FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
2nd collection: Clergy Support Fund
VIGIL MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Sat. 25th Feb.) (Brian Donlan RIP)
MASS
(OLHoC): 9.00am (Fr Ed Hartley RIP)
X Refreshments
in the Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am
(Pro Populo)
Children’s
Liturgy Session during Mass
X
Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
Readings:
Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Psalm 50:3-6,12-14, 17
St Paul to the Romans 5:12-19
Gospel - Matthew 4:1-11
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• MONDAY,
February 27th – Lenten Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (for
the people of Ukraine)
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to
2.30pm
X Connect Club (OLHoC Hall) 9.45am to 12noon
• TUESDAY, February
28th - Lenten Feria
NO MASS TODAY
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
• WEDNESDAY, March 1st
SAINT
DAVID, PATRON OF WALES
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (Ema Deba’s birthday)
X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
• THURSDAY, March 2nd – Lenten Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (Frank & Else McSwiggan RIP)
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to 2.30pm
Parish
Open Office with Fr Alex
no
appointment necessary - 4pm to 7pm
• FRIDAY, March 3rd – Lenten Feria
CAFOD Fast Day
Women’s World Day of Prayer
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am
(Paddy Clarke RIP)
Stations of the Cross (OLHoC): 12.00 noon
X Beacon+ Community Café (OLHoC): 9.30am to
2.30pm
X OLHoC Choir Practice (OLHoC Hall): 6.30pm
• SATURDAY, March 4th – Lenten Feria
MASS (OLHoC): 10.00am (The Wellbeing of Steve Press)
Next Sunday: March 5th, 2023
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
2nd Collection: CAFOD Lent Fast Day
MASS (OLHoC): 6.00pm (Saturday) (Pro Populo)
MASS (OLHoC): 9.00am (The Wellbeing of Wendy & David James)
X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
MASS (OLHoC): 11.00am (Yvette, Samuel, Yves, & Michael Théanne RIP)
Children’s Liturgy Session during Mass
X Refreshments in the Hall after Mass
X CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY – LENT APPEAL is this Friday. Envelopes for the collection may be taken from the back of the church and placed in the second collection being held next weekend. This Lent, your donations to CAFOD’s Family Fast Day Appeal will help families fighting the climate crisis and ensure that our Church network can quickly respond to emergencies, like the recent earthquake in Syria and Turkey. Let us also pray for CAFOD’s development and emergency response work all over the world.
X THIS WEEK’S SECOND COLLECTION IS FOR THE CLERGY SUPPORT FUND – The Clergy Support Fund of the Archdiocese of Southwark provides care for priests in their old age and retirement, and in their time of ill health. A gift to this worthy fund will ensure a dignified retirement for our priests, after they have dedicated a lifetime of service to Christ, His Church and His People.
In 2022, the Clergy Support Fund provided care to 73 retired priests, at a cost of £1,33 million. With the number of priests over the age of 65 steadily increasing, so too will the financial obligation to the Archdiocese. Please be generous today with a gift to the Clergy Support Fund and continue to keep our priests in your prayers. Thank you!
Donate online: https://rcaos.org.uk/donate/csf
Telephone Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 020 7960 2504
Cash/Cheque – please use the Clergy Support Fund
envelopes at the back of church to gift aid your donation or give privately or
place in the second collection at Mass.
X COLLECTION – a total of £632.95 was raised at last week’s
cash collection and a total of £373.96 was raised for the Parish’s Building
Fund. Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
X TEA AND A CHAT FOR THE WISE AND MATURE EVERY MONDAY MORNING – the Connect Club meets weekly every Monday from 9.45am-12.00 noon at the Beacon Plus Community Cafe in OLHoC Hall straight after Mass. All are welcome to this warm space with tea, coffee and cake for the wise and mature every Monday at the Connect Club.
The Connect Club is a chance to have some refreshments, kindly paid for, if so required, by our Parish SVP, whilst using the opportunity to have some fun, have a natter and put the world to rights. The club is organised by George Pound, so don’t delay and come and have a say every Monday.
X A DIOCESAN RETREAT FOR LENT – RENEWED IN HOPE - The retreat is designed for individuals and for parish groups based on weekly exercises for prayer and reflection. The resources are available each week for people to use at their convenience. Details are available at www.southwarkdsc.org.uk/renewedbyhope
X PRAYERS FOR OUR SICK PARISHIONERS: John McDermottroe, Margaret Gillhealey, Mark de Pulford, Steve Press, Margaret Wooley and all who are undergoing investigations, operations or receiving care.
X PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL of Brian Donlan who died suddenly last Monday evening. Our thoughts and prayers are with Gerardine and John McDemottroe at this time. We also pray for all those who have died recently, and for all those whose anniversaries fall at this time, including amongst them: Elvina Davies (26th Feb); Aristhea Poile, Walter Borucki, Martin Morgan (27th Feb); Freda Spencer (28th Feb); John Zabrocki, Mary Rowe, Joan Fitzgerlad (1st Mar); Frank McSwiggan, Gwen Plunkett (2nd Mar); Sheila Booth, Francis McGurran, Albert Clover (3rd Mar); Hazel McCann, Edith Gilbert, Bernard Gibbens, John Byrne (4th Mar); Brian Hamer, Philip Townsend (5th Mar).
X GRIEF IN LOSS, HOPE IN CHRIST WEEKEND – if you are mourning after the death of a loved one, this weekend may be for you. It is being held at Aylesford Priory 24-26th March and the cost is £230 per person (single) or £210 per person shared. Please telephone 01622 717272 or email reception@thefriars.org.uk
X READERS - Sunday 26th February
6.00pm – Ellen F. & Sr Alice
9.00am – Margaret W
& Annie H.
11.00am – Robert J.
& Hilary B.
Next Sunday 5th March
6.00pm
(Saturday) – Monica A. & Kevin S.
9.00am – Annie H & Glyn H.
11.00am – Nathan M.
& Karen I.
X MASS INTENTIONS – please use the envelopes provided at the back of the church and write clearly all the details we need, especially your contact details. Then either place the envelope in the collection plate or put it through the letterbox of the Presbytery next to the church entrance at OLHoC. Please try and give some notice of your requested Mass Intention preference for any dates and we will try our best to meet your requests.
X PARISH SECRETARY VACANCY - the Parish Secretary vacancy is for 4 hours per day, 10.00am to 2.00pm, on a Monday and Friday (pay is currently National Minimum Wage of £9.50 per hour). If you are interested and want to know more, please talk to Fr Alex.
X HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE COMMEMORATION - to remember the 193 lives that were lost in the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster on 6th March 1987. On Sunday 5th March 2pm, at the Clocktower Square, the new public realm on the seafront at Dover CT17 9FS, there will be an act of Remembrance consisting of prayers, a 2-minute silence and the reading of the roll of names.
St Mary’s Church, in
Biggin Street, Dover, will also be open on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of March so
that visitors can see the book of remembrance, the memorial window, the ship’s
bell, leave flowers and also for private prayer. This tragedy affected so many
people locally in our parish, those who worked with or knew people working on
the ship or at the port at that time. We remember them in our prayers.
