St Patrick’s Church - /Holy Cross Church –

Served by the Society of the Divine Saviour – The Salvatorians Father Richard Mway Zeng SDS (Parish Priest), Father Ponder Paulinus Ngilangwa SDS St Patrick’s Church, Hector Street, Plumstead, SE18 1QT Holy Cross Church, 27 The Slade, Plumstead Common, SE18 2NB The Priests House & Chapel, 1a Conway Road, Plumstead, SE18 1AQ tel: 020 8854 0960/02088547154, email: [email protected] www.stpatricksplumstead.co.uk St Patrick’s Primary School, Griffin Road, Plumstead, SE18 7QG Head teacher: Miss Mary Murphy Tel: 0208 854 3881 www.stpatricksprimary.org.uk Salvatorian Trustees Registered Charity No 231410/ Archdiocese of Southwark is a Registered Charity: 235468

30th Sunday Ord. Time, Year C Divine Office: Week 2 23rd October 2016 “The Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.” WORLD MISSION SUNDAY

22nd Sat Feria of Ordinary Time – Our Lady 18 Lk18:9-14 Monday Eph4:32-5:8 Friday Eph2:19-22 SP 10.00: Rose Loughnane RIP Lk13:10-17 Lk6:12-19 Followed by Confessions Tuesday Eph5:21-33 Saturday Phil1:18-26 HC 17.00: Confessions Lk13:18-21 Lk14:1,7-11 Wednesday Eph6:1-9 Next Sunday Wis11:22-12:2 HC 17.30: Robert Lester RIP Lk13:22-30 2Thes1:11-2:2 23rd Thirtieth Sunday Ordinary Time C Lk19:1-10 HC 08.45: Roland & Mauricette Cesar RIP If we could get this story into my heart, we would be SP 10.00: Regina Okontwo Thanks giving for her life RIP helped enormously in our grasp and practice of the gospel. SP 18.00: Mary Honeyman RIP It spells out how to come before God and how not to come before God. 24th Mon Feria of Ordinary Time A newly commissioned colonel had just moved into his SP 09.00: Gertruda Dolezalova RIP office, when a private entered with a toolbox. To impress HC 10.00: thank you to God for all his favours the private, the colonel said “be with you in a moment, 25th Tues Feria of Ordinary Time soldier! I just got a call as you were knocking.” Picking up SP 09.00: Stella Bennett RIP F.M. the phone, the colonel said “General, it’s you! How can I 26th Wed Feria of Ordinary Time help you?” A dramatic pause followed. Then the colonel SP 09.00: Thanksgiving Eugene Takwa 60th B/DAY said “No problem. I’ll phone Washington and speak to the President about it.” Putting down the phone, the colonel HC 10.30: Intention of Clair Tanya Malakai said to the private “Now, what can I do for you?” The 27th Thur Feria of Ordinary Time private shuffled his feet and said sheepishly, “Oh, just a SP 09.00: Elizabeth,Catherine&James Clark&Dalby family little thing, sir. They sent me to hook up your phone’! HC 10:00: Oliver Downey RIP My generation were given all the rules and regulations and 28th Fri Ss Simon and Jude, Apostles, feast we were told to remain faithful to those and not deviate in SP 09.00: Thanks giving Sacred Heart John.Bernie’s family any way and that we would so merit heaven. The religion I HC 10.00: Get Well for Robert Costelloe had growing up was to keep people from going to hell. 29th Sat Feria of Ordinary Time – Our Lady Spirituality, on the other hand, is the only thing that frees SP 10.00: Welfare Camilo Rocha those who have already been in hell., Ask anybody in Followed by Confessions recovery from addictions, compulsions, etc. Religion is HC 17.00: Confessions about externals, it’s what we do and it’s about control. Spirituality, on the other hand, is what God does, it is HC 17.30: Marcella & Joseph Griffin internal and it’s about surrender. 30th Twenty-Eighth Sunday Ordinary Time (C) But the way to holiness is to discover that I’m a bigger HC 08.45: Wellbeing & Recovery of Gerry Synott sinner than I ever thought I was! The closer I come to SP 10.00: Private Intention God, the more obvious the sin is. It is a long journey from SP 18.00: Phyllis Galligan RIP the Pharisee at the front to the Publican at the back. It is a journey of repentance and of facing up to the truth. It is a Baptism Sunday during Mass or by Appointment journey that Life will provide if I have the courage and Confession Saturdays 10.30-11.00 & 17.00-17.30 honesty to find it. If I still think that I should be still up at Parish Surgery: Tuesday 17.00-18.30 the front with the Pharisee, then my life will be riddled Rosary & Morning Prayer (Laudes): Every day before morning with guilt and I will never find peace. Masses The Publican knew his place before God. God is the Holy Hour (Rosary + Vespers + Benediction): Creator, I am the creature. I am a sinner, Jesus is Saviour. Holy Father’s Prayer intention for October: Universal: Unlike the Pharisee, I have no right to compare myself to anyone else. All judgement is to be left to God. I can look Journalists That journalists, in carrying out their work, may always be at the most hardened criminal and say “There, but for the motivated by respect for truth and a strong sense of ethics. grace of God, go I.” I have no reason to boast whatever. I Evangelization: World Mission Day That World Mission Day may renew could have been born to any parents, in any country, at any time. I did not select my sexuality, the colour of my within all Christian communities the joy of the Gospel and the skin, or my religious beliefs. With total conviction, I can responsibility to announce it. stand before God and pray “Oh, God, be merciful to me a sinner.” Today’s Sunday Ecc35:12-14,16- Thursday Eph6:10-20 19 2Tm4:6-8,16- Lk13:31-35 Check your own attitude before God. It is like going out YOUR DONATION TO THE CHURCH into the back garden on a warm sunny day, lying back in a It is also a good time to draw your attention to your deckchair and getting a suntan. The only thing you did was ‘Church giving’ ~ Stewardship. The Church really needs to make yourself available; the sun did all the rest. Don’t your contributions to continue to function and maintain ever over-emphasise the importance of your contribution the campus and supplies needed. Please think about the when you stand before God. We are all the same when we stand before God! amount to place on the Offertory collection, bills for heating, electricity, Communion Wine, the maintenance of the clergy, the Diocesan Levy, etc. all have to be paid Welcome to Mass today! If you are new to the area to. If each wage earning adult put £4/5 or more on the or this church, please make yourself known to one weekly collection plate, it would mean the parish would of the priests after Mass. be able to meet all its bills. Thank you.

TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY Altar Servers: There will be training for Altar Servers. All Today the Holy Father invites all Catholics to contribute existing altar servers and if you have received your 1st to a special collection for Missio, his official charity for Holy Communion and would like to become an Altar overseas mission. Your prayers and donations today will Server you are welcome to attend. After training, only support the work of missionaries, as they share God’s those who have been formed can serve. mercy and love with those who are suffering. The World Mission Sunday collection will support mission projects worldwide that bring God’s love and the Gospel message November 13 On Remembrance Sunday, all of dignity for all. Please give what you can, and if parishioners who wish to have the graves of their loved possible, please use the World Mission Sunday Gift Aid ones to be blessed are welcome to attend. Please not Envelopes if you are a tax payer. Thank you that for Plumstead the entrance is at the top. The month of October NOVENA will Plumstead Cemetery 1pm and New Cemetery commence at St Pats from Sunday 2nd 3pm. October, then follows on Sundays 9th, 16th,

23rd and 30th of October. The start is at 5pm in the Church. All are welcome. Rome Pilgrimage: A coach is already organized to pick up all the pilgrims on Most Families who had the children’s Baptism in July- Monday 17 October on our way to Heathrow and on Saturday 22 October when we return August should remember to pick up the Baptism from Rome. Pickups on Monday 17 October certificate in sacristy every Sunday after Mass. are as follow: 02.30 am St Peters -Woolwich, 02.50 am St Patricks School Hall - Plumstead This Weekend’s Mass Proper can be found on page 146 and 03.10 am St John Fisher and St Thomas Prefaces for Corpus Christi can be found on page 66. More - . Thank you. Please leave book marks inside Mass books Forthcoming Dates Foodbank – Please remember those less fortunate than Cemetery Visit 13th November 16 Inter-Parishes meeting 15th November 16, 7pm ourselves. Donations of all non-perishable food items Parish Race Night 19th November 16 are gladly accepted and can be left in the container in Rome Pilgrimage 17th-22nd October 16 1st Sunday of Advent 27th November 16 the church porch. Krakow Pilgrimage 17th-22nd April 17 Parish Visitation 9th-10th-11th June 17 Gift Aid – We continue to encourage you to sign up to Confirmation 11th June 17 this worthwhile scheme. For every £1 you donate, the Summer Fayre 2nd July 17 Church can claim an additional 25p from HMRC. The only stipulation is that you currently pay in more tax UK time: The clocks go back, than we claim in your name. Please consider this truly so remember to change yours worthwhile scheme. on Sunday 30 October.

Have a wonderful weekend. St Patrick’s Social Hall for Hire: Suitable for birthday parties (No 18th’s), Christening, Communions, Confirmation etc. Reasonable rates. Contact Jean on 07707696739

RCIA- St Patrick’s: We are starting the course for adults on Wed 14 September at 7pm. Will you be able to attend? Forms are available at the back of the Church or in the Sacristy.