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XV Sunday in Ordinary Time 14th July 2019

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This Tuesday is the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Car-mel. On 16th July 1251, Our Lady gave St. Simon Stock the Brown Scapular with the following promise: “Re-ceive, my beloved son, this habit: this shall be to thee a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this shall nev-er suffer eternal fire.... It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, and a pledge of peace.”

The scapular stands for:- A commitment to follow Jesus, like Mary. - It reminds us of the example of the saints of Carmel, with whom it establishes a close bond as brothers and sisters.- It is an expression of the belief that the bearers of the scapular will meet God in eternal life, aided by the intercession and prayers of Mary.If you would like to be enrolled in the Brown Scapular please ask Fr Ivan.

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7th July- Thank you!

BIGGIN HILLCASH: £161.01 GIFT AID: £128.85

STANDING ORDERS: £95.00

WESTERHAMCASH: £ 133.29 GIFT AID: £55.00

STANDING ORDERS: £495.00

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

be every moment thine.

XV Sunday in Ordinary TimeSATURDAY CONFESSIONS: 5:00pm 13th July VESPERS: 5:30pm VIGIL MASS: 6:00pm WESTERHAM Int: Pro Populo SUNDAY MASS: 9:00AM BIGGIN HILL Int: Jon Tomlin RIP14th July SUNG MASS: 11:00am WESTERHAM MONDAY St Bonaventure, Bp & D15th July MASS: 9:30am WESTERHAM Int: Holy Souls TUESDAY Our Lady of Mount Carmel16th July MASS: 8:30am BIGGIN HILL Int: Robert Whiley RIP WEDNESDAY Feria17th July MASS: 7:30pm WESTERHAM Int: Michael Kelly RIP

THURSDAY Feria18th July MASS: 8:30am BIGGIN HILL Int: Mora Kiely RIP

FRIDAY Feria19th July MASS: 9:30am WESTERHAM Int: Holy Souls ADORATION: 10:00am – Noon. WESTERHAM SATURDAY St Elijah, Prophet20th July ADORATION & CONFESSIONS: 9:00am - 10:00am BIGGIN HILL MASS: 10:00am BIGGIN HILL Int: Holy Souls

XVI Sunday in Ordinary Time CONFESSIONS: 5:00pm VESPERS: 5:30pm VIGIL MASS: 6:00pm WESTERHAM Int: Pro Populo SUNDAY MASS: 9:00am BIGGIN HILL Int: Rene & Bill Knight21st July SUNG MASS: 11:00am WESTERHAM

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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

SAFEGUARDINGWesterham: Joshua Copeland M: 07852 554822

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

HALL BOOKINGS Biggin Hill: Vigilija Bielskyte St 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 weddings)

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: 2nd collection: Sea SundayMen’s Group meets at 7.30pm

St John’s Toddler Group meets in St Joseph’s Room, Westerham, on Friday between 10:00am and Noon. Last session: Friday 19th July, resumes in September.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Fr Ivan: 24 - 31 August 2021. More info at the back of church.

Tuesday 1st October 2019:Patronal Festival of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Biggin Hill. See Poster.

The Forty Hours Devotion – Quarant’ Ore. Monday 7th to Friday 11th October 201911:30am - 8:00pm. Details to follow.

Archbishop-Elect John Wilson will take canonical possession of our diocese on Thursday 25th July at Noon. All encouraged to attend.

During the month of August there will be no Rosary Group or Rosary before Mass, no Vespers, and no Adoration. We welcome among us Fr Morris Ibiko who will be staying in Westerham.

Thursday 15 August – Assumption of BVM. Holy Day of Obligation.Vigil Mass Wednesday at 7.30pm Wester-ham. Masses of the Day: 10.00am Biggin Hill and 7.30pm Westerham.

Sunday 8 September – Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 11:00am Outdoor Mass in the orchard followed by BBQ.

Holiday season is upon us. Please travel safely and enjoy a relaxing time.One of the great joys of being a Catholic is finding a catholic community and church wherever you may be in the world. Wherever you attend Mass this holiday could you please bring back a photo and/or a pewsheet. These will be collated in St Joseph’s Room to enable our young ones to appreciate the universality of the Catholic Church.

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Good SamaritansSUNDAY PLUS

14 July 2019

Good Samaritans at seaby Dame Mary Richardson

Sailors have always gone down to the sea in ships, knowing they might not come back, or be called, as a ship’s Master I heard on radio, to be the last to leave the sinking ship. He spoke of simply looking after his crew, doing his duty. Training in those values and service continues: teenage Sea Cadets return from a week on a sailing ship, having cooked, cleaned the “heads,” taken their turn at dawn watch, supported their friends and been supported. They return with a new understanding and consideration for others, to the amazement of their parents. Like the Master I heard, and the Samaritan in today’s Gospel,

Good Samaritans in portby Cowan Watson

When the o�shore supply vessel, the Malaviya Seven docked in Aberdeen harbour in June 2016, no one could have imagined that the Indian crew on board were going to be left stranded in Aberdeen for more than a year. A routine inspection discovered that the crew hadn’t been paid for months and the ship was forbidden to leave port. Eventually, nearly two years after their last pay day, the crew �nally had cash in their pockets but in the months spent in Aberdeen, �ghting for justice, they were completely dependent on numerous good Samaritans, not least the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) Chaplain, to keep them materially and spiritually a�oat.

This is the sort of story which hits the headlines but, every day, in ports across Britain, a host of dedicated Samaritans provide for the personal, social, and spiritual needs of these vital workers without whom our global economy would collapse.

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

When the tugboat Reindeer sank in Arctic waters in March 1932

my grandfather, then a Second Lieutenant, commanded the lifeboat which rescued twenty-seven people and the captain’s dog from the bitterly cold ocean, taking them to his ship, the SS Montcalm. How did those survivors feel when someone grabbed hold and laboriously pulled each man aboard, �rst of all, the lifeboat, and then the ship? Were they too exhausted, cold and wet to think straight? What was that �rst hot drink like when they reached the warmth and safety of the Montcalm’s galley? Was the Reindeer’s captain torn between loyalty to his shivering, bedraggled

“I ask the Blessed Mother, Star of the Sea, to extend her maternal protection to the people of the sea and guide them from the dangers of the sea to a secure port.”

Pope Francis

dog or rescued crew? Was the dog a last contact with the boat which none would ever see again?

Today’s Gospel tells us about the Good Samaritan, someone whom Jesus invented but surely based on his witness and experience of people who put themselves out for others, perhaps risking their lives in the process? We don’t know the life stories of either the robber’s victim or his rescuer – but the same is true for those who rescued many thousands of migrants from the Mediterranean during the past few years; for the �shermen who used their frail boats to save people from the devastating 2018 monsoon �oods in Kerala; and for the crews of the “Little Ships” who brought back 338,226 soldiers from the shores of Dunkirk in May 1940.

Lord, we owe so much to those men and women who serve us through their work at sea. Bless them and their families and give them safe passage as they travel Amen.

cadets have simply cared for each other, forgetful of self.

Today Sea Cadets will say the beautiful Sea Cadet Prayer which �nishes: “Teach us to serve you as our Master on our earthly voyage, so that, at the last, we may come to the peace and safety of your eternal haven.”

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

Sea service

Deuteronomy 30:10-14Colossians 1:15-20Luke 10:25-37

Exodus 2:1-15Matthew 11:20-24

Exodus 3:1-6. 9-12Matthew 11:25-27

Exodus 11:10 – 12:14Matthew 12:1-8

Exodus 12:37-42Matthew 12:14-21

Genesis 18:1-10Colossians 1:24-28Luke 10:38-42

Exodus 3:13-20Matthew 11:28-30

Exodus 1:8-14. 22Matthew 10:34 – 11:1

Photo of SS Montcalm / Canadian Paci�c Ships

Good Samaritans don’t boast of their courageous generosity. Most of us know little or nothing of the seafarers’ recurring nightmares surrounding successful and unsuccessful rescues. Even if there

might never be the opportunity to thank them in person, countless families are undyingly grateful for their sel�essness.

Sr Janet Fearns is a Franciscan Missionary of the Divine Motherhood.

by Sr Janet Fearns FMDM