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The Parish of Bickley,
St George
Monthly Bulletin
June 2020
stgeorgebickley.co.uk
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CONTENTS
June Kalendar & In Memoriam 2-4
From the Vicar 6
Parish Life In Review & In Prospect 7-9
Book Club 10-12
From Fr David Cossar SSC 13
Psychology Tools - “Worry Postponement” 14
Corpus Christi 2020 15
KEY
Calendar Date | Church Calendar Date | Parish Roads for which to Pray
Daily Prayer Intention | Mass Readings
Monday 1 Mary, Mother / Church Albyfield, Alpine Copse, Amesbury Road
Shrine O.L.W. 2 Pet. 1.2-7; Mark 12.1-12 (Ord. 9, Y.2 | RM1411)
Tuesday 2 (of Requiem) Aspen Copse, Asprey Place, Aycliffe Close
R.I.P. Bunny King 2 Pet. 3.11-15, 17-18; Mark 12.13-17
Wednesday 3 St Charles Lwanga Cc Barfield Road, Baxter Close, Beech Copse
Bishop James 2 Macc. 7.1-2, 9-14; Matt. 5.1-12
Thursday 4 O.L.J.C.E.H.P. Belfry Close, Beresford Drive, Berryfield Close
Priests Gen. 22.9-18; Matt. 26.36.-42
Friday 5 St Boniface Bickley Park Road, Bickley Road
Bishop Norman Acts 26.19-23; John 10.11-16
Saturday 6 St Norbert (*5pm*) Bird-in-Hand Lane, Blackbrook Lane
O. Præm. Ezek. 34.11-16; Luke 14.25-33
SUNDAY 7 TRINITY Boscobel Close, Boulter Close
The Parish & Congregation Exod. 34.4-6, 8-9; 2 Cor. 13.11-13; John 3.16-18
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Monday 8 (in a Time of Pandemic) Brady Drive, Bruton Close
Coronavirus Victims Rom. 8.31b-39; Mark 4.35-41
Tuesday 9 St Columba Bullers Wood Drive
R.I.P. Irene Guindi Col. 1.24-29; Mark 10.17-30
Wednesday 10 (of Requiem) Canon Road, Cavendish Place, Cedar Copse
R.I.P. Joyce Powell 1 Kings 18.20-39; Matt. 5.17-19
Thursday 11 Corpus Christi Charlotte Park Avenue, Chislehurst Road
Thanksgiving for the Eucharist Deut. 8.2-3, 14-16; 1 Cor. 10.16-17; John 6.51-58
Friday 12 (of Requiem) Claremont Road, Clarence Road
Monthly Requiem 1 Kings 19.9, 11-16; Matt. 5.27-32
Saturday 13 St Anthony of Padua Coates Hill Road, Coombe Lea, Daly Drive
Barbara & Paul Gregory Isa. 61.1-3; Luke 10.1-9
SUNDAY 14 ORDINARY 11 Denbridge Road, Eastmead Close
The Parish & Congregation Exod. 19.2-6; Rom. 5.6-11; Matt. 9.36-10.8
Monday 15 Feria Ellen Close, Elmbank Drive
Forward in Faith 1 Kings 21.1-16; Matt. 5.38-42
Tuesday 16 St Richard of Chichester Faro Close, Farrier Close
Fr Richard 1 Kings 21.17-29; Matt. 5.43-48
Wednesday 17 (of Requiem) Fidgeon Close, Gardenia Road
R.I.P. Beau Brandie, priest 2 Kings 2.1, 6-14; Matt. 6.1-6, 16-18
Thursday 18 (of Requiem) Glen View Road, Golf Road, Grayland Close
R.I.P. Priests with COVID-19 Ecclus 48.1-14; Matt. 6.7-15
Friday 19 Sacred Heart Grove Wood Close, Harrison Drive, Hartley Clo.
Diocesan Priests Deut. 7.6-11; 1 John 4.7-16; Matt. 11.25-30
Saturday 20 Immaculate Heart Hawthorne Close, Hawthorne Road
S.S.C. Isa. 61.9-11; Luke 2.41-51
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SUNDAY 21 ORDINARY 12 Thornet Wood Road, Timms Close
The Parish & Congregation Jer. 20.10-13; Rom. 5.12-15; Matt. 10.26-33
Monday 22 Sts J. FISHER & THOS MORE Heath Park Drive, Hever Gdns
Politicians 2 Macc. 6.18, 21, 24-31; Matt. 24.4-13
Tuesday 23 (of Requiem) Hill Brow, Homesdale Road
R.I.P. Gwen Thornton 2 Kings 19.9-11, 14-21, 31-36; Matt. 7.6, 12-14
Wednesday 24 Nativity / St John Baptist Huntsmead Close, Hurstwood Drive
St John, Sevenoaks Isa. 49.1-6; Acts 13.22-26; Luke 1.57-66, 80
Thursday 25 (of the Mercy of God) Inglewood Copse, Kingsmere, Laurel Gdns
The Annunciation, Chislehurst 2 Kings 24.8-17; Matt. 7.21-29
Friday 26 (of the Holy Cross) Lewes Road, Liddon Road, Little Redlands
St Augustine, Belvedere 2 Kings 25.1-12; Matt. 8.1-4
Saturday 27 (of the Name of Mary) Logs Hill, Logs Close, Meadow Croft
St Mary, Swanley Lam. 2.2, 10-14, 18-19; Matt. 8.5-17
SUNDAY 28 St PETER & St PAUL Windy Ridge, Woodknoll Drive
The Parish & Congregation Acts 12.1-11; 2 Tim. 4.6-8, 17-18; Matt. 16.13-19
Monday 29 Feria Woodlands Close, Woodlands Drive
Thanksgiving for the Eucharist Amos 2.6-10, 13-16; Matt. 8.18-22
Tuesday 30 Feria Wyncroft Close, Wythes Close, Yester Drive, Yester Road
Fr Garry Jenkins Amos 3.1-8, 4.11-12; Matt. 8.23-27
In Remembrance, June
Valerie Cutcher (5th) David Mitchell (21st)
Patricia Ashdown (12th) Leonard Stenning (21st)
Halim Nasr (12th) Maureen English (23rd)
Sarah Minter (17th) Marie Rowley (28th)
John Jones (18th)
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Very sadly, this year’s Summer Fete - scheduled to take place on Saturday, 30
May - has had to be cancelled, in line with Government regulations on social
distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Not only is the Fete always a
fabulous occasion in the parish’s social calendar, it is also our primary
fundraising initiative each year: last year in 2019, we raised an amazing
£3,894! With regular income down by a third, on account of lost Hall rental
income, your financial support for St George’s is needed now more than ever.
Remember that it costs £435/day to resource the parish’s ministry and mission!
Could you therefore make a one-off donation to the church, in lieu of
money spent at the Fete?
Perhaps you could reward yourself with a burger or an ice-cream afterwards!
You can donate online at paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3202976, or send
a cheque (payable to “Bickley PCC”) or cash c/o The Vicarage. Please contact
us if you would like to make an online donation direct to our account.
Do please share this request with family and friends!
And don’t forget how much of a difference Gift Aid makes, increasing the
value of each donation by 25%! Contact us if you haven’t already completed
and returned a Gift Aid Declaration.
‘It’s not a matter of how much money I will give to God, but how much of God’s
money I will keep for myself’ (author unknown)
5From the Vicar
T HE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI - this year to be celebrated on Thursday, 11 June -
was proposed to Pope Urban IV by St Thomas Aquinas in 1264, to celebrate the
joy of the Eucharist, in which the elements of bread and wine become the Body and
Blood of Christ, who is really and actually present therein.
The separation of the Faithful from the celebration of the Mass has, I know,
been one of the most difficult elements of the lockdown - and I recognise how much
you are all looking forward to worshipping at Mass again soon. May this involuntary
“Fast” stimulate us in future to appreciate more profoundly the gift and place of the
Eucharist in our lives! Speaking personally, the reorientation of my life around the
daily celebration of Mass on your behalf has likewise led me to a new sense of the
fundamental importance of the Eucharist to Christian and priestly discipleship. It
has been an enormous privilege to ‘go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy
and gladness’ each day, to offer the sacrifice of prayer and praise.
We continue to pray earnestly that the participation of the Faithful in
public worship will swiftly be re-permitted. However, the Feast of Corpus Christi
also this year allows us a unique and special opportunity to engage in worship, and
to offer devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
I have decided that, unless the church can by then once more open to
public access, a day of eucharistic adoration will take place in the church
grounds to mark this special celebration - as I said, on Thursday, 11 June. Between
8.00am and 6.00pm, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for veneration, in a
special “tabernacle” erected for the occasion in the peace and beauty of the
churchyard (in practice, a gazebo to cover a portable altar, and those present to
adore). To ensure that we continue to follow social distancing regulations, no more
than two people will be able to be present at any one time, to sit or kneel in silent
prayer before our eucharistic Lord. Two chairs will therefore be provided under the
gazebo (2m apart, and with access to hand sanitiser, and virucidal disinfectant spray
should you wish to clean the chairs before occupying them), as well as single-use
sheets of devotions and meditations.
I invite you to sign up to maintain a watch of prayer for a period of 30
minutes, either by contacting me with your preferred slot in the timetable, or -
ideally - by completing this online rota: https://doodle.com/poll/3am6iszvxc395fvi It
is important that no more and no fewer than two people are present at any one time
(members of the same household excepted). Please support this effort of prayer and
worship, as we spend time with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
6 Fr RichardParish Life in Review
(with reference to a report to members of the P.CC.)
Jill Powell has kindly undertaken to send birthday cards to those members of the
congregation whose birthdays are known to us; the provision of new, moveable
noticeboards, and work in the bell tower, will take place in due course, as will the
the completion of the keys audit; the matter of the overhanging trees behind the
Hall is in hand. New Safeguarding policies cannot be adopted until the A.P.C.M.
(delayed until the autumn), nor can financial liability forms be completed.
Daily worship continues in church, with the participation of a single minister. The
daily Mass has been live-streamed to Facebook, with an average of 20-25 devices
logged onto the broadcast (the number of those watching will be higher), which
number doubles on Sundays and festivals. The total number of views which each
(low) Mass attracts over 24 hours is c.100, and we have welcomed the virtual
participation of worshippers from across the country and around the world. These
numbers compare very favourably with other parishes; happily, the evidence does
not support a suggestion that they had perhaps begun gently to decline as more
people return to work. The use of the livestream facility in future could perhaps be
revisited when any communications equipment is installed in the bell tower,
providing wifi coverage. Holy Week & Easter, and our Patronal Festival, were marked
with appropriate solemnity. The pastoral offices (weddings, baptisms) remain
suspended, and our sympathies extend to those affected: services are being
rescheduled; at present, funerals take place only in crematoria or at the graveside.
We have, please God, experienced few cases of coronavirus infection within our
parish family, and all concerned are recovering, or have recovered, well. Close
contact is maintained with those most vulnerable, who are strictly shielding, and
with those who lack Internet access, or the ready support of family and friends.
Pastoral practice has in large part moved online and onto the telephone; paper
mailings are also distributed regularly to those without e-mail.
With thanks to Rob Hodgetts, the spire has been illuminated in blue (in honour of
Our Lady, and in thanksgiving for the NHS); new banners have also been installed in
the churchyard. The parish website is kept up-to-date, and a YouTube channel has
been launched. The Facebook Page includes weekly videos from our Children’s
Church leaders, plus a weekly act of Collective Worship for our school. The
“Promote” facility has been employed, and Page reach/engagement has increased by
20% during the pandemic.
7Parish finances have so far fared well during the lockdown, despite a drop in income
of a third during the first two months of the pandemic; we were able to reduce
expenditure by 25% during the same period, resulting in an overall loss of only
£4,000. In addition to the current account (the balance of which remains above that
mandated by our reserves policy, i.e. six months of expenditure), £21,000 is held by
the Diocese in repair funds. We have been able to furlough our Director of Music on
full pay, recouping 80% of this figure from HMRC. The PayPal Giving Fund now
seems to be working well. The Lent Appeal exceeded its fundraising target of £880
(in support of specific, costed projects to be undertaken by SteerRight): if donors are
unhappy for this surplus to be repurposed in support of the general charitable
objects of the parish, please contact the Vicar. Match funding has been pledged by
the diocesan Children & Young People’s Fund. A small miscalculation meant that there
remained £302.57 to raise towards the Organ Restoration Appeal, but a grant of £200
has since been pledged by the “On Organ Fund”, and a donation received to cover
the remainder. This work is scheduled to take place in summer 2021, and VAT will
be reclaimable. The Diocese has - furloughed staff; placed a moratorium on some
parsonage repairs & maintenance; deferred stipend payments to the Church
Commissioners, and sold property. The Common Fund of £5million+ could, in a
worst-case scenario, reduce by 50% by the end of the year. Some parishes have
begun to reduce share payments; loans and grants will be available in cases of need.
Although costs will need to be closely controlled for the foreseeable future,
nevertheless special expenditure on mission may be required.
Electrical repairs have been undertaken in the church and Hall; repainting and
repair work is scheduled, as is the cleaning of the floors and carpets, in church. We
remain grateful to Mark Drake-Lee for maintaining the churchyard so beautifully.
The negotiations re. communications equipment in the bell tower have been paused,
pending a further survey.
The P.C.C. Standing Committee agreed a fees reduction to the Pre-School, which
will be kept under close (termly) review. One-off Hall hire charges will likely rise in
September, to £35ph; other charges and discounts will remain unaltered.
Significant numbers of events and services have been cancelled or postponed,
including the Fete, and the pilgrimage to Walsingham. The mission partnership
Study Day in July has been postponed to 10 July 2021. No plans can as yet be made
for a joint Mass and lunch for the Transfiguration, or for a P.C.C. Away Day. We are
aware of a planning application to demolish St Michael’s, Bickley Park Road, and to
replace with flats.
8Parish Life in Prospect
We have purchased stocks of hand sanitiser, virucidal spray and paper towels: a
paper-towel dispenser will be fitted in the tower loo. Moveable seating in the church
will be adjusted to enable social distancing, with stickers affixed to the pews, as well
as other means of demarcation.
Guidance from HM Government, and the Church of England is awaited: however,
we anticipate the re-opening of the church to take place in two phases. First, the
church will be opened for private prayer. Display boards advertising this fact will be
erected in the churchyard, and details will be communicated by e-mail, in this
Bulletin and online. Those with any symptoms of COVID-19 will be dissuaded from
entering the building; all others will be invited to use hand sanitiser at the door.
Public participation in the liturgy will not be possible at this point: Masses (save for
on Mondays) will continue to be live-streamed. Door handles and other strategic
surfaces will be sanitised twice daily; care will be taken e.g. counting the collection
(using gloves). The FoodBank collection box will be reinstated, and organ practice
will begin again. No holy water will be placed in the stoups. Solo volunteer cleaning
will be encouraged and coordinated. The Faithful will be encouraged to make their
Confession before returning to Mass. The loo in the tower will not be accessible.
In the second phase of re-opening, public participation in the liturgy will resume
(save for on Thursdays, when Mass will be live-streamed at noon). Care will be taken
to communicate this development widely, as above. All Masses will be celebrated at
the main altar, to allow congregations to practice social-distancing (members of one
household will, however, be able to sit together); masks may be encouraged.
Communion will be given in one kind, the priest using hand sanitiser; the offertory
plate will not be passed, nor will the gifts be carried in procession; the peace will not
be exchanged. We will encourage equal numbers between the two Sunday Masses
(8am and 10.30am): there will, sadly, be a limit on how many people are allowed into
the church building at any one time. The monthly healing service will remain
suspended. Strategic surfaces will be cleaned after each Mass. Serving teams will be
reduced; only single-use Mass booklets will be employed. We will look to current
practices in schools to inform arrangements for Children’s Church, likely involving a
one-way system for movement between the church and Hall. Refreshments will
likely remain suspended; and congregational singing may be affected as well.
In due course, normal service will eventually be resumed, but perhaps preserving an
area in church for those who are socially-distancing. Further arrangements will
apply to the pastoral offices, and larger services; and to cleaning arrangements.
9Book Club
If with nothing else, the lockdown has at least provided us with the opportunity to read:
here are some of the titles I’ve been reading over recent weeks…
(M. Mosebach, The 21: A Journey into the Land of the Coptic Martyrs)
In early 2015, Islamic State published a gruesome video of the
beheading of twenty-one African Christian captives, twenty of
whom were Egyptian Copts (from a population already subject to
persecution in their own country), and also one Ghanaian,
working - like the others - as a migrant construction worker in
Libya. The German journalist Martin Mosebach here paints a
sensitive and thoughtful portrait of these very ordinary men, who
were yet prepared to die for their Christian faith - and who were
subsequently canonised by the Coptic ecclesiastical authorities.
(N. Blake, The Case of the Abominable Snowman)
Nicholas Blake was the pen-name of the poet-laureate Cecil
Day-Lewis, who wrote twenty crime novels under this
pseudonym. The Case of the Abominable Snowman is an
entertaining “whodunnit”, set in wartime winter in a stately
home. Blake offsets the gruesome details of the central
murder with his airy and lighthearted style, making this a
pleasing diversion from everyday reality, and an easy and
straightforward read.
(J. Ratzinger, Behold the Pierced One)
The first of two works by Joseph, Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope
Benedict XVI) reviewed in this month’s Bulletin - this is a dense
but beautifully-articulated meditation upon the crucified Saviour,
with a particular emphasis on the Sacred Heart. Scripturally
sound, and emphatically prayerful, this is Ratzinger at his
pastoral-catechetical best. What will you read during this “Year of
the Word” to draw closer to the Lord through the Scriptures?
(I. Mortimer, The Time Travellers’ Guide to Restoration Britain)
10Ian Mortimer has written a series of historical titles in the style
of travel guides - a conceit which works surprisingly well. He
here brings alive the excitement of the Restoration era, taking
in developments in science and literature, as well as more
quotidian - but no less fascinating - observations on food and
drink, fashion and leisure. At 480pp, this is not a book for a
single sitting, but I found myself eager to return each time I
picked up this book again!
(H. Yanagihara, The People in the Trees)
Having reviewed Yanagihara’s second,
Man Booker-shortlisted, novel A Little Life in last month’s
Bulletin, I was delighted to turn next to her debut creation.
This surreal story of the discovery of an extraordinarily long-
lived tribe on a remote Pacific island is shot through with the
most incredibly poignant melancholy, as it meditates upon the
meaning of a life well-lived, avoiding easy or glib conclusions.
The author’s wistful, yet incisive, style, which comes into its
own in A Little Life, is nevertheless much in evidence in this
beautiful book also.
(T. Burpo, Heaven is for Real)
The subject of NDEs (near death experiences) is a fascinating one,
with subjects reporting out-of-body experiences and para-sensory
phenomena, which inform their understanding of life after death.
Pastor Todd Burpo’s son Colton was hospitalised and had to
undergo emergency surgery: what he told his parents
subsequently about his experiences during that period astounded
them, as this book relates. This is not a work of accomplished
penmanship, and it is written with obvious evangelical intent:
however, it does serve as an important prompt for our own
consideration of the afterlife, and how we might adjust our lives in light of what we
hope for and believe. With the issue of mortality unavoidable in the current climate,
might it be worth us returning to a serious contemplation of the Creed, in which we
profess faith in ‘the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting’?
(M. Phillips, The World Turned Upside Down)
11How on earth the author managed to remain in a bad mood
throughout the entire composition of this book is a mystery to
me: despite some very valid and important insights into the
contemporary intellectual landscape, this is really just a bad-
tempered diatribe against modern Western cultural mores,
interlaced with an insistent and rather uncritical defence of
the actions and history of the state of Israel. Nor is there quite
enough material to sustain the argument without needless
repetition; paradoxically, the book also seems to cover too
many topics at once, with ever-more tenuous connections
between them. Phillips, a regular on Radio 4’s The Moral Maze, has a sharp mind and
critical faculty, but is less successful in outlining an alternative, positive vision. I
appreciated her description of a world in which a sense of the seriousness of the
duties of human relationships has been lost: ‘Love was emptied of altruism,
sentimentality replaced genuine emotion, and a culture of narcissism took up residence in
serial relationships of self-regard’; but, as the book progresses, she also begins to make
factual errors and foolish generalisations - Origen, for example, is certainly not
considered ‘the father of Christian doctrine’. If anything, this book’s best feature is its
extensive quotation of others: I was struck by the observation of the philosopher
Michael Polanyi, whom Phillips quotes on the erosion of religious culture through
scientific materialism: ‘[Its] incandescence has fed on the combustion of the Christian
heritage in the oxygen of Greek rationalism, and when the fire was exhausted the critical
framework itself burnt away.’
(J. Ratzinger, Teaching and Learning the Love of God)
This beautiful book brings together a varied collection of
homilies on the priesthood by Ratzinger/Benedict, preached
at ordinations, first Masses and on other occasions. As has
been remarked by others, Ratzinger does his theology ‘on his
knees’, and the priestly prayerfulness of this pastor is much in
evidence in this lovely work. At a time when the exercise of
priestly ministry has been affected no less than other
elements of professional life, it was heartening to be recalled
to the heart of this office, to the life of prayer, care and
sacrifice enjoined upon every priest.
Would you like to contribute a review for the next edition of the Bulletin?
12Visiting Holy Island
One afternoon last summer I sat in a queue
of cars, waiting for the tide to ebb, so that
we could cross to Lindisfarne. When it did,
it revealed the road, and also a line of poles
following the traditional path across the
sands. These still guide the modern
barefoot pilgrims to Holy Island.
The island itself is quite low-lying,
except for a high point at one end, where
the Castle rises. It is a local landmark. Built
around 1550, it was intended to protect the
harbour from raids by the Scots. Later it fell into decay, and in 1905 it was bought by Edward
Hudson, owner of the magazine, Country Life. He employed Sir Edwyn Lutyens, a famous
architect, to restore it to the striking building we see today. In 1911 the well-known gardener,
Gertrude Jekyll, designed a walled garden there. This has been restored as near as possible to
her original plan by its present guardians, the National Trust.
Among other places of interest the Lindisfarne Centre in Marygate provides much
local history. It has an exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels. These were the work of one
monk, written between AD 715-720. Their illuminated pages contain the four Gospels in Latin,
with the oldest surviving translation into English, made around AD 950. There is a facsimile
copy on display, and a virtual copy. You can turn the pages of this latter, and see the still
vibrant colours and intricate designs in it. The original can be seen in the British Library in
London.
The nearby parish church of St Mary is Norman in origin. In the south aisle there is
a life-size, wooden sculpture of monks carrying the coffin of St Cuthbert towards Durham.
The reredos in the sanctuary commemorates Northern Saints: Aidan, Cuthbert, Bede,
Oswald, Columba and Wilfrid. And to the south west lies Farne Island, where St Cuthbert
lived as a hermit, and died in AD 687. Seals and puffins abound there today.
Most tourists and pilgrims make their way to the Priory ruins. Built in 1082 to house
the monks, it was in use until the Dissolution. It is built of local, red sandstone. One can look
up the nave to the surviving “rainbow” arch, which once helped to support the central tower.
The high altar would have stood beyond, in the chancel, surmounted by three large windows,
looking out onto the North Sea - similar to those in the modern Anglican Friary in nearby
Alnmouth.
Modern statues of St Aidan and St Cuthbert stand in the grounds reminding visitors
of the life of work and prayer of the Benedictines here for many centuries. St Bede wrote
about their Christian pilgrimage, and indeed our own: ‘There can be no greater reward than that
the sons of men should be made sons of the Most High, who is in heaven.’ May the Saints of Holy
Island pray for us, who are on the way.
13 Fr David Cossar SSC14
Corpus Christi, Thursday 11 June
Eucharistic Adoration will take place all day 8am-6pm, in the church
grounds. The Blessed Sacrament will be enthroned on an altar
beneath a gazebo, within which two chairs will be placed, at a distance
of 2m apart. Hand sanitiser, virucidal disinfectant spray, and single-
use meditation sheets will be available. If you would like to sign up for
thirty minutes’ silent prayer in the company of the Lord, please either
contact Fr Richard, or complete this Doodle Poll:
https://doodle.com/poll/3am6iszvxc395fvi
Please note that, in order to comply with social distancing regulations,
no more than two people at a time may enter the “tabernacle”
Please support this gentle and beautiful act of witness and worship, as we
give thanks for the gift of Christ’s Body and Blood
15Contact us
Parish Priest
Fr Richard Norman SSC
The Vicarage, Bickley Park Road, Bromley BR1 2BE
Tel. 020 8295 6411
E-mail. rjnorman@hotmail.co.uk
Honorary Assistant Priest
Fr David Cossar SSC
Tel. 020 3730 9003 or 07977 533 302
E-mail. davidanddianec4@talktalk.net
Churchwardens
Mrs Vera Bilby Miss Isobel Whelan
Tel. 07943 098 828 Tel. 07952 471 034
Child Protection and Safeguarding Officers
Children’s Representative: Miss Isobel Whelan Tel. 07952 471 034
Vulnerable Adults’ Representative: Mrs Jackie Walton Tel. 07985 196 928
Health & Safety Officer
Mr David Hood 020 8467 9623
St George’s Church Hall - Bookings
Mrs Margaret Brading 07793 402 459
Director of Music
Mr Nick Stein
Mass Other Sacraments
Sunday The public celebration Unfortunately, the Communion of the
of the Liturgy is Sick cannot be undertaken at present:
currently suspended: however, Fr Richard is always available
Weekdays however, Mass is in an emergency, to administer Extreme
offered daily in church Unction to those in mortal peril
at 12 noon - and those
with Internet access can Sacrament of Reconciliation
follow a “live-stream” Until the national situation improves,
on Facebook you are, reluctantly, advised against
(@stgeorgebickley) seeking the Sacrament of Reconciliation
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