JULY IS THE MONTH OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD
Fourteenth Week of ordinary time
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.
CLEANING ROTA A message from our UCM:
Thank you to everyone who kindly signed up to help us with the church cleaning. We have been able to get in touch with most of you and the dates and groups have been arranged for July, August and September. Please check for your date and group, which will be displayed in the porch. The last session made a big difference and it is hoped that we can continue to maintain the good presentation and cleanliness of our church throughout the year because of the extra help you are offering.
THE UCM The next meeting of UCM is on Wednesday evening 24th July at 7.00 p.m. New members welcome.
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 13th July 2024 at Westminster Cathedral from 9.45 a.m.
2. Saturday 20th July 2024 at Our Lady and St Peter, Victoria Drive, Wimbledon Common from 9.30 a.m.
STATUE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM Thank you for your donations.
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 to ask candidates. Please see cafod.org.uk/encounter or svp.org.uk/encounter 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.
DIACONAL DAY
On Sunday 14 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, (the Parish Deacon, if there is one), or contact the Diaconate Formation Director via e-mail: ianblack@rcaos.org.uk.
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.
FOOD BANK. You can make your donations before any mass in the crates in the Church Porch and they are taken to Bexley Food Bank on a Monday morning.
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.
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 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.
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.
THURSDAY LUNCH CLUB
Next meeting: Thursday 11th July at 12.30 p.m. in the church hall.
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.
FORTEENTH week of ordinary time 2024
Saturday 6th July Celebration of the BVM. [TC]
NO MORNING MASS TODAY. (Mass said at St Augustine’s shrine, Ramsgate, with Confirmation Group at Noon) 8.30 a.m. Departure from Church. Mass offered for our confirmation candidates.
+ 6.30 p.m. SAID. FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME B Paul & Val’s daughters W.B.
Sunday 7th 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) Geoff Fernandes W.B.
7.00 p.m. Parish Social Evening in Church Hall. All welcome.
Monday 8th July feria
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. Carole Frances Tracey R.I.P.
Tuesday 9th July St Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, martyrs.
The Daily Rosary at home
NO PUBLIC MASS TODAY
Wednesday 10th July feria.
The Daily Rosary at home
NO PUBLIC MASS TODAY
Thursday 11th July St Benedict, abbot, patron of Europe, feast.
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. Peter Thomas King R.I.P. (for anniversary)
12. 30 p.m. Lunch Club Today
Friday 12th July St John Jones, priest and martyr.
9.30 a.m. The Daily Rosary
+ 10.00 a.m. Stella Meehan R.I.P.
6.00 p.m. Choir Practice.
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 Joyce Chadha R.I.P.
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