Last Sunday Mass Attendance

Last Sunday Mass Attendance – 616

Mass Intentions

This Sunday

(Sat)	6.00pm	People of the Parish
	10.00am	Bill Morley welfare (Morley Family)
	11.30am	Deceased relatives and friends of Cushman Family (E Cushman)

Daily Morning Prayer: Monday – Saturday at 9.10am

Weekday Masses: 9.30am unless otherwise stated

Mon	Feria	Mico Finneran RIP (M Kelly)
Tue	Feria	Claire Draper RIP (F&S Simon)
Wed	Feria	Mary Casertelli welfare (Ned O’Connor)
Thu	St Matthias	Requiem Mass for Phyllis Skerman at 11.30am
Fri	Feria	Martin O’Connor RIP (Ned O’Connor)
Sat	Feria	Service of the Word & Holy Communion

NEXT SUNDAY 17^thMAY – SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

(Sat)	6.00pm	Newcomers to the Parish
	10.00am	Kenneth Jackson RIP
	11.30am	William Nally welfare (M O’Casey)

Confessions: Saturday at 6.50pm after the 6.00pm Mass and Monday 10.00am after the 9.30am Mass, and also by prior appointment or at call. Exposition: Monday 10.00-11.00am.

Today is the Fifth Sunday in Eastertide

Jesus teaches us: ‘I am the vine, and you are the branches’. A lovely image, but also a challenging one. Sunday by Sunday, we return to the ‘vine’ to be sustained and ‘fed’ so that we may take the life of Jesus into our working week. If we do not do this, we shall ‘wither’. All of us, through our baptism are commissioned by Jesus to be strong, healthy ‘branches’, to bear good fruit in our own lives, and also in the lives of others.

As we think about vines and wine, I do encourage you to receive Holy Communion in both kinds, the Host and the Cup. ‘Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.’ (This is the priest’s offertory prayer.) Receiving the Precious Blood under the form of wine is a vivid and radical sign of our unity with Christ the true vine, the source of our life, without whom (as he says) we can do nothing.

Today (Sat) 2nd Collection today for Ecclesiastical Education.

Flavio Iorio will speak after each Mass about the Knights of St Columba. We also have the CWL Bring & Buy Sale after both Sunday Masses.

Mon (11th) Journey in Faith recommences at 8.00pm in the Presbytery. A relaxed and informal session on the basics of the Catholic Faith. There are flyers in the porch: ‘The Saints and Sinners’.

Tues (12th) Justice & Peace Group 8.00pm. Could we please have a full attendance of members – and also new members! Conservation/Manna Centre/Fairtrade Jesuit Refugee Service and many other things will be discussed. Remember that justice and the integrity of creation are at the heart of the Gospel.

Wed (13th) New Eucharistic Ministers training session (8.00pm in church).

Thurs (14th) 11.30am Requiem Mass for Phyllis Skerman, RIP (Angela Bunnage’s mother), followed by committal at Lewisham Crematorium at 1.00pm. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. This will be the parish Mass for the day – there will be no 9.30am Mass on Thursday.

8.30pm Mission & Planning Team meeting (MaP) in the Servers’ Room.

Sat (16th) Newcomers Evening in the Social Centre following the 6.00pm Mass. Would newcomers please reply as we need to know numbers! Newcomers who have not received an invitation please collect one from porch TODAY and return the slip – thank you.

Next weekend is Mgr Elliott’s Golden Jubilee at 11.30am Mass

followed by a light buffet in the Social Centre. All parishioners are warmly welcome. Could you please bring some finger food? Please sign list in the porch. There will be a retiring collection for Mgr after all Masses today.

Crofton Youth Singers Concert – Monday 18th May 2009 at 7.30pm

Crofton Baptist Church. Refreshments will be served after the concert and there will be a retiring collection for charity.

Taizé 2009 Final Meeting – Monday 18th May at 8.00pm

If you are going please come with your cheque book as booking will take place – there is still room for more people – see posters in porch.

Concert by ‘Lyra’ vocal ensemble – Friday 22nd May at 8.00pm

We are looking forward to hosting this group, here in St James’. LYRA is a group of four young highly talented singers from St Petersburg, Russia. They will be singing Russian church and folk music, and are anxious to share the riches of Russian culture with us. They are touring and singing in many churches throughout the country. This will be a very special event after which there will be a retiring collection. Please support!

Day of Celebration for the Year of St.Paul on Saturday 27th June at Aylesford

Very few people have signed the list for the coach which is disappointing. All our neighbouring parishes are supporting this Diocesan event so please sign up today and let’s fill the 49 seater! We have reduced the price to £7.50 per person!!

There’s a lot going on in the parish at the moment. Do look at the porch board and also visit our website which is regularly and brilliantly maintained by our webmaster (stjamespettswood.org). Also, make sure you have our attractive new parish handbook (mauve cover – one per family please) available from the porch carousel. Also take a yellow sheet listing many of our summer events. And finally.....many thanks to the faithful band workers who turned up yesterday (Saturday) for gardening and other jobs. This is greatly appreciated!

Fr Bryan.

Church and Social Centre Rotas

Wednesday Coffee		Church Cleaning 13^th May
A Scripture	B D’Arcy	P Flockhart	N Purves	M Howell

Next Sunday 17^th May

Bar

Tellers

Coffee 10.00am

Coffee 11.30am

A Stanley

B Meehan

A Barradell

L Bryan

M Copley

M Sands

M Ardron

C Battista

V Volney

Readers

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

R Dudley

S Paris

K Salter

Aline Dalgleish

A Scripture

P Bunnage

Ministers of Holy Communion

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

P Cosgrave

M Hutchinson

P Kenny

J McKinlay

H Rothan

P Murray

C Price

C Wakefield

T Wells

R Wright

P Crosland

O Clutton

C Hawes

A Murphy

R Del Guercio

M Ingledew

J Longhurst

Welcomers

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

E Muzelle

M Morley

B Morley

D Wills

A Wills