Fifth Sunday of Lent (Cycle C)
20th/21st March 2010
Meditation on Christ’s passion and death in Luke’s Gospel.Next Friday at 8pm we welcome Rt Rev Laurence O'Keefe OSB. Please make every effort to attend as we prepare ourselves for Holy Week.
Irish Night –
Fr Victor would like to express his heartfelt thanks to the committee for organising the event. It was indeed a huge success! Special thanks go to Angela Goldsmith, Mary Anderson, Liz Bertini and Grainne Riddell for their time and effort.
FIRE WARDENS Thank you to all the collectors who attended the meeting last Tuesday. One of the items discussed was the necessity for two fire wardens at every Mass. This is a Health and Safety requirement so please pass your name to Fr. Victor if you feel that you can help; full training will be given.
Reach Table Fayre CONSOLATION Group and the MOTHERS' PRAYERS Group will be arranging table displays this weekend and parishioners are invited to view the displays following Mass.
The Mothers' Prayer Group would very much welcome more prayer friends to become part of their Group. There is solidarity in praying together and none is needed more so than praying for children and family. Where two or three are gathered together in my name...
British summer time begins next Sunday so do not forget to put your clocks forward an hour.
Anniversaries. John Butterworth, Brian Hodgon, Stephen Dempsey, Gwendoline Poole, Mary Maddox, Albert Barnard, Michael Perry, Reginald Bond, Hannah Turner, Thomas Gibbons, Agnes Kitchenham, Gertrude Goolding, Tom McCann, Gillian Holmes, Mary Gilbert, George Bell, Maisie Maskell, Vicki Court, Eric Bass, Ellen Ahearn, Lionel Stewart and Margaret Evans. May they rest in peace.
We remember in our prayers the Sick, Housebound & their Carers: Ann Van Ouckana, Claire McDonough, Natasha and Ian Jude Polloni-Watson, Josephine Bailey, Vanessa Llewellyn, Douglas, Shirley and Deborah Smart, Kathleen Helm, Ann Barber, Doris Watts, Ian Andrews and all those in Orpington and PRU Hospitals.
A note for diaries: We will be having a Ladies’ ‘Pamper Evening’ in September. More details very soon.
Pondering the Word Our next meetings are on Monday 22nd March at 10:45am or 7.45pm in the sitting room of the Presbytery. For details please contact Ron & Liz on 810222.
Foreign Language Course details on the notice board.
Email Address We sent an email to all Parishioners on 11th March regarding the 18-30 Group; if you did not receive the email please send an email to the parish email address and we will add your details to our database.
Holy Innocents’ 18 to 30s Group An evening during Holy Week for young adults 18+ will be held on Tuesday 30th March in St. Joseph’s Hall at 8pm. David Payne is the guest speaker. For the purposes of this group and event, Facebook and Hotmail accounts have now been set up as “Holy Innocents” and holyinnocents18to30s@hotmail.com.
CWL AGM 8pm on 25th March preceded by Lenten Service.
Young Musicians & Singers If you would like to sing/play at the 10am Mass on Easter Sunday, please come to two rehearsals in church at 4-5pm on Sundays 21st and 28th March.
Music Group Rehearsals for Easter If you would like to be involved with the music over Easter, please come to as many rehearsals as possible on Thursday evenings and on Palm Sunday (28th March) after the 10am Mass (or after the 6pm Mass if 11am is not possible).
STREET CHILD AFRICA The Faure and Vivaldi Scratch Concert will 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. Everyone welcome. Enquiries to Jackie Low 01689 825576 or Yvonne Thomson 01959 534489
Marriage Celebration Mass If you are celebrating your 10th 25th 40th 50th or 60th plus wedding anniversary this year and would like to attend an invitation only special service at St. George’s Cathedral on 12th June then please contact the office before 21st April and we will pass on your details.
Guild of St. Stephen, Altar Servers Rally on 3rd May at The Friars, Aylesford - details on the notice board.
A.P.F. Red Boxes. Would all box holders bring their boxes into church before the end of March? Thank you.
The High Court supported the Leeds adoption agency Catholic Care in its argument to be exempted from Sexual Orientation regulations banning the refusal to place children with homosexual couples. This may only be temporary. We need to mobilise the entire orthodox Christian community to sign the petition, supporting an amendment to the Equality Bill which will allow adoption with a genuine Catholic ethos to continue. We need a million signatures from within the UK by April 12th Pray, sign the petition and forward to all your friends who you trust to do the same. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AdoptionChoice/
Eucharistic Ministers/Readers Will you please indicate on the sheet in the porch your availability for the Easter Masses. Thank you.
On Saturday 24th April there will be a Day of Reflection and Recollection at Aylesford Priory. Eucharistic Ministers and readers are encouraged to attend; a programme of the day has been sent to you by Deacon Barry. If you are attending please sign your name on the list in the porch.
Coffee Morning Rotas are available in the carousel in the porch.
Can You Help? People are needed once a month after the 6pm Mass on Saturdays to help with recording the gift aid donations. Please telephone Ann Shaw 01689 858714.
Walker’s Group 21st March at 2pm. Walk starting car park Leaves Green, Ashmore Lane (off A233) Leaders Mary & Bernard (01689 823122)
Coffee Morning Tim and Sally O’Brien invite you to a coffee morning at 12 Goddington Lane Orpington on Friday 26th March from 10 o’clock onwards. All proceeds to NSPCC.
The Orpington Chorale present excerpts from Dvorak's Stabat Mater and Handel's Messiah on Saturday
27 March at 7.45pm in All Saints’ Church, Bark Hart Road, Orpington. Conductor Michael Blackley. Tickets priced £8.00 (children £5) available on the door or from 01689-829264.
There will be a Question Time Service on Sunday 18th April 6.30-8 at Orpington Baptist Church. Jo Johnson-Conservative, David McBride-Lib Dem and Stephen Morgan-Labour have all agreed to attend. Martyn Travers will Chair the meeting which will begin & conclude with a short act of worship. If you have a question you would like asked please email mptravers@aol.com More details on the notice board.
Please remember that on all weekends that there is not a statutory second collection, there will be a collection for the Restoration Fund. Do not forget to use an envelope from the box in the porch to gift aid your contribution AND PUT YOUR GIFT AID NUMBER ON THE ENVELOPE. Thank you
This Week’s Diary
Sunday 21st March
Children’s Liturgy – Rooms 1, 2 & 3 10:00
Young Music Group in church 16:00
Monday 22nd March
Journey in Faith – Room 1 & 2 19:45 - 21:30
Tuesday 23rd March
Group 88 – St. Joseph’s Hall 20:00
Wednesday 24th March
Luncheon Club - St. Joseph’s Hall 12:15
Deacon Barry ‘In Residence’ – Parish Centre 19:00 – 20:00
Reach Meeting – Room 3 19:00
Labour Party Meeting – St. Joseph’s 19:30
S.V.P. – Room 1 19:30
Foreign Language Course – Room 2 19:30
Thursday 25th March
CWL AGM preceded by Lenten Service 19:30
Easter Music Rehearsal – Room 3 19:30
Parish Complex Committee – Room 2 20:00
Saturday 27th March
Sacrament of Reconciliation 11:00 – 11:30
Sacrament of Reconciliation 17:00 – 17:50
This can also be arranged by appointment.
Sunday 28th March
No Children’s Liturgy
Music rehearsal after 10am & 6pm Mass
Young Music Group in church 16:00
MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday 20th March 2010
18:00 W/B Paul Laverty (McCloskey)
Journey in Faith - third Scrutiny for this year’s Catechumen
Sunday 21st March Fifth Sunday of Lent
08:00 Warren Richardson (Richardson)
10:00 Church Parade Eileen McHugh RIP (Kelly)
18:00 Osmund Postle RIP
Monday 22nd March Feria
10:00 Rita Genovese (Callaghan)
Tuesday 23rd March Feria
10:00 Mounir Joseph RIP (Joseph)
Followed by Adoration from 10:30 until 11:00
Wednesday 24th March Feria
08:00 (Convent) Jarlath Connors RIP (The Sisters)
11:30 Nicholas Mackey (Fogarty Family)
Thursday 25th March The Annunciation of Our Lord
10:00 No Mass due to lighting works
Friday 26th March Feria
10:00 Mary Harrington (Minihane)
20:00 Meditation on Christ’s passion and death in Luke’s Gospel.
Saturday 27th March Feria
10:30 Margaret Standen RIP (Folders Group)
18:00 Winifred Caton Forsyth (Forsyth)
Sunday 28th March Palm Sunday of
The Passion of Our Lord
08:00 Joan Brunning RIP (Brighton)
10:00 Zoe Hogan and Nigel Kaia & Leogh Hogan (Gander)
First Holy Communion Mass
18:00 Bill Gudge RIP (Westcar)
The Repository is usually available after all Masses at the weekend.
It can be found at the back of Trinity hall.
COFFEE MORNING after 10am Mass on Sunday - Room 1