St Anthony of Padua Anerley

Saints Peter and Paul

First Reading: the angel of God saves Peter from Herod’s prison.

Psalm: this is a song for martyrs. St John Fisher recited part of it on the scaffold.

Second Reading: clearly feeling near the end of his life, Paul states that God has saved him from all the evils he has experienced and will save him for eternal life.

Gospel:  St Peter recognises Jesus at the Christ, the Son of the living God.  In turn, in a famous play on words, Jesus says that Peter (which means ‘rock’) will be the rock upon which the church is to be built.

By Fr David Gibbons, Centre for Catholic Formation

Sunday Teas:

This Sunday’s teas will be served by the volunteers.

Next Sunday’s teas will be served by the Knights of St Columba.

Thank you to all those who help out with the Sunday Teas.

Last Sunday’s collections: The 1st collection was £912.23p (including Gift Aided  £368.00p).     The 2nd collection for Parish Funds was  £73.70p. Thank you for your generosity.   Today’s 2nd collection is for Peter’s Pence.

Confirmation 2016: Applications are now open for 2016.  If your child is in Year 8 or is aged 12 or over then please fill in one of the application forms (available in the narthex).  The closing date is 31st July.

First Holy Communion 2016: Applications are now open for 2016.  If your child is in Year 3 or is aged 8 or over then please fill in a form (available in the narthex) and give it to the clergy.  The closing date is 31st August.

RCIA: If you are an adult who would like to become a Catholic or are a  baptised Catholic who has not received First Holy Communion or Confirmation or if you are baptised in another church and would like to become a Catholic then please fill in an RCIA application form (available in the narthex).

Youth Ministry:  Activities for youth at St Anthony’s are ready to begin. We have 3 specially trained Catholic Youth Ministers (CYMs): James Finette, Eva Nagy and Kinga Vajsz and they will need your support. On 11th/12th July after all masses children aged 8 –  10 years and their parents will be invited to fill in questionnaires indicating their needs and the activities they would like to become involved in.  Children in other age groups are also welcome.  During the Parish Picnic/Garden Party on next Sunday 5th July the Youth Ministers will be available to take enquiries and answer questions.

Can you help?  We need volunteers to help with the church cleaning on Saturday mornings.  If you can spare half an hour from 10 to 10.30am on Saturday mornings it would be a great help.  The more volunteers we have the quicker the church can be cleaned.  Thank you.

Missio/APF (Red Boxes): There are emptied red boxes awaiting collection on a table in the narthex.  Thank you for your continuing support.

Knights of St Columba Food Bank Collection: The Knights are collecting for the Penge Food Bank this weekend.  Thank you for your kind donations.

Parish Picnic: The annual parish picnic will take place on Sunday 5th July from 12.30 to 3pm in the garden behind the Parish Centre.  We want to make this a fun, friendly event for parishioners to meet each other.  Please do come along and bring some food to share.  We would be very grateful for any help on the day – please contact the presbytery if you are able to help out.

Children’s Summer Holiday Camp: If any one is interested in sending their child/children to the St John Bosco boys and girls holiday camps over the Summer holidays then please speak to Father Sunith or visit the website www.svpboscocamp.org.uk.  Enquiries and bookings can also be dealt with by emailing bookings@svpboscocampl.org.uk

Ten Ten Theatre: Ten Ten, the Catholic professional theatre company, is recruiting for a ‘Head of Sales and Marketing’ (fixed-term) and a team of ‘Education Resource Writers’ (freelance) to join its small, family-run team.  For more information, please visit: http://tententheatre.co.uk/recruitment.

CAFOD: Community Participation Co-ordinators– 1x permanent full time post and 1 x permanent post part time (14 hours per week) working with volunteers in parish and school communities helping to inspire and resource Catholics to participate in the Church’s mission to overcome poverty and injustice overseas in partnership with CAFOD. Closing date 10^th July 2015. http://www.cafod.org.uk/Work-with-us/UK-Jobs/CPC

Recycling:  Please do keep donating your old mobile phones and printer ink cartridges (except Epson) but please no printer toner cartridges.  Thank you.

Disabled Access: Please do not park in the disabled parking area outside the church. These spaces are for those who are disabled or have mobility problems.

Introduction for new readers: If anyone is interested in reading at mass, you are welcome to attend a meeting for new readers from 7 till 8pm on Monday 29th June in the Church.

If you want to see a priest  please phone and make an appointment.

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS (28 June—05 July 2015) (Year B)