Parish News: Easter Sunday and the Octave of Easter

This email comes to you on Good Friday, the day of the commemoration of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ but in anticipation of his resurrection on Easter Day. The Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter is at 8pm on Saturday 4th of April, and Easter Sunday mass is at the usual time of 11am.

St Benet’s is self supporting: we receive no regular central church or government funding, so you can donate using card online to support St Benet’s: and every penny really does count! You can also donate by cash or card in person, by texting BENET followed by your donation amount to 70450 to give that amount. Or why not set up a regular standing order with your bank?

The readings for this Sunday can be found here.

Please pray for:
The sick and those in need
Brenda, Reece, John, Cheryl, Ann, Chika, Alessandro, Sonny, Jan, Danielle and Grace.
The Faithful departed
All who have worshipped and served here, those who have died recently, amongst them Grace Onyefulu, and those whose year’s mind falls about this time, amongst them Irene Prosser (6th), Cyril McArthur (8th), Leonard Catling (9th), Maurice Stephens and Francis Dalley (10th).

Father Georges Iskandar is to be ordained to the sacred Priesthood by our bishop Jonathan at 5pm on Sunday 28th June at Saint Andrew Holborn, EC4A 3AF. He will celebrate a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on Monday 29th June at 7pm here at St Benets. Please pray for him now as he prepares and put theses dates in your diary.

On Sunday 5th July Jonathan our bishop will be here to celebrate mass for us on the Sunday of St Benedict. At that mass Baptism and Confirmation will be offered. If this is something you would like to explore for you or your children, please speak to Father Guy or Father Georges.

The cover art is The Resurrection by Andrea di Bartolo (Italian, active 1389-1428), held in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA.