Parish of St Theodore, Cranbrook, . Saturday is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (Also serving , , and Sandhurst) Newsletter for Sunday 1st October 2017 Next Sunday is a Day of Prayer for Prisoners and their Dependents. Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – (A) Priest, Fr. Barry Grant, St. Theodore’s Church, High Street, Cranbrook, Kent. October is the Month of the Holy Rosary and it would be nice if our Parish could, TN17 3DT. Tel. 01580 713364 [email protected] within their daily prayers, come together spiritually and offer one decade of the Bidding Prayer response at Cranbrook– ‘…and have mercy on us’. Rosary for peace in our world. It seems that the threat in the far east and the Service Times, Mass Intentions and Feast Days inflammatory rhetoric being used offer no room for backing down on either side, Sunday Masses ( Missal Page 659) and that only prayer can bring about the change of hearts and minds necessary Sat. 30th Sept. Cranbrook 6.00pm Joseph Rodgers RIP to achieve an outcome where countries can trust in and rely on one another. st Sun. 1 Oct. Benenden 9.00am Cranbrook 11.00am Let us pray too for all the victims of the various hostilities and natural disasters Weekday Masses at Cranbrook (In the house) around the world, those who have died and those who survive, that the world Monday 2nd at 10.00am can unite to help rebuild and rehabilitate their homes and communities and that The Holy Guardian Angels refugees receive welcome and shelter wherever they go. Tuesday 3rd at 11.30am Requiem Mass for Cathy Sparks Wednesday 4th at 10.00am

The Parish Cascade Prayer Group. If you would like prayers said urgently for St Francis of Assisi some pressing need for yourself, your family, friends or acquaintances then Thursday 5th at 10.00am please speak to any member of the Group and they will immediately organize Friday 6th at 10.00am CAFOD Harvest Fast Day prayer in support of your petition. Preceded by the Rosary at 9.40am The contact telephone numbers are: (all numbers are prefaced with 01580): Sunday 8th October – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – (A) (Missal Page 663) Sean and Iris 714158, Grania, 712302, Thea 713882, Marie 713712, Tony 892104, Sat. 7th Oct. Cranbrook 6.00pm Judith 892159, Margaret 241925 and Eileen 713126. If you would like to join the Preceded at 5.00pm by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Prayers Prayer Group then please contact Sean on 01580 714158. Sunday Benenden 9.00am

8th Oct. Cranbrook 11.00am For Elliott and Winifred Norfolk, Welfare Group : If you, or anyone you know, need some help or would like a visit In thanksgiving; then please phone me or call Judy on 01580 892159. and for Peace in our World Confessions at call; home visits by request Next Saturday afternoon there will be our usual hour before the Blessed This Sunday, 1st October: Sacrament from 5.00pm. This is an opportunity for quiet prayer and reflection • is Rosary Sunday and October is the month of the Rosary. away from the noise and bustle of daily life. • there will be refreshments after the 9.00am and 11.00am Masses. Please stay and have a chat. MISSIO Red Mission Box Holders. It is time for the Autumn collection and the • the October Draw of the 50/50 Club, the final one for the year, will take magazines have arrived and so Tony will be out and about over the next couple place at Benenden after the 9.00am Mass. See note on next page. of weeks to collect your boxes. He will have to empty every box on this occasion • please pick up an envelope for your donation of the savings you make just in case there are any old £1 coins lurking in there as these cease to be legal th th on the CAFOD Harvest Fast Day which is this Friday, 6 October. Please tender on 15 October, although they will still be presentable at your bank for note that your offerings will be collected at Masses on the weekend of some time after. 14/15 October so as not to clash with the visit of the Columban Father God Bless, Fr. Baz next weekend on the 7/8th October.

Please remember those who are in need of our prayers at this time; Maggie Summary of Events in October: Maggs, Karen Cramp, Paul Phillips, Willow Friday, Diana and Martin Soper, Monday 2nd - Pax Christie invite you to their Nonviolence Works! Seminar at Helen Friday, Peter and Lucy Swainston, Sister Kathleen, Fr John Lawrence and the Amigo Hall, St George’s Cathedral . For details visit paxchristi.org.uk Catherine Abbot. Friday 6th

- CAFOD Harvest Fast Day Please remember too Cathy Sparks and those others who have died recently, those whose anniversaries occur about now, and their families and friends. - Parish Quiz. See opposite. th Weekend of 7/8 - Visit of Columban Father to our Parish. th Pope Francis’ Mission Intention for October is: ‘That all workers may receive Wednesday 11 - Achdiocese of Southwark Ecumenical Commission Visit to respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive Canterbury Cathedral. Meet at the Cathedral Welcome Centre at 2.00 pm. at opportunity to contribute to the common good’. the Christ Church Gate entrance to the Cathedral. And ending with evensong at 17:30. If you would like to go, please contact Deacon Jolyon Vickers THE PARISH QUIZ is this Friday 6th Oct. at Sissinghurst Primary School, ([email protected]) TODAY. th 6.45pm for a prompt start at 7.00pm. If you haven’t got your tickets (£10) yet Saturday 14 : then please buy them after Mass this weekend or by ringing Thea on 01580 - A Morning of Recollection for Readers and Extraordinary Ministers of 713882. Please provide all your own refreshments for the evening. Communion will take place at Holy Family Church Wood, from There will be a raffle and donations of prizes will be gratefully received 10am to 1pm. It will be given by Canon Anthony Charlton who is the parish priest of St Thomas Catholic Church in Canterbury and Vice Chairman of the .THE 50/50 CLUB (Only two weeks left to register!) Diocesan Liturgy Commission. Please Note Change of Venue The new year for the club starts on 5th November and forms for joining up are - Rosary Crusade of Reparation from Westminster Cathedral to Brompton now available. Oratory; starts at 1.45 at Westminster Cathedral. Donations are also needed to Would those current members of the club who have not yet done so, please help with cost of traffic management, even if you are not going. This is a very collect their named envelope from the back of the church. This contains details public witness of our Faith. See flyer and pick up a leaflet. of how to renew membership for the next 12 months which hopefully you will - Southwark Justice & Peace Autumn Assembly 2017 at CAFOD, Romero want to do and continue your support of this important venture. House, Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7JB from 10am to 3pm. Guest Explanatory application forms are also available at the back of church for speaker: Barry Mizen anyone wishing to join the lottery as new members for the coming year. - MISSIO, Celebrating Mission 2017 (In preparation for World Mission Sunday th All forms must be returned by 15 October please. on 22nd Oct.) at the Amigo Hall, St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London SE1 Many thanks for your support over the past 12 months. Arrivals from 2pm; programme from 2.30-4.30pm, including: A Talk by Rev. You have raised another £600 for church funds. Anthony Chantry, Missio National Director, who has recently returned from My thanks to Judy for again running this initiative for the next year. South Sudan / Films and images from South Sudan /Light refreshments served. For everyone interested in Catholic Mission this is an opportunity to celebrate News from the Bishops’ Conference : Mission and learn more about the Church’s peace-building work in South Sudan With effect from the First Sunday of Advent 2017, two Holydays of Obligation are Please RSVP by Friday, 6 October 2017: Catherine Scott, 23 Eccleston Square, being reinstated. This request was made by the Bishops of and Wales, London SW1V 1NU; 020 7821 9755 [email protected] and has been confirmed by the Holy See. The days are: Weekend of 28th and 29th – Feast of St Jude celebrations at the National X The Epiphany of the Lord — 6th January (transferred to the adjacent Sunday Shrine of St Jude in Faversham ; As well as other devotions, The St Jude Mass when it falls on Saturday or Monday). with the blessing of oil and anointing will take place at noon, 2.00pm and X The Ascension of the Lord — Thursday after Sixth Sunday of Easter 4.00pm on Saturday and at 12.30pm and 2.30pm on Sunday. See notice.