HYMNS at BIGGIN HILLInt: Hail the day 240 Off: Alleluia sing 37 Rec: New praises 508

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HYMNS at WESTERHAMInt: Hail the day 291 Off: The head 290Comm: Easter Hymn from sheetRec: New praises 292

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26th May - Thank you!

BIGGIN HILLLoose cash: £76.77 Gift Aid: £94.00

Standing Orders: £20.00

WESTERHAMLoose cash: £186.31 Gift Aid: £95.00

Standing Orders: £150.00

St John the Baptist &St Theresa of the Infant Jesus

NOTICESCatholic Parishes of Westerham & Biggin Hill

VII Sunday of Easter 2nd June 2019

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The Month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost (28 June). In addition to the liturgical celebra-tion, many devotional exercises are connected with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Of all devotions, devotion to the Sacred Heart was, and remains, one of the most wide-spread and popular in the Church.

The Heart of Christ must be recognized as the heart of the Church: It is He who calls us to conversion, to recon-ciliation. It is He who leads pure hearts and those hun-gering for justice along the way of the Beatitudes. It is He who achieves the warm communion of the members of the one Body. It is He who enables us to adhere to the Good News and to accept the promise of eternal life. It is He who sends us out on mission. The heart-to-heart with Jesus broadens the human heart on a global scale.

CORPUS CHRISTI

23RD JUNE 2019 3PM Westerham, Kent Starts from St John the Baptist Catholic Church

Hosey Hill, Westerham, Kent TN16 1TBwww.jandtcatholic.com

Outdoor procession of the Blessed Sacrament

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,Have mercy on us.

VII Sunday of EasterSATURDAY Confessions: 5:00pm1st June Fatima Devotions: 5:15pm

Vigil Mass: 6:00pm WESTERHAM Int: Pro Populo

SUNDAY Mass 9:00am BIGGIN HILL 2nd June Sung Mass 11:00am WESTERHAM MONDAY St Charles Lwanga & Companions, Mm3rd June Mass: 9:30am Westerham Int: Holy Souls TUESDAY St Peter of Verona OP, M.4th June Mass: 8:30am BIGGIN HILL Int: In Thanksgiving WEDNESDAY St Boniface, Bp & M5th June Funeral Mass: 12:30pm WESTERHAM Int: Martin John Collis RIP

THURSDAY St Norbert, Bp6th June 8:30am Mass in Biggin Hill Int: Holy Souls

FRIDAY Feria7th June Mass: 9:30am WESTERHAM Int: Holy Souls AdorAtion: 10:00Am - noon. SATURDAY Feria8th June Adoration & Confessions: 9:00am - 10:00am BIGGIN HILL Mass: 10:00am BIGGIN HILL Int: Holy Souls Confessions: 5:00pm Vespers: 5:30pm Vigil Mass: 6:00pm WESTERHAM Int: Pro Populo

PENTECOST SUNDAYSUNDAY Mass 9:00am BIGGIN HILL 9th June Sung Mass 11:00am WESTERHAM

MASS TIMES

PARISH CLERGYCanon Ivan Aquilina JCLCrowsnest, Hosey Hill, Westerham, TN16 1TBT: 01959563226 M: 07947139263. E: ivanaquilina@rcaos.org.uk

Deacon Duncan Aitkins B.A.M: 07957861404 E: duncanaitkins@rcaos.org.uk

Deacon Roland Gooding OBEM: 07955213133 E: rolandgooding@rcaos.org.uk

SAFEGUARDINGBiggin Hill: Angela Ireland M: 07947 070322 Westerham: Joshua Copeland M: 07852 554822

PARISH SECRETARY: Vigilija BielskyteE: westerham@rcaos.org.uk/bigginhill@rcaos.org.uk

HALL BOOKINGS Biggin Hill: Vigilija Bielskyte E: westerham@rcaos.org.uk/bigginhill@rcaos.org.ukSt Joseph’s Room, Westerham: Jenniffer Tang E: jenniffertang@yahoo.com.sg

SICK CALLS, BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS & FUNERALS Contact Fr Ivan (6 months notice is required for wed-dings)

GIFT AID Biggin Hill: Edwin Rodrigues T:01959 573958Westerham: Claudia Aquilina M:07985645405 E: westerham@rcaos.org.uk

FINANCE COMMITTEE Chair: Deacon Roland Gooding OBE

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TODAY: After 11:00am Mass First Holy Communion group meets in Presbytery.

2nd Collection today is a National Collection: World’s Communication Day which supports the work of the media office of the Bishops’ Confer-ence of England and Wales and the wider Church in promoting the Gospel through the media on current issues. It also provides news releases and features whilst also training spokespersons for this important role.

THIS WEEK:Wednesday 5:00pm First Holy Communion Les-son at St Joseph’s.

Rosary group meets in St Theresa’s Hall on Thurs-day at 7:00pm.

Book Club - meets this Tuesday 4th June at 7.30pm in St Joseph’s Room and the book is the Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

St John’s Toddler Group meets in St Joseph’s Room, Westerham, on Friday between 10:00am and Noon.

Men’s Group meets next Sunday 9th June in St Joseph’s Room, Westerham at 7:30pm. Date for next meeting: 14th July.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:CONFIRMATION: Friday 14th June at 6.30pm in Biggin Hill.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION & CORPUS CHRISTI:Sunday 23rd June 11:00am Mass and 3:00pm Procession in Westerham - Book date in your di-

ary to support our young people as they receive their First Holy Communion.

Please include in your prayers these lovely young people who are getting ready to make their first confession, first communion, and receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Tuesday 1st October 2019: Patronal Festival of St Therese of the Child Jesus in Biggin Hill7:30pm Sung Mass with homily by the Very Revd Fr Kevin Alban O Carm, Prior Provincial of the UK Carmelites.

Help needed. Could you please consider helping as a counter of the collection monies after the Sunday 11am Mass? We need more volunteers to spread this important work. Please speak to Fr Ivan.

Corpus Christi is a very important day in our life of faith. This year it will be on Sunday 23rd June.As always we need your support and your help:1. Could you donate to help cover the costs?2. Could you provide rose petals for the chil-

dren to scatter?3. Could you offer some refreshments for the

Tea Party on the Green?4. Above all else, please PRAY for God’s blessing

on this event.5. And please BE THERE!

O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacramet Divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be

every moment Thine!

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SUNDAY PLUS2 June 2019

Children need loveby Dame Mary Richardson

I could see him dawdling in class at the end of the day. He wanted to be the last, to speak alone with his teacher. At last he came to my desk and stood, pale and silent. “Are you going home now?” I asked cheerfully. “No,” he said. “This morning my Mum said I must never go back. Where shall I go?” Everyone understands Jesus’ frustration when he was not able to communicate, to “get through.” Sometimes communication is by much more than words. The child’s agonising fear, as he had moved through that terrible day, had not got through to me. Now I had heard at last.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus prays passionately that the Father will keep his disciples safe and that the love the Father has for him, may be in his disciples too. Our expressed love is the blessing that comforts and heals our hurt and wounded children everywhere.

Dame Mary Richardson has worked with young people all her life and was awarded a DBE in 1999 for her services to education.

No need to shout!by Cowan Watson

Have you noticed that those who speak loudly and at great length frequently have very little to say! Strangely, in today’s world this facility to talk endlessly about nothing very much often seems to be admired. Perhaps, on this World Communications Day, it’s worth remembering Elijah’s experience of God communicating: not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the �re but after the �re in a gentle whisper. The Church has an indispensable mission to proclaim the true knowledge of God and to do that e�ectively. It has an obligation to use all the means of modern communications at its disposal to make its voice heard.

However, as Christians, we must remember to allow ourselves time in which to seek out the silence, so as not to miss that gentle whisper. After all, God is within us. He shouldn’t need to shout.

Cowan Watson is the Editor of Light of the North, a quarterly magazine produced by the Diocese of Aberdeen.

Acts 7:55-60Apocalyse 22:12-14.16-17. 20John 17:20-26

Acts 20:17-27John 17:1-11

Acts 20:28-38John 17:11-19

Acts 25:13-21John 21:15-19

Mass in the MorningActs 28:16-20. 30-31John 21:20-25

Acts 2:1-11Romans 8:8-17John 14:15-16. 23-26

Acts 22:30; 23:6-11John 17:20-26

Acts 19:1-8John 16:29-33

It’s worthsharingby Bridie Stringer

Today’s Gospel is taken from that part of John’s Gospel which is known as “The High Priestly Prayer” of Jesus.

It comes immediately before his betrayal and passion. Here, Jesus is having a deep, almost philosophical, conversation with his heavenly Father rather than going o� to a quiet place to re�ect and pray as he does in the Gospels of Mark and Luke. It’s as if Jesus is saying to his friends: “Let me explain this to you.” In John’s account, Jesus prays aloud at the supper table and assures his friends that the relationship he has with the Father will be shared with them too and with those who will

Speak to me, Lord. Speak your word into my heart. Let it be open to hear what you have to say and then give me the courage and energy to put it into practice in my life Amen.

“Communicating means sharing, and sharing demands listening and acceptance. Listening is much more than simply hearing. Hearing is about receiving information, while listening is about communication, and calls for closeness.”

Pope Francis

become their followers. That means us! He is promising us that we will all see his glory, will become part of that glory and that we “may be one.” Of course the irony is that at present we are not all one. Not even those who see themselves as faithful members of Churches could say that we are one. The message is not about cloning our members so that we are all exactly the same or that we claim exclusive truth at the expense of the others. It is a message about love: the total love of the Father for Jesus, the total love of Jesus for his Father and the sharing of that love with us, the Eucharistic body of Christ. It is a message worth sharing as it is very good news – Gospel in fact. Bridie Stringer is married with two daughters, a son-in law and “two adorable grandsons”.

Silence speaks

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