St Anthony of Padua Anerley

Parish Monthly Newsletter (June 2021)

Welcome to St. Anthony’s Church

¨ Please wear a face covering in Church.

¨ Please remember to sanitise your hands on entering and leaving the Church.

¨ Please write down your name and contact details so that you can be contacted in the event of Coronavirus cases at the Church.  This information is kept securely by Father Sunith.  Please do contact Father Sunith if you begin to feel unwell after attending Mass.

¨ Please follow the one way system in place in the Church.

¨ To maintain social distancing only every other pew is available with green markers to show the positions available.

¨ If you wish to receive Communion please stay in your pew and Father will come to you.

¨ To avoid cross contamination, please refrain from touching the statues.

¨ Please put your church donations into the donation boxes.

¨ The Church is cleaned after every Mass to avoid cross contamination.  Please do assist with the cleaning after Mass if you are fit and able (speak to the Marshall about the cleaning regime).

¨ Please remember to switch off your mobile phone when you enter the Church.

Twelfth  Sunday 

          Baptism and Confirmation puts us into the crowds of people that God has entrusted to give Good News to others. It is important to say that! You and I are entrusted by God. He must have a lot of trust, mustn’t he? God expects each of us to come to know the content of his Good News. If we are going to be effective from his point of view, it is our individual responsibility to know our faith. This is no easy task. Just to get the bare bones, as it wee, must take our time, our interest and our perseverance. What is more, we need to work and pray for a continual growth. What we learn at home or at school be reinforced and developed as our years and our experience develop.

A lot of people feel inadequate when it comes to talking about their belief. Well—that is quite natural—even for the greatest theologian there should be the awe and humility of trying to grapple with and explain the mysteries of God. Does that let people off the hook? Can they leave it just to these leaned people? The answer is no. often the deep things of God are revealed to mere children. You and I need to trust God as God trusts us and while striving to learn more of him, and through prayer, reading and discussion, to rely also on Holy Spirit to enlighten us and put the right words on our lips.

Mass Times and Intentions:

Mass is celebrated from Monday to Saturday at 9.30am. Sunday Masses are: 6pm (Saturday evening), 9.30am, 11.15am & 5.30pm.

The parish website www.stanthonyofpaduaanerley.com, has details of the weekly Mass Intentions.

Parishioners, please carefully consider your health, especially if you have any additional risk factors when thinking about attending Mass in person. Also consider the less popular times to try and reduce numbers in the Church.

Blessed Sacrament

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on Friday from 7:30pm on Friday, with Benediction at 8:30pm.

Congratulations

Jejomar Balolong and Eliza Santos were married at St Anthony’s Church on May 22nd, so deserve our congratulations and prayers for their future life together.

Thank you

Those who continue to steward at Mass, clean the Church, read at Mass, arrange flowers, or help in  the background, are thanked for their generous help, especially in these difficult times.

Parish Consultation evening

At the Parish Council meeting on Saturday June 19th input from the recent Parish Consultation Evening was discussed. Most suggestions relate to re-opening after lock down and will be implemented as soon as guidance permits.

Re-dedication of side alter

The right-hand side alter in St Anthony’s has been rededicated to the Holy Family. In this year of St Joseph,  this is particularly appropriate.

First Holy Communion

Classes for First Holy Communion in 2022 have just started at 10:30am on Saturday mornings in the Parish Centre. Please contact Father Sunith to join.

Guidance on Covid

Following a letter from the Bishops’ conference it is once again possible to light candles in the Church. Also, the repository will be open before the Sunday Masses. Stewarding will no longer be required for weekday Masses, although the Church will still be cleaned after each Mass.

Local Food Bank

Please help support families in need by contributing to the food bank held at Christ Church, at the corner of Maple and Anerley Roads.  Food donations are collected on Fridays only.  If you would like to donate then please leave your donations at the back of the Church.

Newsletter Notices:

If you have a notice for the Parish Newsletter, please email it to the presbytery (anerley@rcaos.org.uk).

Financial Support:

We appreciate your continued care and support for our parish community, especially with the uncertainty and financial instability the pandemic has brought. Parishioners can contribute directly to the Parish bank account: Natwest Bank Beckenham Branch, sort code 60 02 12  and account number 46000208. Tax payers, please join the Gift Aid programme allowing our parish to increase the value of every donation it receives from tax payers by 25%. We greatly value your assistance.

Gift Aid Boxes

The Gift Aid Boxes are available for collection from the back of the Church. Please pick up your box as soon as you can.

Helping Catholics to Return

Contact a team that offers a non-judgemental forum to help reconnect with their Catholic faith: landingsbeckenham@gmail.com

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