JULY IS THE MONTH OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
Fifteenth Week of ordinary time
DIACONAL DAY This Sunday, 14th July, we are celebrating our first Archdiocesan Diaconal Day, during which we pray for the Permanent Deacons serving in our Archdiocese as well as we pray for the new vocations to this ministry. If you are a man between 21 years to 58 years, prayerful, with the desire to love God and God's people, you are involved in services within your parish and community, you have tried many things and still feel drawn to a closer relationship with Christ and His Church you might possibly be called to be a Permanent Deacon? If you require further information about the Permanent Diaconate, please speak to your Parish Priest, or contact the Diaconate Formation Director via e-mail:ianblack@rcaos.org.uk.
NIGERIAN PARISHIONERS: please pick up a pastoral letter addressed to you from His Grace, Archbishop John, who has recently been visiting Nigeria for ordinations.
TRADITIONES CUSTODES three years on: the cause of division not unity. Pick up the excellent summary of the situation from the National Catholic Register by Larry Chapp on the damaging effect of this motu proprio. Also if you have not read it, pick up the letter by several leading British public figures to the Pope regarding the Traditional Latin Mass and published in The Times.
‘SEA SUNDAY’ Seafarers and fishers play a vital role in all of our lives, but they often work in difficult, hazardous conditions. ‘Sea Sunday’ which is being held at St Thomas More on Sunday 21st July, is when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea. Your support will make a big difference to seafarers and fishers in need. You can donate in church, by visiting www.stellamaris.org.uk/donate or by texting ‘SEA’ to 70460 to donate £5.00. You can also donate next week by contactless or by cash in the second collection basket. This collection is vital to enable Stella Maris to continue its important work, so please give generously. Thank you.
JULY DEVOTIONS TO THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD of Our Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday 21st July at 4.00 p.m. with hymns, readings, the Litany and Benediction.
THE UCM The next meeting of UCM is on Wednesday evening 24th July at 7.00 p.m. New members welcome.
Cleaning rota.
Thank you to the volunteers who came to clean from our rota. The time and effort they gave on Friday is really appreciated.
Polite reminder to others who have volunteered to check the rota for August and September that is on the notice board in the porch.
FOOD BANK. You can make your donations before any mass in the crates in the Church Porch and they are taken to the Bexley Food Bank on a Monday morning.
WEEKDAY EVENING MASS at St Anselm’s, West Hill, Dartford DA1 2HJ Monday – Friday at 7.00 p.m., with Divine Mercy Devotion before mass and rosary after. Please sign in your car before Mass at the tablet in the porch.
FATIMA PILGRIMAGE 21ST – 24TH OCTOBER 2024 Cost: £399, flight from Gatwick, half board, transfer from Lisbon to/from Fatima. Please contact Fr Stephen: dartford@rcaos.org.uk Tel: 01322 220075
BINGO EVENING with our Parish Social Club. Cash Prizes. Friday 19th July 2024. 8.00 p.m. till 11.00 p.m. Eyes down at 9.00 p.m. Your Bingo book £5 each available at the door, in the Church Hall. For more information call Jenny 07710 527692 or Mary 07369 252072.
DAYS WITH MARY
1. Saturday 20th July 2024 at Our Lady and St Peter, Victoria Drive, Wimbledon Common from 9.30 a.m.
2. Saturday 24th August 2024 at St George’s Cathedral, from 10.15 to 5.15 p.m.
STATUE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM Thank you to all of you for your donations: the family of our late parishioners Eddy and Mary Etheridge who generously donated in their memory, the Knights of St Columba and many individual parishioners. The blessing of the statue will be on Tuesday 16th July, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 7.00 p.m.
The Divine Mercy Apostolate, London is holding a Divine Mercy Retreat on Saturday 20th July 2024 from 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm at St Sebastian and St Pancras R.C. Church 22 Hay Lane, Kingsbury, NW9 0NG. The Retreat will include teachings on the Message of Mercy, Stations of the Cross, Holy Mass, Hour of Mercy with Adoration and Benediction and Veneration of the Image of Merciful Jesus. All Welcome. Please call Millie on 07957594646 for more information
Toddler Stay & Pray at St. Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Sheldon Road, DA7 4PH every Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Does your toddler like to pray or want to learn how to pray? If so please join Mrs McClumpha and Benny the prayer bear for Toddler Stay and Pray. See the poster in the porch for more information.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2024. Archbishop John warmly invites you to join him as he leads the Southwark Archdiocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage, from 23rd to 30th August 2024. Details of this can be found on the Archdiocesan website: rcaos.org.uk. Experience the unique spirituality of Lourdes, along with people from parishes around the Archdiocese.
Parish Family Fun Day. Sunday 15th September from 12pm.
After the success of last year’s family fun day, we will be fundraising for the parish again this year with a BBQ, bouncy castle, face painting and lots more for all the family.
If you have any unused items that can be donated towards the raffle, please hand them to Melissa or one of the Fun Day team after mass. Raffle tickets and entry tickets will be on sale from next weekend after mass.
If you would like to have a stall on the day or can volunteer to help in any way please contact Melissa at bostallpark@rcaos.org.uk.
Please see the poster in the porch for more information.
Formation days for readers and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, coming up on Saturday 19th October at St Stephen’s Church, Welling for the Deaneries of Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich and on Saturday 26th October, at Bishop Thomas Grant School, Streatham, for the Deaneries of Camberwell, Lewisham, and Lambeth.
All Readers and Extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist are encouraged to attend once of these days.
Each of the days will begin with tea and coffee at 9:30am, there will be three presentations and the day will end with Mass at 3pm. The theme for this year is –“Called to Holiness”, in preparation for the Jubilee year and to help us all live a good Christian life amidst the daily challenges of life.
Please contact the parish office at bostallpark@rcaos.org.uk to register your attendance as soon as possible.
Summertime 2024: 29th July – 1st August: Trip to Westminster Pastoral Centre, £189. For aged 11-16. We commend this excellent residential trip for altar servers and those who regularly attend mass on the weekend. In an event that has now gone on for more than 20 years, it is a few days for deepening one’s catholic faith, in a great social atmosphere, including football, sports and visit to Thorpe Park. For more details of how to get to the venue, with a coach laid on at St. Anselm’s Dartford, see your parish priest for a form, or contact Fr. Stephen Boyle, chaplain to the Guild of St, Stephen, Dartford@rcaos.org.uk, Tel:01322 220075. We would encourage subsidy for such a trip for attendees. Here we charge the £100 for the trip, and the parish subsidizes the rest.
THURSDAY LUNCH CLUB
Next meeting: Thursday 25th July at 12.30 p.m., then Thursday 1st August followed by a summer break until Thursday 5th September when our Lunch Club will meet again.
CONFIRMATION 2024 Next meeting: Sunday 14th July at 4.00 p.m. in the church for confirmation mass preparation and confessions. CONFIRMATION MASS: feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Tuesday 16th July at 7.00 p.m.
CHILDRENS’ LITURGY OF THE WORD SUNDAY 9.00 A.M. This Sunday at 9.00 a.m.
Fifteenth week of ordinary time 2024
Saturday 13th July Votive mass in honour of St Thomas More, martyr, patron of our parish. [TC]
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. [Latin 1962] Sanjay Saxena WB
+ 6.30 p.m. SAID. FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME B (Diaconal Sunday) Joyce Chadha R.I.P.
Sunday 14th July
8.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 9.00 a.m. SUNG with Children’s liturgy of the Word. The people of the parish.
+11.00 a.m. SOLEMN Latin Mass (in Latin with English Readings, missa fons bonitatis) Loretta Fernando R.I.P.
7.00 p.m. Parish Social Evening in Church Hall. All welcome.
Monday 15th July St Bonaventure, bishop & doctor of the church, memorial.
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. Marie Glasson T.G.
Tuesday 16th July Our Lady of Mount Carmel, memorial.
6.30 p.m. The Daily Rosary
+7.00 p.m. Solemn Mass with the Rite of Confirmation and Blessing of the new Image of Our Lady of Walsingham, followed by reception in the porch. Eddy and Mary Etheridge R.I.P.
Wednesday 17th July feria.
The Daily Rosary at home
NO PUBLIC MASS TODAY
Thursday 18th July feria.
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. Celine Leon WB
No Lunch Club Today
Friday 19th July feria
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. Holy Souls
6.00 p.m. Choir Practice.
Saturday 20th July St Jerome Emiliani, confessor with comm. of St Margaret [TC]
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. [Latin 1962] Freny Adagara W.B.
+ 6.30 p.m. SAID. SIXTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME B Annie Mullen R.I.P. (8th anniversary) Second collection for Stella Maris, the apostleship of the Sea.