St Anthony of Padua Anerley

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Readings: Page 135 – 138

Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60

First Reading:  Isaiah is called to be a prophet, and in the process he has a vision of heaven in which he sees the seraphim make their threefold cry of ‘Holy’.  This is known as the Trisagion; St John had the same vision in Apocalypse 4, and it is of course taken up in the Sanctus during the Eucharistic Prayer at Mass.

Psalm:  a psalm of thanksgiving to a faithful and loving God.

Second Reading:  St Paul asserts the importance of our Christian belief in the death and resurrection of Christ.

Gospel:  Peter’s miraculous catch of fish leads to his call to be a disciple, along with his colleagues.  It also leads to the famous pun about them becoming ‘fishers of men’ (‘men’ here is the Greek word for all humanity, not just males).  This has always been taken as a metaphor – a directive, even – for evangelisation.

Today is a Day of Prayer for The Unemployed.

Fr David Gibbons,

Centre for Catholic Formation

Sunday Teas:

This Sunday’s teas will be served by the Flower Arrangers.

Next Sunday’s teas will be served by the UCM.

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

Last Sunday’s collections: The 1st collection was £956.46p (including Gift Aided  £355.00p). The 2nd collection for the needs of the Parish was £92.02p. Thank you for your generosity.  The 2nd today collection is in aid of Poor Parishes within the Diocese.

Recently Deceased: Please remember and pray for the souls and families of Margaret Kilpatrick, Dominick Graydon and Timothy Horgan who passed away recently.  The service for Margaret Kilpatrick will be at 2.15pm on Monday 8th February at Beckenham Crematorium.
The funeral for Dominick Graydon will be on Monday 15th February at 11am followed by the committal at Camberwell New Cemetery at 1pm.  The funeral for Timothy Horgan will be at 10.30am on Thursday 18th February followed by the committal at Beckenham Crematorium at 12noon.

Ash Wednesday Masses:  Tuesday 9th February at 7pm, Wednesday 10th February at 9.30am, 11am (school mass) and 7.30pm.  Please remember that Ash Wednesday is a day of Fasting and Abstinence.

Stations of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross will be said after 9.30am mass on Wednesdays (but not Ash Wednesday) and on Fridays at 7.30pm and Sundays at 4.15pm.

Readers and Eucharistic Ministers rotas are in the sacristy.

Year of Mercy at St Anthony’s: There will be a series of presentations from Father Saju (from St Josephs Parish, Bromley) for the Year of Mercy.  The dates for these talks are Thursdays 25th February, 3rd March and 10th March at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre.  Please put these dates in your diary and come along.  All are welcome to attend.

UCM: Please note that the next UCM meeting will be on Monday 22nd February (one week later than usual due to the February half term school holiday).

There will be copies of the Pastoral Letter at the back of the church.  Please take one.  The Pilgrim newspaper is also now available.

Please pray for St Anthony’s RCIA candidates (Mariette Tasse, Denise Omonale, Ann Lassey, Santa Lasmane, Vincentia Akoto, Adeleke Olufunso) who will be attending the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion on Saturday 13th February at 12.30pm at St George’s Cathedral.

Lent Study Course: Following last year’s popular ‘Catholicism’ Course (based on Bishop Robert Barron’s Series) this year’s course entitled Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues will be held in the Parish Centre on Wednesdays at 7.30pm beginning on 17th February.  If you would like more information then please see Father Stuart.

Restoration of the Stations of the Cross: Due to the very generous response of members of the congregation we have raised just over £14,000 and are pleased to announce that we will be closing the appeal on Sunday 21st February.

London Evenings of Faith:  All are welcome to a series of talks on ‘Jesus Christ the key to life’ which will take place on alternate Tuesdays at 7:30pm.  The next dates are: 9th February, 23rd February and 8th March. Talks are held in the basement of 24 Golden Square, London W1F 9JR (Tube: Piccadilly Circus). Full dates and details are available at www.faith.org.uk/events/evenings-of-faith.

Mount Street Jesuit Centre Workshops and Courses for February: Please visit the Mount Street Jesuit Centre website (www.mountstreet.info) or call them on 020 7495 1673 to find out information on all their events in February.

The Mount Street Jesuit Centre also regularly runs a Bereavement and Loss Group on the first Thursday of every month and they also run an Ignatian Retreat Day on the Second Saturday of each month.  Please contact them directly to find out more about these ongoing events.

The Women’s World Day of Prayer: The Women’s World Day of Prayer service will be held at the Salvation Army, Maple Road at 7.30pm on Friday 4th March.

Notices for the newsletter need to be emailed/posted to the presbytery by 6pm on Thursdays.

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS ( 07—14 Feb 2016) (Year: C)