Lenten Extra Daily Mass: In the three-fold dimension of Lent (prayer, fasting & almsgiving), the first understands some sort of intensification of our spiritual life. During Lent we should try to go to at least one extra Mass in the week. There we have provided for us in a short space of time the Holy word of God, an opportunity to go to Communion, an opportunity to pray, and an opportunity to step out of our normal routine to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet in which to rediscover a better perspective of our lives.
Lenten Confessions: Saturdays 9.30-10am; 5.30 – 6pm. Sunday: 9.40 – 10.15am; 11-11.30am.
Stations of the Cross: Every Sunday during Lent at 5pm
Readers for Saturday 6pm Mass Urgently Needed! If you would be able to read during the Saturday Vigil Mass starting from 5th April, please give one of the priests your details so that we can add you to the rota.
Latin Missalettes: There has been a noticeable lessening in number of the Latin-English Missalettes over the last year; and the few that remain are in sorry condition. If anyone has borrowed a Latin-English Missalette, could they please return it to the back table ASAP. Thank you.
Lenten Confessions: Saturdays 9.30-10am; 5.30 – 6pm. Sunday: 9.40 – 10.15am; 11-11.30am.
Stations of the Cross: Every Sunday during Lent at 5pm
Readers for Saturday 6pm Mass Urgently Needed! If you would be able to read during the Saturday Vigil Mass starting from 5th April, please give one of the priests your details so that we can add you to the rota.
Latin Missalettes: There has been a noticeable lessening in number of the Latin-English Missalettes over the last year; and the few that remain are in sorry condition. If anyone has borrowed a Latin-English Missalette, could they please return it to the back table ASAP. Thank you.
Message from Fr CB: Dear parishioners. I hope this finds you all well. It seemed very strange popping into St Bede's at the Epiphany knowing I was just passing through. The method in my madness in coming to the Middle East was to escape winter but also to return to my roots. I have been the oldest student here at Dar Comboni in Zamalek. I am around the corner from the Flat where my parents (RIP) began their married life and next door to the Church my Mother used to attend but in those days it was not a Parish Church so they were married in the Franciscan Church in Bulaq where I was later baptised. I was born at the Anglo American Hospital here where my Mother was a nurse before marriage. The Institute run by the Comboni Fathers and Sisters is affiliated to "PISaI" (Pontifical Institute for the Study of Arabic and Islam) which was founded years ago in Tunis by the "Peres Blancs" and moved to Rome in the 1960's.
Life in the Middle East is a challenge and good for impatient people like me. It is a struggle to get things to happen. The Arabic alphabet has been good for my humility and the traffic is so horrendous that it prepares me for the Last Judgement!! Last month the big occasion was the Consecration of fr Romany's new Church which you helped to pay for. He has done a marvelous job and had to battle against the bureaucracy of the authorities. Thankfully it was not one of the Hundred victims of MB revenge (burning of Churches and schools) when the Government was toppled last summer. The economic situation here is sad as there are so few tourists and last month we had a suicide terrorist explosion which killed 4 Korean pilgrims returning to the Holy Land with their Coptic driver.
Fr. Martin Thompson visited me just after that so we were careful. He is just an hour across the Med in Greece. An old couple of St Bede's parishoners from Queensville Rd were at Mass in Heliopolis last Sunday - Flavio and Judith Centofanti - he also was born here - Small world!!
I miss you all and pray for you. Have a good Lent. Pray for me that my Visa for Iran might be forthcoming. I am very grateful the the Three Wise Men and the Four Wise Women who are keeping the Parish going in my absence!! Let us make the most of the Time we have! Love and prayers - fr Christopher
Future Dates:- Check out the calendar for upcoming events.
Wed 12th: 7.30pm FAITH Talk - Crypt of Our Lady of the Assumption - Warwick Street, London
Sat 15th: 4.30pm Confirmation Class followed by 6pm Mass
Sun 16th: 10.30am - First Holy Communion Class.
Church Cleaners Rota - 14th / 15th March: Ella Shllaku, Elizabeth Vosas, Maria Eugenia Galvis and Anais Tarelho
Heaven’s Road Catholic Radio Broadcasts Live Mass: - Message from the producer: 'New Catholic Internet Radio “Heavens Road” recently started live broadcasts of Daily Mass. Each week over 230 services, from over 16 different parishes here and in Ireland, will be broadcast for the housebound and those unable to attend Mass. Not only can you hear the Mass but you can watch it too! This must be a first - a RADIO station that broadcasts live pictures as well. You can join in the prayers, responses and even sing along with the hymns'. The Holy Father has said “The internet offers immense possibilities … this is something truly good - a gift from God”. We offer him our humble ministry to evangelise our faith.
If you are interested in becoming more involved - the Radio is always looking for enthusiastic people to help make programmes, techies to operate the Radio and administrators to hold it all together. You can get further information at www.heavensroadfm.com/vols/. We provide training and support so previous experience is not necessary.
FAITH Movement Talks: A series of talks for adults in London organised by the Faith Movement . Talks will take place at 7:30pm in the crypt of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Warwick St, London (nearest tube is Piccadilly circus). Please note that the entrance to the crypt is via the basement stairs (next to 24 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JR)
Chartres 2014: 6th – 10th June: Registrations are now being accepted for the Chartres Pilgrimage! The cost of this pilgrimage is £260 & £130 for children under 12. You can pick up a Registration Form from the back of Church, this will need to be completed and returned with a deposit of £30 per person to reserve your place (full payment is required by 25th March). Further information can also be found on the website, www.chartresuk.blogspot.com. The programme is expected to be very similar to previous years and Francis & Julie look forward to welcoming back many previous pilgrims as well as those taking the “Leap of Faith” for the first time.
Pilgrimage to holy places in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal: led by Fr Linus Clovis in partnership with Tangney Tours. Shrines include La Salette & Lourdes in France; Rome, Gennazzano, Orvieto, Viterbo, Assisi, Siena & Genoa in Italy; Burgos & Santiago de Compostella in Spain; Fatima & Santerem in Portugal. 18 Days: 28th July - 14th August, 2014 and costs £1,980. Accommodation and meals included.
For more information go to www.adjesum.org
Southwark Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 22nd - 29th August by Train or Air. A golden opportunity to unite in prayer. Do come and join us. Further details from: Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage Director, Archbishop's House, 150 St George's Road, London, SE1 6HX. Telephone: 07521 519 482 or email: rcaspilgrim@btinternet.com.
Can you help? The St Bede’s & St Bernadette’s Federation have managed to get
Jackson Estate Agents in Balham to agree to pay £10 for each estate agent board
they can display outside a home-owners property promoting their Summer Fayre. The more boards they display, the more money we
will raise for our schools! If you are
happy for a board to be displayed outside your property, please contact St Bede’s school office directly (deadline is 14th
March). Thank you!
St Bede's Social Club: are looking for volunteers to help out at the bar. The requirement is to work on Friday night 8.30– 11.30pm and/or Sunday 12–3pm. No experience needed as training will be given however you must be over 18. For further details or to apply please contact Brian McCully or John Juliani - contact details can be found on noticeboard in Church.
Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers: If you shop in Sainsbury’s, please make sure you collect the Active Kids Vouchers – and if you are not supporting any particular school we could use them very well for St Bede’s & St Bernadette’s Schools. These vouchers can be dropped into the School Office or through the letterbox of the Presbytery. Thank you in advance for your support.
Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers: If you shop in Sainsbury’s, please make sure you collect the Active Kids Vouchers – and if you are not supporting any particular school we could use them very well for St Bede’s & St Bernadette’s Schools. These vouchers can be dropped into the School Office or through the letterbox of the Presbytery. Thank you in advance for your support.
Heaven’s Road Catholic Radio Broadcasts Live Mass: - Message from the producer: 'New Catholic Internet Radio “Heavens Road” recently started live broadcasts of Daily Mass. Each week over 230 services, from over 16 different parishes here and in Ireland, will be broadcast for the housebound and those unable to attend Mass. Not only can you hear the Mass but you can watch it too! This must be a first - a RADIO station that broadcasts live pictures as well. You can join in the prayers, responses and even sing along with the hymns'. The Holy Father has said “The internet offers immense possibilities … this is something truly good - a gift from God”. We offer him our humble ministry to evangelise our faith.
If you are interested in becoming more involved - the Radio is always looking for enthusiastic people to help make programmes, techies to operate the Radio and administrators to hold it all together. You can get further information at www.heavensroadfm.com/vols/. We provide training and support so previous experience is not necessary.
FAITH Movement Talks: A series of talks for adults in London organised by the Faith Movement . Talks will take place at 7:30pm in the crypt of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, Warwick St, London (nearest tube is Piccadilly circus). Please note that the entrance to the crypt is via the basement stairs (next to 24 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JR)
The series is about the purpose of the Church with titles and dates as follows.
Wednesday 12th March: The Church’s Magisterium: Why must it be part of God’s communing with Man? - Fr Mark Vickers
Wednesday 26th March: Why male and female? Why the virginal birth? - Fr Hugh MacKenzie.
Wednesday 30th April: The Sacraments: The sunshine of the soul - Fr Michael-John Galbraith
Wednesday 14th May: The Church as a field hospital - Canon Luiz Ruscillo
Wednesday 28th May: The Eucharist: Fulfilling human nature - Fr David Standen
Wednesday 28th May: The Eucharist: Fulfilling human nature - Fr David Standen
Singing Lessons, Music Theory & Piano Lessons (for beginners), given by a graduate of “The Murcia Music Conservatory” and “University of Alicante” (Spain). Lessons can be in English or Spanish. For more information see her website www.mariadoloresstabile.com and see newsletter for phone & email details.
Current Vacancies:
For more information on all the vacancies, please see our 'Job Opportunties' page on the sidebar.
Upcoming Pilgrimages for 2014:
Chartres 2014: 6th – 10th June: Registrations are now being accepted for the Chartres Pilgrimage! The cost of this pilgrimage is £260 & £130 for children under 12. You can pick up a Registration Form from the back of Church, this will need to be completed and returned with a deposit of £30 per person to reserve your place (full payment is required by 25th March). Further information can also be found on the website, www.chartresuk.blogspot.com. The programme is expected to be very similar to previous years and Francis & Julie look forward to welcoming back many previous pilgrims as well as those taking the “Leap of Faith” for the first time.
Pilgrimages with 'A Day with Mary': There are three pilgrimages planned:
- Holy Land 4th -12th April
- Fatima 9th - 14th June
- Italy 9th - 17th September
The World Apostolate of Fatima National Pilgrimage to Fatima: 10th-17th July 2014 (led by Mike Daley/ Rev. Fr. Gerard Kelly). Prices includes: Return flights from Heathrow, half board in Domus Pacis; Taxes and all coach tours. For itinerary and booking form contact: Oliver Abasolo (WAF Southwark Representative) 020 8274 8261 or 07782 661 922; or Email: abasolo35@gmail.com. Poster at back of Church.
Pilgrimage to holy places in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal: led by Fr Linus Clovis in partnership with Tangney Tours. Shrines include La Salette & Lourdes in France; Rome, Gennazzano, Orvieto, Viterbo, Assisi, Siena & Genoa in Italy; Burgos & Santiago de Compostella in Spain; Fatima & Santerem in Portugal. 18 Days: 28th July - 14th August, 2014 and costs £1,980. Accommodation and meals included.
For more information go to www.adjesum.org
A Pilgrimage to Lourdes & the Shrines of France is being organised by the Knights of St. Columba – 20th to 26th August 2014 – and parishioners are warmly welcome to join them on this eventful and exiting journey. A poster is displayed on the Notice Board. A brochure with details of itinerary and hotel accommodation is available on demand from 020 8696 9714 or email ksc266@hotmail.co.uk
Southwark Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 22nd - 29th August by Train or Air. A golden opportunity to unite in prayer. Do come and join us. Further details from: Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage Director, Archbishop's House, 150 St George's Road, London, SE1 6HX. Telephone: 07521 519 482 or email: rcaspilgrim@btinternet.com.
