Tel: 020 8778 9460 email: [email protected] 208 Sydenham Road London. SE26 5SE www.rcchurch.org.uk/sydenham Parish Priest: Fr. Peter Mansfield Deanery website: lewishamdeanery.com Year A; EP 3 30th Sunday - Ordinary Time 26 October 2014 Parish Mass Book … Readings: P146 Mass Prayers P8 . THIS WEEK 2nd Collection - Parish Development Fund NEXT WEEK 2nd Collection - Parish Development Fund Mass Intentions for the coming week Vigil Mass Sunday 26th 6.30pm 9.30am 11.00am Deceased members of the Ingram Family People of the Parish Margaret Trivett RIP Coffee in the Hall after 11am Mass Monday 27th Tuesday 28th Wednesday 29th 9.30am Maureen Mitchell RIP 9.30am Mr & Mrs. Estelita RIP Ss. Simon and Jude 9.15am The Divine Mercy Devotion 11.00am Funeral Mass - Con Roe RIP Light of Christ Prayer Group with Mass at 8pm in the Hall Thursday 30th NO MASS here; Mass at the Church of the Resurrection 165 Kirkdale Friday 31st 9.30am Joe Hughes - Birthday Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 10.30am All Saints Vigil Mass Sunday 2nd 6.30pm 9.30am Kimani Ngugi RIP People of the Parish Rosary and Benediction every Sunday afternoon at 4pm during October. October is a month traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Legion of Mary meets Sundays in the Hall after 11am Mass New members are always welcome. SYDENHAM CATHOLIC CLUB (Watlington Grove) … The Prayer group of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Thursdays at 7.00pm in the Church. All are welcome. Sky sports, darts, pool table and BIG screen showing Premiership and GAA games. Families and new members always welcome. Club available for all private functions and funeral receptions. Charity Walk. Thursday night Quiz in aid of St. Christopher’s Thank you to everyone who took part in the Parish Charity Walk at Crystal Palace. The Knights will be outside Mass today to Sacrament of Reconciliation - Confession Every Saturday - 7.20pm (after evening Mass); First Saturday of the month at 12..30pm. The sacrament can also be arranged at other times by making an appointment with the Collections last weekend: Offertory: £953 Standing Orders £272 2nd Collection: Mission Sunday £392 Thank you. During the month of November there will be a Remembrance Book placed in the Lady Chapel of our Church. Throughout November a Mass will be celebrated every Sunday and on all Souls Day for all the names in the book. Please place your list of departed loved ones in the box provided at the back of The Funeral Mass for Con Roe RIP will take place here on Wednesday at 11am.. Please note that there is no 9.30am Mass on that day. We remember those who are sick: David Camp, Vince Vella, Mercy Aerifa, Baby Edward Kowal, Anne Mackie, Trudi Foster, Steven Murray, Victor Walker, Hugh Garvey, Declan Daly, Sonny Caldinez, Bernard Loughran, Antoni Kowal, Dusty Miller, Patricia Edwards, Susan Perry, Joe Hughes, Yvonne Knight, Patrick Freeney, Elaine Felix, Edward Garas, Christine Flannagan, Shirley Young, Ellen & Alexander Sweeney. Also those housebound or in our Residential Homes: Kathleen Brennan, Muriel Felix, Kathleen Keeffe, Antoinette Remice, Jan Wilson, Adrienne Hyde, James Fee, Violet Miller, Elizabeth Turner, Ann Sheehan, Ellen Sweeney, Margie George, Noleen Armstrong, Giovanna Ghezzi, Zeta Ghelfi, Margo Stafford, Vera Curren, Joseph & Charlotte Hadji, Genevieve Stanislaus, Madeline Edwards, Winifred Powell & Margaret Rivers. Please pray for those recently deceased: Con Roe RIP (Funeral Mass Wed 29th 11am) and for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Antoine Anthony, Ned Walsh, Mary Hunt, Sheila Ring, Catherine Donoghue, Gabriel Faluyi and John Cranstaun. Anniversaries Please pray for………………………………… my………………………… who died on ………………….. My Name: …………………. ….. Telephone:…………………. Special Ministers of Holy Communion. There is a SE Area Retreat Day with Bishop Pat next Month on Sat 15 Nov. Starts 11am and ends with Mass at 3pm. At BTG School. Belltrees Grove, London SW16 2HY You can book through Fr. Peter if you want to go. This day fulfils the commitment to do an annual Retreat day. It is therefore a good opportunity for those who could not make Primary School Open Days. Our Lady & St. Philip Neri School will be open to prospective parents every Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning from Monday 13th October through to 12th November. Of anyone has a spare Flat Screen TV in working order, with Freeview , to donate to the Parish House, The next community bereavement group meeting will be held on Saturday 8th November at 2pm in the Parish House. Please contact Geraldine for further information on 07415593713. Anyone who is interested in joining, is welcome to come 200 Club: The £75 October prize has been won by Mrs. Oliver (198). Congratulations. This is the last draw of the current year so we will be asking you to renew your numbers next month. Car Parking in Church Grounds. Please be aware that we only have enough space for 3 cars on the tarmac trip in front of the Tower near the grass area. This area is therefore designated for ‘disabled’, as well as those who have difficulty walking short distances. The first car needs to be parked close to the Tower in order to leave space for two more. Recently the area in question has been getting congested on some occasions. It would be nice to have a bigger paring area but unfortunately it is not possible. Generally people who come to do voluntary jobs outside of Mass times are also welcome to use this area to park their car. Special Ministers of Holy Communion. There will be a meeting for existing Special Ministers (who minster at Masses) on Monday 27th October at 8.00pm in Church. This meeting is important as it concerns the reintroduction of the Chalice on Sundays. The problem that has arisen with spillages will be addressed. New prospective Ministers are not required to come on this occasion but existing Ministers are required to be present. New Ministers have separate training dates. Arrangements for visiting Sr. Bridie. We have been advised that the best time to visit is between 3.30pm and 5.00pm. The address is: St. Josephs Convent, Layhams Road, West Wickham. BR4 9QJ. The Convent is in the same grounds as the Emmaus Retreat Centre and the Coloma Court Nursing Home but it is separate from these two places. The back of the building faces the driveway and the front door is around the other side. People wishing to visit Sr. Bridie should telephone Sr. Mary Goretti on the previous day to make arrange- Grief to Grace Healing the Wounds of Abuse November 3rd- 8th 2014 The Kairos Centre, Roehampton, London, SW15 Facilitated by Dr Theresa Burke, Founder of Rachel’s Vineyard, Grief to Grace is a 5-day psychological and spiritual programme for anyone who has suffered degradation or violation through physical, emotional, sexual or spiritual abuse. It is appropriate for those who have endured sexual abuse, rape, incest, or other forms of traumatic violation in childhood, adolescence or adulthood, including abuse by a member of the clergy. Grief to Grace seeks to express the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by providing behavioural health services for victims of abuse with professional excellence, Christian integrity and compassion. This unique, specialist programme provides a process for helping victims of abuse to discover healing and transformation. Grief to Grace was created to end the isolation and secrets of abuse with a process that is fully centred on the person of Jesus Christ, the Divine Physician, and His presence in Word and Sacrament. www.grieftograce.org phone: 020 8947 6429 e-mail: [email protected] READING INTRODUCTIONS FOR 30TH SUNDAY, by Dom Stephen McGurk OSB FIRST READING A reading from the Book of Exodus. This reading will come as a breath of fresh air to those who are under the impression that the Law of Moses by which all Jews before Jesus Christ were to be directed to God was a harsh and unbending book with little place for charity and plenty of room for overbearing marriage laws, property laws and severe prescriptions against theft, adultery and covetousness. This reading, also to be found in parts of Deuteronomy and Leviticus, covers a whole range of what we would call social justice, and many of our contemporary attitudes come from these prescriptions of the Mosaic Law. Here follows the reading… SECOND READING A reading from St. Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians The greatest form of evangelism is good example, living like Christ. Here St. Paul is commending his community in Thessalonica for being conspicuous in just that. In our efforts to live like Christ, He fills us with His Holy Spirit so that our fame as Christians may spread even to our surrounding neighbours and countries. In our lives we have to become servants of the real living God and by this we are saved through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from any retribution which might be our due. GOSPEL A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew Last week we had the Herodians trying to catch Jesus out over a question civil authority. Today it is the Pharisees who taunt him over his opinion of the greatest commandment. As always, Jesus is ‘spot on’ for all the petty commandments which they were accustomed to insisting on are completely eclipsed by the one primary commandment of love as proclaimed at all Jewish meetings of prayer in the Shema: “Hear O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul