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Thank you for your offerings last week of £1,516. Second Collection for Bromley Foodbank was £1,406. Mass attendance 759.
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Sunday 9th April |
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord |
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6pm – (Saturday Vigil) People of the Parish
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9.15am – Terence Quinlan RIP (S Watson)
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11am – Deceased members of the O’Connor & Quinn family (Scott family)
4pm – Stations of the Cross
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Monday 10th April |
Monday of Holy Week |
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9.30am – Private Intention |
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Tuesday 11th April |
Tuesday of Holy Week |
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9.30am – Anthony Olivelle RIP (M Olivelle)
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Wednesday 12th April |
Wednesday of Holy Week |
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9.30am – David Hawkins RIP (Hawkins Family)
10.45am – Eucharistic Adoration
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Thursday 13th April |
Thursday of Holy Week |
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No Mass at 9.30am 8.00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper
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Friday 14th April |
Friday of the Passion of the Lord |
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10.00am – Children’s Station of the Cross 3.00pm Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Passion |
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Sunday 16th April |
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord |
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8pm – (Easter Vigil) Brian Williams RIP (K Griffin) |
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9.15am – Fr David Camilleri Birthday celebration (Hilary) |
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11am – People Of The Parish 4pm – Stations of the Cross |
Confessions heard Saturday 5.00-5.45pm or by appointment.
Morning Prayer: Takes place Monday – Friday at 9.10am. All are welcome to attend.
Pondering the Word (Lectio Divina)
A quiet reflective look at the following Sunday’s Gospel. Mondays 11am - 12 noon, except for Bank Holidays, here in the Church. All welcome.
Second Collection
There will be a collection for the Holy Places on Good Friday.
Fr David writes…
It is such a tragic reality losing one’s memory. It is well known nowadays that because we are living longer on account of medical advancements, there are more of us who are suffering with dementia and Alzheimer’s decease. The condition affects first and foremost the person who is suffering from it as they struggle with the changes affecting them. However, moreover, it affects their loved ones and carers, as they are the ones who can witness first and foremost the transformation. They grieve the person they knew before their actual physical death. Memory is a gift without any shadow of doubt. Memory enables us to look back and celebrate the gift of the past. By remembering, we appreciate where we are today. Memory helps us also to own our identity. It gives us the language to express our roots as individuals and also as a community. Memory paradoxically connects us with our present. It grounds us as people. In the forthcoming week, as individuals and community we are going to go through an intense period of remembrance. In our hectic lives full of pressures and stresses, we do need time to reflect and remember where we came from, what gives meaning to our present and also directs us to understand something of where we are going to.
In Holy Week, the Church encourages us to reflect upon the roots of our faith. It encourages us to remember the narrative which transformed our existence on this planet. We remember in a very powerful way the significance of the story which underpins our western collective memory. The narrative of the Passion and Death of Jesus touches us like no other memory does. Like it or not, being a believer or not, the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection informs our psyche. In remembering the Passion story, we come across a truly passionate man. A passionate man who changed the course of history. Throughout his ministry, Jesus has revealed the reaches of his own passion. His undying desire to do his Father’s will in his life. His preference for those who have been abandoned or who live in poverty. The ones without a voice. His fury at a religious authority that only creates new burdens for people. His preferential love for those who suffer in life. His open disappointment with those who are unable to love and forgive. His passion for those who count themselves worthless. His faithfulness to those who had deserted him.
All these attributes are not of a timid man. They all reveal a man of grand passion. In the end the cross comes as no surprise. The cross of Jesus stands at the centre of the Christian narrative as a sign of the length love will go in its passion for others. If we ever wonder if we are really loved, we should look at the figure on the cross. It is difficult to maintain that we are unloved when we know that someone thought we are worth dying for. We remember the death of Jesus not as a senseless act of violence. Rather we honour his death as the supreme act of love. God through Jesus truly love us. That is the heart of the passion story. It also helps us to realise that the Passion of Jesus is a reality that a lot of people are experiencing even now in 2017. The violence and hatred which surrounded Jesus within his community is being experienced even now by the exercise of senseless violence through terrorism, the Syrian crisis and also the Sudan Crisis as we speak. The images of suffering of people and children are hard to digest on the media. Our own sufferings in our own personal lives connect us with what something of the pain and suffering of Jesus. Remembering the story this week in different ways, we need to just stop and contemplate the mystery of suffering in the world through the eyes of the suffering and death of Christ. We are not alone in our suffering. We can make meaning of our sufferings through the memory of the Passion Narrative.
This weekend, we are celebrating Palm Sunday as we remember the event when Jesus entered into Jerusalem. You are also invited to attend the re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross at 4.00pm on Sunday. On Thursday then, you are invited to join us as we commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus and spend some time in adoration at the Altar of Repose. On Friday then, in the morning, we have the Stations of the Cross for children and at 3.00pm we have the Good Friday Service where we remember Christ’s Crucifixion. On Easter Vigil at 8.00pm, you are invited to remember with us Christ’s Resurrection. This will be the focus also for the 9.15am and 11.00am Masses on Easter Sunday. I hope that you will all be able to celebrate with us, as one community of faith, such a significant week for us Christians at St James’. Have a Blessed Holy Week.
“Drop-In” – Evening Surgery
The next Drop-in Surgery will take place on Tuesday 11th April between 5pm – 7pm. Please call at 281a Crescent Drive. No appointments are necessary.
Liturgy Pillar
Eucharist Adoration
takes place for an hour each Wednesday shortly after the morning Mass starting at 10.45 am and finishing at 11.45 am. This Devotion to the Eucharist is a time of silent prayer and quiet music. Everyone is welcome for all or part of this time of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
First Friday of Month - Eucharist Adoration also takes place on the 1st Friday of each month from 7.30 pm – 9pm and concludes with Benediction. Everyone is welcome for all or part of this time of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.
Easter Choir Rehearsal
will take place in the church as follows, covering music for the services specified:
Wednesday 12th April, 7.00-8.00pm - Maundy Thursday & Easter Vigil and 8.00-9.15pm - Good Friday
Easter Saturday, 15th April, 11.30am – Święconka
This is the Polish traditional blessing of Easter Baskets. Please join us in celebrating this colourful and engaging tradition by bringing your own “Święconka” to St James’ for a short (15-20 min) blessing service. Blessing will be done in Polish and English. All very welcome.
Youth Pillar
All young people in Bromley Deanery between the ages of 10-18yrs are invited to attend a Youth Mass on Saturday 22nd April at 6.00pm at St Joseph’s Church, Plaistow Lane, Bromley. As usual, we will be holding afternoon workshops from 3.30-5.30pm in the Upper Room and the theme for this session will be to explore ‘The Creed’. We will need musicians singers and artists as well as those good at drama to make this a success.
Social Pillar
Children's Easter Egg Hunt and cake sale - Easter Sunday, 16th April
The Friends of St James’ invite the children of the Parish to an Easter egg hunt taking place after the 9.15am Mass on Easter Sunday. Children will be provided with a basket to collect the eggs and the cost will be £3 per child payable on the day. Let's hope the April showers stay away. If they do, the hunt will take place in the Parish garden. If not, it will be in the Community Centre. We'll also be hosting a cake sale in the Community Centre at the same time and donations of delicious homemade cakes are most welcome. Please let the Parish Office know if you can help.
Seniors’ Afternoon Tea - Sunday, 23rd April 2017
A slight change of plan for our senior’s event! We will be holding a celebratory St George's themed afternoon tea in the Community Centre from 3pm on Sunday, 23rd April. The cost will be £3 per person. If you would like to come along, please leave your name and £3 payment in the Parish Office before the Easter weekend. Please do also let us know if you require transport too. We hope you can come along to enjoy the afternoon.
Dad and Me
The next meeting of Dad and Me will be held at the community Centre on Saturday April 15th at 10am – 11.30am.
Knights of St Columba St George’s Day Celebration
Social Evening on Saturday 29th April
7pm – 11pm. Singing and dancing. Please bring your own food. Family ticket £10 individual ticket £5. Tickets on sale after all Masses.
A concert at St James’ on Sunday April 30th at 7.30pm given by The London Concert Chorus to include Songs from the Musicals. It is in aid of Parish funds & tickets are on sale soon.
Justice & Peace
Bromley Foodbank thanks St James'
As a result of the second collection last weekend, the parish was able to send a cheque for £1,400 to the Foodbank. We received an email saying "Please pass on our thanks to your congregations for their generosity. It is very much appreciated and will make a big difference to the work of the Foodbank in the borough." So thank you everyone who supported this appeal.
We have been told that the Foodbank centres have been very busy recently, and so the list of items in short supply has grown since last week. The list of current needs is: long life fruit juice, long life milk, coffee, desserts, potato (dried), custard, rice pudding, washing up liquid, men's deodorants and shampoo.
The Annual Plant Sale
in aid of our overseas project, St Helen’s Parish, Peru, will be held on 20th & 21st May. Gardeners of St James’ please remember to add a few extra for the sale if you are dividing, propagating or seed sowing. Anyone with a healthy but unwanted plant please do not discard but find it a new home at the sale.
Hearing Aid
A hearing has been found in church. Please contact the Parish office to collect.
Seeing a Chaplain if You Are Admitted to Hospital
Protecting personal information (data protection) is really important when you become an inpatient in hospital.
So please specifically ask hospital staff to pass on your details to the hospital’s Roman Catholic chaplain as soon as you are admitted if you would like a Chaplain to visit you.
Fr David would always be very happy to visit you too, so please ask a relative or friend to let him know about your admission. You, or they, can email Fr David on father.david@stjamespettswood.org, or phone the parish office on 01689 827100.
Weekend Rotas: Thank you for helping.
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Mass |
Saturday 8pm (Vigil) |
Sunday 9.15am |
Sunday 11am |
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Welcomers |
K Moon |
B Guyton A Guyton |
S Kavanagh T Connolly
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Readers |
Refer to volunteer sheet |
C Hairs H Denham |
M Morley P Lowe
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Ministers of Holy Communion |
Volunteer sheet says: Tricia Willard Beatrice Babb Angela Evans Ken Evans Rosa del Guercio
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S Cotta W David M Howell D Hairs B Cotta |
T Willard R Mwansa K Chan K Evans A Evans
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Coffee |
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D Delf F Curran |
M Harrington S Paris R Scott
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Bar |
P Benson M Wright
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Tellers |
P Benson N Longhurst |
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Saturday 15th April |
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Cleaning the Church |
Readers, Altar Servers |
St James the Great
HOLY WEEK CALENDAR
2017
Palm Sunday, 9th April
6.00pm Saturday, 9.15am and 11.00am Sunday.
Palms will be distributed and blessed at each Mass.
All Masses will be preceded by a short procession from the Community Centre.
4pm Re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross.
Wednesday 12th April
11.30am Mass of Chrism at St George’s Cathedral:
The Bishops of Southwark celebrate one Mass with the Priests of the Diocese.
Maundy Thursday, 13th April 8pm
Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
Reception of the Holy Oils, Washing of the Feet
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Watching at the Altar of Repose until Midnight.
Good Friday, 14th April
10.00am Children’s Stations of the Cross.
10.30am PWCT – service being held at Baptist Church, Southborough Lane
3.00pm Solemn Celebration of the Lords Passion
8.00pm PWCT – Prayers around the Cross.
Holy Saturday, 15th April
11.30am Święconka – Polish blessing of Easter baskets.
8.00pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of The Lord
Mass at 9.15am and 11.00am
Easter Egg Hunt and cake sale after 9.15am Mass in Community Centre
There will be no 9.30am Mass on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday and no 6pm Saturday Vigil Mass.