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Christmas services 2023
There will be a Mass at 6.30pm on Christmas Eve as the First Mass of Christmas The Church will open at 11pm There will be a service of carols and readings from 11.30pm. Mass at 12 midnight Morning Masses at … Continue reading
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Justice and Peace Group
The Justice & Peace (J&P) Group A small, friendly group which aims to raise awareness of social justice issues and to raise funding for local, national and international initiatives. We meet on a regular basis to organise a range of … Continue reading
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Newsletter 8th May 2022
St Mary’s Blackheath Newsletter 8th May 2022 Sunday Masses: Saturday 6.30pm first Mass of Sunday – Sunday 9.30 and 11am and 5pm. Monday to Friday: Lenten service at 8am. Saturday 10am and 6.30pm Confessions: Saturday12 to 1 Today is the … Continue reading
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newsletter 6th February 2022
St Mary’s Blackheath Newsletter 6th February 2022 Sunday Masses: Saturday 6.30pm first Mass of Sunday – Sunday 9.30 and 11am and 5pm. Monday to Friday: – Mass at 8am. Saturday 10am and 6.30pm Confessions: Saturday12 to 1 Today is the … Continue reading
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Synod consultation
St. Mary’s Blackheath October 2021. Dear Friends, The Synod in Rome 2023. The Holy Father has set in motion a process of worldwide Consultation leading to the Synod of Bishops that will take place in Rome in 2023. He has … Continue reading
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Synod consultation 2021
St. Mary’s Blackheath October 2021. Dear Friends, The Synod in Rome 2023. The Holy Father has set in motion a process of worldwide Consultation leading to the Synod of Bishops that will take place in Rome in 2023. He has … Continue reading
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Newsletter 13th September 2020
St. Mary’s Blackheath. Newsletter 13th September 2020 Mass times: Saturday 6.30pm (first Mass of Sunday) – Sunday 9.30 and 11am, 5 and 7.30pm. Weekdays: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 10am. Tuesday and Thursday 7.30am. Due to distancing regulations, for … Continue reading
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Newsletter 7th June 2020
Newsletter Sunday 7th June 2020. Today is Trinity Sunday – the last day of the Paschal Season. I hope that you are all keeping well as things are gradually returning to normal. First to tell you of the sad death … Continue reading
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newsletter 19th April 2020
Newsletter 19th April 2020. Today has different designations – the Second Sunday of Eastertide – or in former times, Low Sunday or possibly Quasimodo Sunday from the first word of the Latin Introit- the famous hunch back of Notre Dame … Continue reading
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newsletter 9th February 2020 ST. MARY’S NEWSLETTERS
5, Cresswell Park, SE3 9RD
Tel. 020 8852 5420
E-mail: stm.Blackheath@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.stmarysbly oneackheath.org.uk
Mass times: Saturday: 6.30 pm (first Mass of Sunday) Sunday: 9.30 am, 11.00 am, 7.30 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10.00 am Tuesday and Thursday: 7.30 am Eucharistic Service: Tuesday 10.00 am Confessions: Saturday 12 to 1.00 pm
Newsletter 9th February 2020
Today is the Fifth Sunday of the Church’s year.
There is a second collection today for Racial Justice Sunday.
Monday if the commemoration of St. Scholastica, the sister of St. Benedict.
Friday is the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It is also the anniversary of the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Lynch and we send him our prayers and best wishes.
Lent is not too far away now: Ash Wednesday is on 26th February. As our traditional Lenten devotion, we will have Stations of the Cross on Sunday evenings. The choir will arrange a Lenten service of music and readings on one of the Sundays.
As a penance, the normal Sunday sweets will not appear during Lent.
I will need to make some ashes soon; they should be made from the remains of the palms from the previous year, but this is not easy, and I have to use some other wood to make the ash.
Recently we have completed some work to the roof of the Church; nothing major but making sure that the gutters are in good order and that any loose slates are fixed. The bell for the clock has finally decided to expire and I am arranging for this to be fixed. It is not easy as it will mean that we have to clean out the attic in the tower. This is a very dirty task.
A prayer for today;
Lord, you have given us this word to live in; may we respect the gifts of your creation; may we use and share them for your glory and for the good of all.
A recipe for something quite unusual. Prepare some squares of fried bread and cover with a puree made from some cooked mushrooms. Put some grated cheese and some cayenne pepper on a rasher of streaky bacon, roll up and grill. Serve two pieces of bread, one with the bacon and one with a buttered egg.
The Bexleyheath line will close for a week later this month. In the morning, some trains will start from Blackheath. I think this means that the trains will come up empty from Slade Green via the Woolwich line as there is no where to reverse them at Blackheath. There is a crossover at Kidbrooke, but this is not in use.
Here is Browning with Bishop Brougham’s apology:
The common problem, yours, mine, ever one’s
Is not to fancy what were fair in life
Provided it could be – but, finding first
What may be, then find how to make it fair
Up to our means – a very different thing!
The boy and his sister are already looking forward to half term. They are making plans so that their mother can take them somewhere exciting. She enjoys it as much as they do. Last year ice-skating was great fun; she has a half-blue, so they found it hard to keep up.
Somehow my basil has survived the winter: a great debate as to whether to put it outside. It would be tragic if many months of careful tending were to be wrecked by some greedy birds.
Best wishes to you all.
Monsignor Nicholas Rothon.
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ST. MARY’S NEWSLETTERS
5, Cresswell Park, SE3 9RD
Tel. 020 8852 5420
E-mail: stm.Blackheath@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.stmarysbly oneackheath.org.uk
Mass times: Saturday: 6.30 pm (first Mass of Sunday) Sunday: 9.30 am, 11.00 am, 7.30 pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10.00 am Tuesday and Thursday: 7.30 am Eucharistic Service: Tuesday 10.00 am Confessions: Saturday 12 to 1.00 pm
Newsletter 9th February 2020
Today is the Fifth Sunday of the Church’s year.
There is a second collection today for Racial Justice Sunday.
Monday if the commemoration of St. Scholastica, the sister of St. Benedict.
Friday is the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It is also the anniversary of the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Lynch and we send him our prayers and best wishes.
Lent is not too far away now: Ash Wednesday is on 26th February. As our traditional Lenten devotion, we will have Stations of the Cross on Sunday evenings. The choir will arrange a Lenten service of music and readings on one of the Sundays.
As a penance, the normal Sunday sweets will not appear during Lent.
I will need to make some ashes soon; they should be made from the remains of the palms from the previous year, but this is not easy, and I have to use some other wood to make the ash.
Recently we have completed some work to the roof of the Church; nothing major but making sure that the gutters are in good order and that any loose slates are fixed. The bell for the clock has finally decided to expire and I am arranging for this to be fixed. It is not easy as it will mean that we have to clean out the attic in the tower. This is a very dirty task.
A prayer for today;
Lord, you have given us this word to live in; may we respect the gifts of your creation; may we use and share them for your glory and for the good of all.
A recipe for something quite unusual. Prepare some squares of fried bread and cover with a puree made from some cooked mushrooms. Put some grated cheese and some cayenne pepper on a rasher of streaky bacon, roll up and grill. Serve two pieces of bread, one with the bacon and one with a buttered egg.
The Bexleyheath line will close for a week later this month. In the morning, some trains will start from Blackheath. I think this means that the trains will come up empty from Slade Green via the Woolwich line as there is no where to reverse them at Blackheath. There is a crossover at Kidbrooke, but this is not in use.
Here is Browning with Bishop Brougham’s apology:
The common problem, yours, mine, ever one’s
Is not to fancy what were fair in life
Provided it could be – but, finding first
What may be, then find how to make it fair
Up to our means – a very different thing!
The boy and his sister are already looking forward to half term. They are making plans so that their mother can take them somewhere exciting. She enjoys it as much as they do. Last year ice-skating was great fun; she has a half-blue, so they found it hard to keep up.
Somehow my basil has survived the winter: a great debate as to whether to put it outside. It would be tragic if many months of careful tending were to be wrecked by some greedy birds.
Best wishes to you all.
Monsignor Nicholas Rothon.