Saint Benet's Church Kentish Town

Saint Benet's Church, Ospringe Road, London NW5 2JB

FacebookTwittergoogle-_circle

  • Welcome
    • News
    • About us
    • Who’s who
    • Pastoral Assistant
    • St Benet’s Church
    • Giving to St Benet’s
  • Services
    • Service Schedule
    • The Mass
    • Daily Office
  • Children
    • Sunday School
    • Children’s Activities 2020
    • Messy Church
    • Kentish Town CE Primary School
  • Community
    • Homeless Shelter
    • St Benet’s Food Bank
    • Rainbow Nursery
    • Ash Court Care Home
    • Homezone
    • St Stephen’s House, Oxford.
  • Growing in Faith
    • Becoming a Christian
    • Baptism of children
    • Baptism of adults & Confirmation
    • Pilgrimage and retreat
  • Sacraments
    • Marriage
    • Banns of Marriage
    • Funerals
    • Sacrament of Anointing
    • Sacrament of Confession
    • Home Communions
    • Churching of Women
    • Our Lady
    • Remembering the dead
  • Contact
  • Safeguarding

Notices for Sunday 18th October 2020

October 17, 2020 by Peter Anthony

Jesus speaks to us in our gospel reading this Sunday about giving to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God that which is God’s.

It doesn’t take too much imagination to realise why this Sunday’s passage has been a favourite proof text for politicians, rulers, and representatives of secular power over the centuries.

Jesus, presented with a question about taxation, asks for a coin and points out that it is Caesar’s image which is imprinted on it.

So if the denarius is to be paid to Caesar because it belongs to him, what are the things that belong to God?

Well, if there’s one place you’re guaranteed to find God’s image it’s within us. Human beings, we are told in Genesis, are made in the image of God. We are his handiwork and we belong to him. We are stamped with his image.

So this teaching is less about political theory, the role of the secular state, or taxation policy, and more about what it means to be human.

To be a follower of Jesus Christ is to acknowledge that above all things, and before all other allegiances, we belong to God.

Fr Peter Anthony

Recording of this Sunday’s Mass

A recording of this Sunday’s Mass (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) with a homily will be available here on our parish YouTube channel from the evening of 10th October.

This week’s pew sheet is available here.

C4WS Homeless Charity

Our collaboration with Pond Square URC Church and C4WS in manning a winter shelter is going to be run differently this year due to COVID19 restrictions.It will not involve the “rolling” shelter with a different church hosting the shelter each evening. C4WS has decided to hire a hotel in Victoria, and to man the homeless shelter in one location, so it can comply with social distancing and COVID regulations.

We are all being asked to communicate to C4WS the numbers of volunteers we can provide to man the hostel through the winter. The idea is that we would aim to staff it on the same night of the week as we used to at Pond Square – i.e. Sunday nights. However, if you are able to offer you time on other days, I’m sure they would love to hear from you.

We need a range of people willing to do shopping, make meals, wash up, do overnight shifts, wash laundry, and befriend guests.

If you are interested in volunteering in any capacity this winter, please fill in this form and return it to  Fr Peter to indicate your availability and time commitment so he can communicate that to C4WS.

Many thanks indeed to all our volunteers and to C4WS for responding so creatively to the present situation.

Theology Book Club: Ghost Ship by A.D.A. France-Williams
Tuesday 27th Oct 7.30 pm

Our next theology book club session looks at an extraordinary new work called Ghost Ship just published this year by A.D.A. France Williams. His book tackles head on the problems of racism and prejudice within the Church of England.Sam Wells has the following to say about Ghost Ship: ‘France-Williams employs a formidable range of approaches – among them testimony, academic categories, careful research, interviews, anecdote, poetry, humour, parody, exegesis and close reading – to mount a compelling and urgent argument for the church’s institutional and personal failure to receive the gift the Holy Spirit in the lives, bodies and callings of its BAME witnesses. Most of all he models prophetic ministry: pleading, portraying, persuading and ultimately inspiring the church that has caused so much hurt and grief but that despite all he still bravely loves. This is a testament of truth; and an epistle of power.’

The purpose of the St Benet’s Book Club will be to offer a forum for theological reflection and debate in the light of a book that we agree to read together. The Theology Book club meets by Zoom. The idea is that a book is discussed each time we meet at 7.30 pm on a Tuesday evening. It would be ideal to have read the book before the seminar, but if you are still half way through or just starting, don’t let that stop you joining us.

It is expected that participants acquire their own copies of the texts to be discussed. All of the books proposed are currently in print as paperbacks and can be obtained on Amazon.
Zoom meeting ID for 27th Oct: Meeting ID: 820 0252 0620

Church cleaning day

Saturday 31st October October will be a church cleaning day from around 11.00 am onwards.

Services for the week beginning 18th October 2020

Sunday 18th October 2020  
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
11.00 am         Sung Mass
7.00 pm         Mass

Tuesday 20th October
Feria
11.00 am         Mass

Wednesday 21st October
Feria
7.30 pm           Mass

Thursday 22nd October
S. John Paul II
7.30 pm           Mass

Friday 23rd October
S. John of Capistrano
11.00 am                    Mass

Saturday 24th October
Feria
6.00 pm           Vigil Mass of Sunday

Sunday 25th October
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
11.00 am          Sung Mass
7.00 pm       Mass

Full details of all our Covid planning and liturgical arrangements can be found here.

Filed Under: News

Latest

A sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Lent 2021.

A sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Lent 2021.

March 7, 2021

Notices for Sunday 7th March 2021

Notices for Sunday 7th March 2021

March 6, 2021

A sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent

A sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent

February 28, 2021

Events

Mar
7
Sun
11:00 am Sung Mass
Sung Mass
Mar 7 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
 
Mar
9
Tue
11:00 am Mass (Tuesday)
Mass (Tuesday)
Mar 9 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 am
 
Mar
10
Wed
7:30 pm Mass (Wednesday)
Mass (Wednesday)
Mar 10 @ 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm
 
Mar
11
Thu
7:30 pm Mass (Thursday)
Mass (Thursday)
Mar 11 @ 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm
 
Mar
12
Fri
11:00 am Mass (Friday)
Mass (Friday)
Mar 12 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 am
 
Mar
14
Sun
11:00 am Sung Mass
Sung Mass
Mar 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
 
View Calendar
Add
  • Add to Timely Calendar
  • Add to Google
  • Add to Outlook
  • Add to Apple Calendar
  • Add to other calendar

Contact Us

Saint Benet’s Church, Ospringe Road, London NW5 2JB

0207 284 3728

07949 005550

contact@saintbenets.org.uk

About Us

We are a Church of England community of faith, worshipping Jesus Christ, at the heart of Kentish Town.

© 2021 Saint Benet's Church Kentish Town
  • Accessibility
  • Legal
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap
served by freshSPRING