Last Sunday Mass Attendance – 633

 

Mass Intentions

This Sunday

                (Sat)   6.00pm    Dan Carrigan RIP

                     10.00am   Rupert Anthony RIP

                      11.30am   People of the Parish

Daily Morning Prayer   Monday – Saturday at 9.10am

Weekday Masses and other services –Holy Week.

Monday         9.30am     Margaret Doyle RIP

Tuesday        9.30am     Aurelia and Letitia Santorin int.

Wednesday   9.30am     Kitty O Riordan RIP

Thursday       8.0.pm     Wilfred Alford Smith RIP

Friday            3.0.pm     Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday

Saturday        8.0.pm     Easter Vigil and 1st Mass of Easter-Sandy Chipchase RIP

Next Sunday 23 March 2008 – Easter Sunday

                (Sat)   6.00pm    Pauline & Vincent Rusbridge RIP

                     10.00am   Christopher Walsh RIP

                     11.30am   Sidney & Dorothy O’Leary RIP

Confessions heard NEXT Saturday 10am-12 noon

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament − Monday 10am-12 noon

 

 

 

Welcome to Mass on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. The main services will be:

 

·            Holy Thursday (20th)

Mass of the Lord’s Supper 8pm,

·            Good Friday (21st)

United Service at the Methodist Church 10.30am

Solemn Liturgy at 3.00pm at St James

·            Holy Saturday (22nd)

Morning prayer at 9.10am, confessions heard 10am-12noon Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter at 8.00pm

·            Easter Sunday (23rd)

Masses at the usual times of 10.00am and 11.30am

 

This weekend  Bach’s St John Passion is being sung in Christ Church, Willett Way on Saturday at 7.30pm and here at St James on Sunday at 7.30pm. Tickets are almost sold out but entry on the door may be possible. I do thank everyone who has contributed to this project, which is in aid of Bromley Alzheimer’s Society. (NO STATIONS OF THE CROSS THIS EVENING)

 

·            Monday – Confirmation preparation at 6.45pm NB. No Journey in Faith group this week, the next meeting will be on March 31st.

·            Tuesday – Choir practice at 8.00pm (for Holy Thurs, Good Fri and Vigil).

 

Passover Supper Thank you to the many people who contributed in any way to the Passover Supper celebration last Tuesday including:- those who loaned tables, dishes, candlesticks or vases; those who arranged flowers and prepared tables; the readers; and all who helped clear up at the end. A great parish team effort.

 

If you are still awaiting the return of any item you loaned, please contact Doreen

 

An account of the event with pictures can be found on the website at www.stjamespettswood.org/passover.html

 

Many thanks also to everyone who helped with the parish clean up last Saturday – another excellent team effort!  (Many LP’S were unearthed. Please claim TODAY if they are yours! (Social Centre.)

 

On Holy Thursday (20th) No morning Mass here. All the clergy of the diocese meet with the bishops to celebrate the Mass of Chrism in the cathedral at 11.15am. At this Mass the oils (baptism, chrism and oil of the sick) are blessed and each parish collects its supply for the year. The oils will be brought up at the offertory on Thursday evening. This is also the occasion when all the priests of the diocese renew their ordination vows. Please remember all the clergy- bishops, priests and deacons – of our diocese, and especially Archbishop Kevin, who has had a by-pass operation in St Thomas’ hospital in the past week.

 

Next Sunday is Easter Sunday, and at all Masses we shall renew our baptismal promises. These are the foundation of our faith in Christ and the Church.

Your offering next Sunday is, by tradition, your personal offering to your parish priest.

 

Gift Aid Envelopes will be available from next Sunday (on tables at front-left of church). If you are a tax payer and give regularly to St James, can I encourage to take out a Gift Aid form (at no cost to yourself but of great benefit to the parish!). Please contact Geoff Ford.

 

Sacrament of Reconciliation (‘confession’) Do consider coming to this sacrament next Saturday between 10.00am and 12 noon. The Church teaches that Catholics should go to confession at least once a year.

 

Every blessing to you and your families. Easter will be a little different this year in that it does not coincide with the school holidays. I do hope that St James will be full for the major services, as we recall the great events of our redemption in Christ.

 

Fr.Bryan.

 

 

Church and Social Centre Rotas

 

Wednesday Coffee

Church Cleaning 19 March

J Keen

M Howell

M Capon

S Rowan

E Lawrence

 

Next Sunday 23 March

 

Bar

Tellers

Coffee 10.00am

Coffee 11.30am

A Barradell

D O’Neil

M Troy

C Delf

T Hughes

J Costello

A Crosland

T Troy

J Cosgrave

B Bridle

 

Readers

 

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

L Piggott

P Kenny

A Prifti

J Headington

N Longhurst

Z Bajorek

 

Ministers of Holy Communion

 

6.00pm Sat.

10.00am

11.30am

C Cahill

M Cahill

C Cosgrave

P Cosgrave

P Driscoll

R Wright

P Crosland

B D’Arcy

W David

C Delf

D Hairs

R Del Guercio

M Ingledew

V Terry

M Jones

D O’Neil

P Powell