Ash Wednesday was great and we have all made a good start to Lent!

 

It is also encouraging to see people signing up for the Lent Course on St Matthew’s Gospel.  I do hope many more of you will participate – especially parents with younger children at school- the afternoon session is offered with you in mind. 

 

It will be a great opportunity to meet our new Petts Wood ministers. Fr. Robert Lane (St Francis); Rev. Simon Cragg (Southborough Baptist) Rev. Ann Hogan from Sydney who is overseeing Christ Church URC until the start of June, while the Rev. Pauline Sparkes looks after her church in Sydney.  Rev. Paul Hulme (PW Methodist) will also be presenting one of the sessions.  Sign up today! (List in porch)

 

Stations of the Cross will be on Fridays during Lent at 7.30pm, and I shall be in the confessional from 7pm if anyone would like to make their confession. 

 

Our Lenten Penitential Service (with priests from our Bromley Deanery) will be at 7pm on Thursday March 31st. We have timed this so that parents and younger children can come.  I do hope the church will be full on that evening (do remember that church teaching is that we should all make our confession at least once a year and Lent is, of course, very appropriate.)

 

Remember that Mass is celebrated each weekday, Mon- Fri at 9.30am and on Tues. at 7.15pm (but not this coming Tues 15/3.) It would be really good to see more people at daily Mass from time to time during Lent and I do encourage parents who may have just delivered their children to school. 

 

And please come to the Parish Forum next Monday (21st) at 8pm.  In addition to the accounts, new ideas about planning to maintain and improve our buildings will be explained, and there will be a brief resume about the outcome of the hall survey.      

 

Mass attendances last Sunday were 668. 

Sunday 13/3/11

First Sunday of Lent (A)

 

6pm –Edith Mary George RIP (Edith’s family)

 

9.15am-  Alex Devan Wetton (Alex’s family)

 

11am –  O’Flaherty family (Ned) (Parade Mass and Cubs cake sale) 

Monday

14/3/11

Feria

9.30am- Frank O’Leary RIP (Mary O’Leary)

 

1-30-3.30 pm - craft/card games/tea and chat in the hall. Everyone very welcome!

Tuesday

15/3/11

Feria

 

9.30am-  Marje Fox RIP (D & T West)

 

7.15pm-  No Mass this evening

 

No Evangelium this evening 

Wednesday

16/3/11

Feria

 

9.30am – Hugh & Mary  O’Donnell (Deirdre Marshall)

Thursday

17/3/11

St Patrick 

 

9.30am –Ron Smith RIP  (A Lane)

 

12noon- Funeral Mass for Sheila Carey (78yrs), foll. by burial at Biggin Hill. Our prayers and sympathy to her sister Rita and brother Alan  

Friday

18/3/11

Feria

CAFOD Fast Day  for Lent 

 

9.30am –  Holy Souls

 

Confession at 7pm and Stations at 7.30pm

Sunday 20/3/11

Second Sunday of Lent (A)

 

 6pm – People of the Parish

 

9.15am-   Joseph Tevlin RIP (M Riley)

 

11am –  Christopher Walsh RIP (L Benson)

 

Second collection for CAFOD Fast Day (18/3/11) and Manna centre (clothes) – please have a turn out. Jim Simmons from CAFOD will speak at all Masses.

 

First Communion 2012 – parents of Yr 2 children who were not at the meeting last Monday please contact Miriam Travers urgently.

A new drummers’ course!  At Southborough Baptist (opp. St James) starting Tues 15/3 for learners & experienced drummers contact David Morris. 

St Patrick’s Day Party Sat March 19th – social centre. Tickets £6 (£15 family). Contact Suzanne Horner or Susan Lams. Funds to support two of our Guides going to Switzerland representing Greater London and Kent.  

Petts Wood Festival Chorus tickets are for sale in the Rainbow Centre and in the Repository (our church shop) after Mass. Going fast so don’t miss out! (Concert next Sun. 20/3)  

Please remember the sick in your prayers: Bill Morley, Gerald Colman, Gloria Calnan, Joshua Canning (11 yrs.), Florence Angel, Christopher Drew, Ernest Field, Rita Williams, Joyce Dyke and Bishop Michael Evans (East Anglia).

 

Penance

For self absorption- many hours in the company of three year olds

For carelessness -  a year’s close study of an elder tree

For injustice - giving thanks for the rain and sun that fall on you anyway

For pride - learning to see the sunny side of your coals of fire.

...by Kathy Galloway

 

Every blessing,  Fr. Bryan