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PARISH NEWSLETTER
7th and
8th
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR B
February 2015
Psalter Week 1
VOL. 3: NO. 11/2015
THE ANNUNCIATION AND ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO CATHOLIC CHURCH
(A member of Churches Together in Bellingham)
PRESBYTERY:
88 BECKENHAM HILL ROAD, LONDON SE6 3PU
TEL NO: 020 8695 1092
[email protected]
PARISH PRIEST
[email protected]
FR Mark Ehis ODION MSP
Parish Website: www.theannunciationandstaugustine.org.uk
PARISH DEACON
Deanery Website: www.lewishamdeanery.com
REV Jeffrey SINGLETON
1st Fri Perpetual Adoration: 9:45am to
PARISH SECRETARY
3:30pm
Ann Williams
MASS TIMES
Monday to Friday: 9:15am
MORNING PRAYERS:
PARISH SCHOOL
Saturday: 6:00pm Vigil Mass with Hymns
Monday to Friday: 8.45am
St Augustine’s Catholic Nursery and
Sunday: 8:30am; Said Mass
ROSARY: Monday to Friday: 9:45am
Primary School
10:30am Family Sung Mass
HEADTEACHER: Mrs Hilary Jarvis
RECONCILIATION
Saturday 5:15pm
Tel: 0208 698 6083 Fax: 0208 461 2131
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED
[email protected]
SACRAMENT
WEEKLY OFFICE SURGERY
Mon to Fri (Except First Friday): 8:00am
Every Tuesday 4.00pm to 7.00pm
WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS AND NEW PARISHIONERS
PARISH MASS BOOK
COLLECTIONS
This weekend is the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary, Year B. The Readings
LAST WEEKEND
AMOUNT
AMOUNT GIFT
at mass are from Parish Mass Book, page 134.
COLLECTIONS
COLLECTED
AIDED
RESPONSE TO THE BIDDING PRAYER
Offertory
£491.08
£304.42
Reader:
Hear us, O Lord;
Catholic Education
£191.62
£125.47
All:
heal us, we pray.
Service
REMEMBERING THOSE WHO ARE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND
Thank you all for your generosity
Our prayers go out to those who are sick and to those who care for The second collection this weekend 7th and 8th February is for the
them especially: Connie Brewer, Catherine Simmons, Marie Avis, Parish Repair Fund and next weekend 14th and 15th February is for
Yolanda Whitcher, Mary Smith, Paul Driscoll, Pat Driscoll, Philys Gray, Poor Parishes. Please, be generous.
Benedict Perrier, Tom Geiger, Bernadatte Dowswell, Mark Bone, READERS FOR THIS WEEKEND 7th & 8th FEBRUARY
Pamela Williams-Jones, Alan Dorey, Maria Ali, Michael Gill, Charles Saturday 6.00pm
Kath Hutton & Toyin Odumade
Manso de Zuniga and Doris Dalylish. If you know any parishioner who Sunday 8.30am
Pamela Cofie & Melissa Cofie
is ill, please let the Parish Priest know.
Sunday 10.30am
Celine Umeh & Kwame Oppong-Manu
FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARIES FOR DECEASED RELATIVES
READERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND 14th & 15th FEBRUARY
Margaret Quigley, Johanna Watts, John Baragwanath, Lilian Francis Saturday 6.00pm
Mary Malham & Stuart McLaughlin
Bartlett, Justin O’Sullivan, Agnes Pugh, Mary Clarke, Maureen Wells, Sunday 8.30am
Mma Ezeonyeasi & Nicole Olisa
Lira Theodolinda Rodrigues, Richard Langer.
Sunday 10.30am
Godwin Benin & Augustina Iwu
OUR PARISH PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS FOR THIS WEEKEND 7th & 8th FEB
God our Father, look in love upon our homes, our families and our Saturday 6.00pm
Ruth McKie & Amanda Tetteh
communities. Raise up from among us worthy priests to preach the Sunday 8.30am
Carol Roycroft & Rose Nfonsam
Gospel to all peoples, to minister at your altar, and to care for your Sunday 10.30am
Anthonia Uzoh-Nkwocha, Desmond Levy, Fred
flock. Fill us all with your Holy Spirit and make us faithful and inspiring
Chawe-Nartey & Njideka Anbyadubalu
witnesses to your kingdom. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND 14th & 15th FEBRUARY
ALTAR SERVERS PRACTICE
Saturday 6.00pm
Marian Andoh & Arthur Abadies
There will be Altar Servers’ practise 30 minutes before every weekend Sunday 8.30am
Josephine Oluborode & Kim Evans
masses from this weekend. All Altar Servers should please be present. Sunday 10.30am
Lumi Henshaw, Vincenza Della Camera, Gloria
TRAINING AS PARISH DEACONS
Ezeonyeasi & Jean Nwankwo
The Archbishop has accepted to train the following parishioners as CLEANING OF THE CHURCH
Parish Deacons: Paul Henshaw and Fidelis Iwu. Please, kind them in Team G: 14th February 7.00am
Alison Olisa, Rose Nfonsam,
your prayers.
Franklin Amstrong, Bluette
THE DIOCESAN PAPER: THE PILGRIM
Soupe,
Patricia
Okolo,
We have the February edition of the Diocesan Paper: the Pilgrim
Rosemarie Uwaegbulom
available in the repository on sale. It cost 50p. Please, get your copy.
Team H: 19th February 6.30pm
Titi Haastrup, Bridget Fundi,
WALK WITH ME
Gbemi Okolo, Foloke Ogundele,
We have the copies of Walk with me available in the repository on
Michael Mensah, Lumi Henshaw
sale. It cost £1.00p. Please, get your copy.
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DATES
Saturday
6pm Mass
7th
Sunday
8.30am Mass
Sunday
10.30am Mass
Monday
9.15am Mass
Tuesday
9.15am Mass
Wednesday
9.15am Mass
Thursday
9.15am Mass
Friday
9.15am Mass
Saturday
6pm Mass
8th
Sunday
8.30am Mass
Sunday
10.30am Mass
8th
9th
FEASTS
MASS INTENTIONS
Vigil mass: The Fifth
Sunday in Ordinary
Time
The Fifth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
The Fifth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Feria
Dennis Smith RIP
10th
Saint Scholastica
11th
Feria
12th
Feria
13th
Feria
14th
15th
Vigil mass: Sixth
Sunday in Ordinary
time (B)
Sixth Sunday (B)
16th
Sixth Sunday (B)
Joanna Watts RIP
Carroll Garraway (health
and wellbeing)
Mrs Irene Jeyiefos
Thomas RIP
Esther & George Baker
God’s blessings
Deacon Jeff & Vivien
Singleton God’s blessings
Maria Ali God’s blessings
Bernadette Langer –
God’s blessings
Kathleen Cowling RIP
Wellbeing of Mary Jones
Mr and Mrs E O Amiame
Thanksgiving mass
APPEAL FOR THE REPAIR OF THE CHURCH ROOF
The work on the repair of the Crown of the church roof begins on
Monday 2nd February. The repair will cost us the sum of £30,000.00.
We are appealing for your financial assistance. Can anyone help the
parish with some one-off donations? Can you help by increasing your
donations towards the Parish Repair Fund collections? Whatever way
you can help it will be greatly appreciated. No amount is too small. For
further information, please speak to the Parish Priest.
ADORATION AND MORNING MASS
Why not consider attending the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
and morning mass once a week. It will help in your spiritual growth.
PARISH LUNCH
As means to fund raise toward the repair of the parish roof, we shall be
having a dinner. Details of the event will be communicated to
parishioners soon.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
The group is open to all children between 3-8 years.
This weekend 7th and 8th February children liturgists are:
Saturday 6.00pm
Gary & Toby
Sunday 10.30am
Lucy/Prudencia, Tanya and Bridget
Next weekend 14th and 15th February children liturgists are:
Saturday 6.00pm
Joanne & Susan
Sunday 10.30am
Viviene/Grace, Gerrald and Bridget, Tanya
50-50 JANUARY DRAW
1st prize
£25 Carroll Garraway No. 92
2nd prize
£10 James Mason No. 25
PALM BRANCHES
We invite parishioners to please bring their old palm branches given
out last Palm Sunday so that we can us them on Ash Wednesday.
ASH WEDNESDAY
Wednesday the 18th of February is Ash Wednesday and it is a day of
FASTING AND ABSTINENCE. There will be two masses 9.15am and
7.00pm. Ashes are blessed and distributed during the masses. All
parishioners are invited to attend any of any of the masses.
DIVINE MERCY PRAYER AND ADORATION
There will be a Divine mercy prayer and adoration every Monday to
Friday from 3:00pm to 3:30pm in the parish. Interested parishioners
are welcome to join in the prayer and adoration.
CHURCH CLEANING ROTA
We thank all those who volunteered to help with the church cleaning.
The new rota is available on the table at the back of the church and on
the notice board in the porch for collection. Please, pick your copy after
mass.
A LENTEN REFLECTION AND PRAYER
We invite parishioners to a Lenten reflective talk that will be taking
place in the parish every Sunday at 5.00pm during the period of lent
beginning from 22nd February 2015, the first Sunday of Lent.
24 HOURS FOR THE LORD
Pope Francis has asked every parish to hold a 24 Hours for the Lord
on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March 2015. The theme is: God rich
in mercy (Ephesians 2:4). During these days The Holy Father asks
parishes to provide an extraordinary opening of churches, offering the
possibility for Confessions and Eucharistic Adoration. Here in the
parish, we shall be having adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from
10.00am on Friday 13th to 10.00am on Saturday 14th March 2015. We
kindly invite individuals and parish groups to take advantage of this
wonderful moment to be with the Lord as the church will be opened all
day and night during the period of the 24 hours. We shall be having a
rota for the various parish groups. However, we are appealing to
parish to please write their names against the times they will be
available for the adoration in the church during the period. The Parish
Priest will be available during the period for confessions.
REFLECTION
In the First Reading, Job complains of hard labour, sleepless nights,
illness, and the shortness of his hopeless life. For him, all of life is a
fever. The Psalm is a hymn of praise to God, who brings back exiles,
heals the broken-hearted, and raise the lowly. We see in the Second
Reading the calling of St Paul to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
even if he doesn’t get paid for doing it. His reward is simply to win
converts. Although a Jew, he is prepared to live as a gentile among
the gentiles in order to convert people to Christ. In today’s Gospel
Jesus heals Simon Peter’s mother-in-law of the fever and proclaims
the kingdom of God by teaching, preaching, and healing various
people of various conditions. We noticed that after her healing
Simon’s mother-in-law “began to wait on them”. She is portrayed by
Mark as a good example of a disciple, showing the discipleship of
service. The Holy Father invites us to pray today especially for victims
of trafficking and those who work to combat it.
TEA AND COFFEE
All are welcome to join us in the parish room after the weekend
masses for tea and coffee so that we can socialise with one another.
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