We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Edmund Dobson, Fr Patrick Taylor, Deacon David Balmer, Fr John Boardman, Fr Michael Hannan, Fr Dermot Moore, Fr James Cooney, Fr James McEvoy, Fr Godfrey Anstruther OP, Fr John Hones, Bill Prior, Margaret May Orme, David Finnigan, Reginald Copley, Caroline Hardy, Kathleen Butt, Jane Bickmore, Charles fletcher, Jane Mawdsley, Alice collins, Aislinn Lane, Elsie Witty, Irene Huggett, Frank McEvoy, Pamela Johnson, Francis Howard Kenney, Geraldine Hayter, Joan Farmer, Winifred Martin, Marian Bukowski, Leonard Betts, Arthur Koch, William Rhodes, David Hall, Eva Bartley, Silvester Smolarczyk, Marie Ann Brand, Anthony Downey, John Maguire, Stefan Nowacki, John O’Brien, Gertrude Mortelman & Carmina Czogalik.
We pray for our sick
We pray for the sick of our parish
“Father,
by the power of your Spirit
you have filled the hearts of your faithful people
with gifts of love for one another.
Hear the prayers we offer for our relatives and friends.
Give them health of mind and body
that they may do your will with perfect love.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.”
Please pray for the repose of the soul of
BRIAN CRAWLEY who died on Saturday, 6th June. His Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 29th July at 11am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Requiescat in pace
Parish Fundraising—200 Club
The winners of the June draw are:
1st Prize £150 45 Mr W Bertram
2nd Prize £100 108 Mrs L Mapson
3rd Prize £75 66 Miss L Young
4th Prize £25 22 Miss V DeSouza
The funds raised from the 200 Club now contributes to the overall costs of the tuition and expenses of trainee priests who, on completion of their formation, will be available for mission appointments strengthening the Church within Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. These missionary priests are known as Spiritans and are part of Aid to the Church in Need.
Please support this fundraising. There are some places available in the 200 Club, and if you wish to join, there is a monthly regular donation of £5. Forms are available at the back of the church. Alternatively, you can telephone Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
Flower Festival
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the Flower and Craft Festival on Saturday.
The church looked beautiful and so many people commented on the wonderful music and feeling of peace in the church during the day.
Special thanks to the ladies that helped to put all the displays together on Friday; those of you who were present in the church on Saturday to welcome and talk to visitors, and Jan and the ladies that provided the teas and refreshments all day. The theme of the Beatitudes was a lovely introduction for non-Christians who visited to understand what our faith is about. A lot of people knew nothing about the Beatitudes and did not know what the word meant.
I have not yet been told how much was raised for HARP but there were some very generous donations on the day.
Thank you again,
Jo Ronan & Theresa Whitaker
OLOL Ladies Group
Would ladies please note there will NOT BE A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
The summer Buffet Luncheon on 23rd July is by ticket only at £10 per person. This weekend is the last chance to purchase a ticket by contacting Jan on 07775620890
Tickets will NOT be available on the day. Arrival is 11.45am.
Please watch this space for information on when we all meet again in September. We wish all our ladies a very happy and peaceful summer.
Repository News
Would Parishioners please note that after next weekend, 25th/26th July, the Repository will be closed until September. Mass cards will be available from the Parish Office on weekday mornings only during this period.
Certificates of Catholic Practice
Please note Fr Kevin will be issuing Certificates of Catholic Practice in September/October.
Sea of Voices Anniversary Summer Concert
This year marks the tenth anniversary of our Sea of Voices community choir and we’ll be holding our Summer concert on Sunday 26th July at 3pm in the parish centre. All funds raised will go towards the purchase of a new electric piano organ for use in the church and by the choir in the parish centre, so please mark the date in your calendars now! Tickets at £5 are now available to buy from the Parish office. Any help towards the concert e.g. teas and coffees and donations of raffle prizes would be very much appreciated- thank you! Contact Darrell Binding mobile 07825686249.
St John Bosco Children’s Camp—Summer 2026
Final Places – Summer Holiday Opportunity. The St John Bosco Children's Camp is held near Brentwood. It is an activities camp including archery, fishing, Aqua Park visit, football, kayaking and much more. Final places are currently available for children currently in school year 5 – 7 (i.e. aged 9 - 12 on 31st August 2026) to spend a week at camp. Week One 25th July – 1st August or Week Two 1st – 8th August. The camp is run with a Catholic ethos and is for all children, especially those who may not otherwise have a summer holiday. Suggested donation £200, but fully funded places are also available thanks to generous grants. All application details are at www.boscocamp.co.uk
Talks on the Gospels
Jesus opens the Scriptures to his disciples
Let Him do this for you through these inspirational talks from Brant Pitre
Wednesday 7.30pm in the Parish Centre
July 22nd The Four Gospels
Seniors Exercise & Balance Class
10am Tuesdays
Parish Centre
£6
You are invited to join the Exercise & Balance Class for Seniors which is held every Tuesday morning in the Parish Centre. The class starts at 10am and lasts one hour. Exercises are done to music and each session costs £6.
Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of St Paul
SPACES AVAILABLE - Pilgrimage to Greece Following in the Footsteps of St. Paul £1500 27th September - 04th October 2026 Led by Reverend Pat Edwards. Tour operators Tamara Tours and Northern Star Travel.
Contact them for booking - 46-48 Long Street Middleton Manchester M24 6UQ Tamara Tahhan - Mobile - +44 7519097632 Northern Star Office Tel: +44161 773 2115 www.northernstartravel.com
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
The Parable of the Sower in this Sunday’s Gospel would have been a very familiar scenario to the audience that Jesus addressed.
Dear friends in Christ
The Parable of the Sower in this Sunday’s Gospel would have been a very familiar scenario to the audience that Jesus addressed. The terrain of Galilee was very uneven and hilly; it was only the narrow strips of land in the valleys and along the river banks that were sown with seed. The soil on which the good seed falls is the whole world; it represents each individual person. We are the soil for the divine seed of God’s Word. Even though the sowing is carried out with great love—it is God who pours Himself in our souls—the results depend largely on the condition of the soil on which it falls. Christ's words tell us forcefully about the responsibility we all have to prepare ourselves to receive God’s grace and to correspond with it.
We give heartfelt thanks to all those who helped organise and contributed to the Flower Festival this Saturday in the Church. It has been a joyous celebration of the The Beatitudes. Thank you for all your efforts bringing the Gospel into bloom!
We are entering the period of the Summer vacation. This week we will celebrate Mass for our Primary School Leavers and the following week our Schools will break for the Summer holiday. This is the time when I remind every one of us that the holidays are a time for increased relaxation, time with friends and family, and hopefully a time when we can consider spiritual realities with more attention. When on holiday, wherever we go, we should remember the first and most important event of the week is Holy Mass on Sunday. It’s very easy nowadays to research this before we travel, so that we know where the local Catholic church is located and the times of Mass. Wherever you are heading-off over the coming weeks, I wish you safe travel, a blessed time of renewal of body and sprit, and safe return!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 11th July
St Benedict, Ab
5.30pm Vigil Mass Holy Souls
6.30pm—7.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 12th July
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8am Mass Jim & Lilian Fegan, RIP (JC)
9.30am Mass Kitty Lydon, RIP (IS)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 13th
Feria of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
9am Mass Janet Weale, RIP (TW)
10.45am Mass Michael Worsley
Tuesday 14th
St Camillus of Lellis, Pr
9am Mass Patricia Armstrong, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
Wednesday 15th
St Bonaventure, Bp, D
9.30am School Leavers Mass—Private Intention
Thursday 16th
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
9am Mass Charles & Alice Whitefield, RIP (FM)
Friday 17th
Feria of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
12Noon Mass Ian Spacie, RIP (VS)
Saturday 18th July
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
10am Mass David & Victorine Bartholomeusz, RIP
10.30am—11.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
5.30pm Vigil Mass Holy Souls
6.30pm—7.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 19th July
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8am Mass Intentions of Blake Mackay (SD)
9.30am Mass Kitty Lydon, RIP (ML)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Watson, Canon Daniel Harnett, Mary Bray, Irene Harvey, Margaret O’Callaghan, Elsie Maczka, Stanislaus Dulewicz, Michael O’Connell, Betty Gray, Dorothy May Cole, Kathleen Scaife, Margaret Simpson, Monica Gray, Patricia Armstrong, Josephine Russell, Ronald Gibson, Robert Wright, Janet Weale, Margaret Ekers, Mary James, Andrew Wardle, Hope Bailey-Pillow, Madeleine Bullock-Jarman, Joan Slattery, Norah Jordan, Donald Joyce, Ellen Gardner, Joseph Ketterer, James Dawson, Andrew Regan, Mabel Buckley & Michael Regan.
We pray for our sick
We pray for the sick of our parish
“Father,
by the power of your Spirit
you have filled the hearts of your faithful people
with gifts of love for one another.
Hear the prayers we offer for our relatives and friends.
Give them health of mind and body
that they may do your will with perfect love.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.”