Car Parking
Please use only the designated bays for parking in the courtyard outside the Parish Centre.
BCCS Run for a Child
BCCS are looking for individuals to represent their parish (under 16’s will need to be accompanied by an adult) and take part in ‘Run for a Child’. This is a 5k run taking place on Wednesday 3rd September at 7.00pm, Westley Heights Country Park, Basildon, with the support of Pitsea Running Club. To register your interest please contact Joy on 01268 784544 / jkennedy@bccs.org.uk - Do something amazing and help us to continue our work supporting those children and families who turn to us for help - register today!
BCCS Run for a Child
BCCS are looking for individuals to represent their parish (under 16’s will need to be accompanied by an adult) and take part in ‘Run for a Child’. This is a 5k run taking place on Wednesday 3rd September at 7.00pm, Westley Heights Country Park, Basildon, with the support of Pitsea Running Club. To register your interest please contact Joy on 01268 784544 / jkennedy@bccs.org.uk - Do something amazing and help us to continue our work supporting those children and families who turn to us for help - register today!
Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,449.02
Counters are Jacky Hoggett, Jan Lewis & Sheila West.
Newsletter Folders are Linda Wall, Bob Hall and Lisa Hall.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who currently supports the Parish 200 Club. This month’s winners are:
1st prize £150 23 Mrs A Burry
2nd Prize £100 149 Mr D Lesley
3rd Prize £75 12 Mr J Sinclair
4th Prize £50 205 Mr G Robinson
5th Prize £25 182 Mrs N Davis
Subscription is £5.00 per month, either by cash, cheque or direct debit. We are currently 12 members short of our 200 target. If you would like to join, please fill in a form which can be found at the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
HARP Street Collection
I would like to thank the parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes who gave up their time on Saturday August 9th to stand in the intense heat on Leigh Broadway to collect for the charity HARP and to the number of parishioners who placed money in the collection tins as they walked past. We managed to collect £461.60 for which HARP is extremely grateful and the money will be used wisely to support the homeless in Southend. Many thanks and God Bless you all.
Niqui Denkmayer
HARP Street Collection
I would like to thank the parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes who gave up their time on Saturday August 9th to stand in the intense heat on Leigh Broadway to collect for the charity HARP and to the number of parishioners who placed money in the collection tins as they walked past. We managed to collect £461.60 for which HARP is extremely grateful and the money will be used wisely to support the homeless in Southend. Many thanks and God Bless you all.
Niqui Denkmayer
Sanctuary Lamp
We pray for the departed on their anniversaries
Canon Peter Prendergast, Canon Vincent Hurley, Fr George Gresley, Canon Vincent Cameron, Fr Arthur Ryan, Francis Bartley, Mary Attersley, Bernadette Perry, Andre Lince, Annie Gallacher, John Walmsley, Margaret McFarlane, John Power, Edwin Martin, Catherine McGowan, Noreen Selet, Edward Chavner, Rocco Forgione, Agnes Harding, Dainie Seebold, Edith Seymour, Mary Saegar, Rhoda Addecott, Teresa Griffiths, Anne McCarthy, Ronald Abnett & Eileen Shears.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Year A
First Reading Isaiah 56: 1,6-7
Second Reading Romans 11:13-15, 29-32
Gospel Matthew:15:21-28
Preface of Sunday 6
Eucharistic Prayer 3
Sunday 17th August
8.00am Mass Intentions of the Allard Family
9.30am Mass Vera Fogarty, RIP
11.30am Mass Bernadette Perry, RIP (Anniv)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Year A
First Reading Isaiah 56: 1,6-7
Second Reading Romans 11:13-15, 29-32
Gospel Matthew:15:21-28
Preface of Sunday 6
Eucharistic Prayer 3
Sunday 17th August
8.00am Mass Intentions of the Allard Family
9.30am Mass Vera Fogarty, RIP
11.30am Mass Bernadette Perry, RIP (Anniv)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Year 2, Psalter Week 3
9.15am Mass: Jerzy Strzetelski, RIP (Anniv)
Tuesday 12th St Jane Frances de Chantal, Rel
9.15am Mass: John Dillon, RIP (Anniv)
Wednesday 13th Ss Pontian, P, and Hippolytus, Pr, Mm
9.15am Mass: Neil O'Keefe, RIP
Thursday 14th St Maximilian Kolbe, Pr, M
9.15am Mass: Donor’s Intention
Friday 15th THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
9.15am Mass: Intentions of Tom & Kitty Lydon
12Noon Mass: John Watkins, RIP & Susan Conibeer, RIP
8pm Mass: The People of the Parish
Saturday 16th St Stephen of Hungary
10.00am Mass Intentions of Peter Salviege
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
The Word of God this Sunday tell us that we must trust in God at all times. Both Elijah in the First Reading, disheartened on Mount Horeb, and St Peter sinking on the lake, remind us that we must unconditionally trust that He is there. If like them, at times we feel out of our depth and that we are sinking, we could say with Peter: Lord, save me or I shall perish! St Augustine says: We should not forget that God does not demand the impossible. Instead, when he makes a request, he asks that we do what we can do, that we ask for what we cannot do, and for His help to carry it out. Indeed, we are given certainty by God that whatever we undertake for Him, even with all the difficulties and misunderstandings that may surround anything, we have Him with us continually. St John Chrysostom in a Homily writes: He has guaranteed His protection. I do not depend on my own strength, I have in my hands His written Word. This is my strength, my certainty, my tranquil haven. Even if the entire world is shaken, I read the written word I carry with me, for it is my fortress, my defence. And what does this Word tell me? ’I will be with you until the end of the world,’ it says. Christ is with me. What shall I fear? Let the waves of the sea and the fury of the powerful come upon me. That will not weigh me down any more than a spider’s web.
I hope that many of you are continuing to have an enjoyable Summer month and that if you are travelling you may have a safe journey, a time of refreshment, and return renewed to continue your work and vocation. Every blessing!
Fr Kevin Hale
We pray for our sick
Tina Doveaston, Kathleen McIlwee, Fr Andrew Hurley, Pat Lynch, Rose Craft, Teresa Yates, Addi Brady, Gerard Rodgers, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Brita Irons, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Patricia Breslin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nan Carrit, Jim Quinn, Nick Evans, Margaret Harrington, Lyn Gopee, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Vicky Jack, Vera Farrow, Anthony McEvoy, Sheila Netherton, Dympna Addecott, Marcia Clarke, Barbara Blaker, Justin Stark, Andrew & Monica Neate, Stella Hale, Margaret Roberts, Roy Widdecombe, Anne Breen, David Blyth, Ellen Laurence, Lynne Hilkene, Johanna Lynch, Janet Woods, Thomas Corrigan, Mary Boyce, June Moncaster, Breda Lynch, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Trudy Sighe, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Kathleen Farrell, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Johnnie Poole, Nicola Hanna, Kriston Barnes, Barbara Sheaf, Maureen Regan, Antonella McConalogue, Josephine Griggs, Coleen Worley, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Pat Armstrong, Lorraine Hart, Dawn Deleigh, Noel Kolb, Wyn McCafferty, Maria Clark, Annie Holland, Chas Taylor, Fr Martin Buckley, Peter Wilkinson, Vi Coveney, Martha Braun, John Lavery, Mrs F Olley, Phyllis Tait and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Peter Robson, Lucy Price, Mary Isherwood, Frazer Gregory and baby Talia Emery.
Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,748.52
Counters are Linda Wall, Sheila West & Mary Johnson.
Newsletter Folders are Amanda Phipps, Clare English & Sarah Bagnall.
Gaza Crisis Appeal
Please help stop the violence in Gaza and get aid to families in great need. You can ask the Foreign Secretary to push for peace, or donate to CAFOD’s humanitarian aid on the ground. Go to http://www.cafod.org.uk/Gaza
Temporary vacancy for a Parish Administrator in St. George's, Shoeburyness
This is a temporary part time position (24 hours per week) for six months from 1st September 2014 requiring absolute discretion and an understanding of, and empathy for, the mission and ethos of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Brentwood, and the priests and laity of the diocese. As you will be providing secretarial services and assistance to the Parish Priest you should have excellent word processing skills along with administrative and organisational skills. To apply for this position please write to Fr Graham Smith, St. George’s Catholic Church, 96 Ness Road, Shoeburyness, SS3 9DH outlining your experience and suitability for the position.
Closing date for applications: 17th August 2014.
Please tell your family and friends about this opportunity.
Temporary vacancy for a Parish Administrator in St. George's, Shoeburyness
This is a temporary part time position (24 hours per week) for six months from 1st September 2014 requiring absolute discretion and an understanding of, and empathy for, the mission and ethos of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Brentwood, and the priests and laity of the diocese. As you will be providing secretarial services and assistance to the Parish Priest you should have excellent word processing skills along with administrative and organisational skills. To apply for this position please write to Fr Graham Smith, St. George’s Catholic Church, 96 Ness Road, Shoeburyness, SS3 9DH outlining your experience and suitability for the position.
Closing date for applications: 17th August 2014.
Please tell your family and friends about this opportunity.