Twenty-Ninth Week
Monday 19th Feria
9am Mass David Thomas, RIP (Anniv)
Tuesday 20th Feria
9am Mass Adam & Agnes Templeton
Wednesday 21st Feria
9am Mass John, Ivy & Margaret Spratt, RIP (Anniv)
Thursday 22nd St John Paul II, P
9am Mass Mark Solecki, RIP
Friday 23rd St John Capistrano, Pr
12Noon Mass Intentions of Staff & Pupils of St Antony’s, Woodford Green
Saturday 24th Our Lady on Saturday
10am Mass Intentions of Kathleen & Patrick Burke
Twenty-Ninth Week
Monday 19th Feria
9am Mass David Thomas, RIP (Anniv)
Tuesday 20th Feria
9am Mass Adam & Agnes Templeton
Wednesday 21st Feria
9am Mass John, Ivy & Margaret Spratt, RIP (Anniv)
Thursday 22nd St John Paul II, P
9am Mass Mark Solecki, RIP
Friday 23rd St John Capistrano, Pr
12Noon Mass Intentions of Staff & Pupils of St Antony’s, Woodford Green
Saturday 24th Our Lady on Saturday
10am Mass Intentions of Kathleen & Patrick Burke
Street collection for HARP - Saturday 10th October
I would like to thank all the parishioners who gave up some time to help with the street collection and also thank the generous people in Leigh who kindly donated money. We raised an amazing £859.44! Every penny collected will go to HARP. Thank you. Niqui Denkmayer
Street collection for HARP - Saturday 10th October
I would like to thank all the parishioners who gave up some time to help with the street collection and also thank the generous people in Leigh who kindly donated money. We raised an amazing £859.44! Every penny collected will go to HARP. Thank you. Niqui Denkmayer
Bethlehem Missionary Group
The Bethlehem Missionary Group are extremely grateful for the help and support shown to them last weekend. The sale of religious articles raised £2,202.10p which is very beneficial and rewarding for needy Christian families in the Holy Land.
Bethlehem Missionary Group
The Bethlehem Missionary Group are extremely grateful for the help and support shown to them last weekend. The sale of religious articles raised £2,202.10p which is very beneficial and rewarding for needy Christian families in the Holy Land.
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) at Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph would like to thank parishioners for their very generous donations for our Awareness Month in September. We raised the grand sum of £1261.54p. Please be assured that your kind contributions will help this conference in its work in the parish.
Money Matters
Offertory: Thank you for your generous offerings received last weekend, which amounted to £1,663.48 and also for the Survive Miva donations of £1,132.46.
Counters: Toni Cousins, Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett.
Newsletter Folders: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward.
Scripture Group
Fr Con Joyce’s Scripture Group will meet in the Parish Centre 8pm-9pm on Thursday, 22nd October. These meetings are held to give us a better understanding of the Bible, to encourage us to read it and so help us to come closer to Jesus in our daily lives as Christians. All welcome.
ABC - About Being Catholic
Following Fr Kevin’s Introductory Talks, the series of informal talks designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church continues every Monday starting at 8pm in the Parish Centre.
19th October: The Life of Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer.
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 on 01702 712123.
Friday Lunches
The next Lunch is on Friday 13th November from 12.30pm. Come and enjoy delicious home made soup, a selection of sandwiches, plus a dessert and tea/coffee all for a minimum donation of £4.50.
Live Simply Group
How does Sunday’s Gospel affect Monday morning? What does Pope Francis
have to say in his encyclical, “Laudate Si”? Join us for discussion and prayer every Monday morning from 10.15-11.45am in the Parish Centre beginning on
19th October. Further details: Cathy 01702 340405 or Fran & Jim 01702 330178.
PARISH FUNDRAISING
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club.
1st prize £150 220 Ms J Hoggett
2nd Prize £100 40 Ms J Yates
3rd Prize £75 90 Mrs K Lintott
4th Prize £50 84 Mrs E Hall
5th Prize £25 202 Mrs R Bragard
Subscription is £5.00 per month, either by cash, cheque or direct debit. 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.
Pray for the Dead
Please pray for our dead on their anniversaries:
Fr Bernard Clay, Canon William O’Neill, Charles Edwards, William Brooks, Johanna Gromnicka, Mary Kenny, Josephine Platt, Annie Barton, Anthony Isaacs, Joan Erwood, George Gatward, David Thomas, Monica James, Denis Jordan, Elizabeth Winchester, Veronica McCullough, Dr Brian Quinn, Norman Halligan, Clara Donnelly, Catherine Hevey, Thomas Gunn, Eileen Morgan, Florence D’Yos, Sue Fry & Michael Standing.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Twenty-Ninth Sunday
First reading Isaiah 53: 10-11
Second reading Hebrews 4: 14-16
Gospel Mark 10: 35-45
Eucharistic Prayer 4
The Roman Canon
Saturday 17th October
5.30pm Mass Fr Giovanni Battistelli, RIP (Anniv)
Sunday 18th October
8am Mass Intentions of Evelyn Mackay
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Doris & Bill Wilson, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Twenty-Eighth Sunday
Dear friends in Christ
This week the Gospel relates the unsettling account of the meeting of Jesus with the rich young man, and his sad response to what Our Lord is offering. The question remains the same for us: is there anything that stands between us and our following of Christ? Have we said ‘yes’ to Jesus whilst not giving Him our all? That is the crux of what Jesus is asking.
This weekend we welcome back to the Parish Nicholas Khadar from the Bethlehem Olive Wood Group who will be selling devotional items in the Parish Centre after the Masses. These were enormously popular when we had them several years ago and by our purchases we are helping the persecuted Christians in the Holy Land who are finding it harder and harder to survive physically and financially. I encourage you to support them.
Mr Nicholas Hinde has written to express his gratitude on behalf of Survive-Miva for the very generous response to the Mission Appeal he made last weekend. You will see the total amount in the Newsletter next weekend as there are still donations coming-in. On the subject of help for our suffering brothers and sisters in the Faith, the proceeds of this Decembers Parish Bazaar will be sent to help relieve Christian Syrian Refugees. God bless you for your continued generous charitable giving.
You will be able to read elsewhere in this Newsletter of the very good news that our Parish Centre has been awarded the 2015 Design Award by the Borough Council. Well done to everyone involved!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Twenty-Eighth Sunday
Dear friends in Christ
This week the Gospel relates the unsettling account of the meeting of Jesus with the rich young man, and his sad response to what Our Lord is offering. The question remains the same for us: is there anything that stands between us and our following of Christ? Have we said ‘yes’ to Jesus whilst not giving Him our all? That is the crux of what Jesus is asking.
This weekend we welcome back to the Parish Nicholas Khadar from the Bethlehem Olive Wood Group who will be selling devotional items in the Parish Centre after the Masses. These were enormously popular when we had them several years ago and by our purchases we are helping the persecuted Christians in the Holy Land who are finding it harder and harder to survive physically and financially. I encourage you to support them.
Mr Nicholas Hinde has written to express his gratitude on behalf of Survive-Miva for the very generous response to the Mission Appeal he made last weekend. You will see the total amount in the Newsletter next weekend as there are still donations coming-in. On the subject of help for our suffering brothers and sisters in the Faith, the proceeds of this Decembers Parish Bazaar will be sent to help relieve Christian Syrian Refugees. God bless you for your continued generous charitable giving.
You will be able to read elsewhere in this Newsletter of the very good news that our Parish Centre has been awarded the 2015 Design Award by the Borough Council. Well done to everyone involved!
Msgr Kevin Hale