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PENANCE SERVICE AND INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATION

By Webmaster • March 23, 2025
Tuesday 15th April at 6.00pm

BRIEF RECOLLECTION FOR ALL OUR EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF THEIR SACRED MINISTRY

By Webmaster • March 23, 2025
May I ask all our Eucharistic Ministers to please join me on Saturday 12th April from 10.00am until 11.45am for a short period of prayer and reflection on this very sacred ministry. Please may I invite these women and men, chosen by the Lord, to renew their acceptance of this priceless, awesome role, on the evening of Maundy Thursday, during the holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Please join me in our church for half an hour of silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament at 10.00am and then from 10.30 in our Cafe for a time of reflection together.

DIOCESAN JUBILEE - Saturday 7th June at The Friars, Aylesford, 10am - 5pm

By Webmaster • March 23, 2025
Please pop that date in your diary and come to the Jubilee celebrations on the 7th June . We are celebrating the 175th anniversary of the creation of the diocese of Southwark and the 60th anniversary of Southwark becoming an Archdiocese, following centuries of being unable to publicly live out our Catholic Faith. The celebrations at The Friars will feature Music, Teaching, Prayer, Fellowship and will conclude with holy Mass.

DEALING WITH ANXIETY

By Webmaster • March 23, 2025
This is the title of the next workshop that I am leading at the London Jesuit Centre on Saturday 5th April , from 10.00am until 2.00pm. Anxiety and Worry, whether mild or severe, can blight people’s lives. We need to understand where it comes from and how to deal with it, in order to live our lives in peace. Simply praying, although prayer of course is so important, it is not enough! If you would like to attend this workshop, please look on the London Jesuit Centre website to book a place. We could travel to the LJC in London together.

FAMILY FAST DAY - - NEXT FRIDAY 14TH MARCH -

By Webmaster • March 9, 2025
JOIN US FOR A FRUGAL MEAL During this sacred Season of Lent, the Lord asks us all to pray more, to share more and to fast more. Practicing self-denial makes our relationship with the Lord Jesus much more real and true; it energises us to really care for those in our world who, at this moment as you read this text, feel acutely the pangs of hunger; it enables us to genuinely enter into the spirit and meaning of Lent.  Please join me in our Cafe next Friday at 12.30pm for a coffee/tea and a hot cross bun. Let that be your midday meal and the money you save by doing so, we will give to CAFOD for the hungry people of our world. If you are working and cannot come to the Cafe, as a family please go without some food that day and the savings you make we will also give to CAFOD. You will find some CAFOD envelopes in the porch of the church, please pop your savings in the envelope and bring it to holy Mass on the 15th/16th March.

BLESSING OF THROATS - MONDAY, DURING HOLY MASS

By Webmaster • February 2, 2025
Monday this week is the Feast of St. Blaise, who was a Bishop in Armenia in the 4th century. He was a physician before becoming a Bishop. His reputation spread widely throughout the church in the Middle Ages, because he was reputed to have miraculously cured a little boy who nearly died because of a fishbone stuck in his throat. From the 8th century, he was asked to pray for those who suffered from illnesses of the throat. One account of the miracle cure was that it took place when he had been imprisoned for his faith and when he picked up two candles provided for him and formed a cross around the boy’s throat. I will offer you this Blessing on Monday. During holy Masses

DEALING WITH SHAME - 1st February at the London Jesuit Centre

By Webmaster • January 26, 2025
This is the next workshop I am hoping to offer. Please look on the LJC website for details and to book a place. Shame is a feeling that often lies deep and hidden within us. Even though the causes of those feelings may have occurred many years previously, they can still be alive and active in our lives today, spoiling our joy and peace. In this workshop, we will explore how Shame can take root within us, even without being consciously aware of it and how we can be healed of the damage done to us.  Hope you can come - we can travel together.

BIBLE STUDY – SATURDAY 25TH JANUARY AT 11.00AM

By webmaster • January 19, 2025
The holy Bible is God’s living Word. The Word of God is proclaimed every time we come to holy Mass. It acts like a Navigation System to direct us into a special way of living our lives, a special way that will lead us safely to our destination of Heaven. It is so important that we listen with our hearts and minds to God’s Word whenever it is proclaimed to us. It is vitally important that we understand God’s Word whether we listen to it or indeed whether we are the ones proclaiming the Word, as Lectors.  It was recently suggested to me that we have regular Bible Study meetings. We did this, if you remember, in pre-COVID days! Let’s start again! May I invite everyone to join me, in our Parish Room, once a month, for an hour, to look at and to pray the Bible Readings used in our celebrations of holy Mass each month. Understanding the Readings will help us to gain so much from them, whether you are someone, during holy Mass, who simply listens to the Word or someone who also proclaims the Word. These Bible Study meetings are for everyone but may I ask, especially that our Lectors make these meetings a priority. The meetings will help us all to better understand God’s Word and if we are Lectors to better proclaim God’s Word with meaning and skill. The date and time of our next meeting is above. Please note that it is on a Saturday morning rather than a weekday evening, to make it easier for everyone to attend, especially our Lectors

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

By Webmaster • January 19, 2025
During this week, many people who hold different views of the Christian Faith, are encouraged to pray together and work for closer bonds. In our area, this week, there are two ways, two Services, in which we can do this. The two Services are: Wednesday: Morning Prayer and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 9.00am, followed by holy Mass at 9.30am in the Catholic church of the Holy Family, Sanderstead.  Wednesday: Prayer Service at 12.00midday in Sanderstead Methodist church

TIMES OF HOLY MASS AND SERVICES FOR CHRISTMAS

By Webmaster • December 22, 2024
Please see below all the times of holy Masses and Services during the Season of Christmas. Many hearts are open to the Lord’s loving invitation at this holy time of the year, to know him and to discover his life-giving love. Please invite members of your family, your friends, your neighbours and colleagues to come with you to the holy Masses and Services of Christmas. The Lord will speak through you, through your words, inviting people to know him and to know the salvation he comes to give us. Mon 23 Dec: 9.30am THE SEASON OF CHRISTMAS FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD – CHRISTMAS Tue 24 Dec: (Vigil Holy Mass of Christmas in HMP Elmley at 9.00am) 5.30pm Christmas Carols Service 6.00pm Vigil Holy Mass of Christmas Day 12.00Midnight Holy Mass of Christmas Day Wed 25 Dec: 11.00am Holy Mass of Christmas Day Thu 26 Dec: 12.00Midday Fri 27 Dec: 9.30am FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH Sat 28 Dec: 5.00PM Vigil holy Mass of the Holy Family Sun 29 Dec: 9.00aam 11.00am Mon 30 Dec: Holy Mass in HMP Elmley at 9.00am Tue 31 Dec: 9.30am Wed 1st January 2025 12.00Midday Thu 2 Jan: 9.30am  Fri 3 Jan: 9.30am THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Sat 4 Jan: 5.00pm Vigil holy Mass of The Epiphany Sun 5 Jan: 9.00am 11.00am
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