Rotas for next week 14th / 15th March 2020

Reader Eucharistic

Ministers Church Cleaners

Florist

Counters Repository

6pm (Sat) Pauline Ransford 9am (Sun) Margaret Bayjou 11am (Sun) Emelia Winnings

6pm (Sat) Mark Davis Vicky Rock Mary Miller 9am (Sun) Jo Chapman Carolann Burlace Claire Moulinie 11am (Sun) Giselle Camille Milroy Cruze Nilda Alfano

Group 4 Toni Carly

Team 2 Laurel Debbie Elsa

Jed Julie Eileen

6pm(Sat) Denise 9am (Sun) Kerrie & Veronica 11am (Sun) Brenda & Tilly

If you are unable to exercise your ministry, please arrange a replacement.

MASS TIMES:

SATURDAY VIGIL 6:00pm SUNDAY 9:00am & 11:00am

CONFESSION: Friday: 10.30 – 11.00 am

Saturday: 12:00 – 12:30 pm

Marriage & Baptism by appointment only.

(Please ring the office to make an appointment)

EXPOSITION & BENEDICTION:

Friday after 10:00am Mass

CHILDREN’S LITURGY GROUP: Sunday Mass at 9am

PRAYER GROUP: Monday 10:30am

UCM: Every first Tuesday of the Month: 7:30pm

COFFEE MORNING: After 11am Mass Sunday & 10am Thursday

Mass Intentions for This Week Sat

Sun

7th Mar

8th Mar

6:00pm

9:00am 11:00am

Almarales family, Thanksgiving

Pro Populo Francesca, Dolleto, Antonia & Defendo

DiBenedetto Mon

9th Mar 10:00am

EUCHARISTIC SERVICE

Tue

10th Mar 10:00am

Mary & Christy O’Reilly, RIP Anniversary

Wed

11th Mar 10:00am

Geoffrey Brown, RIP

Thurs

12th Mar 10:00am

Yolanda Chan, Wellbeing

Fri

13th Mar 10:00am

Leslie Brown, RIP

Sat

Sun

14th Mar

15th Mar

6:00pm

9:00am 11:00am

Maria Norton, RIP Anniversary

Pro Populo Elisa & Raymond Fitzgerald, Wellbeing

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY 2nd Sunday of Lent

Sunday 8th March 2020 Parish Mass Book, Year A, Page 155

Our Lady of the Rosary, 330a Burnt Oak Lane

Blackfen, Sidcup, DA15 8LW

Tel. 020 8300 2697

Email: olorblackfen@gmail.com

Website: www.olorblackfen.co.uk (Registered Charity 1173050)

Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School Tel: 020 8850 4470

Fr. Oliver Antão Parish Priest

Michael Baldry

Permanent Deacon

Charlie O’Connor Parish Secretary

Office Hours

Mon, Wed & Fri 9.30am – 12.30pm

FROM FR. OLIVER’S DESK; Each year on the Second Sunday of Lent the Church puts before us the transfiguration of Jesus. His face shines and his clothes become dazzlingly white. The stories of Jesus’ Baptism and Transfiguration are epiphanies. They are manifestations of Jesus as he is, or as he will be. In both there is a voice, and the voice says the same words. A mountain is a place of divine manifestation. The cloud is a sign of the presence of God. Moses and Elijah stand for the Law and the Prophets. The Apostles for the very first time got a glimpse of the glory of the risen Lord. Even so, they would not understand until Jesus had risen from the dead. In the First Reading we see the obedience of Abraham, an obedience that brought blessings to many. It also points to the obedience of Jesus (an obedience which took him to death on a cross) and to the blessings that would flow to the world as a result. We too can experience transfigurations. Virtue transfigures us. But sin disfigures us. So lets come back to him this Lent. BIDDING PRAYERS: Lord, hear us / Lord, graciously hear us. READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY First Reading – Exodus 17:3-7 Second Reading – Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 Gospel – John 4:5-42 Read these at home and listen to them at next Sunday’s Mass.

Finance for 1st Mar 2020 1st Collection = £679.70 2nd Collection = £363.28 Mass Attendance – 300

THIS WEEK’S 2nd COLLECTION This will be for the CAFOD Lent Fast Day. There are envelopes at the back of the Church for your convenience. Thank you as always for your generosity.

SAINTS of the WEEK & FEAST DAYS Sat 7th – St. Perpetua & St. Felicity Martyrs. Sun 8th – St. John of God Mon 9th - St. Frances of Rome PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Please remember the sick of our parish in your prayers especially: Colleen Moulinie, Rita Pereira, Christopher Browne, Vivien Lobo, Elisa Fitzgerald, Joan Smith, Maureen McAuliffe, Alison Pearson, Lee Harris, Stella Goodyer, Peter Montebello, Deacon Michael Baldry, Annie McQuillen, Mairead Rankin, Christine Vaughan, Lorraine Lineham and Catherine Cunningham. ARCHBISHOP PETER SMITH Please pray for Archbishop Peter has been diagnosed with cancer. Let us keep him in our prayers at this time. ARE YOU NEW IN THE PARISH? Please register yourselves and your family. The registration cards are at the back of the Church. Your child/children will need a “Mass Passport” to fill in for Church Sacraments and for any school applications regardless of whether you wish your child to go to a Catholic school or not. It is parish policy that you are required to have the passport for your child/children. A child without a weekly signed Mass Passport will NOT have any nursery or school application forms signed by the Parish Clergy. Please introduce yourself to Fr. Oliver or Deacon Michael, who will be delighted to welcome you and assist you further in these matters. FUNDRAISING MEETING This will be on Tue 10th Mar 2020 at 8pm in the Small Hall. All are welcome. CONFIRMATION Your next session is on Fri 13th Mar at 6pm, entitled ‘The Creed’.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Your next session will be on Sat 14th Mar at 4.40pm. BAPTISM COURSE The next Baptism Preparation talk will take place on Tue 17th Mar at 7pm. Please note the parents of the child to be baptised must be registered on the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary and be regular worshippers. If you have just moved to the parish, you will need a letter from your previous parish priest. MINISTERS MEETING Your next meeting is on Fri 20th Mar at 7pm. 40 DAYS – 40 ITEMS Instead of giving up something for Lent this year why not try the 40 days - 40 items Challenge? Each day of Lent remove one item from your house, which you don’t use or wear anymore and place it in a bag. At the end of Lent, donate these items to a charity shop or to the Manna Centre. NEARLY NEW ITEMS REQUIRED We are looking for nearly new items for our stall on 29th March (Easter Fun Day). All money raised will go towards our Parish Fund. RAFFLE PRIZES If anyone would like to donate any prizes for our raffle, please bring them along in the next few weeks and place them in a plastic container placed at the back of the Church. All prizes will be gratefully accepted and thank you in advance. ASH WEDNESDAY & LENTEN PRACTICES The season of Lent began on Wed 26th Feb 2020, Ash Wednesday. Anointing Mass – Sat 4th April 2020 at 2.30pm. Adoration – there will be a half an hour Adoration before each weekend Mass during

Lent. Stations of the Cross – Every Friday, 7pm. Stations of the Cross are also taking place on Mondays with the Prayer Group at 10.30am after their service. Easter Fun Day – Sun 29th Mar 2020 after 11am Mass. FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK ‘The Rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary’ * On Fri 21st Feb 2020 all Catholics were invited to begin a personal 33-day consecration to Jesus through Mary. This included an invitation to go to the Sacrament of Confession during Lent. * On Wed 25th Mar 2020, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord all who follow the consecration will consecrate themselves to Jesus through Mary on this day. * On Thur 26th to Sat 28th Mar 2020 a three-day tridium of prayer will take place in which all will be invited to recite the Litany of the Saints and Martyrs of England, to pray the Rosary and go to Confession in preparation of the rededication. * On Sun 29th Mar 2020 there will be the personal rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary. This will happen in Walsingham and in every Catholic Cathedral, and also please in every parish, with the encouragement too for this to take place in as many homes as possible. * We are also encouraged to prepare spiritually for the rededication by prating the Angelus every day before or after our parish Masses and personally during the day. REPOSITORY VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED – URGENT - We are looking for someone to cover the Repository on Saturdays before and after Mass. Please contact Charlie in the office. Thank you. PARISH CENSUS 2020 New registration forms will be available from next week. Please make sure you complete one. Thank you.