Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,881.04p.
Counters are Bernadette Lane, John Harley, John Murphy & Shirley Murphy.
Newsletter Folders are Tom O’Callaghan & Rita O’Callaghan
Parish Christmas Bazaar - 6th December 2014
Your donations are needed for our annual Christmas Bazaar. We need your unwanted gifts, collectables, books, toiletries, bottles and toys.
All donations to be left in the old Baptistry. Your support is greatly appreciated. If you have donations needing collection please call either Sue on 07816141492/01702 479646 or Angela on 07940183452.
Vocations Evening - Friday 7th November
The Vocations Evenings are for you if you are aged 17-35, and considering where and how God is calling you. There is a particular focus on vocation to Priesthood and Religious Life and the group is open to all, women and men.
The format of our November evening will focus around a new DVD about Holy Orders with some insights from Fr Stephen Wang, Chaplain to London University. We’ll watch that together and chat about it afterwards, then have a fish and chip supper and a time of prayer.
The evening takes place in Brentwood and runs from about 7.30pm – 9.15pm and you can get more details from the Vocations Director, Fr Dominic, on 01268 281732 or frdominic@brentwoodvocations.org
Vocations Evening - Friday 7th November
The Vocations Evenings are for you if you are aged 17-35, and considering where and how God is calling you. There is a particular focus on vocation to Priesthood and Religious Life and the group is open to all, women and men.
The format of our November evening will focus around a new DVD about Holy Orders with some insights from Fr Stephen Wang, Chaplain to London University. We’ll watch that together and chat about it afterwards, then have a fish and chip supper and a time of prayer.
The evening takes place in Brentwood and runs from about 7.30pm – 9.15pm and you can get more details from the Vocations Director, Fr Dominic, on 01268 281732 or frdominic@brentwoodvocations.org
Contemplative Prayer Group
With the evenings drawing in, the Silent Prayer Group are re-forming an afternoon opportunity for group prayer for those who find the dark evenings difficult. This will take place, as before, on Tuesdays at 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm, starting next Tuesday, 14th October.
The Thursday evening group will continue as usual, in the Lady Chapel at 7pm to 7.30 pm.
Contemplative Prayer Group
With the evenings drawing in, the Silent Prayer Group are re-forming an afternoon opportunity for group prayer for those who find the dark evenings difficult. This will take place, as before, on Tuesdays at 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm, starting next Tuesday, 14th October.
The Thursday evening group will continue as usual, in the Lady Chapel at 7pm to 7.30 pm.
Serving the Homeless
The Committee of Serving the Homeless are holding an Evening of Light Jazz with DBJQ with an opportunity to sample some European wines and cheeses on Saturday 15th November in the Parish Centre. The evening will commence at 7.30 pm and finish at 10.00 pm. Tickets cost £10 each and are available from Jo Ronan 474062 or Nina Bridgeman 472536.
HARP
Thank you for your recent generosity in providing tinned and dried foods as well as fresh fruit and night pack items. This month’s wish list: small cartons of fruit juice, packets of crisps, individually wrapped cakes and biscuits, fresh fruit.
With winter approaching and a number of rough sleepers in Southend, they would also like sleeping bags, duvets and blankets. If you are able to donate any of these and would like them to be collected, please ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
We pray for the departed on their anniversaries
We pray for our sick
Tina Doveaston, Kathleen McIlwee, 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, Monica Neate, Stella Hale, Mark Braley, 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, 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, Ivor Knight, Linda Dean, Brian Beresford, Ugo Gardin, Rebecca Alger, Rebecca Peake, Connor Bourke and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Peter Robson, Lucy Price, Mary Isherwood, Frazer Gregory and baby Talia Emery.
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Year A
First Reading Isaiah 25:6-10
Second Reading Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20
Gospel Matthew 22:1-14
Preface of Sunday 5
Eucharistic Prayer 3
Saturday 11th October
5.30pm Mass Eileen & Bill Pearson, RIP (Anniv)
Sunday 12th October
8.00am Mass Lawrence de Lobel, RIP (Anniv)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Thomas Patrick Costello, RIP (Anniv)
4.00pm Polish Mass
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Year 2, Psalter Week 3
9.15am Mass: Dorothy Cole, RIP
Tuesday 7th Our Lady of the Rosary
9.15am Mass: Peter Green, RIP
Wednesday 8th St Osyth, Rel
9.15am Mass: Intentions of the Corrigan Family
Thursday 9th St Denis, Bp & Comps, Mm
9.15am Mass: Cecil Compton, RIP
Friday 10th St Paulinus of York, Bp
12 Noon Mass: Zoe Conroy, RIP
Saturday 11th Ss Ethelburga, Hildelithe and Cuthburga, Rel
10.00am Mass James Fairchild, RIP (Anniv)
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week
Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
This Sunday’s liturgy speaks to us in very beautiful allegories about God’s love for His people and their failure to respond. This is the constant message we read and hear in the history of salvation: God loves and calls us to be His own, but often our response is so fickle, so slow. Each day is an opportunity for us to give God the good fruits of lives lived in reciprocal love.
We welcome this weekend Mr David Black from Aid to the Church in Need who is making our annual Mission Appeal. We have heard before about the vital work and relief this Charity gives to our suffering brothers and sisters in the Faith. Aid to the Church in Need is a Pontifical Foundation of the Catholic Church, supporting the Catholic faithful and other Christians where they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. It’s objectives are to advance the Christian religion by supporting and promoting the Church, especially in countries where Christians are suffering persecution or discrimination; to further the other charitable work of the Church by providing practical assistance and pastoral care for persons in need, especially those who are living in, or are refugees from, such countries. Each year Aid to the Church in Need makes grants to help fund around 5,000 projects, primarily in the following areas: provision of catechetical material and books; broadcasting the Faith; help with church buildings; support for the training of seminarians; grants for the formation of religious and catechists; subsidies for priests through grants and Mass stipends; emergency aid to refugees; provision of transport for those involved in the Church’s mission. I know you will respond to this Appeal with your usual assurance of prayer and practical assistance. God bless you!
Fr Kevin Hale
ABC - About Being Catholic
The next series of informal talks designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church will continue with talks by Fr Kevin, starting at 8 pm in the Sacristy.
6th October - The Life of Christ - the Person of Jesus
You are welcome to attend some or all of these talks; if you would like more information please speak to Fr Kevin or telephone Pat O’Connell, Tel 01702 712123.
BCCS - Romford Dogs Charity Night
The Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society will be hosting a Charity Night at Romford Greyhound Stadium on Friday 24th October 2014. Tickets are priced at £25 per person and include:
- Entrance
- 3 Course Meal with Coffee in the Pavilion Restaurant
- Free Race card
There are also sponsorship opportunities for companies or individuals to have a race in their name at the event.
We are expecting this event to be really popular so please book early in order to avoid disappointment. For further details and to book tickets call Julie on 01268 784544 or email jabbott@bccs.org.uk
Church Cleaning
Help is needed on a fortnightly basis to clean the main Sacristy. If anyone is able to help, please contact the Parish Office.
BCCS - Romford Dogs Charity Night
The Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society will be hosting a Charity Night at Romford Greyhound Stadium on Friday 24th October 2014. Tickets are priced at £25 per person and include:
- Entrance
- 3 Course Meal with Coffee in the Pavilion Restaurant
- Free Race card
There are also sponsorship opportunities for companies or individuals to have a race in their name at the event.
We are expecting this event to be really popular so please book early in order to avoid disappointment. For further details and to book tickets call Julie on 01268 784544 or email jabbott@bccs.org.uk
Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,855.54p.
Counters are Toni Cousins, Sandie Hippard & Leah Cousins.
Newsletter Folders are Linda Wall & Bob Hall
Dates for your Diary
Thursday 27th November Forty Hours’ begins
Saturday 29th November 4 pm Forty Hours closing—Benediction
Saturday 6th December Parish Christmas Bazaar