By FR SAJU and the PASTORAL TEAM
We welcome you all to the Christmas Masses, especially all those who are back home from University or their work place to join your family and friends. We wish you all and your loved ones a joyful Christmas.
St Joseph’s Church
Holy Trinity House, 15 Marian Gardens BR1 3FH
St Swithun’s Church
Fashoda Road, Bromley BR2 9RE
020 8402 0459 / bromley@rcaos.org.uk
Reflections
By FR SAJU
During the month of November, the Church traditionally remembers those whom God has called through death to eternal life. This month of remembering, we have All Saints, All Souls, Memorial Mass and Remembrance Sunday etc. to draw on our memories of our beloved departed to keep their memories alive and, by bringing them to mind, we too can somehow keep their presence in our lives.
By CANON VICTOR DARLINGTON
October is a month when we, as a country, celebrate Black History Month. As many of us know, Black History Month began over 100 years ago in the United States. In the United Kingdom, it was first recognised and celebrated in 1987 to acknowledge and honour over 150 years of Caribbean emancipation from slavery and the 25th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity.
By FR SAJU
It was delightful to see last weekend the children for next year’s First Holy Communion enrolled into their preparation during the Holy Mass in the presence of the parishioners.
By DEACON BARRY This weekend we said goodbye to Fr Peter and we await the arrival of Fr Saju this coming Wednesday. Looking back to September 2019 when we met Fr Peter for the first time, we did not realise the extent of the challenges that we would face together – probably the greatest challenges…
By FATHER PETER MURPHY Over the past week, Friday in particular, we have commemorated the events of Our Lord’s suffering and death. This Sunday, we are celebrating His Resurrection: He must have Risen some time during the night, since the Gospel Reading tells us that when the women went to the tomb, very early in…
By FATHER MARK WHARTON
There are very few words to describe my Ordination into the Priesthood on 1 October. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for your love and support and joy.
By DEACON BARRY MELLISH Deacon Aidan and I are privileged to be part-time Honorary Chaplains working at the PRUH. What does a Hospital Chaplain do? The chaplain is there to provide a listening ear, emotional support and spiritual support to patients, relatives and friends, and hospital staff. We provide support during a crisis, as well…
By DEACON BARRY MELLISH
There are people who talk all the time – or perhaps it just seems that way! We could be one of them and not realise it. Perhaps it is our personality or we are so full of ideas that we cannot wait to explain them all. Or perhaps it is our ego: what we say must be more important than whatever anyone else has to say so they never get a word in edgeways. It takes all sorts to make the world! But there is a lesson to be learned from this and it affects us all.
By DEACON BARRY MELLISH
Time spent at home during lockdown seems an excellent opportunity to catch up with some modern or contemporary spiritual authors and their books. The problem is how to get hold of these if all the local libraries are shut.
The Open Library seems to offer a way forward, if you are happy to read or browse text on a computer, tablet or maybe even mobile phone.