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SUNDAY 20^th February 2022

7^th SUNDAY 

Readings: 1 Samuel 26:2.7-9.12-13.22-23 Psalm 102,1 Corinthians 15:45-49. Luke 6:27-38.

 

SERVICES FOR WEEK  19^th – 27^th February 2022

 

Sat    19^th Feb    17.30      Confessions

                           18.00       John Joyce (Liddiard)

 

Sun  20^th Feb   6^th SUNDAY                        

                            08.30       Frances Carr RIP (Weeks)

                            10.30      Tess Truman RIP (Hughes)

 

Mon 21^st Feb     09.15  ss Peter Damian.   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                           10.00 + St Robert Southwell   Foundation: Christine Hand

 

Tues 22^nd Feb     09.15    Chair of St Peter   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00               Houlihan Family RIP (Sheehan)                 

 

Weds 23^rd Feb.    09.15          St Polycarp    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00              Eileen Wheatley (Choir)

 

Thurs   24^th Feb  12.15                 Funeral Mass for Ken Crump

 

Fri    25^th Feb      09.15.  St Ethelbert       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00          Ken Crump RIP (Hughes)          

 

Sat    26^th Feb    17.30            Confessions

                            18.00                 Helen McGlone RIP (K.Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun  27^th Feb   7^th SUNDAY                        

                              08.30                   Christine Crump (Hyde)

                              10.30               Sean King RIP (Staden)

                                                                           

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          

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 collections last week:    £ 862.65 incl standing orders

         Catholic Association for racial Justice:    £ 117.08

This week’s 2^nd collection is for AIC – Homeless People.

Next week’s 2^nd collection is for the Sick and Retired Priests Fund

 

COVID 

         Please sanitise your hands on entry and wear facial coverings, unless medically exempt

         Holy water stoups are now refilled and the water will be changed each week

         The Sunday Parish Missals are available. Many chose to keep a copy at home and you may continue to do so.

         Otherwise feel free to return your copy and reclaim the deposit you left.

         A physical sign of peace is allowed but please don’t shake hands – except with family.

         For the time being, Holy Communion must continue to be given under one kind only.

         Your offertory contributions should be made on entry in the baskets at the door.       

Many thanks once more to all who have responded to the invitation for volunteering, as part of our stewardship campaign. Our gratitude to God for all that we have and all that we are inspires the generosity of our response. So far some 120 offers have been made to fill the roles the parish needs to fulfill its mission. If you have yet to return a form, we’d still love to hear from you as there is so much more potential.

                                                                                       

 

A RETREAT FOR LENT: 

Make some space to develop your relationship with God this Lent. Sign up for our diocesan ‘retreat at home’ called “Saving Grace”. Every week you will receive an email with links to a 25minute video in which our Archbishop John will introduce the theme and the reading. Chris Chapman will deliver the retreat, with others contributing. You will also receive materials to use in your own prayer and reflection. All you have to have to do is sign up and then set aside what space you can for Saving Grace!

Go to http://eepurl.com/hnK_Rz  or 

https://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/savinggrace.

We will reproduce the weekly material and make copies available in the foyer.

Many chose last year to join a Monday evening zoom group to share reflections. If you wish to do so, please email me at douglasbull@rcaos.org.uk or Trudy at tkilcullen@live.co.uk

 

PARKING

Please could Parishioners renew their car parking permit for 2022. Application forms are at the back of the church. Many thanks to those who have already done so.

 

AIC SATURDAY FRIENDS:  

This weekend 19/20 February, our AIC Saturday Friends group will make their annual appeal on behalf of homeless people.  We hope to explain what, with your generous help, has been achieved and what, with continued help, can be done this year.   

 

KEN CRUMP RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Ken and for the comfort of his family.

 

LIFE

The national pregnancy support charity Life is recruiting Trustees. We want to save more lives. You can find more information about this role by contacting  stephensharpe@lifecharity.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 28 February 2022

 

JUNIOR BAKE OFF is looking for the UK’s best young bakers – aged 9 – 12.  Filming will take place in July 2022l.  Applications close on Sunday 13th March 2022.  Interested bakers can apply online at – http://www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk   If you have any queries please telephone 0207 067 4883.

 

SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER required for Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primiary School,

16 Highcombe, Charlton, SE7 7HR for Easter 2022 or sooner NOR:332 – Grade – PO4 (pro-rata 41 weeks per year), Scale – dependent on experience, Hours – 8am to 4;30pm.  Tel: 02088582262 or visit www:ourladyofgracecatholicprimaryschool.co.uk

 

SUNDAY 13^th February 2022

6^th SUNDAY 

Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8. Psalm 1, 1 Corinthians 15:12. 16-20;Luke 6:17-20-26.

 

SERVICES FOR WEEK  12^th  – 20^th February 2022

 

Sat       12^th Feb         17.30                                      Confessions

                                   18.00                                      Pat Meehan (C.Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun     13^th Feb         6^th SUNDAY                          

            08.30                                      Kit & Hugh O’Reilly RIP (Sheehan)

                                         10.30                                      Ken Crump RIP + Christine (Frake)

 

Mon    14^th Feb         09.15 ss Cyril + Methodius          Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                 10.00 + St Valentine                  Harrington & Sheehan Families (Sheehan)

 

Tues   15^th Feb         09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament                                

                                 10.00                                      Rose Swink RIP (Bowman)                        

 

Weds   16^th Feb        09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10.00                                      Tess Truman RIP (Staden)

 

Fri        18^th Feb         09.15                                      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

 10.00                                      Harrington Family RIP (Sheehan)             

 

Sat       19^th Feb         17.30                                      Confessions

                                   18.00                                      John Joyce (Liddiard)

 

Sun     20^th Feb         7^th SUNDAY                          

            08.30                                      Frances Carr RIP (Weeks)

                                         10.30                                      Tess Truman RIP (Hughes)

                                                                           

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   

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:                     £950.66 incl standing orders

This week’s 2^nd collections is for Racial Justice.

 

COVID “STUFF”

• Please sanitise your hands on entry. 
• Please wear facial coverings, unless medically exempt
• Holy water stoups are now refilled and the water will be changed each week
• The Sunday Parish Missals will be available again next week for use at mass. Many chose to keep a personal copy at home and you may continue to do so. If you prefer to use one in general use feel free to return your copy and reclaim the deposit you left with us.
• A physical sign of peace is allowed but please don’t shake hands – not yet!
• For the time being, Holy Communion must continue to be given under one kind only.
• Your offertory contributions should be made on entry in the baskets at the door.

                        

DEAR PARISHIONERS,

 

On behalf of the parish I do thank John Rayer for leading this year’s Stewardship Campaign and the rest of the Parish Council for their hard work in preparing the material for it, a task that began in the autumn! I hope in particular that the completion of the exercise in personal discernment was a good experience for you.

 

Moreover I thank so many of you for the generosity of your response. If you haven’t returned your form yet then please do so as soon as you can. We will be contacting you about your offers to take parish responsibilities within the next few weeks.

 

You will also notice that the young people in our Confirmation group have also taken part in the process and will be taking up their new parish roles almost straight away. 

Fr Doug

 

A RETREAT FOR LENT: 

Make some space to develop your relationship with God this Lent. Sign up for our diocesan ‘retreat at home’ called “Saving Grace”. Every week you will receive an email with links to a 25minute video in which our Archbishop John will introduce the theme and the reading. Chris Chapman will deliver the retreat, with others contributing. You will also receive materials to use in your own prayer and reflection. All you have to have to do is sign up and then set aside what space you can for Saving Grace!

Go to http://eepurl.com/hnK_Rz  or 

https://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/savinggrace.

 

PARKING

Please could Parishioners renew their car parking permit for 2022. Application forms are at the back of the church. Many thanks to those who have already done so.

 

AIC SATURDAY FRIENDS:  

Next weekend 19/20 February, our AIC Saturday Friends group will make their annual appeal on behalf of homeless people.  We hope to explain what, with your generous help, has been achieved and what, with continued help, can be done this year.   

 

KEN CRUMP RIP

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Ken and for the comfort of his family.

His funeral will be here on Thursday, 24^th February at 12.15.

 

LIFE The national pregnancy support charity Life is recruiting Trustees. We want to save more lives. You can find more information about this role by contacting  stephensharpe@lifecharity.org.uk The closing date for applications is 28 February 2022

 

JUNIOR BAKE OFF is looking for the UK’s best young bakers – aged 9 – 12.  Filming will take place in July 2022l.  Applications close on Sunday13th March 2022.  Interested bakers can apply online at – http://www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk   If you have any queries please telephone 0207 067 4883.

SUNDAY 6th February 2022

5th SUNDAY

Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8. Psalm 137, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11;Luke 5:1-11.

 

SERVICES FOR WEEK  5th  – 13th February 2022

 

Sat      5th Feb        17.30           Confessions

                             18.00           Frank Stirrup (C. Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun     6th Feb    5th SUNDAY                        

                               08.30         Ash Coe (Nixon)

                               10.30        Maureen Fitzpatrick (Hughes)

 

Mon     7th Feb        09.15           Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00           Sonny Sheehan RIP (Sheehan)

 

Tues    8th Feb        09.15 ss Jerome & Josephine    Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament                                           

                            10.00            Tina & Peter Whiffin (Staden)                 

 

Weds   9th Feb       09.15           Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00           Dorothy Speed (Anderson)

 

Fri       11th Feb      09.15 Our Lady of Lourdes         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             10.00           Foundation: Virginia Bolton          

 

Sat      12th Feb      17.30           Confessions

                             18.00             Pat Meehan (C.Fitzpatrick)

 

Sun     13th Feb    6th SUNDAY                      

                              08.30           Kit & Hugh O’Reilly RIP (Sheehan)

                              10.30           Ken & Christine Crump (Frake)

                                                                             

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

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

Recordings are available 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:                 £1118. 17 incl standing orders

 

COVID “STUFF”

• Please sanitise your hands on entry. 
• Please wear facial coverings, unless medically exempt
• Holy water stoups are now refilled and the water will be changed each week
• The Sunday Parish Missals will be available again next week for use at mass. Many chose to keep a personal copy at home and you may continue to do so. If you prefer to use one in general use feel free to return your copy and reclaim the deposit you left with us.
• A physical sign of peace is allowed but please don’t shake hands – not yet!
• For the time being, Holy Communion must continue to be given under one kind only.
• Your offertory contributions should be made on entry in the baskets at the door.

 

                   

Dear Parishioners,

On this, the third week of our stewardship campaign, we invite you to consider how you might invest some of your gifts in the community that is this parish, and in this way give God a return on what he has invested in you, the gifts or talents he has generously given to you. You may be volunteering a good deal in the parish already, in which case this is a time to assess and celebrate your role and place in this parish, as well as your relationship to God as one of his stewards. There are many parishioners who do indeed hold a high stake in the parish. We would like everyone to. The parish really needs your help and support and right now, that’s in almost every area.

 

It must also be said that the outcome or expression of spiritual stewardship does not need to exclusively lie in the parish community. There are many organisations, local or wider, that need help. Wouldn’t it be a great witness if nearly every voluntary organisation, society or club in the area had parishioners of St. John Fisher at their heart simply because that’s how seriously we Catholics take our God-given blessings and our responsibilities to other people.

 

Let us not forget family life either! Many people are at full stretch sharing your gifts with those in need within your family.

 

And finally, prayer. If you have time, pray for this parish, that it may continue to be a community centred on Jesus Christ, that it may grow in its outreach and mission and that it may be an authentic sign of God’s presence and activity amongst his creation.

                                                                                                                             Fr Doug

 

A RETREAT FOR LENT: 

Make some space to develop your relationship with God this Lent. Sign up for our diocesan ‘retreat at home’ called “Saving Grace”. Every week you will receive an email with links to a 25minute video in which our Archbishop John will introduce the theme and the reading. Chris Chapman will deliver the retreat, with others contributing. You will also receive materials to use in your own prayer and reflection. All you have to have to do is sign up and then set aside what space you can for Saving Grace!

Go to http://eepurl.com/hnK_Rz  or https://www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/savinggrace.

 

PARKING

Please could Parishioners renew their car parking permit for 2022. Application forms are at the back of the church. Many thanks to those who have already done so.

 

SING DAY – 5TH MARCH 2022 AT St, Mary Magdalene Church, Wandsworth Common are holding a Singing Day with John Rutter.  The day will feature “Feel the Spirit” John Rutter’s uplifting arrangements of well-loved spirituals plus other choral favourites.  Cost for the day £30, accompanied children (11-18yrs) are free and students (18-22) – £15.  This includes use of the music scores and refreshments.  Registration starts at 10 am with refreshment provided, with tea and cakes provided in the mid-afternoon break.  For registration details please email joinin@smmwandsworth.org.uk or ticket link via https://www.smmwandsworth.org.uk/

Ken Crump RIP.   We are sorry to tell parishioners that, after a long illness, Ken has died.   Please remember him, together with Christine and family in your prayers.