St Peter’s Variety Show

The cast list is now closed.  Rehearsal dates are either Sunday 8th June at 3 pm or Sunday 15th June at 3 pm.  Please bring music and props with you.  Any queries ring Lesley on 01702 524298.

HARP

Thank you again for your support of HARP.  They rely very heavily on the   generosity of the local community to help keep their services running, and their latest stats tell us that they provided over 38,000 meals last year!

St Peter’s Variety Show

The cast list is now closed.  Rehearsal dates are either Sunday 8th June at 3 pm or Sunday 15th June at 3 pm.  Please bring music and props with you.  Any queries ring Lesley on 01702 524298.

SVP

Please note that the next SVP meeting room will be held in the Newman Room in the Parish Centre.

SVP

Please note that the next SVP meeting room will be held in the Newman Room in the Parish Centre.

Weddings

We offer our congratulations to Simon Ward & Katy Whitaker and Natasha Linzey & Matthew Lawrence who were married in our Parish last weekend.

Money Matters

Offertory:  Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,437.46.

Counters are Bernadette Lane, John Harley, John Murphy & Shirley Murphy.

Newsletter Folders are Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward

Repository

The Repository will be open after the Vigil Mass on Saturday 31st May, but closed on Sunday 1st June.

APF Box Holders

If you have not had your box emptied in the last 12 months please leave it in the Parish office or give it to me personally.  Please see the poster at the back of Church regarding the APF-Mill Hill Annual Mission Mass.  If you wish to attend please let me know by Monday 9th June.  Thank you. 

Joan Caunce, Secretary 01268 757505.

APF Box Holders

If you have not had your box emptied in the last 12 months please leave it in the Parish office or give it to me personally.  Please see the poster at the back of Church regarding the APF-Mill Hill Annual Mission Mass.  If you wish to attend please let me know by Monday 9th June.  Thank you. 

Joan Caunce, Secretary 01268 757505.

Baptisms

We congratulate the parents of Rodion Clarke, Riley Healy & Samuel Crawford who were Baptised recently at Our Lady of Lourdes.  May God bless them and their families as they grow in His knowledge and love.

We pray for the departed on their anniversaries

Bp John Petit, Canon Eric Goldingay, Fr Donald Clover, Canon Jerome Deady, Fr Edmund Tyler, Blessed Pope John XXIII, Stephanie Horwood, Kit Nafziger, Dr Nigel Warburton, Rev Donald Clover, Jonas Acton, Ida D'Eath, Dorothy Winyard, Terry Wilson, Charles Mann, Thomas Donnolly, Elsie Hale, Lee Schiller, Joan Holdstock, Gladys Hanger, Dr Jack Hesketh-Beasley, Alice Quinlan, Margaret Gibson, Mrs Anne Hughes, Mollie Cosgrove, Margaret Keniry, Kathleen Owen, Kathleen Denyer, John Mudd, Bertram Barrett, May Lobb, James McKeon & Edith Turner.

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Year A

First Reading Acts 1:1-11,  
Second Reading Ephesians 1:17-23
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20
Preface of The Ascension
The Roman Canon

Saturday 31st May

5.30pm Mass Jan Harris, RIP

Sunday 1st June
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Andrzej Sasiadek, RIP
11.30am Mass Gabriel & Lilian Craven, RIP
1.30 pm Polish Mass
4.00 pm Mass Extraordinary Form Ints Carol & John Smith
5.30pm  Vespers & Benediction

Year 2, Psalter Week 2

Monday 26th St Philip Neri, Pr
10.00am Mass Ints Brett Mackay

Tuesday 27th ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, Bp
9.15am Mass David Mead, RIP

Wednesday 28th Feria
9.15am Mass Thanksgiving (Cheeseman)

Thursday 29th Feria
10.00amRequiem Mass:  Vera Fogarty, RIP

Friday 30th THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
12NoonMass Stephanie Horwood, RIP (Anniv)

Saturday 31st DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST                                    MARY and ST HELEN, BRENTWOOD
10.00am Mass Adele Mary Conway, RIP (Anniv)

Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Dear friends in Christ,

The month of May is traditionally a time of pilgrimage to the Shrines of our Blessed Mother, Mary.  Indeed, during this last week forty members of the Parish Family have been in Lourdes.  It was a grace-filled few days and the presence of fifteen of our Primary School children enhanced the experience for us.  Through all of the daily devotions at the Shrine: Holy Mass, Confession, the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, the Marian-Torchlight Procession….we engage in acts of piety which draw us into the life of God, assisted by Our Lady.  Devotion to Mary is the litmus test of true Christian Faith. 

The sentiments of Saint Bernard in the Memorare are ever-so encouraging because, It is a thing unheard of that, anyone who ever had recourse to her protection and sought her intercession, was left unaided.   Devotion to Mary is the key to the Incarnation and Redemption.  God has desired that His mother be an intimate part of His plan for our salvation. 

It is a great comfort to us all, and to me personally, that our new Bisho Alan Williams - has been not only the Director of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, but his own devotion to her is central to his spirituality.   With this knowledge we can be confident that, from the beginning, the Diocese will be under her special protection and patronage.  Our Lady of Lourdes is not only our own Patroness but that of our Diocese too.   Continue to pray for our Bishop-elect that, under Mary’s powerful intercession, all of us, Clergy and Faithful, may be drawn into a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit whose outpouring we anticipate at Pentecost. 

God bless you all!
Fr Kevin Hale

Money Matters

Offertory:  Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,752.01.

Counters are Toni Cousins, Sandie Hippard & Leah Cousins.

Newsletter Folders are Mary Johnson & Josephine Vickers

First Holy Communion

We congratulate the children who made their First Holy Communion over the past two weekends;  please continue to pray for them as they grow in their faith and knowledge and love of God.

Colm Auton, Ellie-Mae Appleton, Lauren Bibby, Oliver Blackburn, Luana Bull, Eve Campbell, Benjamin Caswell, Oscar Clarke, Ruby Conlon, Neve Courtney, Rachel Davey, Henry Diggines, Ciara English, Jack Fairbanks, Olivia GrundyIsabella Haiser, Lucy Hall, Rebecca Haxhiaj, Liliana Hughes-Lillo, Megan Humpage, Sophia Hurst, Billy Hyams, Samuel Knight, James McCarthy, Maia McDonagh, Laura McKay, James Milliott, Mattia Mollica, Joseph Nelson, Cole Oliver-Chapman, Edith Osborn-Culf, Ruby Phillips, Imogen Phipps, Hannah Rubbert, Evelyn Ryther, Freddie Smith, Eliza Sole, Finley Stevenson, Lilly Thompson, Rose Tidder, Isabella Twine, Jonah Vesey, Sebastian Watts, Maisie Webb, Maria Wickes, Jonathan Wiley and Harry Williams.

First Holy Communion Photographs

Special offer for early birds.  Order your copyright free disk of all the photos your child is in for just £39 before the end of Tuesday, 27th May and get an 8x6 and two 6x4 prints of your choice worth £15, completely free.  This offer is only until Tuesday.  Go to www.KeithHoskinsPhoto.co.uk

First Holy Communion Photographs

Special offer for early birds.  Order your copyright free disk of all the photos your child is in for just £39 before the end of Tuesday, 27th May and get an 8x6 and two 6x4 prints of your choice worth £15, completely free.  This offer is only until Tuesday.  Go to www.KeithHoskinsPhoto.co.uk

Thank you

Following many years organising the First Holy Communion breakfasts,       Clare McHugh is stepping down.  We would like to thank Clare for her hard work providing beautifully presented refreshments after each Communion Mass and the dedication she has put in over the past 15 years.