St Anthony of Padua Anerley

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Readings: Page 132 – 135

Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60

First Reading:  Jeremiah is called by God to be a prophet.  What he has to say will not be always popular, and like Jesus later he will experience hostility from the people.

Psalm:  an old man looks back on a life in which he has always put his trust in God.

Second Reading:  in a famous passage Paul describes what we call the three theological virtues: faith, hope, and love.  They are called theological virtues because the object of these virtues is God (‘theos’ in Greek).

Gospel:  in a dramatic incident Jesus proclaims the fulfilment of scripture in Himself: healing and salvation are now present, through Him.  But when he refers to the miracles that Elijah and Elisha wrought for foreigners – suggesting that non-Jews would be more receptive to His own message – the people turn hostile and manhandle Him.  Jesus melts away, indicative of His divine power.

Fr David Gibbons,

Centre for Catholic Formation

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St. Blaise : Wednesday after Mass Blessing of throats will take place.

Sunday Teas:

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

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

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

Last Sunday’s collections: The 1st collection was £856.43p (including Gift Aided  £306.15p). The 2nd collection for Racial Justice was £69.77p. Thank you for your generosity.  The 2nd collection is for needs for the Parish.

Recently Deceased: Please remember and pray for the soul and family of Dominick Graydon who passed away recently.  The funeral will be on Monday 15th February at 11am followed by the committal at Camberwell New Cemetery at 1pm.

Knights of St Columba Food Bank Collection: The Knights of St Columba will be collecting for the Penge Food Bank this weekend (30th/31st January).  Thank you for your kind donations.

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.

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).

Stations of the Cross Donation Envelopes: Please give these envelopes to the priest.  If you are a gift aider then please put your gift number or name on the envelope.  Do not put them in the Parish collection bags.

The Women’s World Day of Prayer: There will be a planning meeting on Thursday 4th February at 7.30pm at the Salvation Army on Maple Road to organise the Women’s World Day of Prayer service which will be on the 4th March.  If you are interested in helping out with the planning of this event then please do attend this meeting.

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

Faith and Mercy: Cymfed Adult Leaders’ Congress 2016 – the 2016 Congress takes place on Saturday 6th February 2016 at the Friend’s Meeting House, Euston Road, London.  The keynote speaker will be Fr. Andrew Small, the Head of the Pontifical Mission Society in North America – a post once held by Fulton Sheen.  Doors open at 10am ending at 4pm.  Book tickets for £11.49 each at https://t.co/mgtifBDy0W or for groups of 10 or more fill out a booking form (tickets at £10 each).

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 March.  If you would like more information then please see Father Stuart.

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.

Notification of Marriage: Please note that at least six months notice of a marriage is normally required.  If you are member of this parish the paper work must be completed  by this parish no matter where the marriage is solemnised.

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 ( 31 Jan—07 Feb 2016) (Year: C)