St. Anselm’s Dartford Parish Newsletter Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time 14th February 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

2021: Year of St. Joseph

Qoutes from the saints: “What could Jesus Christ refuse St. Joseph who never refused him anything during his mortal life on earth.” St. Augustine

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

Sunday evenings: Exposition 5.45pm, silent prayer until 6.15pm, followed by benediction. Stations next week.

Ash Wednesday this week:

A day of fasting and abstinence

Times of Masses

9.30am, 11.00am, 7.00pm, 8.00pm

Ashes will also be given out at 3.30pm after the 3 O’Clock devotions

There are only two days in the year when Catholics are required to fast, the other being Good Friday.

Stations of the Cross Friday 10.30am 8.00pm

Sunday 5.30pm

Confessions: Friday 10.30am -10.45am, 7.30pm – 7.45pm, Saturday morning 10.30am - 11.00am, Saturday afternoon/Sunday Masses,

We pray for the repose of Victor Viegas and his family and all who mourn his lose. The funeral is on Friday 26th February at 10.30am. At 5.00pm the day before there is the vigil service and at 7.00pm Mass. There will be a mass at 9.00am in the morning. At the funeral there is a limit of 30. We will use the hall, thus bringing our capacity to 60, but the family have indicated that they will fill those numbers for the 10.30am Mass.

We pray for Mrs Fetsum Robson who passed away recently

We pray for Greg and Anne Mc Kinney, Vincent and Cecilia D’Mello who are ill at this time.

There will always be one charity that one can donate to on the card machine. For the next two weeks it is Survive Miva. See their brilliant website: www.survive-miva.org

Fr. Pat Zammitt, parish priest of St. Vincent’s Dartford was delighted to hear that we were supporting them and related stories of amazing help they gave to the work of missionaries.

The funds they receive (voluntary donations from generous supporters) are converted into grants for all types of transport: this may be a bicycle, a moped, a trail bike, a 4wd ambulance, a pickup, an outboard motor - it is the people on the ground who know what best suits their terrain. Some examples of vehicles/modes of transport are on the website.

Ethical Nature of the various vaccines: It seems it is the case that the Pfizer Vaccine is the most ethical out of those available. If you ask for this vaccine it is possible that the NHS will help you to have this vaccine as opposed to the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. 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 full arguments 1. www.bioethics.org.uk/images/user/covidbriefing2.pdf 2. www.cogforlife.org/2020/11/16/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-facts-not-fiction/ 3. www.cogforlife.org/wp-content/uploads/vaccineListOrigFormat.pdf for full details of vaccines in general.

Sr. Helen Omeje, who works with disadvantaged children and was going to give the Lenten appeal last year passed on this link: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/helenchidimmaomeje/god-is-love

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

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: Sorry!. Amazon saying it is now sold out. Have ordered books for the future. 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.

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 February: Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel :Holy Michael the Archangel, defend us in this day of battle. Be our safeguard 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, thrust down to hell Satan and all the wicked spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls

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: 14th Feb – 21st Feb: Johanna Walford; Eileen Petty; Julie Cecilia Rannachan; Rose Swint; Dymphna Mary Cross John Taylor, Cecil Searle, Margaret Keohane, Patricia Mann, Elizabeth Dillaway, Robert O’Farrell,Leonard F. Graham, Bridget Patricia Crampton, David Rohan; Harry Loader; Elizabeth White;George White; Bridget Musk; Gloria Taddei; Kathleen Guest; Rose Huntley; John Henry Inston; Frances Atkinson; Thomas Minoque; Colin Hickey; Anne O’Neill Snr; John Stockforf; Helen Sargant; Willisam Masson; Morgan Healy; Michael Joseph Shields; Thomas Daniel Crowley; Lena Epps; Winifred Cross; Joseph Cremin; Nora Quieroo; Ann Needham; Phyllis Morgan; Giovanni Scalera; Josef Stilp; James Dillon-White; Eileen McAleese; Nellie Field; Charles Burleigh; George Childerley; Elizabeth Whitehead; Margaret Kiddell; Paul Nicholas Gibbs; Kathleen Mary Glover; Elizabeth Thompson; Margaret Noctor; Emily Burridge; William Guest; Albert Kemp; Bernadette Bridgend Shields; Mavis Whitehead; Anna Hornby.

Mass Times: 6th week of ordinary time

Sat. 13th February Sixth 4.30pm Private Intention (KB) Luton family

Sunday 6.00pm Freddie Braganze Anniv: Braganza family

Sun 14th Of 7.30am Exposition, Rosary at 7.55am Benediction. Divine Mercy Devotion

Ordinary 8.30am Rose Swink RIP 13th Anniv:

Time 10.30am Len Graham RIP Teresa Hymas

4.30pm Intentions of Margaret and Gerry Burns Pat & Percy Burke

6.30pm People of the parish

Mon 15th

Feria 9.30pm Len Graham Anniv Teresa Hymas

7.00pm Rev. John Patrick Evans Foundation Mass

Tues 16th Feria 9.30am John Inston RIP Joan & family

7.00pm Fr. Henry Mukasa Int: Tim Bowman

Wed 17th Ash Wednesday 9.30am Intentions of Mary Collins & family Chriss

11.00am Thanksgiving Annah Mutua

7.00pm Sr. Ursula RIP Kevin, Juliette, & family

8.00pm Wedding Anniversary Subin & Seema

Thurs 18th Feria 9.30pm Moina Pryje RIP Shirley Cooke

7.00pm Norman Popp RIP Mary & Terry Robinson

Fri 19th Feria 10.00am Victor Viegas Int: Braganza family

10.30am Stations of the Cross: Confessions 10.30am - 10.45am

7.00pm Ernest & Violet Ellison RIP Tim Bowman

Confessions 7.30pm - 8.00pm

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

Sat: 20th The Blessed Virgin Mary 10.00am Lisa Winter RIP Mum, Dad, Mark, & girls

Confessions: 10.30 – 11.00am

First Sunday 4.30pm Gary Hickey RIP Chick

of 6.00pm Kathleen & Ron Wilson RIP Shoshana & Chick

Sun:21st Lent 7.30am Exposition, Rosary at 8.00am, Benediction,

8.30am People of the parish

10.30am Alan Daly RIP Daly Family

4.30pm Dave Murphy: Wellbeing Alan Ashfield

5.30pm Stations of the Cross Exposition

6.30pm Thanksgiving:Marigold Chiyuto Fernandez Marigold Chiyuto-Fernandez

. 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