Weekday Readers & Eucharistic Ministers
Rotas for April are available at the back of the Church.
Third Sunday of Lent
Year A
First Reading Exodus 17:3-7
Second Reading Romans 5:1-2,5-8
Gospel John 4:5-42
Preface of the Third Sunday of Lent
Eucharistic Prayer 1
The Apostles’ Creed
Mass book page 158
Saturday 22nd March
5.30pm Vigil Mass Anne Shaves RIP
6.30pm Exposition and Penance
Sunday 23rd March
8.00am Mass May Downey RIP
9.30am Mass Frank & Moira Keenan, RIP
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Year 2, Psalter week 2
9.15am Mass Gabriel Craven RIP
Tuesday 18th Feria
9.15am Mass Fr John O'Neill, RIP
Wednesday 19th Feria
9.15am Mass Ints Staff & Residents St Raphael’s Centre
Thursday 20th Feria
9.15am Mass Peggy Curtin, RIP
Friday 21st Feria
6.30am Muriel McCarthy, RIP
12.00pm Ints Lucy Dann, RIP
8.00pm Stations of the Cross & Benediction
Saturday 22nd March Feria
10.00am Mass Deceased members of the Siani & Butler Families
10.30am Exposition and Penance
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week
Second Sunday of Lent
Dear friends in Christ
Each year on this Sunday the Church reminds us in her liturgy that the glory of the Resurrection can only come by the way of the Passion and Cross. This is the meaning of the Transfiguration that is read each year on this particular day of Lent. Through the crosses and sufferings of this life, we learn perseverance and also how to see everything on earth through the transforming reality of Christ’s death and Resurrection.
Please continue to pray for those from the Parish who were accepted as Candidates for the Sacraments of Initiation during the Rite of Election last Sunday at Brentwood Cathedral. They will be Received into Full Communion with the Church at Easter or during the coming year. Also, the thirty Engaged Couples who began the marriage preparation this week that, over these weeks, through prayer, reflection and Christian formation, they may grow in awareness of the great grace of Married love.
Dr Charlie O’Donnell and the Charity Wonder have written to express their deep gratitude for the very generous response to their project promoting the book explaining the fundamentals of the Catholic Faith. About four hundred copies were sold and the proceeds will go to helping vulnerable women in differing parts of the world from our own country to Central America, Africa and the Philippines. God bless you for your generous response.
Now that the cross-over from the street into the Parish Centre courtyard has been made good, please enter and exit the courtyard ONLY by this point i.e. please DO NOT drive across the path/walkway by the side of the church or across the West doors of the church.
This week the new Memorial Garden was blest used for the first time for the burial of ashes. If you would like to use this facility, please speak with me at any time; here would be a suggested donation to the Parish. There are going to be two wooden seats in the Garden; one has already been donated in memory of a deceased Parishioner who was a former gardener, but if someone would like to donate the second one, please have a word with me.
May we continue to grow in unconditional life of God and neighbour during this holy season and so arrive through the Cross at the Resurrection.
God bless you!
Fr Kevin Hale
AN INVITATION TO JOIN THE GIFT AID SCHEME
What is Gift Aid?
Gift Aid is one of the simplest and most effective ways of giving to charity.
It does not cost the donor anything over and above the amount of their donation.
It is a scheme introduced by HM Revenue which allows charities to reclaim the basic rate tax you pay as a UK taxpayer.
It means that for every £1 you donate, the parish can claim an extra 25p of tax at no extra cost to you. Therefore if you donate £10 to the Parish, you’ll actually be giving £12.50.
Do I qualify for Gift Aid?
To qualify for Gift Aid, you need to be a UK taxpayer and to have paid sufficient Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax to cover your donation. Gift Aid can apply to donations of any amount, large or small – it all adds up!
How do I join the Gift Aid scheme?
All that is required is to complete a Gift Aid declaration form filling in your full name, address and postcode and tick the box (indicating that you wish to join the scheme) confirming that you are a UK tax payer and we’ll do the rest.
Does joining the Gift Aid Scheme entail disclosure of ‘personal’ matters?
No-one is required to disclose their earnings, their employer, the amount of tax they pay or anything else that is personal to them or their family.
What if the donor already makes Gift Aid donations to another Charity?
A donor may complete Gift Aid Declarations to as many charities as they wish provided they pay sufficient Income Tax to at least equal the amount of their donations.
Must membership of the Gift Aid Scheme run for any particular term?
No. There is no term commitment whatsoever The Declaration has no expiry date, does not have to be renewed or superseded and can be cancelled at any time by the donor.
Donations can be made during the collection at weekend masses using the envelopes provided or by monthly standing order.
For more information or to pick up a form please call 01702 478078.
Alternatively, please leave your details in the Parish office and we will contact you.
Money Matters
Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,531.30
Counters are Clare English, Cassie Kelly & Jacky Hoggett.
Newsletter Folders are Amanda Phipps, Clare English & Sarah Bagnall.
Carmelite Meeting
The next Carmelite Meeting will be on the 22nd March. The Rosary will be said in the Church at 2.15 pm followed by the Meeting from 2.30pm-4.00pm in the Parish Centre John Newman room. All are welcome.
Parish Centre
Volunteers are required to help clean the Parish Centre. Please give your name and telephone number to the Parish Office if you are able to help. Thank you.
Congratulations
Prayerful good wishes to Jane Norman who was received into the Catholic Church last weekend.
Congratulations
Prayerful good wishes to Jane Norman who was received into the Catholic Church last weekend.
ABC - About Being Catholic
The series of informal talks designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church continues every Monday starting at 8 pm in the Sacristy 17th March: The Moral Life.
You are welcome to attend some or all of these talks; if you would like morE information please speak to Fr Kevin or telephone Anne Aldridge, Tel 352395.
Lenten Evenings
You are invited to continue the exploration of Evangelii Gaudium (the Joy of the Gospel) with Jim & Fran McEvoy at 25 Fairmead Ave, Westcliff, on Tuesday evenings, 18th & 25th March and 1st April from 7.30-9.00pm.
Lenten Evenings
You are invited to continue the exploration of Evangelii Gaudium (the Joy of the Gospel) with Jim & Fran McEvoy at 25 Fairmead Ave, Westcliff, on Tuesday evenings, 18th & 25th March and 1st April from 7.30-9.00pm.
We pray for the departed on their anniversaries
Fr Donal Donegan, Fr Sidney Williams, Rev John O'Neill, Fr Justin Dawson, Julian Asselberghs, Catherine Jago, Anthony Slattery, Mary Russell, Henry McIlwee, Alfred Marshall, Dolores Cutter, John Flynn, John Moon, Guy Bragard, Doreen Wall, Margaret Foster, Mary Blundell, Dorothy Burke, Lesley Dorey, Edmund Esterby, Francis Spratt, Francis Foley, Edward Hance, Agnes Edward, Catherine Davis, Ann Whitely, John Fowler, Denis Reid, Nora McLeod, Imelda Maguire, Bernard Cody, Fred Hopkins, Ted Wheeler, Katerina Deyanovitch, John Archer, Paul Reid & Maud King.
Second Sunday of Lent
Year A
First Reading Genesis 12:1-4
Second Reading Timothy 1:8-10
Gospel Matthew 17:1-9
Preface of the Second Sunday of Lent
Eucharistic Prayer 3
The Apostles’ Creed
Mass book page 155
Saturday 15th March
5.30pm Vigil Mass Mary de Souza RIP
6.30pm Exposition and Penance
Sunday 16th March
8.00am Mass John & Pat Moon, Valerie Griggs RIP
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Mervyn Calton RIP Anniversary
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Second Sunday of Lent
Year A
First Reading Genesis 12:1-4
Second Reading Timothy 1:8-10
Gospel Matthew 17:1-9
Preface of the Second Sunday of Lent
Eucharistic Prayer 3
The Apostles’ Creed
Mass book page 155
Saturday 15th March
5.30pm Vigil Mass Mary de Souza RIP
6.30pm Exposition and Penance
Sunday 16th March
8.00am Mass John & Pat Moon, Valerie Griggs RIP
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Mervyn Calton RIP Anniversary
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Year 2, Psalter week 1
9.15am Mass Clare Chadwick RIP
Tuesday 11th Feria
9.15am Mass William Brown RIP (Anniv)
Wednesday 12th Feria
9.15am Mass Deceased members of Caden/Kennedy Family
Thursday 13th Feria
9.15am Mass Kathleen Vatcher RIP
Friday 14th Feria
6.30am Valerie Bottlo RIP
12.00pm Christopher Adams RIP
Saturday 15th March Feria
10.00am Mass Chrissie Quirke RIP
10.30am Exposition and Penance
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week