Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Deptford.

131 Deptford High Street, SE8 4NS

Email: deptford@rcaos.org.uk Phone: 02086922011
Website: www: ola-rcdeptford.org.uk
Parish Priest: Fr. Cosmas Ikirodah, MSP

Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) - 19th March 2023 Sunday (12/02/23) Offertory Collection Total & DONA:

Sunday Masses 1st Collection & Gift Aid £ 918.74 Thank You

9.00am Intentions: For all parishioners Mass Booking : £ 117.00 Thank You

11.00 am Intentions: Late Elizabeth Ogbeta Imienwanrin Arch Publishing : £ 23 Thank You
(R.I.P.) Church restoration: £ 9.84 Thank You
6.30pm Intentions: UCH Retired Members Seminarians in Africa : £ 20.00 Thank You
************************************** Total: £1,136.99 A great thanks to you all
Weekday Adoration and Masses 2nd Collection for 4th Sunday (19th-26th): Poor Parishes
Weekdays Adoration: 8.00 – 8.50 am Tuesday - Friday. **************************************
Weekday Masses: 9.00am The Total Cost For Parish Roof Repairs will be £16,620.00
The total cost for our parish roof repairs will cost £16, 620.00
Saturday Adoration and Benediction: 8.50am - 9.50am
VAT Inclusive. The repairs will cover the following: Replace
Saturday Mass: 10.00am the iron cast gutters with uPVC on both size of the roof.
Treatment of the roof with biocide to kill the moss and
************************************** application of layers of sealant to prevent moss re-growth for 10
Weekday Mass Intentions years. Please note that £11,520.00 of the repair cost is for Scaf-
folding. Total Amount Raised so far £ 14,376.33
Mon 20th Mar: Fr. Cosmas Day off. No Mass today Contribution/Donation to the Parish and For Roof Repair:
Tue 21st Mar: Parishioners Parishioners who wish to contribute or donate to support the
church and for the Roof Repair should please use the parish
Wed 22nd Mar : bank account below:
Thur 23rd Mar: Account name: RCAS Deptford
Account number: 42-11-11-53
Fri 24th Mar: Holy Souls Sort Code: 60-13-10
Sat 25th Mar:
Alternatively, you may wish to
Confession: Every Saturday at 10.40am - 11.30am and by
drop your offering envelope
appointment through the letter box of the Pres-
************************************** bytery or use DONA Contact
-less device in the church and Nar-
Parish Office Hours:
thex, or scan this QR code: Thank
10.00am - 2.00pm, Tuesday to Friday. you for your donation. May
the Almighty God continues to
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bless you and your family. Amen.
Parish Bookshop: Opens every Sunday after the 9.00am
& 11.00am Masses.
Coffee Morning: There is Coffee Morning every Sunday References For Bank Transfer
after the 9.00am Mass. You are all welcome. Please state collection name in the refer-
ence: 1st Col (Gift Aid or not), 2nd Col
(Gift Aid or not), Mass Stipend, Holy
Souls, Church Roof, Presbytery

OLA is a Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. CIO Registered Incorporated Charity Number: 1173050
 Pastoral Message for the Launch of CARITAS Southwark
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ
I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus as we continue our
Lenten journey towards Holy Week and Easter. In this
joyful season of renewal we seek the living water who is
Christ himself. With the Samaritan woman in today’s
Gospel, we believe the Lord Jesus offers every person the
gift of eternal life. He shows us that no one is beyond God’s
love; not you or me; not our neighbour; not the unknown
stranger in our midst. The Lord Jesus asks us to be God’s
love for others, especially those in most need.
Today, I share with you the wonderful news that we are
about to launch CARITAS Southwark. Caritas is the Latin
word for love and CARITAS Southwark will be our
Archdiocesan network to co-ordinate our practical loving
service of others, putting faith into action.
Pope Francis said: ‘.. there is an inseparable bond between
our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.’ (EG
48) CARITAS Southwark will work with our parishes and
schools to support them in serving those in need. Our
volunteers have worked hard to get us to this point of a
formal launch in a Mass in St George’s Cathedral,
Southwark, at 12.30pm on Saturday 18 March. Everyone
is invited to the Mass and the reception afterwards.
The Church has always served the poorest and the weakest.
This happens today through our parishes, schools and social
and charitable projects and organisations. In such challeng-
ing times, it is important that we strengthen and enhance our
charitable outreach, rooted in our faith in Christ. This will
build on the excellent work already taking place and provide
encouragement and support for new initiatives. CARITAS
Southwark is about facilitation and collaboration, building
up our common bond of charity through a more considered
identity whereby our Archdiocese can promote and recog-
nise faith in action.
Many parishes already have projects in place. Others, as yet,
do not have any specific or developed formal outreach. This
is a time for all of us, clergy, religious, and lay faithful, to
pray and reflect on the Scriptures, strengthened by the Eu-
charist, so as to discern how we live out the call to see and
serve the Lord Jesus in our brothers and sisters in need. To
all who already give their time and effort so generously in
voluntary service to the Church’s social mission, I extend
my heartfelt gratitude.
Across our Archdiocese, a tangible love of neighbour is
shown through numerous social and charitable projects.
Such apostolates, and new ones which will hopefully come
to fruition, require that our hearts be touched by the love of
Christ and opened to the needs of others. It is through us,
sometimes in simple and seemingly small ways, that the
love of Christ becomes real and is freely offered to people in
need. Thank you for your assistance in this important new
step. With an assurance of my gratitude, and my prayers and
blessing. Yours devotedly in Christ,
Bishop John Wilson
OLA is a Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. CIO Registered Incorporated Charity Number: 1173050.
Believing Jesus is the Son of God
Jesus is the Son of God, but there
are those who have other
opinions. Perhaps, they say, he
was just a very good man with a
gift for teaching and healing.
Perhaps he was just a prophet.
Perhaps he was just a charismatic
leader, a social worker, a
philanthropist, a rebel or some
kind of religious genius.
Today Jesus takes Peter, James
and John up a mountain to pray. And as Jesus was praying
the appearance of his face is changed, and his clothes
become a dazzling white. Suddenly they see two men,
Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They have appeared in
glory and are speaking of his departure, which he is to
accomplish at Jerusalem.
What the Bible is saying here is that Jesus of Nazareth was
no ordinary human being. Jesus was no ordinary carpenter
from Galilee. Jesus was not just a miracle worker, not just
a teacher, not just a healer. In the ‘Transfiguration’ Jesus
reveals his true identity. Jesus is the Son of God, the only
Son of God’. It’s no wonder that Peter wants to erect three
tents to hold onto this truth. How privileged the early
disciples were to have been given this vision. We have not
been given first hand experience of the Transfiguration,
but what we do have is the evidence of how the disciples’
lives were changed by the Knowledge of Jesus’ identity.
The disciples had the memory of the Transfiguration to
motivate them through the difficult times ahead. We have
the memory of Peter’s commitment and influence to
motivate us similarly.
There are those who think it is good enough simply to
believe Jesus was a good man. For those of us who believe
Jesus is the Son of God, we will never attend the funeral of
a loved one with thoughts of never seeing them again.
Believing in God, means believing that one day we will
share in Jesus’ glory.
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Lent Stations of the Cross
is on Every Friday Morning
After Mass and in the Evening
at 7.00pm
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