Welcome to the Parish website of Holy Innocents' Roman Catholic Church,
Orpington, Kent, England
Third Sunday of Lent (Cycle C)
Gospel commentary ...
This
week...Give me time to dig round it and manure it.’ If in spite of all this there is still no fruit, then the fig tree will be cut down, it will perish. Even God’s patience has a limit.
(Comment on next week's Gospel is added for reflection
& meditation before hearing the Word at Mass.)
Next week....we must always remember that our God is also the God of the Jews, the Muslims and the Taliban!
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.............He was outstanding in his love for the sick and needy, and served them with great devotion. ......Find out more in
This week's Saint
.......For Mass Intentions & weekly news, see this week's Bulletin ...
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IMPORTANT NEWS
Catholic Bishops of England and Wales launch their pre-election document
PLease visit the link to find out more
Choosing the Common Good
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THE HOLY FATHER'S PLANNED VISIT TO THE UK
The Secular Society is endeavouring to stop the Holy Father's visit to the UK.
Please visit the link to sign a petition to welcome the Holy Father
Please sign the petition to welcome, with all our hearts and souls,
the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom, for the liberty and well-being of the church in our country and most especially for the spiritual benefits and pastoral care to be offered to all, whatever their beliefs.
Petition to welcome the Holy Father
"What If We Just Said Wait" initiative
This Initiative is asking the bishops of the English-speaking world to slow down the implementation of the new Roman Missal, calling for a period of testing and evaluation of the new translations.
Compare Translations Sign your name/show support
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Parish Group: Youth Club: March 2010 newsletter available see link...
Youth Club
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CAFOD IN LENT
The Theme This Year is :
Turn Biscuits into Bicycles & Wine into Water
CAFOD is taking a slightly different approach with fundraising from the Catholic community this year, by asking people to give CAFOD the money saved from self-denial actions THROUGHOUT Lent, so that it can go towards transforming people's lives in the developing world.
....Find out more on the page Parish Group: CAFOD .....
ALTAR SERVERS REQUIRED
For all Masses, but particularly the Saturday 6pm Mass.
For more information please see Parish Group: Altar Servers
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Cycle of Prayer: Intentions for Lent
Candidates for the Sacraments: especially on the Sundays
The Needy and Hungry of the world:
Penitents and Wanderers
Women’s World Day of Prayer
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Aim of Reach.....Its aim is to encourage an environment which helps everyone to listen and respond to God’s calling by:...find out more...
see:-Parish Group Page: Reach
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........See Latest news for........1, 2, 3 & 4
1. Jean Treloar receives the Bene Merenti medal ...
from Bishop Paul Hendricks for her 50yrs service in the Music Ministry
2. Re-invigorate the Fire Within:- introduced by Kenneth Chan
A spiritual exercise designed by you where you can take account of the time available to you and where you are in your spiritual life.
There is therefore great flexibility and ownership.
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3. Pondering the Word: ....Lectio Divina, in contrast to Bible study, requires us to sit quietly with a calm and open mind and to listen to a passage from the scriptures
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4. A date for the diary: Faith Cafe
An evening during Holy Week for young adults aged 18 to 30yrs
will be held on Tuesday 30th March in St. Joseph’s Hall at 8pm.
We need the cooperation of all the parents to make this evening a huge success.
Please see link to find out about David Payne & the Faith Cafehttp://www.faithcafe.org/
David Payne (above) has had a varied life;
once a successful young business man,
he became a drug addict
before finding faith and now is the Director of CaFE
(Catholic Faith Exploration),a charity helping Catholics around the world
to find new life and hope in Jesus Christ using film productions and engaging
presentations. He is married to an Italian called Giovanna and they live in
St Albans with three young children.
See more on Latest News Page and PDF Flyer
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STREET CHILD AFRICA
We are very pleased to announce that the Faure and Vivaldi concert previously arranged for 10th January will now take place on
Saturday 24th April 2010 at Christ Church,
Charterhouse Road, Orpington at 7:30pm.
The rehearsal will be at the church 2pm-5pm. A parishioner of Christ Church and choir member has kindly donated the cost of hire of the facilities which is a wonderful gift. We are still looking for choir members and welcome everyone for the evening performance.
See link..... Parish Group: Street Child Africa
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Street Pastors 
The role is not about preaching heaven and hell, but one of listening, caring and helping -
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working in an unconditional way.
As part of the Churches Together initiative, the Rev Ray Bell from Hope Church will be speaking about Street Pastors again at the 8.00am and 10am Mass
Sunday 25th April, the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
Interested in becoming a Street Pastor?
Catholics are to be found as Street Pastors in many areas, including Bromley,
though as yet there are none in Orpington.
Parishioners from Holy Innocents' are very welcome to join their ranks.
See more on Parish Group Page: Churches Together Page
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Walk of Witness Good Friday 2nd April 2010
JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU!
WILL YOU WALK FOR HIM THIS EASTER?
Join Father Victor & your fellow Holy Innocents’ parishioners and
hundreds more Christians from Churches Together in Orpington.
Come in wheelchairs, bring babes in a pram, the young & old into Orpington cram.
Give thanks for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who on Calvary for all, was cruel sacrificed.
See Andrew Jones' Report on Parish group page: Churches Together
Jesus said:
"May they all be one.
Father may they be one in us, as You are in me and I am in You,
so that the world may believe it was You who sent me."
John 17: V 21
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Fr Victor Vella's address to the congregation on the occasion of his Induction as Parish Priest, is now available to view.
...Please click on the link below...
Father Victor's address to the congregation on the occasion of his induction as Parish Priest
Prayers from the Heart.... by Holy
Innocents' Parishioners
"Teach us to pray" was the plea of the disciples
to Jesus.
May this book help the disciples of the Lord today to find an answer
when they make the same plea.
£5 each, copies of this book are available from the Parish
office 01689 817537
Fr Victor has asked coordinators of Parish Groups to review their Group's
details on this site, and email any changes to the Parish office (parish@holyinnocents.org.uk),
or the editor Cecilia Skudder
They can access their Group's details via the 'Parish Groups' link in
the navigation bar to the left, and then clicking on their Group's link
on the navigation bar of that page.
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Holy Innocents' Roman Catholic Church
Orpington, Kent, England
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