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SUNDAY 20^th March 2022

 3rd SUNDAY of LENT 

 

Readings: Exodus 3:1-8;  Paul 10:1-6  Luke 13:1-9.

 

Sat       19^th Mar       17.30           Confessions

                                18.00           Marie Sullivan (Sullivan family)

 

Sun     20^th Mar        3^rd SUNDAY of LENT                                 

        08.30           Private Intention  (Jones) 

                                10.30            Mary Malin RIP (Hollis)

 

Mon    21st Mar       09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                10.00             Joe & Gary RIP (Sheehan) 

 

Tues   22nd Mar      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                                10.00            Eileen Wheatley (Hughes)

 

Weds  23rd Mar      09.15     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                 10.00    SERVICE OF READINGS AND HOLY COMMUNION

 

Fri       25th Mar      09.15      Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

       10.00              Zac Staples (Beattie)

       10.20        Stations of the Cross                      

 

Sat     26^th Mar       17.30        Confessions

                               18.00        Ludu D’Mello (Fernandes)

 

Sun    27^th Mar   4^th SUNDAY OF LENT   (Mothering Sunday) 

         08.30         Colette Hunt (Sheehan)

                                 10.30          Joan Aspeek (Aspeek family)

                                                                                                                                  

LIVE STREAMING OF MASSES ON THE WEBSITE

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

 

Recordings are available for about four weeks. The Sunday sermon is also on the website in printed form.

 

FINANCES   

Direct Bank Payments to RCAS Bexley, (new name) 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:                £ 927.49 incl standing orders

Second collection for CAFOD                                    £ 613.47

This week’s 2^nd collection is for Bexley Developing World Project 

 

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

 

Dear Parishioners

We have endured another week of disheartening news from Ukraine alongside many moving stories of real love in action with such a wonderful response in many countries to the desperate plight of refugees. There seems to have been solidarity across large parts of the world. Who knew what the Ukrainian flag looked like prior to this crisis? People from so many nations have expressed their support both politically and practically. It is a marvellous grace that such solidarity across humanity should be made manifest. The light of goodness cannot be hidden or extinguished.

                                                                                           Fr Doug

 

 

BAKE AND DONATE FOR UKRAINE – SUNDAY 3RD APRIL
The Children’s liturgy group are planning a fundraiser for Ukraine. We will be holding a Cake Sale as this is a great way to raise money and a positive way to get everyone involved. The sale will take place on Sunday 3rd April after 10.30 mass. All donations welcome so please get baking! Cakes, biscuits, muffins, sausage rolls, anything you can muster and please spread the word, we want to raise as much money as possible. All monies raised will be donated to The Red Cross. Thank you all so much in anticipation.                                        

                                                                         Angela – Children’s Liturgy Group

 

BEXLEY DEVELOPING WORLD PROJECT

This is a deanery based group that has existed for many years. It has offered support to a wide variety of small projects in the developing world in response to local requests. It will be discontinuing next year but is determined to honour commitments made up to now. 

We would like to build our own parish group to help increase awareness of development issues and to support ther good works conducted in our name around the world. So watch this space for further information.

 

PLANNED GIVING AND GIFT AID BOXES

Please collect your Boxes of Offertory envelopes from the back of the Church. Many thanks. 

 

A RETREAT FOR LENT: 

A printed summary of this week’s talk is available in the foyer. Look for it in front of the Sprituality section of the notice boards. 

 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

We will follow the Way of the Cross in church each Friday morning during Lent after mass

 

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT PLANNED FOR APRIL.  

More details to follow.  It will take place on Friday 8^th April in the Hall

 

STELLA MARIS

On the one-year anniversary of the Ever Given ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal, Catholic charity Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) is hosting a webinar about modernisation in the shipping industry. It will look at the history of the container ship, the rise of the ultra-large container vessels, and explore what impact modernisation of the shipping industry has had on seafarers around the world. Please register now at www.stellamaris.org.uk/modernisation to join online on 23 March at 7.30pm to hear how shipping has changed in the last century, the impact this is having on seafarers today, and the important role Stella Maris has in supporting them.

 

Catholic Association Pilgrimage to Lourdes August 19th to 26th 2022 

Please look for booking details on http://www.tangney-tours.com. Your travel insurance package will refund your fare if there is a genuine reason for needing to cancel before you are due to travel. 

SUNDAY 13^th March 2022

 2^nd SUNDAY of LENT 

 

Readings: Genesis 15:5-12 Philippians 3:1 7-4 Luke 9:28-36.

 

Sat     12^th Mar     17.30                Confessions

                              18.00                Ken Crump RIP (Kilcullen)

 

Sun  13^th Mar.  2^nd of SUNDAY LENT                     

                               08.30              Emily & Aidan O’Neill (Keenan)

                              10.30                William Dawson-Asaam RIP (Asaam)

 

Mon 14^th Mar     10.30             Funeral Mass for Tina Troy-Dymock

 

Tues 15^th Mar.      09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00             Donal & Patrick Sheehan RIP (Sheehan) 

 

Weds 16^th Mar      09.15        Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00             John Larkin RIP (Larkin family)

 

Fri 18^th Mar          09.15         St Cyril       Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                              10.00          Rex Wheatley RIP (Wheatley family)

                              10.30          Stations of the Cross           

 

Sat  19^th Mar        17.30          Confessions

                              18.00               Marie Sullivan (Sullivan family)

 

Sun  20^th Mar    3^rd SUNDAY OF LENT                    

                               08.30              Private Intention (Jones)

                              10.30               Mary Malin RIP (Hollis)

                                                                                                                                   

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 Bexley, (new name) 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:         £ 971.39 incl standing orders

Second collection for Poor Parishes             £ 193.47

This week’s 2^nd collection is for CAFOD 

Next week’s 2^nd collection is for Bexley Developing World Project

 

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

 

I am inspired by the initiative of the Children’s Liturgy Group to support the people of Ukraine – see below. To be honest, I am also salivating! Meanwhile we continue to offer prayers:

Loving God, we pray for the people of Ukraine,

for all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them. 

We pray too for those already injured or bereaved, and we pray for the dead. 

We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices. 

We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in such great need. 

May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality for the people of Ukraine and for the whole world.                               Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

                                                                               

 

BAKE AND DONATE FOR UKRAINE – SUNDAY 3RD APRIL. The Children’s liturgy group are planning a fundraiser for Ukraine. We will be holding a Cake Sale as this is a great way to raise money and a positive way to get everyone involved. The sale will take place on Sunday 3rd April after 10.30 mass. All donations welcome so please get baking! Cakes, biscuits, muffins, sausage rolls, anything you can muster and please spread the word, we want to raise as much money as possible. All monies raised will be donated to The Red Cross.  Thank you all so much in anticipation.                                                                   Angela – Children’s Liturgy Group

 

CAFOD

Family Fast Day was Friday 11 March and we remember that there are many people who need our love and support all around the world. children experiencing malnutrition as we will hear at Mass or, as we are seeing now in Ukraine, families affected by conflict. Your small act of love can make big things happen. Donations to CAFOD at Masses this weekend will reach families around the world, enabling local experts to provide support to families in times of need or conflict. You can donate in church using a CAFOD envelope or by visiting the CAFOD website: cafod.org.uk/lent or by donating online in the church porch.                        John Rayer, parish CAFOD representative

 

PLANNED GIVING AND GIFT AID BOXES

Please collect your Boxes of Offertory envelopes from the back of the Church. Many thanks. 

 

A RETREAT FOR LENT: 

You can still sign up to rtake part in the rest of our diocesan ‘retreat at home’ called “Saving Grace”. You will receive an email with links to a 25 minute video. You will also receive materials for your prayer and reflection. Go to spirituality@rcaos.org.uk

We also reproduce the written version each wekk and this is available in the foyer.

 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

We will follow the Way of the Cross in church each Friday morning during Lent after mass

 

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT PLANNED FOR APRIL.  

More details to follow.  Watch this space. 

 

KEN CRUMP RIP

Christine and family would like to most sincerely thank the parish for Ken’s memorable funeral  service and for the many cards and Mass intentions that comfort us. Visitors, unfamiliar with parish life, were most impressed by the warmth, welcome and supportive ethos and the streaming facility. Thank you!

A special  thanks for the generous Kharkiv donations in lieu of flowers which have been transferred. If anyone would like an up-date of their current dread-full circumstances, please e mail ckcrump@ hotmail  com.

SUNDAY 6^th March 2022

 1^st SUNDAY of LENT 

Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10   Romans 10:8-13    Luke 4:1-13.

SERVICES FOR WEEK  5^th – 13^th March 2022

 

Sat     5^th Mar     17.30                  Confessions

                           18.00               Fiona, Lillie-Mai & Riley (Staden)

 

Sun    6^th Mar     1^st  SUNDAY  OF LENT                     

                           08.30             Edward Jones RIP (Jones)

                          10.30                  John Hughes RIP (Hughes)

 

Mon 7^th Mar     09.15         ss Perpetua & Felicity         Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00                  Margaret Leech (Staden)

 

Tues 8^th Mar      09.15         St John of God   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                          10.00                  Beth & Mick Minihane (Sheehan) 

 

Weds  9^th Mar     09.15                  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00           Ken Crump RIP (M.Fitzpatrick)

 

Fri      11^th Mar    09.15                  Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                            10.00           Mae & Tim Boynihan RIP (Sheehan))

                            10.30           Stations of the Cross           

 

Sat     12^th Mar   17.30                  Confessions

                            18.00                  Mae & Tim Moynihan RIP (Sheehan)

 

Sun    13^th Mar  2^nd  SUNDAY OF LENT                            

                             08.30            Emily & Aidan O’Neill (Keenan)

                            10.30                  William Dawson-Asaam RIP (Asaam)

                                                                           

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 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:                 £ 1054.16 incl standing orders

Second collection for AIC – Homeless People               £ 293.97

This week’s 2^nd collection is for Poor Parishes 

Next week’s 2^nd collection is for CAFOD

 

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.    

 

The news is very depressing at the moment, isn’t it? Day after day we hear of the suffering and distress being imposed on the people of Ukraine by Mr Putin and the mighty Russian military forces. It seems that we are completely powerless to do anything to prevent it. A few token efforts to inconvenience some of Mr Putin’s supporters seems fairly futile. 

However we can at least pray for the people of Ukraine, and as our side of the prayer, determine to insist that our government offers refuge to those who are fleeing for their lives.

We have been offered this prayer:

Loving God, we pray for the people of Ukraine,

For all those suffering or afraid, that you will be close to them and protect them.

We pray too for those already injured or bereaved, and we pray for the dead.

We pray for world leaders, for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices.

We pray for the world that in this moment of crisis, 

we may reach out in solidarity to our brothers and sisters in such great need.

May we walk in your ways so that peace and justice become a reality 

for the people of Ukraine and for the whole world. 

We make this prayer through Christ Our Lord. Amen. 

                                                                                   

 

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 25 minute 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 at spirituality@rcaos.org.uk

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

 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

We will follow the Way of the Cross in church each Friday morning during Lent after mass

 

STOP NEW ABORTION THREAT

Baroness Sugg has tabled an amendment to the Health and Care Bill that would make ‘DIY’ at-home abortion permanent. It is vital that as many Peers as possible oppose this amendment.

Right To Life UK has launched an easy-to-use tool on its website that makes it easy for you to send an email to a randomly-assigned Peer asking them to oppose the amendment. Please visit www.righttolife.org.uk/DIYabortionthreat to contact your MP now. It only takes two minutes.

 

PARISH QUIZ NIGHT PLANNED FOR APRIL.   More details to follow.  Watch this space. 

 

VACANCY – PRIESTS’ WELFARE OFFICER

Currently there is a vacancy for a Priests’s Welfare Office.  For further details please go to the Diocesan Website – www.rcsouthwark.co.uk

 

PARKING

Many thanks to those who have already renewed your parking permit. You should have a sticker for your car windscreen and a padlock key if you think you might need one. If you need either of the above, please contact the parish office, preferably by email.