Welcome to Holy Cross & St Patrick Parish Served by the Society of the Divine Saviour – The Salvatorians Parish Priest: Father Auson Kamugisha, SDS Assistant Priest: Father Fortunatus Banzi, SDS Deacons: Rev. Oluwole Alayo & Rev. Anthony Wentworth The Priests House & Chapel, 1a Conway Road, Plumstead, SE18 1AQ St Patrick’s Church, Hector Street, Plumstead, SE18 1QT Holy Cross, 27 The Slade, Plumstead Common, SE18 2NB Tel: 020 3722 7573, [email protected] www.stpatricksholycross.org.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: 1173050 Priest’s surgery – Wednesdays 5pm – 6pm Parish Office Hours: Monday- Wednesday: 9.30 – 2pm Thursday: 9.30 – 1.30pm Friday: 8.30 – 12.30 If you are new to the parish, please introduce yourself to the Priests and other parishioners All Saints’ Day (Year A) Ps 3 1st November, 2020 “Surely everyone who entertains this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ.” 1John 3:3 What makes a saint? Is it being ‘good’? Some of the saints did awful things: St Peter denied Jesus, St Paul persecuted Christians, St Augustine lived a pagan life, St Pelagia was a ‘loose woman’. BUT they saw the error of their ways and changed. With God’s help, we too can all be saints, as long as we try to be like Christ , then we can be part of the ‘huge number, impossible to count’, of those ‘who desire not worthless things’ and we will see God ‘as He really is’. Just imagine how awesome that would be! Truly a prize worth working for. In Blessed are ….. His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus sums up how we should live in the Beatitudes: be humble, gentle, merciful, sincere, peace-loving, work for justice, acknowledge God in your …….you difficulties and stand up for your faith. Holy Maximum MASS INTENTIONS Maximum St. 60 people Cross 30 people Patrick 17.30 Thang Van Le & Hanh Thi Sat. 31st October (A) Our Lady 10.00 Neil & Priscilla Fernando RIP & Tran RIP All Saints Shiroma Peiris birthday thanksgiving Sun. 1st November (A) 10.15 Those buried in Plumstead Cemetery 8.45 Welfare of Carmen D’Souza All Saints 18.00 Those buried in Plumstead Cemetery 10.00 Paola Gamberoni RIP Mon. 2nd November 19.00 Ted & Teresa Fuller RIP Priests in honour of Holy Ghost All Souls’ Day Tues. 3rd November NO MASS St Martin de Porres, Religious NO MASS Wed. 4th November 9.00 Margaret Ollin thanksgiving 10.00 Recovery of Brian Nolan St Charles Borromeo, Bishop 11.30 Memorial Mass for Valerie Rajamah RIP th 10.00 Rev Fr Thomas Travers RIP Thur. 5 November 19.00 Rev Fr Thomas Travers RIP Tom Mulholland RIP Feria Fri. 6th November 19.00 Gladys & Tom Power RIP 9.00 Toyin Areo RIP Feria Sat. 7th November (A) Dedication of the Cathedral of St 17.30 Wellbeing of Norma Barrett Thirty second Sunday George 10.00 Rachel & Michael Meade RIP Sun. 8th November (A) 10.15 Maria D’Souza RIP 8.45 Okogwu family intentions Thirty second Sunday 18.00 John Wishart RIP Remembrance Day Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for November: Artificial Intelligence - We pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind Our Parish newsletter is sponsored by: Prayer for the Year of the Word Andrew Johnson Funeral Services Ltd “Celebrate Live Share” Living God, you walk alongside us and speak to us through 156, Plumstead Common Road, the Scriptures. Royal Borough of Greenwich, Your Son, Jesus Christ, listens to our hopes and fears and London, SE18 2UL shows us how to live for one another. 020 88 544 544 Send us the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and minds so that www.ajfs.london we may be your witnesses throughout the world. Amen THE GREENWICH FOOD BANK IS FULL V: Your word is our path and your truth is our light. R: This day and every day. Thank you for your donations. Please DO NOT bring Our Lady of the Annunciation, Pray for us. any more food until further notice, as they have St Matthew, Pray for us. nowhere to store it. St Jerome, Pray for us. READERS: Priests The Fund helps to meet 1st November: 10.15 C Yotha 18.00 L Keys Training the cost of training 8th November: 10.15 M Olofinbinu 18.00 L Kale Fund students for the priesthood and ongoing th Collection – 8 November formation of the clergy. The Sanctuary Lamp will burn for Miroslav Krejcar RIP at Holy Cross and deceased relatives of Keys If you have the app on your ‘phone, you and Zammit families at St Patrick’s will now be able to scan the QR code as you come in to church – please remember to switch off your ‘phone during Sacrament of Baptism Mass ☺ If you would like to have your child baptised, please call Fr Auson on: Thank you to our 0203 722 7573 to make arrangements catechists, to Daniel for Parents will need to bring their own Baptism the music and to Ms certificate and godparents will need a letter from Murphy for helping the their Parish Priest confirming they are practising children to complete the programme Catholics. Congratulations to Gift, Bartosz, Ozioma, Denayet, Elisabeth, Gracie Thank you for your donations to: Jane, Khloe, Kristian, Mereille, Chukufumnaya and CAFOD Family Fast Day – £200 Ebelechukwu who made their First Holy Communion MISSIO - £161.70 on Sunday. We ask you to pray for the children, their families and their catechists as they continue on their faith journey Please pray for those who are sick, especially Kevin Murphy, Helen Moore, Dolores Sheanon, Susannnah Please pray for the wellbeing of Louise Brown, Anne Ghilèse César, Teresa Shortall, John Perera and Jacinta Meade. Colacco, Henry Agbadamusi, Dave Orrell, Stephen Brown, Maureen Coleman, Erin Johnston and for those who have died and those whose anniversaries are at this Dispensation from Sunday Obligation time: Dora Fitzpatrick, Pasquale Ruta, William Hughes, Please remember that you can come to any Mass during Tom Mulholland, Lily Irwin, Rhoda Selwyn, Norman the week to fulfil your obligation. Out of charity to others, O’Reilly, Josephine Payne, Denis O’Brien and to avoid overcrowding, please come to Mass during the week if you can. I have been asked by parishioners for the Parish bank details to set up a standing order: NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK Account Number: 79136796 Sort Code: 60-50-01 RCAS ST PATRICK - PLUMSTEAD Contributions can also be made in cash or by cheque, payable to “St Patrick’s Church” at any Mass you attend or to the Presbytery. Thank you .