Newsletter

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

The Shepherd and Guardian of Our Souls
Today we rejoice in the Lord our Shepherd, who calls us to Himself

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday 6 May       9.00am Holy Souls
                                    6.00pm Joy Hubbard RIP
                                               (Eileen Sheehan & family)

Sunday 7 May       8.30am Parishioners
                                  10.30am Tony Sullivan RIP – Birthday (Marie)

Monday 8 May      NO 9.00am MASS
                                  12.00 Funeral Mass for JOHN BREEN

Tuesday 9 May      7.00pm Joan Welch (Marie Sullivan)
        Followed by Adoration & Our Lady & St Pio’s Prayer Group

Wednesday 10 May     10.00am Elizabeth and Mick Minihane RIP
                                             (Eileen Sheehan & Family)

Thursday 11 May       9.00am Eucharistic Service

Friday 12 May       9.00am Wellbeing of Teresa Gilby
                                   (AIC Saturday Friends)

Saturday 13 May     9.00am Wellbeing of Barbara Felton
                                               (Anita Felton)
                                6.00pm Kit and Hugh O’Reilly
                                               (Eileen Sheehan and family)

Sunday 14 May   8.30am Parishioners
                              10.30am Deceased members of the Lyons family
                                               (Danny and Kay)

Sick: Audrey O’Hara, Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones, John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Elvira Vaz, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, Mary Stubbs, Una Carpenter, John Harrington, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski, Angela Gillespie, Ann McDonald, Eileen Weald, Geoff Birch, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Clare Kent.

Anniversaries: Mairead McKenna, John Dennis Harrington, Kathleen Holland.

Feast Days: Sat: St John Apostle and Evangelist; Fri: St Nereus & Achilleus, Martyrs, St Pancras, Martyr

ROTAS: Readers: Saturday 6pm Carol Anderson Sunday 8.30am Bridie Haylett 10.30am Sarah Finlay.   Photocopying of Newsletter: John Stanton .  Newsletter Typist: Ruth Powers.   Collection for 8.30 Mass Mr T Lee.   Parishioner Attending To Front of Church on Saturdays: Ken Crump.   Flower Arranging: Sue Murphy and Mary Kevan.   Eucharistic Ministers Saturday 6 pm Ann Harris (1) Ivan Pereira (2) Sun 8.30am Peter Hammond (3) Peter Whiffen (4) Sun 10.30am Paul Rowland (5) Mary Henden (6) Rob O’Halloran (7) Volunteer (8) Molly Robins (9). Washing of Purificators: Kathy Connolly.

JOHN STEPHEN BREEN RIP: John’s Funeral Mass will be held at St John Fisher on Monday 8th May at 12 noon.

Collections Sunday April 30th
Offertory:           Gift Aid £315.85; Loose £239.71; Total £567.31
2nd Collection, St George’s Cathedral: Gift Aid £77.79; Loose £136.32; Total £214.11
This week’s second collection is for the Ecclesiastical Education Fund

A DAY WITH MARY: Saturday 27th May 2017, St Anselm, West Hill, Dartford, Kent. Website: http://www.adaywithmary.org Parishioners are encouraged to attend. Prayers will be offered for your intentions.

PARISH COUNCIL AGM: Friday 19th May at 8.0pm in the hall.

EVENTS TEAM: Following the Christmas Fayre and the New Year Day Lunch, to assist Fr Christian, an Events Team has recently been set up to co-ordinate social events in the Parish. The Jazz Night was successfully organised by The Truman Girls and Cliff Thomas is organising a Quiz Night for 3rd June 2017 (see below). In the future, we hope to set up activities for some Friday evenings. Watch this space for future events. Contact no. 01322 523 499.

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING – Wed 17th May when we will show “the best film ever made” about Fatima to celebrate the 100th anniversary. Film dramatizes the true story of 3 young shepherds who experienced apparitions with a “Lady from Heaven” between May and October 1917, and which culminated in the final prophesized miracle.
The film will be shown in St John Fisher Bexley Church Hall, admission free, light refreshments served, bar open, charity stall selling jams and cakes, and all are welcome. Arrivals from 7 pm for 7:30 pmstart.

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT: St John Fisher Church Hall, Saturday 3rd June 2017 (doors open 7pm). Licensed Bar. Waitress Service. Bring your own nibbles. £6 per ticket (profits to nominated charities). Tickets from Cliff Thomas, 07769 668 644.

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

Christ With Us On The Way Of Life
Christ has made known to us the true way of life and ransomed us from the useless way of life handed down to us. He is with us today in the breaking of bread.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Saturday 29 April         9.00am Holy Souls
                                        6.00pm Guy Delpaul (Lindsay Delpaul)

Sunday 30 April           8.30am Arthur Moss RIP (Mrs P Coyne)
                                        10.30am Paula Moore-Jones RIP (The McCormick Family)

Monday 1 May          10.00am Wellbeing of Sylvia Chandler (Miriam Colvill)

Tuesday 2 May          7.00pm Holy Souls
                                     Followed by Adoration & Our Lady & St Pio’s Prayer Group

Wednesday 3 May           10.00am Daniel Harrington RIP (Eileen Sheehan & Family)

Thursday 4 May           9.00am Eucharistic Service

Friday 5 May           9.00am Holy Souls
                                   First Friday Adoration at 9:30am for 1 hour.

Saturday 6 May           9.00am Holy Souls
                                      6.00pm Joy Hubbard RIP (Eileen Sheehan & Family))

Sunday 7 May           8.30am Parishioners
                                      10.30am Tony Sullivan RIP: Birthday (Marie)

Sick: Audrey O’Hara, Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones, John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Elvira Vaz, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, Mary Stubbs, Una Carpenter, John Harrington, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski, Angela Gillespie, Ann McDonald, Eileen Weald, Geoff Birch, Maureen Fitzpatrick, Clare Kent.

Anniversaries: George Lott, David Smythe, Mary Brady, Madeline Bull, Sean Rahim, Margaret McQuaid.

Feast Days: Sunday: St Pius V, Pope. Monday: St Joseph the Worker. Tuesday: St Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Wednesday: Saints Philip and James, Apostles. Thursday: The English Martyrs. Saturday: St John, Apostle and Evangelist.

ROTAS: Readers: Saturday 6pm Kathy Fogarty Sunday 8.30am Larissa O’Halloran 10.30am Ryan Bernarte.   Photocopying of Newsletter: Emma Fox .  Newsletter Typist: Venus Bernarte.   Collection for 8.30 Mass Mr V Jeyaseelan.   Parishioner Attending To Front of Church on Saturdays: Giovanni Aletta.   Flower Arranging: Mary J.   Eucharistic Ministers Saturday 6 pm Mary Henden (1) Peter Whiffen (2) Sun 8.30am Marlene Burt (3) Ann Hyde (4) Sun 10.30am Kathy Connelly (5) Eileen Wheatley (6) Carole Hughes (7) Dorothy Speed (8) Margaret Gillis (9). Washing of Purificators: Norma Brooker.

JOHN STEPHEN BREEN RIP: John’s Funeral Mass will be held at St John Fisher on Monday 8th May at 12 noon.

SISTER ANGELA WOOTTON: Would like to wish all her dear friends and parishioners a very blessed Easter and to remind all that she greatly appreciates visitors and, when possible, “getting out”. Our beloved Sister still lives at ‘Shalom’, 83 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ. If possible, ‘phone first on 01322 528 408.

A DAY WITH MARY: Saturday 27th May 2017, St Anselm, West Hill, Dartford, Kent. Website: http://www.adaywithmary.org Parishioners are encouraged to attend. Prayers will be offered for your intentions.

MONASTIC CHOIR CONCERT: 3rd May 2017, 7.30 pm at St Anselm’s, West Hill, Dartford DA1 2HJ. The concert is led by the choir from St Elisabeth Convent, Minsk. The admission price is your voluntary donation and all proceeds will go to charity. After the concert, there will be a special exhibit from the workshops of St Elisabeth Convent. Website: catalog.obitel-minsk.com

CHURCH FLOWERS: Thank you for all the kind comments about the flowers at Easter and many thanks for your support towards the costs of keeping the church decorated. So far this year, we have collected just over £50 from the wall box at the back of the church. Sue Murphy.

PARISH WEBSITE: The Parish website: stjohnfisherbexley.org has called in the decorators to give it a new look to celebrate its first Birthday. However, it’s got a long way to go to catch up with the Parish newsletter which is now 50 years old! It was launched at the end of April 1967 and is still going strong – 2,609 weeks later! Peter Murphy.

EVENTS TEAM: Following the Christmas Fayre and the New Year Day Lunch, to assist Fr Christian, an Events Team has recently been set up to co-ordinate social events in the Parish. The Jazz Night was successfully organised by The Truman Girls and Cliff Thomas is organising a Quiz Night for 3rd June 2017 (see below). In the future, we hope to set up activities for some Friday evenings. Watch this space for future events. Contact no. 01322 523 499.

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING – Wed 17th May when we will show “the best film ever made” about Fatima to celebrate the 100th anniversary. Film dramatizes the true story of 3 young shepherds who experienced apparitions with a “Lady from Heaven” between May and October 1917, and which culminated in the final prophesized miracle.
The film will be shown in St John Fisher Bexley Church Hall, admission free, light refreshments served, bar open, charity stall selling jams and cakes, and all are welcome. Arrivals from 7 pm for 7:30 pmstart.

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT: St John Fisher Church Hall, Saturday 3rd June 2017 (doors open 7pm). Licensed Bar. Waitress Service. Bring your own nibbles. £6 per ticket (profits to nominated charities). Tickets from Cliff Thomas, 07769 668 644.

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – FEAST OF DIVINE MERCY

Today’s Theme: Our Easter Joy

Today as we hail Christ as our Lord and God we are filled  with the joy of the disciples in seeing the risen Lord.   In this season of renewal we are like those early Christians who “were filled with a joy so glorious that it cannot be described”.

 

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Saturday 22^nd April         9.00 am       Arthur Moss RIP (Kathy Connolly)
                                            6.00 pm       Parishioners

Sunday 23^rd April           8.30 am       Peter Lawson RIP (Teresa Fan and Kate Kennedy)
Divine Mercy              10.30 am       Rex Wheatley RIP (Eileen)
Sunday                           3.00 pm     Divine Mercy Mass

Monday 24^th April           9.00 am      John D’Souza RIP (Alex and Dahlia)

Tuesday 25^th April          No 7.00 pm Mass
                                          No Our Lady and St Pio’s Prayer Group

Wednesday 26^th April      10.00 am     Sonny Sheehan RIP (Eileen and Family)

Thursday 27^thApril          9.00 am       Eucharistic Service

Friday 28^th April             9.00 am       Wellbeing of Barbara Felton (Anita Felton)

Saturday 29^th April         9.00 am      Holy Souls
                                           6.00 pm       Guy Delpaul (Lindsay Delpaul)

Sunday 30^th April            8.30 am Arthur Moss RIP (Mrs P Coyne)
                                           10.30 am       Paula Moore-Jones RIP (The McCormick Family)

 

ANNIVERSARIES: Brigid Rose Cole, Elizabeth Troy, Terry Huntington, Alfred George Anderson, James Underwood, Andrew Donnelly, John Robins and Theresa Lobo.

FEAST DAYS: Monday, St George, Martyr, Patron of England. Tuesday, St Mark, Evangelist. Wednesday, Our Lady of Good Counsel. Friday, St Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr. Saturday, St Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church.

PRAY FOR THE SICK: Audrey O’Hara, Christine White, Kevin Harper, Ed Jones,  John Bird, Gail Noel, Chris Neal, John Edwards, Tony Speed, Elvira Vaz, Geoffrey Hildebrand, John Underwood, Mary Stubbs, Una Carpenter, John Harrington, Norma Brooker, Nina Szredski, Angela Gillespie, Ann McDonald, Eileen Weald, Geoff Birch, Maureen Fitzpatrick and Clare Kent.

ROTAS: Readers: Saturday 6pm Christine Hand. Sunday 8.30am Ann Wilkes; 10.30am Lota Emeka-Onah. Eucharistic Ministers: Saturday 6pm Peter Hammond (1) Ivan Pereira (2). Sunday 8.30am Bridie Haylett (3) Peter Whiffen (4) 10.30am John Stanton (5) Margaret Gillis (6) Patricia McQuaid (7) Molly Robins (8) Eileen Wheatley (9). Collector 8.30am Mass: Mrs T Li/Ray. Front of Church: Mark Vaz. Typing Newsletter: Graziella Highland Photocopying Newsletter: Calen Delpaul. Washing of Purificators: Patricia McQuaid. Flower Arranging: Doune and Theresa.

JOHN STEPHEN BREEN RIP: Sadly we have received the news that John Breen died on 11^th April. Please remember him and his family and friends in your prayers. John’s Funeral Mass will be held at St John Fisher on Monday 8^th May at 12 noon.

SR ANGELA WOOTTON would like to wish all her dear friends and parishioners a very blessed Easter and to remind all that she greatly appreciates visitors, and when possible, ‘getting out’. Our beloved Sister still lives at Shalom, 83 Watling Street, Bexleyheath DA6 7QJ. If possible phone first on 01322 528408.

PARISH WEBSITE: Our new website http://www.stjohnfisherbexley.org is one year old this weekend. Over that time we have had more than 2000 visitors to the site, most from the UK but also a number from the United States, Canada, Ireland, France, Brazil, India, South Africa, Belarus and Nigeria. The number of people looking at the site each week is gradually increasing. If you have any suggestions for information that would be useful for inclusion please drop a note into the presbytery or email admin@stjohnfisherbexley.org

NEWSLETTER: and while the new website is celebrating its first birthday you might be interested to know that the parish newsletter is 50 this month having started in April 1967.

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT: St John Fisher Church Hall Saturday 3^rd June 2017. (Doors open 7pm). Licensed bar. Waitress Service. Bring your own nibbles. £6 per ticket. (profits to nominated charities). Tickets from Cliff Thomas 07769 668644

MONASTIC CHOIR CONCERT: Wednesday 3^rd May 7.30pm at St Anselm’s, West Hill, Dartford DA1 2HJ. The concert is led by the choir from St Elisabeth Convent, Minsk. Admission price is your voluntary donation and all proceeds will go to charity. After the concert there will be special exhibits from the workshops of St Elisabeth Convent. Website catalog.obitel-minsk.com

JAZZ NIGHT: Chris, Elaine and Jo would like to thank everyone who came along to support Jazz Night last week and made it a huge success, raising £340 for Greenwich and Bexley Hospice. Well done everyone!

AWARENESS RAISING DAY Saturday 3^rd June at Minster Abbey Near Ramsgate, Kent CT12 4HF, 1130am to Vespers 5.30pm To show solidarity with those persecuted for their faith and for the work of Aid to the Church in Need. Details from http://www.minsterabbeynuns.org

OUR LADY’S FILM EVENING – Wed 17th May when we will show “the best film ever made” about Fatima to celebrate the 100th anniversary. Film dramatizes the true story of 3 young shepherds who experienced apparitions with a “Lady from Heaven” between May and October 1917, and which culminated in the final prophesized miracle.
The film will be shown in St John Fisher Bexley Church Hall, admission free, light refreshments served, bar open, charity stall selling jams and cakes, and all are welcome. Arrivals from 7 pm for 7:30 pmstart.