St. Anselm’s Dartford Parish Newsletter Third Sunday of Ordinary Time 24th January 2021

89, West Hill, Dartford DA1 2HJ Fr. Stephen Boyle – Parish Priest

Tel: 01322 220075 Fr Henry Mukasa - Assistant Priest, Fr James Tolhurst E-mail: dartford@rcaos.org.uk Website: www.stanselmsdartford.wordpress.com Parish Centre Enquiries:Tel: 07963 794 842 Or 01322 280130,or email:stanselmparishcentre@gmail.com

Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School: King Edward Avenue, Dartford Tel: 01322 222759. Headteacher: Miss Isabel Quinn M.A, PGCE. NPQH Website: www.our-ladys.kent.sch.uk

24 hour Live streaming: See website: www.churchservices.tv/dartford

Normal Sunday Masses:Saturday 4.30pm, 6.00pm Sunday: 8.30am 10.30am 4.30pm 6.30pm

Confessions: Friday 10.30am -10.45am, 6.15pm – 6.30pm, Saturday morning 10.30am - 11.00am, Saturday afternoon/Sunday Masses,

We pray for the repose of Victor Viegas who sadly passed away on Wednesday. We pray for this family and all who mourn his loss.

We pray for the repose of the soul of Carmel Fraser whose funeral is this Tuesday 26th January 10.00am. At 5.00pm (please note change of time) on Monday 25th there is the vigil service when the coffin will be brought into the Church and one can pay one’s respects then or in the evening. The Monday evening Mass intention will be for the repose of her soul. Please note that at the funeral there is a limit of 30, with 5 family attending. We will use the hall if necessary.

We pray for Ben Vella, Christine and John Gay who are ill at this time

Please do not enter this church if you are going to be tested for the coronavirus in the next week or have a result pending

A positive result will have serious consequences for Mass in the parish.

We ask that you respond to Department of Health consultation to stop home abortion: The

Department of Health is holding a public consultation on whether to continue the practice of allowing abortion providers to send abortion pills to women so that they can perform their own abortion at home. We need as many pro-life people as possible to complete the Department of Health’s questionnaire in order to help stop dangerous DIY abortions becoming permanent. SPUC has prepared a briefing which gives a step by step guide to completing

the consultation questionnaire. Please go to

www.spuc.org.uk/Get-Involved/Campaigns/England-DIY-Abortion-Consultation The consultation ends on 26 February 2021.

The Year of St. Joseph 2021:

Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Donald H Calloway: Cost £12

Please put £12 in an envelope clearly marked or use the card machine indicating to Fr. Stephen with a note or email time of transaction.

Ths is a special year dedicated to St. Joseph on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St. Joseph as the Patron of the Universal Church,

Consecration in the Year of St. Joseph The parish will start 33 days of prayer to St. Joseph from Friday 19th March (Feast of St. Joseph) to Wednesday 21st April, with consecration to St. Joseph on the 21st April.

Ethical Nature of the various vaccines: It seems this is the case: Ethical: Novavax, Merck , Sanofi, Pfizer-BioNTech. We are encouraged to promote the ethical vaccines, while recognizing that due to the remote nature of its connection it is not a sin to take any of the vaccines. For more details about Moderna, which was taken off the above list, and the issues with Pfizer vaccine, which just about stays on, see www.cogforlife.org/2020/11/16/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-facts-not-fiction/ See also www.cogforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/vaccineListOrigFormat.pdf for full details of vaccines in general. For full arguments see: bioethics.org.uk/images/user/covidbriefing2.pdf

Some of the Devotions in Church and online:

Friday Devotions : 8.00pm – 9.10pm: Exposition, Stations of the Cross for the Holy Souls, Seven sorrows rosary, night prayer, Benediction

Everyday:3.00pm-3.30pm:3 O’Clock prayer,Divine Mercy, Rosary

Online every day: 9.00pm Night Prayer (on Fridays one can attend this in Church)

New Card Machine in the porch: It helps with donations both to the Church and to Charities. Once you have put in your gift aid details they do not need to be entered in again. We commend this way of donating to the parish.

For easy fundraising for the Church while shopping online go to website:

www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stanselmschdartford Many thanks to those who are making contributions to the parish at this time. If you wish to make a weekly donation to the church you can make an online donation – as a ‘one-off’ payment or to setup a standing order to make regular donations. Our bank details are as follows;NatWest BankSort Code: 60 06 33 Account No: 16586727 Name: St Anselms Please use your name as a reference (gift aiders can add their envelope number). .

Post Communion Prayer for January O Angel of God, my Guardian dear,to whom God’s Love commits me here, ever this day (night) be at my side,to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.

Prayer for the year 2021: The Angel’s Prayer

O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the

most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ present in all the tabernacles of

the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended.

By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary I beg the

conversion of poor sinners. Amen. A prayer given to the three children of Fatima by the Angel of Peace. There was a Eucharistic host and chalice

suspended in the air, and the angel led them in kneeling before it and praying this prayer.

Anniversaries: 24th

Jan. –31st Jan:; Margaret Scannell; John Sullivan; Mollie Farrell; John Nee; James Sammon; Anthony Fernandes; Joyce James; Mary Devereaux; John McMahon; Ernest Sargant; William Cartmell; Mary Rouke; Marjorie Nocter; Frederick Huntley; Frederick Allcoock; Denis McCarthy; Ellen Josephine Johnson; Henrietta Ennis; Brendan Casey; Leontina Colman; Audrey Jones; Leonard Butcher; Mary Casey; Andreas Groenen; Mary Bassett; Robert Speak; Charles Ainsworth; James O’Toole; Samuel Farmer; Meyrelles Morenas; Mary McGrenery; Hannah Jones; Jean Crouch; Mary Pestell; Florence Bullard;

Mass Times: 3rd week of ordinary time

Sat. 23th Third 4.30pm Special Intention Mary Purcell

Sunday 6.00pm Bernard Patricio RIP Dolla family

Sun 24th Of 7.30am Exposition, Rosary at 8.00am

Ordinary 8.30am People of the parish

Time 10.30am Elaine Bertam Fernando RIP Nilanee Peiris

4.30pm Millie Da Souza Dachtler family

6.30pm Edward Watson RIP Jackie Watson

Mon 25th

The Conversion of 9.30pm Fr. Dyfrig Harris Tim Bowman

Saint Paul 5.00pm Vigil Service for Carmel Fraser

the Apostle 7.00pm Carmel Fraser RIP E. Blacker & family

Tues 26th Saints Timothy and 10.00am Requiem Mass for Carmel Fraser

Titus 7.00pm Janet Campkin Foundation Mass

Wed 27th Saint Angela 9.30am Mary & Les Sturgess RIP Mary Purcell

Merici 7.00pm Nicholas Larkin RIP Bridie Knight & family

Thurs 28th Saint Thomas 9.30pm Sylvia Tavares: Wellbeing Monica & family

Aquina 7.00pm Vivian Pimento RIP Jude Pimenta

Fri 29th Feria 10.00am Rev. J. P. Prendergast & relatives Foundation Mass

Confessions 10.30am - 10.45am

Confessions 6.15pm – 6.30pm

7.00pm Josephine Watson RIP Jackie Watson

8.00pm – 9.10pm Stations of the Cross for Holy Souls, Seven Sorrows Rosary Night Prayer

Sat 30th The Blessed Virgin Mary 10.00am Genovy Coelho RIP Victor & family

Confessions: 10.30 – 11.00am

Fourth Sunday of 4.30pm Kathleen Cullen RIP Anniv Patricia Cullen

Ordinary Time 6.00pm People of the parish

Sun: 31st 7.30am Exposition, Rosary at 8.00am

8.30am Vincent Jeyaseelan RIP Pat & Percy Burke

10.30am Ekene Nnam 9th

birthday Mr & Mrs Nnam

4.30pm Mr Sebastian Rezende RIP 1st Anniv. Christiane Blizzard

6.30pm Bridget Gannon RIP Jackie Watson

. Monday

Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese

O Glorious St. Therese, whom Almighty God has raised up to aid and inspire the

human family, I implore your Miraculous Intercession. You are so powerful in

obtaining every need of body and spirit from the Heart of God. Holy Mother

Church proclaims you “Prodigy of Miracles… the greatest saint of Modern

Times.” Now I fervently beseech you to answer my petition (mention here) and

to carry out your promises of spending heaven doing good on earth… of letting

fall from Heaven a Shower of Roses. Little Flower, give me your childlike faith,

to see the Face of God in the people and experiences of my life, and to love

God with full confidence. St. Therese, my Carmelite Sister, I will fulfill your plea

“to be made known everywhere” and I will continue to lead others to Jesus

through you. Amen.

Tuesday

Unfailing Prayer to St. Anthony

Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints

St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for his creatures,

made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles

waited on your word, which you were ready to speak for those in trouble or

anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I ask you to obtain for me the favors that I

seek (mention your request here).

The answer to my prayer may require a miracle, even so, you are the Saint of

Miracles.

O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was full of sympathy, whisper my

petition into the ears of the Infant Jesus, who loved to be held in your arms; and

the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen

Wednesday

St. Joseph

Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God. I

place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful

intercession, and obtain for me from your divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus

Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my

thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.

Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary of contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not

approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me

and ask him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing

souls - Pray for me

Thursday

Prayer for the Intercession of St. Padre Pio

Dear God, You generously blessed Your servant,St. Pio of Pietrelcina,

with the gifts of the Spirit. You marked his body with the five wounds

of Christ Crucified, as a powerful witness to the saving Passion and Death of Your

Son. Endowed with the gift of discernment,

St. Pio labored endlessly in the confessional for the salvation of souls.

With reverence and intense devotion in the celebration of Mass,

he invited countless men and women to a greater union with Jesus Christ

in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.

Through the intercession of St. Pio of Pietrelcina,I confidently beseech You to grant

me the grace of (here state your petition). Amen.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,is

now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen (Say Glory be ...three times)

Friday:

O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you,

and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me

humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, Good Jesus, that I

may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my

afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your

blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen.

Saturday: Our Lady: The rosary

Sunday: Rosary before mass in May