Christmas
Monday 22nd
9.15am Mass Mike Burke & Audrey Thorpe, RIP
Confessions after Mass
Tuesday 23rd
9.15am Mass Robert Waite, RIP Anniversary
Confessions after Mass
Wednesday 24th Christmas Eve
9.15am Mass Anthony Comey, RIP Anniversary
Confessions after Mass
5pm Carols for 5.30pm Vigil Mass Deceased of Poulton Family
10.30pm Carols for 11.00pm Mass The People of the Parish
Thursday 25th Christmas Day
8.00am Mass Private Intention
9.30am Mass Private Intention
11.30am Mass Private Intention
Friday 26th St Stephen
10.00am Mass Altar Servers & their Families
Saturday 27th St John, Ap, Evangelist
10.00am Mass Bertha Nesnas, RIP
No exposition or Confessions
5.30pm Vigil Mass Mary de Souza, RIP
Sunday 28th The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Alison Shepherd, RIP
11.30am Mass William Underwood, RIP Anniversary
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 29th St Thomas of Canterbury, Bp, M
9.15am Mass Clare Chadwick, RIP
Tuesday 30th Sixth day of the Octave of Christmas
9.15am Mass Steve & Agnes McManus, RIP Anniversary
Wednesday 31st Seventh day of the Octave of Christmas
9.15am Mass Fr Kevin Donovan, RIP Anniversary
7.00-8.00pm Holy Hour, Benediction & Te Deum
Thursday 1st January 2015 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
12noon Mass Fr Jim Wilkinson, RIP
Friday 2nd Saints Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen
12noon Mass followed by Exposition CWL Intentions
Saturday 3rd The Most Holy Name of Jesus
10.00am Mass Thanksgiving – Infant of Prague
4.00pm Children’s Crib Benediction
5.30 pm Vigil Mass Gregory Power, RIP Anniversary
Sunday 4th The Epiphany of the Lord
8.00am Mass Mary & Anne – Private Intention
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Essie Glauda, RIP
1.30pm Mass Polish Mass
4.00pm Mass Extraordinary Form Private Intention
5.30pm Mass Vespers & Benediction
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Year B
First Reading Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14-16
Second Reading Romans 16: 25-27
Gospel Luke 1: 26-38,
Preface of Advent 2
Eucharistic Prayer 3
Saturday 20th December
5.30pm Mass Bragard & Underwood Families, RIP
Sunday 21st December
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Thomas Patrick Costello, RIP
11.30am Mass Bernadette Perry, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Year 2, Psalter Week 3
Monday 15th Feria
9.15am Mass: James Davidson Spratt, RIP (Anniv)
Tuesday 16th Feria
9.15am Mass: Stephanie Horwood, RIP (Anniv)
Wednesday 17th Feria
9.15am Mass: Ione Waite, RIP (Anniv)
Thursday 18th Feria
9.15am Mass: Mrs Greiner, Grace & Gwen Greiner, RIP
Friday 19th Feria
12 Noon Mass: Pat & John Moon & Valerie Griggs, RIP
Saturday 20th Feria
10.00am Mass Intentions of Eileen Wilson Sen - 90th birthday
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week
Year 2, Psalter Week 3
Monday 15th Feria
9.15am Mass: James Davidson Spratt, RIP (Anniv)
Tuesday 16th Feria
9.15am Mass: Stephanie Horwood, RIP (Anniv)
Wednesday 17th Feria
9.15am Mass: Ione Waite, RIP (Anniv)
Thursday 18th Feria
9.15am Mass: Mrs Greiner, Grace & Gwen Greiner, RIP
Friday 19th Feria
12 Noon Mass: Pat & John Moon & Valerie Griggs, RIP
Saturday 20th Feria
10.00am Mass Intentions of Eileen Wilson Sen - 90th birthday
Confession – the Sacrament of Penance – is also available on request
Holy Rosary is said after morning Mass during the week
We pray for the departed on their anniversaries
Third Sunday of Advent - Gaudete
(Window of St John the Baptist in the old Baptistery of our church)
Dear friends in Christ
The Third Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday - brings us very close to the celebration of the Birth of Jesus into our world, and we should rightly get excited each recurring year. I invite you all to take a Christmas poster as you leave Mass this weekend and the Christmas schedule of Services on the separate cards that have been produced. This Sunday at 9.30am Mass, families and children present their gifts for needy children in our area; these are very gratefully received and distributed by the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society. Next Sunday, the final Sunday of Advent before Christmas, I would once again like to invite the children to bring the figures of Baby Jesus from their Cribs to be blest at the end of 9.30am Mass; this little custom each year links the Parish Family with individual families - the Domestic Church - in the way we recall the Incarnation.
Our thanks to all those who supported our Parish Bazaar last weekend: all who donated goods, the organisers, and all of you who came along on Saturday; one thousand, nine hundred and fifty one pounds was raised for our Parish funds. This is much appreciated, as you will have noticed some remedial work is being carried out during these weeks on the fabric of the church and Presbytery. The recommendations of our recent Quinquennial Report have made it evident that an ongoing programme of maintenance is necessary.
After Christmas our Parish Master of Ceremonies - Gerry Dillon - will be taking a less active role in the liturgical life of the Parish. Gerry has been an Altar Server here for forty-two years and has been our MC for thirty-five of those years; he has given a wonderfully dedicated, loyal and patient service in the liturgy; he has received the Papal decoration Benemerenti for his ministry at the Altar. We - especially the Clergy - owe Gerry a huge debt of gratitude for all his devoted service; he will continue to assist with the weekly serving of Holy Mass. I have appointed Bernard Arscott as the new Parish MC and I thank him for his willingness to take-up this responsibility which will begin on St Stephen’s Day.
The next Newsletter will be a double-issue covering the next two weekends; I would like here to record my thanks to the Parish Office Staff who provide a very valuable back-room support for me and the Parish Administration in a thoroughly professional and dedicated manner.
I pray that we will all continue to use this Advent as a time of preparation - through prayer and in the Sacrament of Penance - for a worthy, joyful and holy celebration of the Lord’s Nativity.
Fr Kevin Hale
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 3rd January 4pm - Benediction at the Crib for children
Wednesdays 25th February, 4th, 11th & 18th March - Parish/Deanery Marriage Preparation Course from 7.45 pm
Thursdays, 26th February 5th, 12th &19th March - Deanery Lenten Evenings of Recollection at Nazareth House on the theme of the Synods on Marriage and Family Life
Saturday 28th March 3pm - Maryvale Graduation Ceremony for the Course in Parish Catechetics in the Parish Church. Bishop Alan Williams will present the Certificates
Campion Alumni
The Campion School was first opened in 1962 and since then thousands of students and staff have passed through its doors. So where are they now?
In an effort to establish a fully functional Alumni association, a website has been established where Old Boys and Girls can register their contact details. Over the last eighteen months we have arranged gatherings in pubs a couple of times a year. In July we had our first “in-house” careers day at the school, purely facilitated by Alumni. The twin aims of the association are to meet again with old semi-remembered faces from the past and, more importantly, to help new Alumni as they take their first steps into the real world that awaits them after their leaver’s dinner.
If you wish to find out more information or to become a member and receive regular newsletters, please contact oldcampions@thecampionschool.org or go to the website and fill out the membership form.
Campion Alumni
The Campion School was first opened in 1962 and since then thousands of students and staff have passed through its doors. So where are they now?
In an effort to establish a fully functional Alumni association, a website has been established where Old Boys and Girls can register their contact details. Over the last eighteen months we have arranged gatherings in pubs a couple of times a year. In July we had our first “in-house” careers day at the school, purely facilitated by Alumni. The twin aims of the association are to meet again with old semi-remembered faces from the past and, more importantly, to help new Alumni as they take their first steps into the real world that awaits them after their leaver’s dinner.
If you wish to find out more information or to become a member and receive regular newsletters, please contact oldcampions@thecampionschool.org or go to the website and fill out the membership form.
Advent Penitential Service
Monday, 22nd December at 7.30pm in St George’s, Shoebury, with the Deanery Clergy present for Confessions.
Family Social Evening
Thank you to everyone who attended our Family Social last weekend. The raffle raised £51 which will go towards the Parish Centre.
Family Social Evening
Thank you to everyone who attended our Family Social last weekend. The raffle raised £51 which will go towards the Parish Centre.
Advent Penitential Service
Monday, 22nd December at 7.30pm in St George’s, Shoebury, with the Deanery Clergy present for Confessions.
Christmas Eve
Carols will be sung from 5pm on Christmas Eve, before the 5.30pm Mass, fo anyone who would like to join in.
Christmas Eve
Carols will be sung from 5pm on Christmas Eve, before the 5.30pm Mass, fo anyone who would like to join in.
Repository
The Repository will be closed on Sundays 21st & 28th December 2014 and 4th & 11th January 2015. It will re-open on Sunday 18th January 2015. Thank you to those parishioners who have supported the Repository during the year.
Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for the generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,870.95 and for supporting the Bazaar which raised £1,951.28p.
Counters are Jan Lewis, Sandie Hippard & Josephine Vickers.
Newsletter Folders are Emma Beardsell & Jacky Hoggett.
Third Sunday of Advent
Year B
First Reading Isaiah 61: 1-2, 10-11
Second Reading Thessalonians 5: 16-24
Gospel John 1: 6-8, 19-28
Preface of Advent 1
The Roman Canon
Saturday 13th December
5.30pm Mass Maria Antonia Cucci, RIP
8.00am Mass Ann & John Jo Currid, RIP
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Neil O'Keefe, RIP
4.00pm Polish Mass
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction