best for us. 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,

This great season of Lent is the time to realign your life with the way of the Lord. The main thing is that we should make the main thing we believe in, the main thing in our lives!  Whatever you do, do some thing!

                                    God Bless,                Fr Doug

            

DIOCESAN LENTEN RETREAT: “Renewed in Hope”

There will be a video and then ideas for reflection along with a written summary. The theme is based on the Sunday readings of Lent. Sign up to receive it. You will then receive an email each Monday with the material. Use this link: https://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/renewedbyhope

 

Alternatively, you can participate with others in 3 different church locations and share the experience with other Christians in Bexley. (The ‘video’ will be projected onto the ‘large screen’ and there will be time for reflection, prayer and sharing)

Please note that the lunchtime session here is using the readings for the Sunday following but the morning and evening sessions are in the week following the Sunday.

Mondays, 1.30 – 3.00 St. John Fisher Hall. We are a week ahead of the other groups.

Tuesdays 10.30 – 12.00 URC (opposite the war memorial) beginning 28^th February

Wednesdays 7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. St John’s Church beginning 1^st March 

 

Last Week: EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY APPEAL

What a wonderful sum was raised last week in this appeal. Well done us!

 

This week: CLERGY SUPPORT FUND

The Clergy Support Fund provides care for priests in their old age and retirement, if they need it, and also in times of ill health. A gift to this fund through today’s retiring collection will ensure dignity for our priests after they have given their lives in service to Christ, His Church and His people. In 2022 the fund provided care to 73 retired priests. Please support them today through your donations and please support them throughout the year in your prayer.

 

Next week: CAFOD Family Fast Day – Lent Appeal – Friday, 3^rd March

This Lent, your donations to CAFOD’s Family Fast Day Appeal will help families fighting the climate crisis and ensure that our Church network can quickly respond to emergencies, like the recent earthquake in Syria and Turkey.  Give today using the envelope or at cafod.org.uk/give and please join us in praying for CAFOD’s development and emergency response work all over the world.

 

ORDINATION

We congratulate Mgr Philip Moger on his ordination as an assistant bishop on Tuesday at our cathedral, and we welcome him into our diocese.  He will be working in both S.E. and S.W. London areas.  His previous post was as Shrine Director at Walsingham.

 

LENTEN QUIET DAY

Sat, 4 March 10– 4, at Srs of St Andrew, Belmont Hill, Lewisham.

 

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY  

We can be contacted by leaving a message with the Parish Office, a note through the Presbytery Door or using the Parish email address as above.

 

SUNDAY 19^th February 2023

SEVENTH SUNDAY, YEAR A 

Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 Psalm 102 1 Corinthians 3:16-23, Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48

 

Sat     18^th Feb              17.30 Confessions

                            18.00                           In Thanksgiving (Kevan) 

 

Sun    19^th Feb    SEVENTH SUNDAY    

                                    08.30                           For the Parish

10.30                            Eileen Wheatley (Hughes)

 

Mon   20^th Feb             09.15                            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00                            In Thanksgiving (Sullivan)

 

Tues   21^st Feb             09.15                            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                            Foundation: Christine Hand RIP

 

Wed   22^nd Feb            09.15                            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Ash Wednesday         10.00                           Kevin Davison RIP (Kirby)

                                    19.30                           The Back family (Back)

 

Thurs  23^rd Feb             08.00 St Polycarp         Priest’s intention

 

Fri      24^th Feb             09.15                            Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                    10.00                            Mary Bush (Bowman)

 

Sat     25^th Feb             17.30                           Confessions

                                    18.00                            Joe & Michael McGowan (O’Rourke)

 

Sun    26^th Feb.    FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT   

                  08.30                           Marilyn Hurley RIP (Fogarty)

                                    10.30                           Maureen Fitzpatrick (Hughes)

                           

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       £859.69 

Last week:      Parish St Vincent de Paul Society                             £436.35

This Week:      Earthquake Emergency Fund – see overleaf

Next week:      Clergy Support Fund

 

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. Select a donation amount by pressing one of the amounts.  The screen will read “Please Tap”, and you tap your card or phone on the card reader.  

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 best for us. 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,

Wednesday sees the start of Lent, but for those taking part in our diocesan Lenten retreat, we get going on Monday with the first session looking at the readings we will hear next Sunday (1^st Sunday of Lent). If you are accessing the sessions at home, you can begin whenever you please!! During Lent there is no Gloria at mass, and we will say the Apostles’ Creed (page 12). 

It is a great season to get your life straight with the support of so many others. Whatever you do, do something!

                   God Bless,                                                  Fr Doug

                                                                                    

DIOCESAN LENTEN RETREAT: “Renewed in Hope”          STARTS THIS MONDAY!!!

There will be a video and then ideas for reflection along with a written summary. The theme is based on the Sunday readings of Lent. Sign up to receive it. You will then receive an email each Monday with the material. Use this link: https://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/renewedbyhope 

 

Alternatively, you can participate with others in 3 different church locations and share the experience with other Christians in Bexley. (The ‘video’ will be projected onto the ‘large screen’ and there will be time for reflection, prayer and sharing) 

Please note that the lunchtime session here is using the readings for the Sunday follow but the morning and evening sessions are in the week following the Sunday.

Mondays, 1.30 – 3.00 St. John Fisher Hall, beginning 20^th February

Tuesdays 10.30 – 12.00 URC (opposite the war memorial) beginning 28^th February

Wednesdays 7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. St John’s Church beginning 1^st March 

EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY APPEAL

In the wake of the terrible earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, CAFOD’s local experts are already on the ground in Syria and responding to the needs of those affected. We have been working in Syria for years providing humanitarian support to families affected by the 12 year long conflict – families who now face another devastating crisis.  We have made an initial allocation of £100,000 to provide urgent humanitarian support – food, water, shelter, medical assistance and winter kits. If you wish to donate online, go to https://cafod.org.uk/give

ORDINATION

We congratulate Mgr Philip Moger on his ordination as an assistant bishop on Tuesday at our cathedral, and we welcome him into our diocese. He will be working in both S.E and S. W. London areas. His previous post was as Shrine Director at Walsingham.

 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY – 

We would like to thank parishioners for their donations in the second collection last week.  We can be contacted by leaving a message with the Parish Office, a note through the Presbytery Door or using the Parish email address as above.

 

CELEBRATE PARENTING FOR FAITH

A new online course for those with babies and toddlers, 5 weeks from February 23 – March 23. 8pm, 45 mins.   https://www.celebratetrust.org/-

Marriage preparation courses are available by emailing mflse@arcos.org.uk.

LENTEN QUIET DAY Sat, 4 March 10– 4 , at Srs of St Andrew, Belmont Hill, Lewisham –