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PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
4th SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

Readings: Malachi 3:1-4;  Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40

MASS INTENTIONS FOR WEEK 1-9 Feb 2020

Sat 1 Feb   6pm Ivor John Burton-Bowen RIP (Oonagh Wood)

Sun 2 Feb   8.30am Private Intention
                    10.30am Martin Lacey RIP (Unknown donor)

Mon 3 Feb   9.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                    10am Sonny Sheehan RIP (Eileen)

Tues 4 Feb   7pm Eucharistic Service
                    Followed by Exposition and Our Lady & St. Pio Prayer Group

Wed 5 Feb   9.30 am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                    10am Intentions of Colin Anderson (Carol Anderson)

Thur 6 Feb   9.00 am Eucharistic Service

Fri 7 Feb   9.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                    10.00 am Donal & Patrick Sheehan (Eileen Sheehan)

Sat 8 Feb   9am Eucharistic Service
                    6pm Sonny Sheehan RIP (Eileen)

Sun 9 Feb   8.30am Teresa & Nicola Fan RIP (Adelina, Fred and families)
                    10.30am William Dawson-Assam (Ben & Barbara Assam)

Reconciliation Times: Sat 5.30pm (before Mass)

Prayers for the Sick: Tony Laws, David Latimer, Colin Anderson, Joe Reape, Giulio Venturi, Anne Newton, Bridie Cripps, Ray Blackman and all those with ongoing poor health.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION – 26/1/20
First Collection £986.12
Retiring Collection for Bexley Deanery Developing World Group £180.30
Next week’s 2nd collection is for Racial Justice

ST JOHN FISHER QUIZ NIGHT (FOR CHURCH FUNDS) 8 February 2020, 7-11 pm in the hall. Tables of 6 – £8 per person. Raffle and quizzes. Licensed bar and bring your own nibbles. Tickets to be available after Sunday masses or contact Anny Hyde on 07973 656 166.

CAR PARK PERMITS: This is now up for renewal – £10.00 for the year. Forms at the back of the Church. Many thanks for your support in this enterprise.

RECRUITMENT OF HEADTEACHER The Governors of St. Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School in Mortlake, London, SW14 8HE are looking to recruit a Headteacher to take up post in September 2020. For more information, please see the school website – https://www.st-marymagdalens.richmond.sch.uk/ or contact Evelyn Fernandes at admin@st.marymagdalens.richmond.sch.uk for an application pack.

HEADTEACHER REQUIRED SEPTEMBER 2020 – The Govenors of St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Crescent Road, Woolwich, London, SE18 3BN are looking to appoint a new Headteacher for September 2020. For more information regarding application and to arrange visits to the school please contact the School Senior Administration Officer, Jacqueline Shepherd at the school. Email: sao1@stpeters.greenwich.sch.uk or call 0208 295 0028. Please feel free to view school website on: http://www.stpeters.greenwich.sch.uk

READERS – please collect the new rota from the Sacristy. With thanks for sharing this important Ministry. New readers are always welcome. Kathy Fogarty – k.fogarty@ntlworld.com

BEXLEY DEANERY DEVELOPING WORLD GROUP – Thank you for your kind donation of £150.30 on Sunday, 26th January. We have now completed our 2nd project to help older children on the streets of Kissy in Sierra Leone to learn skills to enable them to find work. If you have any queries concerning the group please contact our Parish Representative, Maria Ward on 01322 555553.

THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

 

Readings: Isaiah 8:23-9:3,   1 Corinthians 1:10-13, Matthew 4:12-17

 Click above to hear Fr Doug’s sermon.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR WEEK  26 Jan – 2 Feb 2020

 

Sat 25 Jan               6pm               Tom Barrett RIP (Wood)

Sun 26 Jan             8.30am        William Stevens RIP (Julie & Steve)
                                 10.30am         Veronica Morton RIP (Fordham)

Mon 27 Jan            9.30am        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                                    10am             John Gerard Lowney (Sheehan)

Tues 28 Jan           7pm               Eucharistic Service 
                                    Followed by Exposition and Our Lady & St. Pio Prayer Group

Wed 29 Jan            9.30am        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                                   10am    Mary, Liam, Marie & Fiona Higgins RIP (Sheehan)

Thurs 30 Jan         9am               Eucharistic Service

Fri 31 Jan                9.30am        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                                 10am           Percy & Pat Burke for Christmas (Fitzpatrick)

Sat 1 Feb                  9am               Eucharistic Service
                                   6pm               Ivor John Burton-Bowen RIP (Wood)

Sun 26 Jan              8.30am        Private Intentions
                                 10.30am      Martin Lacey RIP

Reconciliation Times:               Sat 9.30am (after Mass) and Sat 5.30pm (before Mass)

Prayers for the Sick:  Tony Laws, David Latimer, Colin Anderson, Joe Reape, Giulio Venturi, Anne Newton, Bridie Cripps, Ray Blackman and for all those with ongoing poor health.

 OFFERTORY COLLECTION – 19/1/2020
Collection  Total £909.20    Many Thanks
This week’s retiring collection is for Bexley Deanery Developing World Group.

ST JOHN FISHER QUIZ NIGHT (FOR CHURCH FUNDS):  8 February 2020, 7-11pm in the hall.  Tables of 6 – £8 per person.  Raffle and quizzes.  Licensed bar and bring your own nibbles.  Tickets to be available after Sunday masses or contact Anny Hyde on 07973 656 166.

RECRUITMENT OF HEADTEACHER The governors of St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School in Mortlake, London SW14 8HE are looking to recruit a Headteacher to take up post in September 2020.  For more information, please see the school website – https://www.st-marymagdalens.richmond.sch.uk/  or contact Evelyn Fernandes at
admin@st-marymagdalens.richmond.sch.uk for an application pack.”

GIFT AID:  Please remember to collect your Gift Aid envelopes and boxes from the back of the Church.

SPECIAL MINISTERS:  Please collect your new rotas from the Sacristy. Many thanks, Patricia and Kathy.

CAR PARK PERMITS:  This is now up for renewal – £10.00 for the year. Forms at the back of the Church. Many thanks for your support in this enterprise.

E-MAIL SCAM:  Some parishioners have received e-mail from a gmail address which appears to be from Father Doug. It asked to purchase a gift card on his behalf. Please be aware and DO NOT REPLY as this is a scam. A correct  e-mail address from Fr. Doug will end with rcaos.org.uk

FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN:  “Very many thanks for your kind attention during and response to the campaign on our parish financial commitments. We are working through the many forms and we should be able to report more fully in February.

• Envelope boxes for some new pledges have been prepared and will be in the porch for collection
• Similarly for new pledges using standing orders, some packs of second collection envelopes are in the porch for collection
• If your pack or box is not there we shall be preparing them next month
• If you took the form home to insert details please bring it back and give it to Fr Doug or pop it through the presbytery letter box in an envelope marked for his attention.
• For those setting up standing orders on line, please do pop a note in the presbytery so that the finance team can identify the receipt in the bank statements.
• If you missed the campaign there are some spare copies of the newsletters available for your consideration and completion”.         Thank you, John Rayer

“The God Who Speaks” – Year of the Word 2020: To mark the special Year of the Word Archbishop John Wilson is inviting all Parishes in the diocese to join him for a special diocesan gathering in Aylesford on Saturday 27th June. More details will be published in due course, but please save the date in your diary.

SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

‘We celebrate the Servant of God who came to do the Father’s will in perfect obedience. Yet he was more than a servant. John the Baptist calls him the Lamb, the chosen one of God’

Readings: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34

Click above to hear Fr Doug’s sermon.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR WEEK 19-26 Jan 2020

Sat 18 Jan   6pm Antonio Dos Santos RIP (Dos Santos)

Sun 19 Jan   8.30am Deceased Members of Dunne Family (Haylett)
                      10.30am Derek Harmer RIP (Cunningham)

Mon 20 Jan   9.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                      10am Dan & Julia Harrington + Patrick & Mary Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

Tues 21 Jan   7pm Carol Hughes & Family (Fitzpatrick)
                      Followed by Exposition and Our Lady & St Pio Prayer Group

Wed 22 Jan   9.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
                      10am Intentions of Choir Members (Choir)

Thurs 23 Jan   9am Eucharistic Service

Fri 24 Jan   No 10am Mass
                    2pm Funeral Mass for Peggy Whiteside

Sat 25 Jan   9am Peter & Susan Murphy & Family (Fitzpatrick)
                       6pm Tom Barrett RIP (Wood)

Sun 26 Jan   8.30am William Stevens RIP (Julie & Steve)
                      10.30am Veronica Morton RIP (Fordham Family)

Reconciliation Times: Sat 9.30am (after Mass) and Sat 5.30pm (before Mass)

Prayers for the Sick: Tony Laws, David Latimer, Colin Anderson, Joe Reape, Giulio Venturi, Anne Newton, Bridie Cripps, Ray Blackman and for all those with ongoing poor health.

Anniversaries: Fr Vincent Ryan, Michael Dooley, Maudie Thompson, Chris Symmonds, Patrick Stanley, Christopher Lynch, Tom Johnson, Arthur Moss.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION – 12/1/2020
1st Collection Gift Aid £458.90, Loose £300.85, Total £759.75.
2nd Collection, Catholic Children’s Society, Loose £215.76, Total £215.76.
Next week’s retiring collection is for Bexley Deanery Developing World Group.

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 18-25 JANUARY During this week congregations and parishes all over the world arrange special ecumenical celebrations and prayer services. You are warmly invited to join parishioners from our nine Churches Together in Old Bexley at 3pm on Sunday 19 January for a service hosted by St James the Great, Bladindon Drive, Penhill Road DA5 3BP. Kathy Fogarty, Parish Christian Unity Contact, 07963 454480.

DAVID BRAILSFORD RIP The Funeral Service for David Brailsford will take place on Wed 22 Jan at 3pm at Eastbourne Crematorium. Family and friends will meet afterward at The Ship, Eastbourne.

READERS Please collect the new rota from the Sacristy. Thank you for sharing this important Ministry. New readers are always welcome. Contact Kathy Fogarty at k.fogarty@ntlworld.com.

ST JOHN FISHER QUIZ NIGHT (FOR CHURCH FUNDS) 8 February 2020, 7-11pm in the hall. Tables of 6 – £8 per person. Raffle and quizzes. Licensed bar and bring your own nibbles. Tickets available after Sunday masses or contact Anny Hyde on 07973 656166.

PLANNED GIVING – THANK YOU
‘For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.’ – 1 Chronicles 29: 14-16.
Thank you for taking part in our ‘Planned Giving’ appeal last weekend.
At the back of the church there are addressed envelopes for all parishioners who signed a promise card last week. If you asked for a standing order form (bankers order) or a new batch of donation envelopes, you shall find them inside your addressed envelope. Please take a few minutes to collect your letter when you leave Mass today.
If you are new to the parish, or missing a promise card last weekend, and would like a box of donation envelopes, or to donate to the parish by standing order (Bankers order) or wish to Gift Aid, please complete a promise card at the back of the Church today and post it through our Presbytery letterbox.
Once again, thank you for all that you do. Please keep our parish in your prayers.

PADRE PIO REHABILITATION CENTRE
Fr Doug’s recent visit to the Centre in Ghana is recorded in photos in a display on the board on the way in to our Hall. Take time to have a look!

RECRUITMENT OF FOUNDATION GOVERNORS Christ the King Sixth Form are looking for two new Foundation Governors with professional backgrounds in finance. Individuals need to be committed practising Catholics. For more information visit http://www.fea.co.uk/ctk-gov or email jo.johnston@fea.co.uk.

BUDDING YOUNG JOURNALIST COMPETITION
If you are between 15 and 18 you can submit an article or short video on the topic “Tackling Our Throwaway Culture” to the Columban Missionaries’ competition. Prizes of up to £300.
Details on Notice Board and @ http://www.columbancompetition.com. Deadline 14th February

RECRUITMENT OF HEADTEACHER The governors of St Mary Magdalen’s Catholic Primary School in Mortlake, London SW14 8HE are looking to recruit a Headteacher to take up post in September 2020. For more information, please see the school website at https://www.st-marymagdalens.richmond.sch.uk or contact Evelyn Fernandes at admin@st-marymagdalens.richmond.sch.uk for an application pack.