NEW WORKSHOP AND COURSE AT THE LONDON JESUIT CENTRE

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.

It is wise to write a Will so that the resources you have when the time comes for you to leave this world, goes to the people and organisations you wish. May I suggest that you might consider leaving a Bequest in your will to our parish or to our diocese or to our priest as well as to other causes. A gift in your will can enable us to continue to help people to know the Lord Jesus and his saving love. What a wonderful legacy you would be leaving behind.

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 Friday 30th May at 5.30pm in the Parish Room, for one hour.

Sunday 18 May is Safeguarding Sunday and Archbishop John has issued a pastoral letter. In his letter, Archbishop John said “Safeguarding is not the work of a few; it is a shared responsibility. Each of us — clergy, volunteers, parents, parishioners — is called to remain vigilant, informed, and committed to the well-being of every member of our community”. You can find out more about Safeguarding Sunday, including accessing the full pastoral letter, at rcaos.org.uk/safeguardingsunday25

Please note that we will have 2 holy Masses in our parish for this great Feast day of the Lord’s Ascension into Heaven: Wednesday evening 28th May at 6.00pm and on Thursday morning 29th May at 9.30.

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 do your best to bring members of your family, your friends, neighbours and colleagues who normally have little, if any contact with our Catholic parish, to the Olde Forge Cafe. Please remember that those you bring with you DO NOT give a donation for their coffee and cake. Only us, who are regular members of our parish, are asked to give a donation, each time, to cover the cost of the Coffee machine, coffee beans, heat, light etc. Dear Bakers and those who provide milk, please remember to take your expenses from the donations received.

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

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