NEWSLETTER
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD
165-169 Kirkdale, Sydenham, London SE26 4QL
Telephone: 020 8291 5766
Parish E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Parish Web Site: www.cores.org.uk
Parish Administrator: Father Alfred Osamor, C.Ss.R.
Sunday Masses: Saturday Vigil—6.00pm; Sunday—9.30am and 11.00am
Weekday Masses: Monday—Saturday 9.30am. Morning Prayer of the Church: Monday—Saturday 9.10am
Holydays of Obligation falling on a weekday—Masses: 6.30am, 9.30am and 7.30pm
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 5.00pm (And after the Mass during the week or at request any other day)
Exposition, Rosary & Benediction: Tues., Weds. & Fridays 10-10.30am. Thurs. 10.00-11.00am. First Fridays 6.30-7.30pm
Times of Masses, their Intentions and their Readings
Sunday 15th March-FOURTH
SUNDAY OF LENT © (Parish Mass
Book Year B, Volume 1, (Page 166)
2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21
6pm For the People of the Parish
9.30am Raymond Tartaglia—RIP (Whittle
Family)
11.00am Terence Kelly—RIP (Valerie
Kelly)
Divine Office Vol. 2, Fourth week of Lent,
Psalter Week 4
Monday 16th March—Feria
Isaiah 65:17-21; John 4:43-54
9.30am Patrick & Patricia Osamor-Ijeh—
Birthday Thanksgiving
10am Mother’s Prayer
Tuesday 17th March -St Patrick (Pg. 310)
Jeremiah 1:4-9; Acts 13:46-49; Luke
10:1-12, 17-20
9.30am Mrs Patricia Osamor—Birthday
Thanksgiving
10-10.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Wednesday 18th March—Feria
Isaiah 49:8-15; John 5:17-30
9.30am Davina Bangura-Birthday Thanksgiving (Annette & Family)
10-10.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Thursday 19th March-St Joseph (Pg 313
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14,16; Romans 4:13,16
-18, 22; Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24
9.30am Thomaiana Carol—Wellbeing
(Bridie Hillier)
10—11am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Friday 20th March—Feria
Wisdom 2:1 ,12-22; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
9.30am Barbara Henn—RIP (Hamilton
Family)
10.00am Stations of the Cross
7.30pm Stations of the Cross
Saturday 21st March—Feria
Jeremiah 11:18-20: John 7:40-52
9.30am Aborted babies
10am Devotion in honour of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help
5pm Sacrament of reconciliation
Sunday 22nd March-FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT © (Parish Mass Book
Year B, Volume 1, (Page 173)
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 5:7-9; John
12:20-33
6pm Duke Wellington-RIP (Agnes &
Family)
9.30am Yvonne Rondeau—Wellbeing
(Solita Silveira)
11.00am For the People of the Parish
Divine Office Vol. 2, Fifth week of Lent,
Psalter Week 1
PARISH MATTERS
Today’s Mass Theme Thought
We can do nothing to merit salvation, and our wicked actions could
only cause our condemnation. God
has given us salvation gratuitously, as
the second reading tells us.
The first reading insists on the responsibility of people who, by refusing to follow God’s way, condemn
themselves to unhappiness.
The gospel joins these two
themes; it fist speaks of the love of
God which is so great that he gives us
his only Son, and then then it insists
on the responsibility of people, who
challenged by this proposal of love,
have to make their choice.
Holy week / Easter events
1st April: Mass at 9am
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2nd April—Maundy Thursday:
Liturgy of the Hours at 9.30am
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Holy Thursday (Mass of the Last
Supper) at 7.30pm. After the
Mass, the Blessed Sacrament
will be at the altar of repose till
11.50pm for those who would
like to stay back for adoration
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3rd April—Good Friday: Liturgy of the Hours at 9.30am
11am: Stations of the Cross to be
led by the children of the parish.
(No other Stations of the Cross
on that day);
2pm: Divine Mercy Novena
3pm: Good Friday Service
ST. EDMUND'S, BECKENHAM
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4th April—Holy Saturday: LitPARISH PILGRIMAGE TO
urgy of the Hours at 9.30am.
LOURDES
Easter Vigil Ceremony at 8.30pm
Monday, 25th—Friday, 29th May.
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5th April—Easter Sunday:
We will be led by our Parish
Masses at 9.30am and 11am
Priest Canon Jack and Deacon Seán.
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6th April—Easter Monday:
We have an interesting programme
Mass at 10am
for the week
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7th—11th April (morning) Massand will be staying in a 4 star hotel,
es at 9.30am each day
so you will come back
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The weekend Masses on 11/12
refreshed in mind and body!
April are as follows: 6pm,
Please phone Roy on 020 8650 6281.
9.30am, 11am & 3.30pm (Mercy
Sunday)
Mass in Celebration of the
Divine Mercy Novena (3 – 11 April)
Sacrament of Marriage
St George’s Cathedral
begins on Good Friday 3rd April
th
20 June 2015
2014 at 2pm and at 3pm every other
st
If you are celebrating your 1 / 10th/
day from Saturday 4th – Saturday
th
th
th
th
25 / 40 / 50 / 60 + wedding anni11th April. On Sunday 11th April
versary this year, please give your
(Mercy Sunday), there will be an exnames as soon as possible. Please use position of the Blessed Sacrament at
the form provided and write very
2pm, Divine Mercy prayer at 3pm
clearly so you can receive an invitaand Holy Mass at 3.30pm. You are all
tion from the Archbishop.
welcome to the Novena and Mass.
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PARISH MATTERS
Common Objections to Catholicism
A series of talks addressing popular
objections to, and misconceptions
about, the Catholic faith.
Venue: Amigo Hall, St George’s Cathedral Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Dates: Thursdays 16th April - 21st
May 2015
These talks will be of interest to:
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RCIA catechists
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Those on RCIA courses
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Members of Parish Evangeliza
tion Teams
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All who wish to pass on faith to
others
No charge but please, register with
the CCF
21 Tooting Bec Road, SW17 8BS
020 8672 7684
Email: [email protected]
Web: ccftootingbec.org.uk
ACTIVITIES IN THE PARISH
■ Exposition of the Blessed (Tue,
Wed & Fri 10am-10.30am; Thurs.
10.00am - 11.00am);
■ Mothers’ Prayer every Monday after 9.30am Mass
■ Rosary (Tue - Fri, after the 9.30am
Mass)
■ Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual
Help (On Saturdays after the 9.30am
Mass);
■ Bible Study—1st & 3rd Monday of
the month (5th Monday when we five
Mondays in a month. No Bible Study
on Bank Holidays / Holy Days of
Obligation)
■ First & Third Sundays of the
Month: Children’s Liturgy in the Parish Hall during the 9.30am Mass.
■ Tea & Coffee after the 9.30am Sunday Mass
Flowers for the Church at Easter
Those who wish to contribute a donation for Flowers in the Church at
Easter should put their contribution in
an envelope with the words; ‘Flowers
In Memory of …….’ Please post it
through the letterbox or drop it in the
offering basket. Those who are being
remembered will be mentioned in the
Newsletter after Easter. Any money in
excess will be used for flowers in
Church throughout the year. Please
write names clearly in block letters.
CHURCH AND STATE
A Conference to mark the signing of
the Magna Carta on 27th March
2015. Time:11.00am - 3.20pm
At the Centre for Catholic Formation
21 tooting Bec Road, SW17 8BS
Tel: 020 8672 7684
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ccftootingbec.org.uk
£5 per ticket includes lunch
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Mothers’ Day cards and gifts, St Patrick’s Day cards and Rosaries, and
Easter cards are now available in the
repository shop at the back of the
church.
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Youth Programme
Diocesan Youth Festival – 20th
June 2015
Brightlights Young Adults Festival – 26th – 28th June 2015
World Youth Day is taking place
in July 2016 in Kraków, Poland.
Information will be out in Autumn this year.
PARISH MATTERS
PROCLAIM ’15: New National Initiative in 2015 to Support Parish
Evangelisation.
‘Proclaim ’15: Building Missionary
Parishes’ is the new name of a new
national Bishops’ initiative being
launched in 2015 to support the development of parish evangelisation. It
is inspired by Pope Francis’s writings
and has five parts which include: the
provision of free parish small group
materials; the organisation of a National Catholic Evangelisation Conference in Birmingham on 11 July
2015 for 850 evangelisation representatives from across England and
Wales; an invitation to parishes to
host a parish Vigil on the night of 11
July 2015 with free prayer materials
provided; the invitation to diocese,
deaneries and parishes to have their
own Proclaim ’15 event in autumn
2015; the publication of new evangelisers.
Web: www.catholicnews.org.uk/
proclaim15
Facebook: facebook.com/cbcew
Twitter:@catholicew #proclaim15
Email: [email protected]
CHRISM MASS
1st April: Chrism Mass at 11.30am.
Parishioners are invited and welcomed to join the Archbishop, assisting bishops and the priests of the
archdiocese for the celebration. To
this effect, Mass in the parish would
be at 9am. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Parish Youth meeting on Sunday
15th March 2015 after the 11am
PLEASE PRAY FOR
The sick of the Parish: William &
Valerie Ritchie, Mitchel Gore, Bill &
Yvonne Rondeau, Ciss Neylon, Elizabeth Clifford, Teun Peng, Kilty
McGoldrick, Anne St John, Patricia
Wright, Douglas, Robert & Anna
Riordan, and the Twins, Michael Corcoran, Dean Spencer, Rachel Coady,
Leon Schoombie, Anita Blenman,
Emily Hugh, George Abeydeera,
Henir Karemera, Karen Andrzejak,
Norah Ryan, Christine Falvey,
Roslyn & Matthew Hermitte, Maria
Gilbert, Angela Calleya, Jeannie
Mitchell, Clive Baulch, Cecelia
Stimpson, Ursula Huggins, those in
our Nursing Homes and in St. Christopher’s Hospice. Please pray for all
who have recently died, for all the deceased members of our parish family,
and for those whose anniversaries occur
at this time.
PENITENTIAL SERVICE
Parish Lenten Penitential Service
(Confession) on Tuesday 31st March
at 7.30pm
The Extraordinary ministers of
Holy Communion are advised to pick
up the new rota commencing on the
28th March in the Sacristy.
Bible Study on Monday 16th March
at 7.30pm in the parish hall.
Weekend of 07 / 08 March 2015
Attendance: 75 + 115 + 135 = 326
Parish Giving: You gave £XXXX of
which XXXX was Gift Aid
A Parish in The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Registered Charity Number 235468