Michaelmas 2019 Bulletin

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
Acts 2:42

Kalendar

DAY	DATE	EVENT	Notes
SUN	29.09	*MICHAELMAS*	XVI PostPent.
	07:30	Morning Prayers	Chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1471/867.	Chapel
MON	30.09	St Jerome of Bethlehem	Doctor.
	12:00	Mass & Homily StADM p.1478/1658	Chapel
TUE	01.10	*St Remigius of Reims*	Bishop
	07:30	Morning Prayers	chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1479/1650	Chapel
WED	02.10	Holy Guardian Angels	.
	07:30	Morning Prayers	Chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1479/1480	Chapel
	09:30	Homeless Drop in	The Hub
	17:30	Holy Hour & Benediction	Chapel
	19.00	Conference ‘angelology’	Chapel
THU	03.10	*St Thomas of Hereford*	Bishop
	07:30	Morning Prayers	Chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1654.	Chapel
	10:00	Breaking Fast	@Cosy Cafe
FRI	04.10	St Francis of Assisi	Confessor.
	07:30	Morning Prayers	Chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1486.	Chapel
	10:00	Breaking Fast	@Roedean Cafe
	17:30	Evening Prayers	Chapel
SAT	05.10	*St Placid &* *Companions*	Martyrs.
	07:30	Morning Prayers	Chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1489/1636	Chapel
	09:30	Breaking Fast	Chapel
	10:00	Catechism “Discerning God’s will”	Chapel
SUN	06.10	*St Bruno of Chartreuse*	XVII PostPent
	07:30	Morning Prayers	Chapel
	08:30	Mass & Homily StADM p.1490/873.	Chapel
	10:00	Breaking fast	Rodean

MAIN PHOTO The XVI Sunday after Pentecost

The Sixteenth Sunday

Today’s Gospel says, “Everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

Pride, says St. Thomas, is a vice by which man seeks to exalt himself beyond right reason above what he is; it is based on error and illusion. On the contrary, humility is founded upon truth. It is a virtue which tempers and restrains the soul, so that it does not pretend to be more than it really is. The humble soul accepts with complete submission the actual station which falls to it, and which is that assigned to it by God the supreme and infallible Truth. Humility is the virtue which our Lord sets before us in today’s Gospel. “After he had healed the man with the dropsy,” says St. Ambrose, “Jesus gives a lesson in humility.”

Seeing how the Pharisees chose the best places, He wanted to make them understand the spiritual disease from which they were suffering and so to encourage them to seek its cure. For this purpose He first heals an unfortunate man swollen with sickness and then veiling the lesson under a parable, seeks to cure the spiritual inflation with which the guests before Him and the majority of men are only too much afflicted. The world is given over to all the boastfulness and infatuation of pride, while humility is the absolute condition of entrance into the kingdom of God.

Let us, therefore, cast ourselves at the feet of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Father, too, so that from the boundless treasure of His divinity He may more and more send down upon us the Holy Ghost, whom He poured out on the Church at Pentecost and who unites us to our Lord by faith and love, that we may be filled with the fullness of God.

Source: Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, OSB, 1945, adapted and abridged.

Feasts this week…

The Old Roman…

A NEW publication every week for the worldwide Communion with news, views and information from congregations around the world. Click here to see the latest editions!

Pray for today’s martyrs…

Daily Missal

To accompany your worship why not invest in a St Andrew’s Daily Missal that contains ALL the Propers for ALL the Masses offered throughout the year? Several parishioners have bought copies already and this particular edition has been commended to the Holy Synod for approval.
The St Andrew’s Daily Missal also contains historical commentary and footnotes on the Feast days, devotions, prayers of preparation for before and after Mass as well as the Propers for Vespers for Sundays and major Feast days throughout the year. It also contains forms for Morning and Evening Prayer, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Compline. It really is a treasury of devotion!
Look out for the Daily Mass posts with the page numbers given for each Mass in the Missal.

To order directly from the publishers, visit here $68 = £52.50 approx

DIARY THIS WEEK

The Hub Volunteers

Wednesdays The Hub homeless drop in is closed this week and next! IF you can spare a couple of hours on a Wednesday morning or lunchtime when we reopen in August, why not pop along and lend a hand? The Hub takes place in the rear hall of the Congress Hall.

Conferences NEW series “Tradition” on Wednesdays

Continuing on Wednesdays after Holy Hour & Benediction, a new series of Conferences on Tradition. Each week Metropolitan Jerome will explain the nature of Tradition, how to identify and adhere to it today.

Discerning God’s will for my life…

CATECHISM CLASSES will continue THIS Saturday immediately following the end of the Mass there’ll be a quick break fast and class starts at 10am finishing at 11am. This is the perfect opportunity to invite enquirers to the Faith or come along yourself to revisit the basic tenets of Christianity.

The present series is exploring vocational discernment – what is God calling me to? How do I discover what God wants me to do? Why should I do what God wants?

FUTURE EVENTS

NURSING HOME MINISTRY

Please note the following dates for our ministry to Nursing Homes:
11.00 Sunday 13th October, Downview Road
11.00 Sunday 20th October, Shelley Road
11.00 Sunday 17th November, Shelley Road
11.00 Sunday 8th December, Downview Road
11.00 Sunday 15th December, Shelley Road

This September Brighthelm are hosting the Cercle Francaise de Brighton et Hove, who will take residency well into 2020. This group comes together and welcomes new members to learn and talk all about the French language and culture. Check it out!

Every Tuesday 10 am – 12 pm in the Activities Hall, Brighthelm
This open group meets weekly to choose, play and devise music together: we play
a wide range of material – folk tunes, classical themes, and popular melodies.
No musical experience is necessary.
For more information please send an email to isabel@openstrings.co.uk
or visit the website: http://www.openstrings.co.uk/silver-strings

Cuba Saturday School Project

The Primus of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Jerome of Selsey has chosen the Saturday School project for our sponsorship. The monthly rent of the school building is $40 per month or approximately £30, we’d like to raise a year’s rent this Lent, approximately £360 almost $500 and perhaps a little more to contribute to materials and resources for the activities.

Please prayerfully consider contributing to this worthwhile cause, perhaps donating a month’s rent for the school building? Use the button below and be clear to make the donation for “Saturday School Cuba” when prompted. God bless you.

To donate just press the button!

We have a passion to see the United Kingdom return to the Christian faith. Our nation has been shaped and defined by this faith for hundreds of years. Yet in the last few decades, the nation has largely turned her back on Jesus and embraced alternative ideas such as secular liberal humanism, moral relativism and sexual licence. The fruit of this can be seen in widespread family breakdown, immorality and social disintegration. https://www.christianconcern.com/

A **Stop Christophobia campaign** has been launched by Premier Christian Radio. The success of this campaign depends highly on the number of people who support it so please share this link with your contacts on social media and sign it yourself! There is currently a momentum building, but change won’t happen unless people stand up and be counted. **Together we can ensure that Christian minorities are protected from discrimination and persecution.**https://www.thestopcampaign.org/

This site is for everyone who is concerned about the social and medical ‘transition’ of children, the introduction of ‘gender identity’ teaching into schools and new policies and legislation based on subjective ideas of ‘gender’ rather than the biological reality of sex.

For prayer…

Of your charity, please hold the following in your prayers…

For those in need… Christopher, Lyn B, Simon G, Dagmar B, Karen, Debbie G, Fr Graham F, Fr Stephen D, Heather & Susanna L-D, Finley G, Diane C, Pat, Paul, +Rommel B, Penny E, Colin R, John, Ronald, Fr Gerard H, Lilian & family, Ruth L, David G, David P, Patrick H, Debbie G, Karen K, Fr Graham F, S&A, Dave G, +Charles of Wisconsin, +Tissier, Fr Gerrard H, +Guo Xijin, +John P, Karl R-W, Fr Antonio Benedetto OSB, Fr Kristopher M & family, Mark Coggan, Ounissa
For those discerning… James, Manuel, Vincent, Darren, Akos, Roger, James, Adrian, Carlos, Yordanis, Nicholas
For those who mourn… Barbara R & family, Brenda W & family, Joseph S, Catherine L & family, Rev George C & family, Jean C, Margaret & Bonita C, Debbie M & family, Phil E & Family
For the recently departed… Lauretta (21.01.19), Clive Reed (23.01.19), Fr John Wright (24.01.19), Shelley Luben (11.12.18), Mick Howells (13.12.18), Daniel Callaghan (13.02.19), Alfie (Hub guest), Jill Lewis (24.02.19), Cynthia Sharpe Conger (28.02.19), Richard (Ricky) Belmonte, Fr Leo Cameron OSA (29.03.19), Fr John Corbett (30.03.19), Deacon Richard Mulholland (Easter Day), Peter, Bernard Brown (27.06.19), Peter Ellis (01.08.19)

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