StJoGreenwich
Mass Times & Intentions: 25th October 2025 - 2nd November 2025
Sat. 25th: 6:00pm: People of the Parish:
Sun. 26th: 10.00am: People of the Parish ; Temani Padmore (Private intention)
Tue. 28th: 7:00pm: Parish Volunteers
Wed. 29th: 9:30am:
Thur. 30th: 9:30am:
Fri. 31st: 9:30am:
Sat. 01st: 6:00pm: People of the Parish
Sun. 02nd: 10:00am: People of the Parish
The Sick: Tam Pham, Maria del Carmen Vallego, Marc Winter and Severina Belacse, Leoncia Mukakombe, Simon Adeolu, Patrick McInerny
ANNIVERSARIES OF DEATH: Florence Keane
Announcements
Welcome: We welcome all those who are new to our Parish. May God continue to keep and bless you all. Amen.
Sunday Collection: Our first collection last Sunday is: Cash: £124.85; Machine: £33.00. the second collection towards the youth concert - Cash: £54.04; Machine: £5.00 Thanks very much for your generosity.
Sacraments:
All the registrations for the Sacraments will be done in the parish office with the secretary. If any parent wants their child to be part of the First Holy Communion next year, please, send an email to the parish email requesting or walk into the parish office and register. Please register on or before the 19th of October 2025.
Altar Servers:
There will be practices for altar serving after the 10am masses on Sundays. Parents please, take note, specially those whose children received First Holy Communion last year and this year.
The Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis are hosting a Sharing Your Faith Workshop on Saturday 11th October 10am-3:30pm at Ss John Fisher and Thomas More, Eltham Well Hall. This one day workshop aims to explore what it means to share our Catholic Faith. There will be practical tips and plenty of opportunities for discussion. For more details, including how to register, please see posters in the Church.Any questions, please email evangelisation@rcaos.org.uk
Mass Booking:
You can still book your masses through the email or telephone or mass envelopes. You can send the mass offering online to the parish account. Account Name: RCAS, Re: Greenwich East; Bank: Natwest. Acc.no is 43563740, sort code is 60-09-16. Please, try to drop your Mass intentions in the letter box at the entrance of the Church, latest Friday before the week you want the Mass to be said.
London Catholic Social Group: Is a group for Catholic adults over 35 to meet for regular social and networking events in friendly and relaxed settings with the aim of making new friends, enjoying new experiences or just to socialise. Regular events include walks, meals, karaoke evenings, outings, galleries and an annual Christmas meal. Contact us on Facebook – ‘London Catholic Social Group’, E: londonswcatholicsocial@gmail.com or Brendan Baker on WhatsApp 07425549408‘.
Spiritan Youth Concert: There will be Spiritan Youth Concert on the 25th of October 2025, at St. Mellitus, Tollington Park, London, N4 3AG. Details about this will be made known to us as soon as possible. Parents are encouraged to support their children to be involved in youth activities in the church. We are going to use this period as a platform to prepare for the World Youth day coming up in Seoul, Korea 2027. Our children need to participate in that.
Seeking Facilitators The Southwark Marriage and Family life (M&FL) Team are seeking married cou-ples who are practising Catholics to join their growing team to present courses for Marriage Preparation,
Building a Better Marriage and other initiatives in 2026. Salary: £30,000 pro rata (£7,000) for the couple. Mileage paid in addition. All training given. For full job description and further details, please contact
liamgallagher@rcaos.org.uk Closing date for applications: October 31st 2025
POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER 2025
FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote
peace, justice and human fraternity.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, All praise and all thanksgiving, be every moment thine. (Three times)
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.
PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world, seeking the ruin of souls.
MASS & SERVICES WEEK BY WEEK
Weekend Masses
6:00pm (Saturday)
10:00am (Sunday)
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Weekday Masses
Tuesday – 7:00pm
Wednesday – 9:30am
Thursday – 9:30am
Friday – 9:30am
Saturday – 6:00pm
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NB: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (30 minutes before each Mass except Thursdays)
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Confessions: Saturdays; 4:30pm – 5:30pm
