SUNDAY 7^th November 2021 

32^nd SUN (B) 

Readings: 1 Kings 17:10-16, Psalm 145, Hebrews 9:24-28, Matthew 12:38-44.

 

SERVICES FOR WEEK  6^th – 14^th November 2021  

 

Sat      6^th Nov             11.00                                      Confessions

                                    18.00                                      Thanksgiving Ss Anthony & Joseph (Fogarty)    

 

Sun     7^th Nov         32^nd  SUN (B)                       

08.30                                      Gino Mansi RIP (Jones) 

                                        10.30                                      Maureen Watkins (Choir)

 

Mon     8^th Nov          09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                 10.00                                      Bernie King: Birthday (Fitzpatrick)

 

Tues    9^th Nov          09.15  Lateran Basilica              Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                 10.00                                      Patsy Goodman RIP (SVP Friends)

 

Weds   10^th Nov      09.15  St Leo the Great             Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                      10.00                                      Eucharistic Service

 

Fri        12^th Nov        09.15  St Josaphat                    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament                  

                                  10.00                                      Tony Sullivan RIP (Sullivan)

 

Sat      13^th Nov        11.00                                      Confessions

                                 18.00                                      Ivor John Burton-Bowen RIP (Wood)

 

Sun     14^th Nov       33^rd  SUNDAY (B)               

            08.30                                      Foundation Mass Vincent Jeyaseelan RIP

                                         10.30                                      Jim Henry RIP (Henry)

            

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are streamed live and can be viewed on this via this link.

Recordings are available there for a week or so. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES   

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS St John Fisher – Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

 

Many thanks for your collection last week:                                 £851.00 incl standing orders

Special Collection next week – Archbishop’s Fund for Diocesan Administration

            

CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS

The Herald by subscription: Ring 0207 448 3607 or go to http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/subscribe

 

COVID PROCEDURES

In church please:

·      Continue to wear masks on Sundays unless you are in space or are exempt. 

·      At weekday masses you only need to wear masks if you are close to someone else. 

·      Socially distance 1metre. In other words, keep a space between yourself and anyone else.

·      Continue to make your Offertory Contribution on entry.

 

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE – Noon Wednesday and please email if possible.

 

 

            As we enter November our thoughts turn to those loved ones who have gone before us:

• We have a Book of Remembrance that will be brought to the altar in the offertory procession so that those whose names you record in it will be prayed for during the mass.
• Next weekend we celebrate Remembrance Sunday and we will pray for those who died during the two world wars.
• The following weekend (20/21 Nov) we will pray for those who have had funerals here during the past year. Each of their names will be read out loud and a candle will be lit in remembrance of each soul. A final candle will be lit for all those listed in the Book of Remembrance. (This will occur on the sanctuary as the procession by parishioners holding candles has not been allowed in church for several years.) This can be a very moving occasion and you are encouraged to invite anyone you know who might wish to remember loved ones in this way.                                     

COP26 PRAYER

Loving God, We praise your name with all you have created.

You are present in the whole universe, and in the smallest of creatures.

We acknowledge the responsibilities you have placed upon us as stewards of your creation.

May the Holy Spirit inspire all political leaders at COP26 as they seek to embrace the changes needed to foster a more sustainable society.

Instil in them the courage and gentleness to implement fairer solutions for the poorest and most vulnerable and commit their nations to the care of Our Common Home.

We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son. Amen

CAFOD has more ideas about what we can do. Visit their website: cafod.org.uk/campaign/COP26

 

CHURCH SYNOD

Please put your completed questionnaire in the box in the porch. Please accept our thanks.

 

PARISH SOCIAL EVENING – SATURDAY, 13 NOVEMBER AT 7PM

This is an informal get together with a special welcome to those who are new to the parish.  Please bring your own nibbles.  Children of all ages are welcome and you can leave at any time.  The bar will be open and there will be a raffle with all proceeds in aid of the parish and prize donations are welcome.  Tickets are available after Mass.  The event will be run along Covid guidelines.

 

MEETING PLACE

The Meeting Place will be open in the Hall on Wednesday, 10^th November from 9.30 till 1.30 with a lunchtime menu available.  All are welcome, please spread the word.

 

JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION AUTUMN ASSEMBLY 2021

The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission Autumn Assembly entitled ‘COP26’ What next? Is a continued response to the huge environmental issues of our time.  At Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Brixton Hill, SATURDAY 20^th NOVEMBER from 10 a.m. onwards.  Please bring a packed lunch.  Tea and coffee provided. Email jpiccontact@rcaos.org.uk to reserve your place.  

 

CEMETERY BLESSINGS OF GRAVES NOVEMBER 2021 – Kemnal Park – Sat. 6 Nov. at 2 pm, Hillview Welling – Sun 7 Nov. at 1.30 pm  Sidcup – Sun. 7 Nov. at 2.30 pm        Bexleyheath – Sun. 7 Nov. at 2.30 pm   Brook St. Erith – Sun.14 Nov. at 3 pm   Plumstead – Sun 14 Nov. at 1.30 pm     Woolwich –  14 Nov. at 2 pm        Chislehurst – 20^th November at 12 noon.

SUNDAY 31^st  October 2021 

ALL SAINTS 

Readings: Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14  Psalm 23, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12.

 

SERVICES FOR WEEK  30^th  October – 7^th November 2021  

Sat      30^th Oct    11.00                           Confessions

                            18.00                           Christa Frake RIP (Frake)                               

Sun    31^st  Oct   ALL SAINTS                 

                             08.30                            For the Parish 

                            10.30                           Tony Moffat RIP (Stanton)

Mon     1^st Nov    09.15                           Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00                           Dorothy Speed (Frake)       

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

                            10.00                           Deceased Relatives/Friends (Li/Sparkes family)

Weds   3^rd Nov  11.00                           Funeral for Dennis O’Sullivan

Fri      5^th Nov     09.15                           Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament           

                            10.00                           Rita Maynard RIP (Sullivan)

Sat    6^th Nov       11.00                           Confessions

                            18.00                           Thanksgiving Ss Anthony & Joseph (Fogarty)

Sun    7^th Nov     32^nd SUNDAY (B)                

                            08.30                      Gino Mansi RIP (Jones)

                            10.30                           Maureen Watkins (Choir)

                                                                           

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

All masses are now streamed live and can be viewed via this link.

Recordings will also be available there for a week or so. The weekly sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES          

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS St John Fisher – Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763

Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.

Many thanks for your collection last week:    £784.69 incl standing orders

Special Collection:  Missio                             £284.52

         

CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS

The Herald by subscription: Ring 0207 448 3607 or go to http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/subscribe

 

COVID PROCEDURES

In church please:

•           Continue to cleanse your hands on entry.

•           Continue to wear masks on Sundays unless you are in space or are exempt. 

•           At weekday masses you only need to wear masks if you are close to someone else. 

•           Socially distance 1metre. In other words, keep a space between yourself and anyone else.

•           Continue to make your Offertory Contribution on entry.

 

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE – Noon Wednesday and please email if possible.

 

MEETING PLACE

Please Note The Meeting Place Will Be Closed On Wednesday, 3^rd November And Will Reopen On 10 November.

 

 

At last, the COP26 Climate Talks get underway in Glasgow this week.

This Conference is about subject matter that is absolutely vital to the future – ultimately to the future of the entire planet, but most imminently to the most vulnerable people on earth, the poor and the powerless. I can’t think of any moral issue that should engage us more than this, and I urge you to keep it in your prayers and to use any opportunity you are offered to help make things better, or at least to slow down the decline of our planet.  We owe it to the next generation.         

                                                               

 

COP26 PRAYER

Loving God, We praise your name with all you have created.

You are present in the whole universe, and in the smallest of creatures.

We acknowledge the responsibilities you have placed upon us as stewards of your creation.

May the Holy Spirit inspire all political leaders at COP26 as they seek to embrace the changes needed to foster a more sustainable society.

Instil in them the courage and gentleness to implement fairer solutions for the poorest and most vulnerable, and commit their nations to the care of Our Common Home.

We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son. Amen

CAFOD has more ideas about what we can do. Visit their website: cafod.org.uk/campaign/COP26

 

CHURCH SYNOD

Larissa and Rob O’Halloran, our parish delegates in the World Synod process, compiled a brief questionnaire which they ask you to complete and return to the church by next weekend. If you took and completed the form last week, we ask you to place it in the box in the porch. Please accept our thanks. If you would like to take a form away with you today then you are most welcome to do so.

 

WELCOME TO CHARLOTTE RIVETT

At the 10.30 mass this weekend, Charlotte will be received into full Communion with the Church. She will be baptised and confirmed and will then receive Holy Communion for the first time. Congratulations to her!

 

PARISH SOCIAL EVENING – SATURDAY, 13 NOVEMBER AT 7PM

This is an informal get together with a special welcome to those who are new to the parish.  Please bring your own nibbles.  Children of all ages are welcome and you can leave at any time.  The bar will be open and there will be a raffle with all proceeds in aid of the parish and prize donations are welcome.  Tickets are available after Mass.  The event will be run along Covid guidelines.

 

JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION AUTUMN ASSEMBLY 2021

The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission Autumn Assembly entitled ‘COP26’ What next? Is a continued response to the huge environmental issues of our time.  At Corpus Christy Catholic Church, Brixton Hill, SATURDAY 20^th NOVEMBER from 10 a.m. onwards.  Entrance is free.  All welcome.  Email jpiccontact@rcaos.org.uk to reserve your place.  Please bring a packed lunch.  Tea and coffee provided.

 

SUNDAY 24th October 2021

30th SUNDAY (B)
Readings: Jeremiah 31:7-9, Psalm 125, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark 10:46-52.

SERVICES FOR WEEK 23rd – 31st October 2021
Sat 23th Oct                       11.00    Confessions
18.00            John & Helen Evans RIP (Evans)

Sun 24th Oct 30th SUNDAY (B)
08.30           Emily & Aidan O’Neill (Keenan)
10.30            Margaret & Frederick Staveley RIP (Botterill)

Mon 25th Oct                   09.15  Forty Martyrs               Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00             Ben Van Leeuwen (Bowman)

Tues 26th Oct                  09.15              Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00               Sister John Bowman RIP (Bowman)

Weds 27th Oct                09.15               Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00               Les Truman RIP (Truman Family)

Fri 29th Oct                    09.15               Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
10.00               David Latimer RIP (Speed)

Sat 30th Oct                  11.00                 Confessions
18.00                 Christa Frake RIP (Frake)

Sun 31st Oct ALL SAINTS
08.30                 For the Parish
10.30                 Tony Moffat RIP (Stanton)

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE
All masses are now streamed live and can be viewed on this website via this link.

Most recordings will also be available there for a week or so. The weekly sermon is also on the website in printed form on the “Fr Doug” page.

FINANCES –
Direct Bank Payments to RCAS St John Fisher – Bexley, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763
Please put your name and if you use envelopes, your envelope number, as the code.
Many thanks for your collection last week: £906.26 including standing orders
Special Collections This Week Missio

CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS
The Herald by subscription: Ring 0207 448 3607 or go to http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/subscribe

COVID PROCEDURES – In church please:
• Continue to cleanse your hands on entry.
• Continue to wear masks on Sundays unless you are in space or are exempt.
• At weekday masses you only need to wear masks if you are close to someone else.
• Socially distance 1metre. In other words, keep a space between yourself and anyone else.
• Continue to make your Offertory Contribution on entry.

This week I was present at a Mass in St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh to mark its closure. Many of the priests of the diocese, including me, were trained there. It was sad to observe that numbers wishing to be trained there cannot justify its continuation. Priests for our diocese are now being trained at Allen Hall, in Chelsea. It is also true that many of the priests serving in our diocese are from abroad. We are blessed in their ministry but we should also renew our efforts to pray for, to encourage, and to support vocations to the priesthood in our own country.
God bless.

MISSION SUNDAY
The second collection weekend of the 23rd and 24th October is Misso. Anyone with Red Boxes please empty them and put money in the 2nd Collection. Missions need money more than ever this yearl. Misso contact Sue Mantle: 07955416185 or suejmantle@hotmail.com

PARISH SOCIAL EVENING – SATURDAY, 13 NOVEMBER AT 7PM
This is an informal get together with a special welcome to those who are new to the parish. Please bring your own nibbles. Children of all ages are welcome and you can leave at any time. The bar will be open and there will be a raffle with all proceeds in aid of the parish and prize donations are welcome. Tickets are available after Mass. The event will be run along Covid guidelines.

CHURCH SYNOD
Our parish respresentatives are Larissa and Rob O’Halloran and we are most grateful to them for taking a lead in this process that starts off at parish level but grows into the diocesan stage and then the national stage before reaching the world state in Rome!
After reviewing the materials, they have compiled a brief questionnaire which they ask you to complete and return to the church within the next two weeks. The document is available for you to take away from church today. Please help if you can.

COP26 – Campaign for the Climate – CAFOD
The COP26 climate change meeting in Glasgow will soon take place. CAFOD has a number of suggestions for activities to help support COP26. They include saying the COP26 prayer which the Bishops Conference has written, signing the COP26 petition, saying the new Care of Creation Rosary Mysteries. All the information for these activities can be found on the CAFOD website at cafod.org.uk/campaign/COP26

SPUC Campaign Meeting in Bexleyheath – Monday 25th October 2021 7pm-9pm at St. John Vianney RC Church, 21 Heathfield Road, Bexleyheath DA6 8NP

JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION AUTUMN ASSEMBLY 2021 – The Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission Autumn Assembly entitled ‘COP26’ What next? Is a continued response to the huge environmental issues of our time. At Corpus Christy Catholic Church, Brixton Hill, SATURDAY 20th NOVEMBER from 10 a.m. onwards. Entrance is free. All welcome. Email jpiccontact@rcaos.org.uk to reserve your place. Please bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.

MEETING PLACE – We are now open in the Hall on Wednesdays from 9.30 till 1.30 with a lunchtime menu available. All are welcome; spread the word.
WE NEED HELP with putting up tables and taking them down again. We would want to establish a rota for this. Please ring Anne Rayer for more details.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE – Noon Wednesday and please email if possible.