St Anthony of Padua Anerley

First Sunday of Lent

Mass Readings: Page 153 – 156

Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60

First Reading:  an early creed or confession of faith, recalling the rescuing of the people of God in the Exodus.  The ‘wandering Aramaean’ refers to Jacob.

Psalm: this is a rare occasion when the psalm refers to the Gospel, not the First Reading.  The devil sneakily quotes it in the third temptation!

Second Reading:  we comply with St Paul’s exhortation that our lips should ‘confess that Jesus is the Lord’ during the ‘Lord, have mercy’ (the ‘Kyrie, eleison’) at Mass.

Gospel:  Jesus is tempted by the devil in the wilderness for forty days.  Pope Benedict XVI wrote that at the heart of these temptations “is the act of pushing God aside because we perceive him as secondary, if not actually superfluous and annoying, in comparison with all the apparently far more urgent matters that fill our lives”.

Fr David Gibbons,

Centre for Catholic Formation

Sunday Teas:

This Sunday’s teas (and cake sale!) will be served by the UCM .

Next Sunday’s teas will be served by the French Speaking Prayer Group.

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

Last Sunday’s collections: The 1st collection was £964.41p (including Gift Aided  £467.70p). The 2nd collection in aid of Poor Parishes within the Diocese was £98.61p. Thank you for your generosity.  Today’s 2nd  collection is in response to a mission appeal by the Verona Fathers.

Recently Deceased: Please remember and pray for the souls and families of Dominick Graydon and Timothy Horgan who passed away recently.
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.

Stations of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross will be said after 9.30am mass on Wednesdays and on Fridays at 7.30pm and Sundays at 4.15pm.

Lenten Masses: There will be masses in the Chapel at Croydon University Hospital every Monday at 12 noon during Lent.  All are welcome.

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.

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.

Archdiocese of Southwark – Clergy Support Fund Campaign: Please read the enclosed letter

Cake Sale: There will be a cake sale this Sunday after the 9.30 Mass.  The Cake Sale is in aid of the Stations of the Cross.  Please do come along and buy a cake!

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).

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.

Lenten Reflection: Teresa Keogh has prepared a Lenten Reflection on a stewardship theme for each day of Lent and Holy Week, which people can receive by email each day.  People can sign up following this link http://eepurl.com/bF0b6P and will then receive emails automatically.

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 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.

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

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

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS (14—21 Feb 2016) (Year: C)