"I am the Good Shepherd: I know my own and my own know me - just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep". John 10:14-15.

Welcome to Good Shepherd New Addington  in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark in communion with the Holy See. If you would like to get in touch with me I would be pleased to hear from you. If you are desperate to have a photo of me, please use this link.:
http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2007/12/confessions-and-lunch.html
God Bless you. Fr.Stephen Boyle

To make your way to our Church, the tram from East Croydon to New Addington takes you to Fieldway, and the Church is the second turn off Headley Drive. We recommend www.multimap.com

Fr. Behruz Raf'at is now back in the parish.

This week's newsletter: Sorry, not on the newsletter website.

Friday  16th May - Sunday 25th May

Normal Masses apart from:

Friday 16th May: There is a 9.00am Mass as well as the normal evening Mass

Tuesday 20th: 10.00am Funeral Mass for Mr. Donald Owen

We pray for Maria his wife and all her family at this time

Thursday 22nd: 12.30pm Funeral Mass for Mr Jim White

We pray for Maureen his wife and all her family at this time.

 

 

          I had the great pleasure of taking Jim and Maureen to Lourdes last year. The first photo is Jim and Maureen in the hotel, the second is outside the "Cachot",  the home of Bernadette at the time of the apparitions.

6th May 2008: I thank the children of Good Shepherd School for the marvellous Marian procession and the flowers

 Good Shepherd Church Sunday morning 6th April 2008

  Fr. Stephen prayed for the parish in his visit to Fatima. Recommended time to go if you want a quiet time to pray, read, cheap flights, and accommodation 1 minute away from the shrine. Would love to bring a parish group next year. 

 Fr. Stephen went to Emirates with his nephew and friends, thanks to his brother. The match was Arsenal v Newcastle, the league game. Score 3-0. A great night out, if a little too expensive to consider going on anything like a regular basis. £3.99 a month on the internet, seeing all the action, seems more reasonable.

Past Events:

Football in February Half Term:

Ice Skating: Senior Faith Goup in February Half Term

      

 

 

 

Good Shepherd 7 St. Bede's 5. A match played in great spirit.

    

     

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faith Winter Session: We had four parishioners who attended and hate being photographed. Two hide themselves in this photo. For details see website:http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2008/01/faith-winter-conference-08.html.

 

Ice skating for Junior Faith Group/Altar Servers of Primary School Age.

        

           

 

 

 

January 1st:  The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God 12.00 Midnight Mass. Consecration of the parish to the Immaculate Heart of Mary See the consecration on  newsletter page:

 

 

I missed this excellent defence by Fr. Patrick Burke of the Catholic Churches teachings on the night of the election of Pope Benedict. At last I have been given this link to it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udvavm7SSSs

  

Altar Servers Rome Trip October 23rd - 25th

     

 

                      A great time, photos will be available soon.

 

Summertime 2007 reunion photo above

"Summertime 2007", Altar Servers Trip:

Great few days, photos will soon be available. We thank Bishop Patrick Lynch for coming, and who is in the photo.

Faith Summer Break Monday 6th - 9th August. 

Ten parishioners attended and had a great time. See the You tube selection on the blog: http://south-ashford-priest.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html    Thursday, August 16, 2007

Senior Faith Group Trip to the London Dungeon .

 

YouthEvents:   Faith Summer Session: for 16 year olds and over, Monday 30th July - 3rd July.  This was fantastic, with 230 attendees.

For You tube see:  http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2007/08/faith-summer-session-2007-video.html

Sr. Joan O'Donoghue MBE: Sr. Joan received her MBE from Baroness Andrews on 10th May.                

 

 

 

 

Please see Newsletter page for photos:

 

Day with Mary,

Flowers from the Marian procession from the school,

 Lourdes Trip 24th - 26th April,

Rome Trip 22nd - 23rd May,

Football team that played St. Bedes * 2

 

Southwark Vocations - see the diocesan vocations blog and YouTube for Fishers of Men