Feast of Saints Peter & Paul 2020
Readings: Acts 12:1-11, Psalm 33, 2Tim 4:6-8, 17-18, Matthew 16:13-19
SERVICES FOR WEEK 28th June – 5th July 2020
Sun 28 June Ss PETER AND PAUL,
Parish Mass – available to engage with via website at any time
Frs Francis and Ed Hartley RIP (Frogley)
8.30 am Private Intention (Morris)
Mon 29 June 8.30 am Pat and Percy Burke (Frake)
10.00 – 11.00 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Private Prayer
Tues 30 June 8.30 am Holy Souls and deceased FOSS members (Anderson)
Weds 01 July 8.30 am Rita Maynard RIP (Sullivan)
10.00 – 11.00 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Private Prayer
Thurs 02 July 8.30 am Those Isolating at Home (SVP)
Fri 03 July 8.30 am St Thomas Our Clergy (OLPG)
10.00 – 11.00 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Private Prayer
Sun 05 July 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)
Parish Mass – available to engage with via website at any time
David and Pat Latimer (Frake)
8.30 am John Herrington RIP (Wheatley)
Please pray for the souls of :
Sharon Ryan-Young Funeral on 29th June at 11.45
Terry Orford Funeral on 6th July at 3.30
Maurice Birmingham
Please pray for those who are suffering from Corona virus and for those who care for them
Prayer of St. Alphonsus – (to be used when making spiritual communion)
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in this Most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come spiritually into my soul so that. I may unite myself wholly to You now and forever. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
FINANCES – from the Diocesan and Parish finance teams.
Many thanks to all who are delivering weekly offerings .
Direct Bank Payments to RCAS St John Fisher Church, Sort code 51 70 14, Account 01831763
Please ensure you put your name on the transaction code so that we can thank you later.
LINKS AND CONTACTS.
Our Diocese of Southwark: http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk Lots of information and further links.
Bexley Council Helpline: 020 3045 5398. The helpline is open from 8am to 6pm.
Dear Parishioners,
You may be aware that the government is to allow public services to take place in churches from next Weekend, but with very severe restrictions. The conditions imposed will not by any means allow us to “return to normal”.
Our Parish Council is meeting early in the week to discern the best way forward for St. John Fisher and I will report its decisions to you all alongside my mid-week “Ramblings”.
So this week we will be open for prayer before the Blessed Sacrament between 10.00 and 11.00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday just as we have been for these last few weeks.
The weekend again, will be the same as it has been up till now.
We hope to restore weekday masses after that (from July 6th) but serious decisions need to be made about the following weekend, as I say. So watch this space!
For this coming week the following applies to all those wishing to visit the church for private prayer:
• Anyone who is unwell or who is isolating should not attend.
• Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will commence before the doors open and conclude after they are closed. There will be no Benediction.
• Doors will remain open to ensure good ventilation and to avoid touching handles etc.
• Anyone under 16 must be with an adult.
• A limited number of people will be able to enter the church and “take a pew” with social distancing applied except for members of the same household or who are in a ‘Bubble’.
• Hands will need to be cleansed on entry. We have a hand dispenser available for those who do not have their own.
• Votive candles can be lit by taking a light from ones already lit.
• Masks will not be a requirement.
• Given that the virus only lasts on surfaces for a limited time, different seating areas in the church will be used each day.
• There will be no toilet facilities available.
• Two stewards are on duty each time the church is open to ensure this safe practice.
We are grateful to the stewards who have volunteered to staff the church during these opening times. One will be in the porch to give instructions and one will be in the church to supervise and to usher.
Those who volunteered to help cleanse the church will be all-important in the process of opening for Sunday masses!
OUR SUNDAY PARISH MASS will be available on the website in the (now) normal way.
PRAYER INTENTIONS
We cannot use our parish prayer intentions book because the virus can be passed from one to another via its surface so I will place at the foot of the sanctuary a basket and anyone who wishes can bring in or send in prayer intentions which those in church will pray for in a general way and which I will offer up in our Sunday Mass. None will be read, let alone read out loud.
• If you haven’t found the parish mass, then on the website: http://www.stjohnfisherbexley.org go to the Sunday Mass button and click on there.
• If you are a Parish Reader you can exercise your ministry by emailing Peter Murphy on contact@stjohnfisherbexley.org
• The parish office is open on a limited basis.
• You can receive this newsletter by email and also my mid-week “Ramblings” by emailing me at douglasbull@rcaos.org.uk
God Bless
Please print off the screenshots of this newsletter and post it through the door of any parishioner you know without electronic access and make sure everyone feels okay and feels connected.
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