Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
There will be an opportunity to visit Our Lady of Lourdes School for prospective parents of Reception children starting September 2015 on Monday 1st December, Wednesday 3rd December and Friday 5th December. You will be met at the school office at 9.30am and given a guided tour by the Chair of Governors, Mrs. Jemima Clarke. Please ring the school on 01702 475689 to book your place.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
There will be an opportunity to visit Our Lady of Lourdes School for prospective parents of Reception children starting September 2015 on Monday 1st December, Wednesday 3rd December and Friday 5th December. You will be met at the school office at 9.30am and given a guided tour by the Chair of Governors, Mrs. Jemima Clarke. Please ring the school on 01702 475689 to book your place.
In Conversation with Bishop Alan
An evening for young adults aged 17-35, with a unique opportunity to hear Bishop Alan share his vocational journey. Bishop Alan has served as a school chaplain, uni chaplain, parish priest, shrine director and superior of his religious order. He is a mountaineer and a scientist. But what inspired him to become a priest? Hear his story on Thursday, 18th December, Cathedral House Conference Room, 7.30-10pm including fish & chip supper. Full details at www.brentwoodvocations.org or on the Brentwood Vocations Facebook Page. The evening is free, but registration is required—call Fr Dominic, Vocations Director, on 01268 281732 or email frdominic@brentwoodvocations.org
In Conversation with Bishop Alan
An evening for young adults aged 17-35, with a unique opportunity to hear Bishop Alan share his vocational journey. Bishop Alan has served as a school chaplain, uni chaplain, parish priest, shrine director and superior of his religious order. He is a mountaineer and a scientist. But what inspired him to become a priest? Hear his story on Thursday, 18th December, Cathedral House Conference Room, 7.30-10pm including fish & chip supper. Full details at www.brentwoodvocations.org or on the Brentwood Vocations Facebook Page. The evening is free, but registration is required—call Fr Dominic, Vocations Director, on 01268 281732 or email frdominic@brentwoodvocations.org
HARP
Over the festive period HARP, Southend’s homeless charity, provides up to 1000 dinners for its residents and for people with nowhere else to go. Nobody should be alone and on the streets at Christmas. If you can donate £10 to buy a Christmas meal, you will send a message that someone cares. You can donate online at www.harpsouthend.org.uk, or give it to Jo Ronan, Linda Wall or Nina Bridgeman
Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,545.
Counters are John Harley, John Murphy & Shirley Murphy.
Newsletter Folders are Linda Wall & Bob Hall.
Repository
Advent Calendars, Charity Christmas cards, including from Aid to the Church in Need and other Christmas items are now available.
HARP
Over the festive period HARP, Southend’s homeless charity, provides up to 1000 dinners for its residents and for people with nowhere else to go. Nobody should be alone and on the streets at Christmas. If you can donate £10 to buy a Christmas meal, you will send a message that someone cares. You can donate online at www.harpsouthend.org.uk, or you can give it to Jo Ronan, Linda Wall or Nina Bridgeman.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF:
Kathleen Mary McIlwee who died on Friday 14th November. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday 27th November at 10.15am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Stefan Boguslaw Maczka who died on Wednesday 5th November. His Requiem Mass will take place on Monday 1st December at 10.45am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
We pray for the departed on their anniversaries
Mgr Edward Watson, Canon Martin Hancock, Fr Anthony Robson, Fr John Aydon, Fr Patrick Bennett, Fr Francis Branney, Jonathan Marshall, Kathleen McKee, James Carns, Dr Harry Maher, Thomas Mulholland, John Holmes, Bernard Harvey, Elizabeth Watson-Lamb, Gilbert Blanch, Clifford Pollard, Matthew Browning, John Clements, Peggy Jeffries, Thomas Slattery, Patricia Manvell & Ronald Slater.
We pray for our sick
Tina Doveaston, 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, Mattia Mollica, Frances Emmerson, Sharon Levill, Marjorie Worsley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Peter Robson, Lucy Price, Mary Isherwood, Frazer Gregory and baby Talia Emery.
Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
Year A
First Reading Ezekiel 34: 11-12
Second Reading Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28
Gospel Matthew 25: 31-46
Preface of Christ the King
Eucharistic Prayer 3
Saturday 22nd November
5.30pm Mass Jon Marshall, RIP (Anniv)
Sunday 23rd November
8.00am Mass Gareth Lewis, RIP
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Holy Souls
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Year 2, Psalter Week 1
9.15am Mass: Intentions of Corrigan Family
Tuesday 18th The Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss Peter & Paul, App
9.15am Mass: Kevin Power, RIP (Anniv)
Wednesday 19th Feria
9.15am Mass: Fr Andrew Hurley, RIP
Thursday 20th Feria
9.15am Mass: Holy Souls
Friday 21st The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12 Noon Mass: Rene Bragard, RIP
Saturday 22nd St Cecilia, V, M
10.00am Mass Fr John Caden, RIP
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week
Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
During these final weeks of the liturgical year, the Church calls us to consider the truths about Faith which speak of eternal life. These are obviously of immediate relevance to our lives. We hear in the Second Reading of Mass this Sunday that the Lord will arrive like a thief in the night. No matter how prepared we think we are for His arrival, death will always take us by surprise. In the Gospel of Mass our Lord teaches us that we must spend our earthly life in such a way as to win Heaven; it is an interesting analogy that He uses, comparing our time on earth as a long-term leasing arrangement. The end of life is nothing more than a change of tempo, a continuum from what began at the mention of our conception. We might view death as something like when a tapestry has been completed. We have watched the tapestry being made from the reverse side where the design of the artwork is blurred and the knots and twisted loops of the needlework are prominent. Our Father God always views the tapestry from the good side. He is pleased to behold a finished work that manifests a life-long effort to make good use of the time and talents that He has given us.
Next Sunday - Feast of Christ the King - we celebrate each year the Universal sovereignty of Jesus Christ. It is also designated as National Youth Sunday and some of our young people will speak at the end of the Masses about ways in which we can support youth work in our Parish and Deanery. This is followed by the final three days of the liturgical year which are the days in our Parish each year of Eucharistic Adoration or the Forty Hours’ Prayer. Please sign the lists for Watching which are at the back of church; you may also purchase candles from the Sacristy (five pounds) which will be burned before the Altar for your special intentions, and then used throughout the coming year as the Sanctuary lamp that burns before the Tabernacle. God bless you.
Fr Kevin Hale
Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
During these final weeks of the liturgical year, the Church calls us to consider the truths about Faith which speak of eternal life. These are obviously of immediate relevance to our lives. We hear in the Second Reading of Mass this Sunday that the Lord will arrive like a thief in the night. No matter how prepared we think we are for His arrival, death will always take us by surprise. In the Gospel of Mass our Lord teaches us that we must spend our earthly life in such a way as to win Heaven; it is an interesting analogy that He uses, comparing our time on earth as a long-term leasing arrangement. The end of life is nothing more than a change of tempo, a continuum from what began at the mention of our conception. We might view death as something like when a tapestry has been completed. We have watched the tapestry being made from the reverse side where the design of the artwork is blurred and the knots and twisted loops of the needlework are prominent. Our Father God always views the tapestry from the good side. He is pleased to behold a finished work that manifests a life-long effort to make good use of the time and talents that He has given us.
Next Sunday - Feast of Christ the King - we celebrate each year the Universal sovereignty of Jesus Christ. It is also designated as National Youth Sunday and some of our young people will speak at the end of the Masses about ways in which we can support youth work in our Parish and Deanery. This is followed by the final three days of the liturgical year which are the days in our Parish each year of Eucharistic Adoration or the Forty Hours’ Prayer. Please sign the lists for Watching which are at the back of church; you may also purchase candles from the Sacristy (five pounds) which will be burned before the Altar for your special intentions, and then used throughout the coming year as the Sanctuary lamp that burns before the Tabernacle. 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, starting at 8 pm in the Parish Centre. 17th November - The Trinity. 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.
55th Leigh on Sea Scouts, Cubs and Beavers
Southend’s Catholic Scout group is run from our Parish and provides scouting opportunities for boys and girls aged 5 ½ to 14 in its Beavers, Cubs and Scout sections. We are currently short of leaders for our Beavers and Cubs sections and would be grateful if anyone who has an hour or two to spare on Tuesday evenings (term time only) and would be interested in helping out could please get in touch. You do not need any prior experience and do not need to be available every week as role sharing is possible. We also currently have spaces in our Scout group for young people aged 10 ½ or older. Younger children interested in joining Cubs or Beavers are welcome to join our waiting list. Please contact Bernadette Barber – bernadette@chadwickcc.com or 07712 648443.
55th Leigh on Sea Scouts, Cubs and Beavers
Southend’s Catholic Scout group is run from our Parish and provides scouting opportunities for boys and girls aged 5 ½ to 14 in its Beavers, Cubs and Scout sections. We are currently short of leaders for our Beavers and Cubs sections and would be grateful if anyone who has an hour or two to spare on Tuesday evenings (term time only) and would be interested in helping out could please get in touch. You do not need any prior experience and do not need to be available every week as role sharing is possible. We also currently have spaces in our Scout group for young people aged 10 ½ or older. Younger children interested in joining Cubs or Beavers are welcome to join our waiting list. Please contact Bernadette Barber – bernadette@chadwickcc.com or 07712 648443.