IT’S THE THEOLOGY…… · 2018. 10. 27. · Faulks and The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies....
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Fr. Steve Wymer - Parish Priest 020 8650 3390 - [email protected] Fr. Ashley Beck - 020 8650 4117 or 020 7998 5949 - [email protected] Fr. Simplicio D’Souza - 020 8650 7533 - [email protected] Deacon Sean Murphy - 020 3490 5693 - [email protected] CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. EDMUND OF CANTERBURY 28 OCTOBER 2018 THIRTIETH SUNDAY(B) 20 Village Way, Beckenham BR3 3NP Email [email protected] Website: www.saintedmunds.net Parish Office 020 8650 0970 Monday to Friday 9 - 1pm Salesian Sisters 25 Village Way, BR3 3NA 020 8650 6313 [email protected] Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver 89 Shortlands Road BR2 0JL 020 8313 3915 [email protected] IT’S THE THEOLOGY…… LAST MONDAY was the feast in the Church’s calendar of St John Paul II. Although it is now thirteen years since he died he was pope for such a large period of the lives of many of us that it’s easy to feel as if his teaching is still contemporary and addressing the Church’s concerns now – even though much of that teaching was prompted by major world events and move- ments. Many of you were involved in the March for a People’s Vote in central London last weekend and shared your experiences on social media, along with many others of the estimated 700,000 who took part. In the very passionate debate going on about the process of taking this country out of the European Union, it’s essential to remember that for faithful Catholics the issue is pri- marily theological. St John Paul II, together with his pre- decessors and successors as popes, is one of the main reasons why this is so. In the Catholic Church, our whole tradition of teaching about morality includes what we call Catholic Social Teaching. Whenever our bishops in this country give you guidance as part of their job before general elections they draw on this increasingly important body of teaching. Social teaching includes very clear attention to international relations, and John Paul II, building on the teachings of St John XXIII and St Paul VI, repeatedly called for countries to turn away from narrow self interest and work together in co-operation and solidarity for the common good of the wider community. Just as Pope John called for a ‘true world political authority’, so too did John Paul, in an important letter in 1987 known as Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. The pope wrote: ‘Solidarity…is the path to peace and at the same time to development. For world peace is inconceivable unless the world’s leaders come to recognise that interdependence in itself demands the abandonment of the politics of blocs, the sac- rifice of all forms of economic, military or political imperialism, and transformation of mutual distrust into collaboration’. (section 39). For nations to work together in solidarity is not simply a good idea for the sake of peace – it’s a moral imperative. Else- where John Paul categori- cally welcomed paths being undertaken towards greater political unity in Europe (e.g. his document from 1999 on the patron saints of Europe). This is why in a speech given just before the EU referendum in 2016, Pope Francis paid tribute to the Catholic vision of the founders of the modern European project such as Schuman and Adenauer. This is not the Church play- ing politics – it’s moral teaching, it’s theology. In the letter I quoted above John Paul reminds us that the unity of the human family about which the Church teaches is modelled on what we believe about God the Trinity. We’re called to reflect the nature of God, the God of love, in the way we act in the world – and that applies to nations just as much as to individual human beings. Nations are not free to be selfish, to put themselves first. Another reason why Catholics are at odds with what is happen- ing is to do with the issue of immigration, which so dominated the referendum campaign in 2016. This is what our own bishops wrote after the nations of Eastern Europe joined the EU: ‘In recent times the Catholic Church has been further strengthened with the arrival of migrants from the new Member States of the EU. They have increased both the membership of the Church and challenged it to new forms of solidarity and communion. Catholic migrants new and old have brought to Britain symbols, practices and devotions that add visible substance to the Church’s catholicity. Migrants are a sign of the Church’s openness to and inclusiveness of all peoples and cultures.’ In other words, migration – used in such a nasty way in the campaign two years ago – is for us a blessing, enriching and expanding our communities and deepening our understand- ing of what it means to be the Church. So for us, to leave the Single Market, founded on the principle of free movement, is nothing but a curse; and Catholics, with others, should be campaigning to try and stop this happening. The vote really was, and is, an attack on our people. Those who claim that the Church shouldn’t get involved in this have a diminished idea of religious faith. You’re giving in to secularism: you’re agreeing with atheists and humanists who want to push religion out of everyday life, out of the public sphere. Theology isn’t simply for theologians and clergy: it’s for all of us. It’s about God and his place in our lives. We have an opportunity now to deepen our witness to Catholic teaching in all its fullness.
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Fr. Steve Wymer - Parish Priest 020 8650 3390 - [email protected] Fr. Ashley Beck - 020 8650 4117 or 020 7998 5949 - [email protected] Fr. Simplicio D’Souza - 020 8650 7533 - [email protected] Deacon Sean Murphy - 020 3490 5693 - [email protected]
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. EDMUND OF CANTERBURY 28 OCTOBER 2018 THIRTIETH SUNDAY(B)
20 Village Way, Beckenham BR3 3NP Email [email protected] Website: www.saintedmunds.net Parish Office 020 8650 0970
Monday to Friday 9 - 1pm
Salesian Sisters 25 Village Way, BR3 3NA
020 8650 6313 [email protected]
Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver 89 Shortlands Road BR2 0JL
020 8313 3915 [email protected]
ENVELOPES If you would like to have your deceased family
members remembered in the Masses during November write their
names on a piece of paper and put it into the Holy Souls enve-
lopes provided. They will be placed in a box on the altar during
the Masses this month. Any donations in the envelopes will go to
IT’S THE THEOLOGY……
LAST MONDAY was the feast in the Church’s calendar of St
John Paul II. Although it is now thirteen years since he died he
was pope for such a large period of the lives of many of us that
it’s easy to feel as if his teaching is still contemporary and
addressing the Church’s concerns now – even though much of
that teaching was prompted by major world events and move-
ments.
Many of you were involved in the March for a People’s Vote in
central London last weekend and shared your experiences on
social media, along with many others of the estimated 700,000
who took part. In the very passionate debate going on about the
process of taking this country out of the European Union, it’s
essential to remember that for faithful Catholics the issue is pri-
marily theological. St John Paul II, together with his pre-
decessors and successors as popes, is one of the main reasons
why this is so. In the Catholic Church, our whole tradition of
teaching about morality includes what we call Catholic Social
Teaching. Whenever our bishops in this country give you
guidance as part of their job before general elections they draw
on this increasingly important body of teaching. Social teaching
includes very clear attention to international relations, and John
Paul II, building on the teachings of St John XXIII and St Paul
VI, repeatedly called for countries to turn away from narrow self
interest and work together in co-operation and solidarity for the
common good of the wider community. Just as Pope John called
for a ‘true world political authority’, so too did John Paul, in an
important letter in 1987 known as Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. The
pope wrote: ‘Solidarity…is the path to peace and at the same
time to development. For world peace is inconceivable unless
the world’s leaders come to recognise that interdependence in
itself demands the abandonment of the politics of blocs, the sac-
rifice of all forms of economic, military or political imperialism,
and transformation of mutual distrust into collaboration’.
(section 39). For nations to work together in solidarity is not
simply a good idea for the
sake of peace – it’s a
moral imperative. Else-
where John Paul categori-
cally welcomed paths
being undertaken towards
greater political unity in
Europe (e.g. his document
from 1999 on the patron
saints of Europe).
This is why in a speech given just
before the EU referendum in 2016,
Pope Francis paid tribute to the Catholic
vision of the founders of the modern
European project such as Schuman and
Adenauer. This is not the Church play-
ing politics – it’s moral teaching, it’s
theology. In the letter I quoted above
John Paul reminds us that the unity of
the human family about which the
Church teaches is modelled on what we
believe about God the Trinity. We’re
called to reflect the nature of God, the God of love, in the
way we act in the world – and that applies to nations just as
much as to individual human beings. Nations are not free to be
selfish, to put themselves first.
Another reason why Catholics are at odds with what is happen-
ing is to do with the issue of immigration, which so dominated
the referendum campaign in 2016. This is what our own
bishops wrote after the nations of Eastern Europe joined the
EU: ‘In recent times the Catholic Church has been further
strengthened with the arrival of migrants from the new Member
States of the EU. They have increased both the membership of
the Church and challenged it to new forms of solidarity and
communion. Catholic migrants new and old have brought to
Britain symbols, practices and devotions that add visible
substance to the Church’s catholicity. Migrants are a sign of
the Church’s openness to and inclusiveness of all peoples and
cultures.’ In other words, migration – used in such a nasty way
in the campaign two years ago – is for us a blessing, enriching
and expanding our communities and deepening our understand-
ing of what it means to be the Church. So for us, to leave the
Single Market, founded on the principle of free movement, is
nothing but a curse; and Catholics, with others, should be
campaigning to try and stop this happening. The vote really
was, and is, an attack on our people.
Those who claim that the Church shouldn’t get involved in this
have a diminished idea of religious faith. You’re giving in to
secularism: you’re agreeing with atheists and humanists who
want to push religion out of everyday life, out of the public
sphere. Theology isn’t simply for theologians and clergy: it’s
for all of us. It’s about God and his place in our lives. We have
an opportunity now to deepen our witness to Catholic teaching
in all its fullness.
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A WORD FROM FR STEVE
NO PARKING ON THE FORECOURT PLEASE
CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
Yes, Christmas shoebox time of year is upon us already!
We are once again collecting shoe-boxes which will be distributed to people living in desperate poverty. If you would like to fill a shoebox to bring happiness to someone in need this Christmas please take a leaflet from the back of church which suggests items you might put in your box. Please do try to include the essential highlighted items. Your boxes this year will be handed to people in Albania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine.
Filled boxes can be left at the back of church until Sunday 4 November. Bishop Challoner School is again taking part in the scheme and boxes can be dropped off at their school office too (before Tuesday 6 November please). Our scout group will also be collecting shoeboxes for Blythswood this year.
If you have any questions, please call Susie or Lucienne – 0208 778 3101/07884 1845
The Beckenham St. Vincent de Paul group (SVP) is holding a Christmas lunch on Monday 10 December in St Edmund’s Church Hall. Organised for parishioners who may otherwise feel left out at Christmas, the lunch will be a warm, welcoming and festive experience. Other parishioners are also welcome. Pupils from St. Mary’s Primary School will give a Christmas carol performance at the lunch. The lunch is from 12.30 - 3pm and transport will be available for anyone who needs assistance. For those on low income there will be no charge, and otherwise, the lunch will cost £15 per person to help preserve our charita-ble funds for those in need. Space is limited and atten-dance is on a first-come first-served basis. To reserve your place and request transport if required, please contact Fiona Ross on 020 8460 2322 or email
We will need some help with identifying people who could be invited to this lunch. Many older parishioners are not on our records and disappear off the parish radar as they cease to attend Mass. PLEASE if you know someone in this situation, get in touch with Fiona or the Parish Office so
they too can be invited.
Thank you
THOSE WHO ARE SICK The notice board in the Lady Chapel will in future be used for parishioners to post the
names of those who are seriously ill, in hospital or close to death. We ask all who
enter the Lady Chapel to remember them in their prayers. These names will no longer be read out during Mass. The long term ill
and others who have asked for prayers will continue to be included in the newsletter.
We ask people to respect this board and how it is used.
BAPTISM PREPARATION The final baptism preparation session this year is on Sunday 28 October at 3.00pm in the Church Hall. Parents wanting to baptise their first child need to attend this session first. There is no need to book. Babies and grand-parents are welcome to come too.
300 CLUB OCTOBER WINNERS No 78 - Breda Murphy - £100
No 208 - Margaret Kelleher - £75 No 43 - Sean Lacey - £50
No 212 - Michael Hitchens - £25
If anyone would like to read Fr Ashley’s booklet on Oscar Romero it is available as an ebook through many outlets. Details of the booklet are available at www.ctsbooks.org/romero
Welcome back to Deacon Sean who has spent the last month visiting his family in Ghana and checking up on the work that has been done through your generosity and support in his village of Nankesido
I would like to express my deep thanks to all those who organised my 60th birthday celebrations last Saturday and indeed to all who came to make it such a memorable occasion for me. A big thank you for all the gifts and cards. You are very kind and generous. This Sunday we welcome Fr Patrick Cannon who will be celebrating the 9.30 am and 11.00 am Masses and on Thursday we welcome Fr Joseph Collins who will celebrate the 10 am and 12 noon Masses on All Saints, 1st November. I am grateful for their availability
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FR STEVE’S PARTY What a wonderful evening it was! The Hall looked
beautiful, the food was brought by the guests and reflected our parishioners national cuisines and was delicious and the Hall was packed with parishioners wanting to wish
Fr Steve well. A fantastic team of helpers co-ordinated everything
flawlessly and we cannot thank them enough for all they did.
BOOK APPRECIATION GROUP
We meet again on Tuesday, 6 November, after the
10.00 a.m. mass at No.11 Village Way. Books
recommended last month: Histories by Sam Guglani, The Choice by Edith Eger, My Hidden Mother by Catherine
Edmund, Beneath the Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan,
Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty, The Watchmaker of Filligree Street by Natasha Pulley, Engleby by Sebastian Faulks and The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies. Our
numbers are growing as are the recommendations. Do join us for an interesting chat about good books.
ST. EDMUND'S CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE PARTY Friday 7 December 7.15 for 8.00 p.m.
Cost: £30 per person – to include a two course meal & coffee
HSBC Sports Ground Lennard Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QW
Tickets to be booked by Friday 23 November
This is a great opportunity for young and old to celebrate Christmas as a parish community
Contact Monique 020 8658 4829 (anytime)
We would appreciate any donations to the raffle
CAFOD HARVEST FAST DAY
Thank you very much for your generosity to Cafod's recent
Harvest Fast Day collection, which amounted to £3172.39. Thank you too if you are a UK taxpayer and filled in the gift-aid slip making your donation worth an extra 25% to Cafod. If you would like to be a volunteer for Cafod, please email [email protected] at our local office at St Catherine's Cottage, Bishop Challoner School.
CEMETERY MASS - ST MARY’S CHISLEHURST 24 November at noon
Followed by the Blessing of Graves
The Missionary sisters of St. Peter Claver will be here to sell
their Mission Calendar after all Masses on the weekend of
3/4 November. Having a Mission Calendar at home is a
good way to remind ourselves throughout the year of our
baptismal commitment to spread the Gospel to all people.
Please support the Sisters in their work.
CHRIST THE KING YOUTH DAY 24 November
St Joseph’s Church, Plaistow Lane, Bromley Are you in school years 7 and above? If so, you are invited to Christ the King Youth Day at St Joseph’s Church, Bromley on Saturday 24 November from 2pm until 6pm. Preparations are underway for a day packed with fun, music, art and reflection led by the Catholic Youth Ministry Team and will be followed by a Youth Mass at 6pm. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day. If you would like to get involved with the musical activities, please make sure to bring your instruments with you on the day. So tell your friends and invite them along to enjoy a fantastic, youth-led celebration for the Feast of Christ the King. We look forward to seeing you there! (Suggested voluntary contribution £2)
HOMELESS SHELTER VOLUNTEER INFORMATION MORNING
3 NOVEMBER Homeless people in our area need your help! Each year the number of homeless people keeps rising. Across London it is estimated that nearly 5,000 people slept rough last year. To help some of them during the winter months, a new winter homeless shelter is opening close by on 30 December. If you can give a few hours of your time just once every two weeks during the winter months, cooking a meal, washing bed linen, or watching over our guests overnight, come along to our Volunteer Information Meeting on Saturday 3 November at 9.45 for a 10 am start at Christ Church Beckenham to hear more and to sign up. Training will be given where necessary before the shelter opens. For more information, email [email protected], or see the website www.bromleyshelter.org.uk
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COLLECTION
Last week’s collection came to £2110.97. Thank you for your continued generosity.
We pray for those who have died recently: John Sylvester, Peter Tullet, Geneva Guerrieri, Peter Cole, Sean O’Connor and Joseph Blackmore. We pray for those whose anniversaries are this week: Constance Baker, Patricia Forsyth, Thomas Sheehan Joan Conrath, Sadie Keegan, John McKeon, Michelle Kuhn, Patricia Furlong, Kathleen Roche. We pray for the sick: Andrew, Bernice, Edith Campos, Paul James Claridge, Arthur Cromwell, Christine Curl, Daniel Dennehy, Giacomo Dillon, Sheba Davies, Joan Davies, John Dillon, Rosanna Domenissini, Bridget D’Souza, Iolene Durham, Ann Elmer, Elizabeth, Margaret Fennessy, Hans Halpin, Anisah Hassan, Eileen Hayes, Kathleen Heneghan, Jim Henry, Frances Hughes, Monica Hyland, Jerry Jacob, John Kelsall, John, Sarah Marie Kench, Ken Francis Kench, Keith Kench, Ann Kingston, Richard Kirin, Grace Knight, Virginia Lee, Paul McQuinny and family, Maria McWay, Patrick Metters, Eddie Mitchell, Orla O’Regan, Patsy O’Reilly, Catherine Phelan, John Quaife, Rosa, Colleen Schroeder, Siobhan, Paula Shaw, Charlie Wynn, Barry Thorpe, Joan Walsh, Patricia Weal, Pauline Wood, Joan & Alfred.
Readings for Sunday 4 November Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Cycle 2, Psalter Week III Deuteronomy 6:2-6 Psalm 17 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 12:28-34 DIARY DATES Meditation every Monday in no11 from 5.30-6.15pm
There is an open door for the bereaved on the first
Wednesday of every month from 10.30am in no11
Law Surgery is every second Monday of the month at 7 pm in no11
Drop In for those living with memory loss and their carers is every Thursday at 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm in the Hall
OCTOBER
Sunday 28 - Baptism Preparation Course - Hall - 3pm
Sunday 28 - Memorial Mass at 5.30 for Umberto Ferrando
NOVEMBER
Saturday 3 - Contemplative Saturday in no 11 - 11am - noon
Wednesday 7 - noon - Requiem for Peter Cole
Saturday 17 - Day of Recollection for Readers and Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
Saturday 17 - Walking Group
Monday 26 - 11.45 - Requiem for John Sylvester
DECEMBER
Friday 7 - Parish dinner and dance
Sunday 9 - Parish Christmas Fair
Sunday 9 - Children's Advent Service - 3pm
Monday 12 - SVP lunch for older parishioners
Saturday 15 - 7.15 - Advent Carol Service
Masses this week Sunday 28 October Thirtieth Sunday 8.00 am Church Thomas & Janet Cash 9.30 am Church Rosaleen Vesey RIP FAMILY MASS 11.00 am Church Richard Graves RIP 5.30 pm Church Memorial Mass for Umberto Ferrando 7.00 pm Church For the people
Monday 29 October Feria
8.15 am Church Roy Brocklehurst RIP
10.00 am Church Dec’d members of the Lennon family
7.30 pm 27 VW Adoration
Tuesday 30 October Feria
8.15 am Claver No Mass 10.00 am Church Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion Wednesday 31 October Feria 8.00 am Challoner No Mass 8.15 am Claver No Mass 10.00 am Church Crescenzo & Delisa Panetta RIP 7.30 pm Church Vigil Mass for All Saints Sr Pat Devine - Golden Jubilee Thursday 1 November ALL SAINTS 7.30 am Church Dec’d members of Ekong & Edet families 9.10 am St Mary’s For the people 10.00 am Church Rt Rev Peter Doyle - Golden Jubilee 12 noon Church Anthony Leonard RIP 8.00 pm Church John Murnane’s orphans & past pilgrims, living & dec’d Friday 2 November The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed - All Souls Day 8.15 am Claver Dec’d Claver sisters 9.10 am St Mary’s No Mass 10.00 am Church Sr Agnes Collett FMA RIP Adoration & Benediction Saturday 3 November Feria (St Martin de Porres) 8.15 am Claver Benefactors & promoters of the Claver sisters 10.00 am Church Shipsey & Davis family RIP
Reconciliation from 10.30 - 11 am and 5 - 5.55 pm 6.00 pm Church Maria Antonia & Antonio RIP
Sunday 4 November Thirty-first Sunday 8.00 am Church Margery May RIP (anniv) 9.30 am Church For the people 11.00 am Church Dec’d members of the Elias & Sylvester families 5.30 pm Church Sr Agnes Collett FMA RIP 7.00 pm Church Stan Ziolek RIP
The Rosary is prayed from 9.40 every Monday - Saturday During October the Rosary is prayed every Monday-Friday
at the Claver Convent at 3.00pm
COLLECTION Last weekend the plate collection came to £2048.95 with a further £1620.46 received through ChurchSuite and standing orders. The second collection for Missio raised £910.62
A PRAYER FOR ALL SAINTS
Father, All-Powerful and ever-living God, today we rejoice in the holy men and women
of every time and place. May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and love
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
