St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church A Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Westminster

Parish Priest:

No.08/2020 First Sunday of Lent 1 March 2020

Web: www.parish.rcdow.org.uk/edgware; www.catholicedgware.org

Parish email: edgware@rcdow.org.uk

Parish Safeguarding Rep: Danny O' Callaghan ; email: edgwaresg@safeguardrcdow.org.uk

Parish Secretary: Debbie Conneely (Tuesday-Thursday); Email: edgware@rcdow.org.uk

LITURGY, CONFESSION & MASS TIMES

Sunday

1 March

1st Sunday of Lent Ps Wk1

Genesis 2: 7-9,3: 1-7; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4: 1–11; (p. 151)

Mass: 10am, 12 noon and 6pm.

Mon

2 March

Lent Feria;

8.40 Morning prayer 9am Mass; 9.30 Rosary;

Tue

3 March

Lent Feria; 8.40 Morning prayer

9am Mass; 9.30 Rosary;

7.30pm Mass with devotions to St Anthony and Benediction;

Wed

4 March

Lent Feria; 8.40 Morning prayer 9am Mass; 9.30 Rosary;

Thu

5 March

Lent Feria;

8.40 Morning prayer 9am Mass; 9.30 Rosary;

Fri

6 March

Lent Feria; First Friday Friday abstinence

8.40 Morning prayer 9am Mass followed by Station of the Cross; 10am Rosary;

3pm Divine Mercy Chaplet followed by Station of the Cross;

6.30 – 7.15pm – Confessions

7.30pm – Mass followed by the Station of the Cross and exposition of the

Blessed Sacrament;

10pm Benediction.

Sat

7 March

Lent Feria; 9.30-9.50am Confessions; 9.45am Devotions to Our Lady

10am Mass;

5.30-6pm Confessions;

6.30pm Saturday Vigil Mass;

Sunday

8 March

2nd Sunday of Lent Ps Wk2

Genesis 12: 1-4; 2 Timothy 1: 8-10; Matthew 17: 1–9; (p. 155)

Mass: 10am, 12 noon and 6pm.

‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve him alone.’

As we move into this holy season of Lent, the read-ings slowly begin to pre-pare us to cel-ebrate the resurrection of Jesus at East-er. The First Read-ing teaches us

how God created a good world, giving life to man and woman. But Eve and Adam had ambitions for equality with God, lead-ing to the beginning of our sense of aliena-tion from the Divine. The Psalm is recognised as a prayer of pen-itence, particularly suited for the Lenten

season. It sees sin not purely in individual terms, but as an evil that can affect the whole community. For Paul (Second Reading), the imagery of life and death provides a key to under-standing what Jesus has done for us. Death signifies being cut off from a rela-tionship with God, whereas life invokes an image of friendship and union with God. Through the life of Jesus, the new Adam, we are all restored to that friendship. In the Gospel, Jesus, though genuinely tempted in the wilderness, remains faith-ful to his Father. He is resolute in resisting the devil’s seductive, reasonable-sounding temptations. Let’s begin the season of Lent by inviting God to show us how to find the freedom of spirit to live with open-hearted generos-ity, and to rediscover the joy and freedom in living for others, as did Christ himself.

Fr Robert Pachuta

5 Garratt Road

Middlesex; Edgware

HA8 9AN

Tel: 020 8952 0663

If leaving a message

please give the best number for a

return call

Parish Office: Call Debbie

Tel: 020 8951 5769 e-mail: edgware@rcdow.org.uk

Open during School Terms:

Tuesday to Thursday:

9.30am-2.30pm School Holidays:

Wednesday 9.30am-2.30pm

Opening hours:

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Monday to Friday: 8-8.40am & 9.30am-10pm;

Saturday:8-9.40am, 10.30am-4pm, 7.30-10pm; Sunday: 8-9am&7-10pm

people, the future of the Church, as they grow in their relationship with God and deepen their Catholic faith. With your support, children can take part in fun activities, prepare a healthy meal, and take home food. Please take a donation leaflet as you leave Mass today. Please consider choosing the Cardinal’s Lenten Appeal as part of your almsgiving, this Lent. Gift Aid envelopes are available attached to the leaflets. On behalf of Cardinal Nichols, thank you for giving so generously and helping to put hope into action across our Diocese.

CAFOD Lent Fast Day Appeal: Friday 6 March CAFOD’s Family Fast Day

this Lent is an opportunity to support our

brothers and sisters around the world.

Please collect your Fast Day envelope

from church this week and give whatever

you can.

CATECHETICS The Belles of St. Anthony (Womens

group) will meet in the Holy Family

Room on Wednesday 4 March at 11am.

St. Anthony’s Discipleship

The next meeting of St. Anthony’s Men’s

group will take place on Monday 2nd

March at 8pm. All men welcome. For

more information contact:

stanthonysdiscipleship@gmail.com.

Sacrament of First Reconciliation for

the First Holy Communion children will

take place on Saturday 7 March at

10.45am.

Enrolment Ceremony Sunday 8 March

12noon for the Confirmation

Candidates.

Cardinal’s Mass of Thanksgiving for the

Sacrament of Matrimony:

Prayer and Life Workshops

Prayer and Life Workshops is a method

of evangelization that is fully based on

the Bible. The axis of each of the 15

sessions is reading and meditation of the

Word. For every day of the week, for four

months, it draws to participants texts of

the Old and New Testament to meditate

and pray them at home, with a special

pedagogy, with a wonderful instrument

called Small Pedagogy to meditate and

live the Word.

At St Anthony of Padua, Edgware—

Parish Centre: Monday 2nd March at

7pm.

For more info please call or text

Esperanca on 07877 388 172 or

Vicki 07939 757 920; Email: prayerlifeworkshoplondon@gmail.com

Vocations Event Join us to listen to the

stories of those being called to the

Priesthood and Religious Life, and share

your experience of what the Lord is doing

in your life. On 8 March 2020; 6pm at

Our Lady Refuge of Sinners & St

Catherine of Siena, Bow E3 2SG.

Cardinal’s Lenten Appeal 2020 Cardinal Nichols thanks you for your generous support for the Cardinal’s Lenten Appeal. Your donations help fund initiatives in parishes, schools and charities in three mission areas. Marriage and Family Life, Youth and Evangelisation: supporting young

at Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 30

May at 3.00pm. The Cardinal will be

inviting to this Mass all couples in the

Diocese who are celebrating their 5th

10th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th

(and every year over 60) wedding

anniversary of Catholic marriage in 2020.

If you are celebrating an anniversary,

please contact Debbie, Parish Secretary. ****************************************

Wish to meet with the Parish Priest The next Clergy Availability will be on

Tuesday 3 March 2020 6-7pm, in the

Parish Office located near to the

Sacristy, beside the toilets. References

for Applications to Catholic schools,

Baptism, Marriage and other matters

can be discussed. No appointment is

needed.

The Repository Mrs Annette O’Malley

Tuesdays and Fridays 9.30am - 11am and

Sundays after 10am and 12noon Masses.

Parish Centre bookings and enquiries

Please liaise with Debbie, in the office,

regarding bookings and enquiries for

St. Anthony’s Parish Centre hall.

Church Cleaning:

Team A : Thursday 5 March, 7pm: Mrs B. Spain, Mrs S. Bates,

Mrs A. O’Malley. Mrs M.

Gaughan,

Mrs N. Okeke-Aru, Mr M. Ryan,

Mrs J. Quinn, Mr W. Banya,

Mrs B. Carty.

Thank you, all who help

to clean and care for our church.

More volunteers are needed to keep our

church clean and tidy!

****************************************** Forthcoming Events

Stations of the Cross on Fridays after the

9am Mass and at 8pm.

The Sacrament of Penance and

Reconciliation/Confession:

Fridays, during Stations of the Cross in

the morning after Mass and in the

evenings after Stations of the Cross

(8pm).

Saturdays, 9.30-9.50am and 6-6.30pm. Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament

Can you commit to an

hour of prayer each

week before the Blessed

Sacrament, the Real

Presence of Jesus, in our

church? There is a great

need for prayer, and for

people who pray. If so, please notify Sue

Blues by leaving a message with Debbie

in the Parish office.

We can meet God in the silence of our hearts, and

our prayer brings others into the heart of God.

Parish Lenten Retreat with a special invitation to Eucharistic Ministers and

Readers, are asked to attend the Day of

Recollection on Saturday 21 March, beginning with Mass at 10am and

continuing with prayer and a talk in the Holy Family Room by Sr Raymunda Jordan OP. All are welcome.

PARISH NOTICES Please pray for those who have died: (…), and for those whose anniversaries occur about now: Martin Brendan Healy; Cornelius Patrick O’Sullivan (….) Please pray for sick and housebound parishioners: Owen Cullen; Candida Rodrigues; Edgar D’Souza; Michael Morrish; Sheila Clarke; Betty McGrath; Hartley and Beverly Sinclair; Margaret Tivenan; Mary Chrapala, Cicely Malcolm;