EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION, LENT RECOLLECTION

MARCH 2025 3/4: 5pm Gabriella; 9am Giannina; 11am Leslie, Linda, Regina 10/11: 5pm Patrick; 9am Paul; 11am Lizzie, Lorenza, Patricia(H) 17/18: 5pm Maggie; 9am Ross; 11am David, Marian, Angela(H) 24/25: 5pm Phil; 9am Margaret; 11am Mary, Simone, Lisa(H) 31: 5pm Carolyn  JUNE 1st: 9am Jim; 11am John, Gabriella, Giannina(H) Thank you to our wonderful Ministers of the Eucharist who have accepted the Lord’s invitation to this awesome, sacred ministry, by their willingness to give up their own plans and convenience in order to do God’s will rather than their own. Let us pray for them because they too fight the same personal weaknesses we all have to fight against and they too have to fight the same temptations we all have to fight. God be with them.

Please pop that date in your diary and come to the Jubilee celebrations on the 7th June . We are celebrating the 60th anniversary of Southwark becoming an Archdiocese, following centuries of being unable to publicly live out our Catholic Faith. The celebrations at The Friars will feature Music, Teaching, Prayer, Fellowship and will conclude with holy Mass. Please sign the list in the porch if you would like to attend this historic and most joyful event. We could try to arrange transport to and from The Friars Carmelite Centre in Aylesford.

DURING THE 11.00AM HOLY MASS I am hoping that soon we will be able to offer our children attending Primary schools, an opportunity to celebrate the first part of the 11.00am Sunday holy Mass in their own special way, with the help of our Catechists. The children will be invited at the beginning of the 11.00am Sunday holy Mass, to join the Catechists in the sacristy of the church. There, they will be able to do interesting things like drawing and colouring pictures that illustrate the Gospel Reading of holy Mass as well as much more too, like games and generally having fun while learning about their Faith. Then, at the Offertory of the Mass, they will leave the sacristy with their Catechists, and come into the main body of the church, to show me and the congregation the beautiful work they have done. We will adorn the church with their pictures. After that, they return to their families in the church for the second and final part of the holy Mass. This will be far better for the children than just being at the back of the church playing games and being bored with what is happening. The Liturgy of the Word for Children will be much more suited to their needs and help them to know the holy Mass and God’s Word far better. Please note that this will be for all our Primary school children. I believe the children will really enjoy what we will be offering them. Dear Parents, please let me know the names and ages of your children so that we can begin to prepare this time for them during every 11.00am Sunday holy Mass.

The next meeting for the three adult candidates preparing for the Sacrament of Baptism and for any adult who has not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation, will be on Saturday 17th May at 11.00am in the Parish Room, for one hour.

OLDE FORGE CAFE BAKERS/PROVIDERS ROTA MAY 2025 3rd: Kinga Vajlz 10th : Mary Lawlor 17th : Lauren Andrews 24th : Gerry Murphy 31st : Caroline Hinkes Please, if possible, could you provide enough cakes for the whole of each week. Thank you to everybody who is helping to provide cakes. To avoid having too many cakes, Coral mentioned to me that non-perishable cakes can be safely stored in the Cafe for a short while. When it is your turn to provide a non-perishable cake, please bring your cake to the Cafe a few days before the date of your turn. OLDE FORGE CAFE - HOSTS ROTA MAY 2025 3rd : Kim, Manuel 4th : Marian, Geraldine 6th : Gardening group 10th : Regina, Gabrielle 11th : Phil, Mary  13th : Gardening group 17th : Patricia, Kelly 18th : Jim, Leslie 20th : Gardening group 24th : Colette, Ros 25th : Kim, Manuel 27th : Gardening group 31st : David, Lorenza JUNE 2025 1st : Patrick, Maggie Please note that for each of the above dates when the Cafe is open, one of the two Hosts has been trained in the use of the new coffee machine. Please would that trained person be the only person operating the machine and also please train the other person in its use. Many thanks. Thank you to everybody who acts as a Host. If an unexpected emergency occurs on the date you are scheduled to be a Host, please don’t worry about the Cafe. No need to try to find someone to ‘stand in’ for you. There is no need whatsoever to ‘swop’ with someone! We are not a Business, having to stay open to make money! - we open when and if we can. We take this role of ‘Host’ as a Vocation from the Lord to be his Missionary and his Prophet. Actually, the Cafe has, at times, functioned well with just one Host. The success of our Evangelisation Cafe depends on us. The more we speak to others of our Cafe, inviting them to visit us, the more successful it will be. Please invite members of your families, your friends, your neighbours and colleagues. Please check when it is your turn to be a Host (or a Baker!). Please see this role as a Calling, a Vocation from the Lord which you are generously telling the Lord you will do”. Thank you so much for your trust in the good Lord

SATURDAY 17TH MAY AT 12.00MIDDAY If you are an adult person of Faith, this meeting is essential for you! It will help you grow in your Catholic Faith so that, as a grown-up person, you won’t have a childish Faith! Next Saturday we will speak about our parish religious tour of Italy, about all that we saw and all we did and what it all means. Even if you were not on the tour, we will be speaking about  many things very important to an adult, authentic Catholic Faith. Please come.

3/4: 5pm Marian; 9am Phil; 11am David, Chinwe 10/11 : 5pm Paul; 9am Lisa; 11am Lizzie, Maggie, Jim 17/18: 5pm Patricia; 9am Gerry; 11am Lizzie, Richard 24/25: 5pm Mutsa; 9am Lorenza; 11am Paul, Marian

To Linda for much help with an external finance audit To Lorenza for much help with the Parish Religious Tour  To Kelly-Anne for personal help

The next meeting for our parishioners preparing for Adult Baptism and the Sacrament of Confirmation will be next Saturday 26th April, at 11.00am in the Parish Room