Sixth Sunday of Easter - Month of Mary
Sunday 1st May
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Mass Rita Condon, RIP
8am Mass Martin Payne, RIP (Anniv)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass May Downey, RIP (Anniv)
4.00pm Mass Peter Griffin, RIP Extraordinary Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 2nd St Athanasius, Bp, D
10am Mass Eric Eric & Bobby Newman - Golden Wedding Anniv.
Tuesday 3rd SS PHILIP AND JAMES, Ap
9am Mass Intentions of Corrigan Family
2.15pm Requiem Mass: Francis Nagle, RIP
Wednesday 4th THE ENGLISH MARTYRS
9am Mass Intentions of Mr & Mrs C O’Donnell
Thursday 5th Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Fr Godfrey
Friday 6th St John Payne, Pr, M
12Noon Mass Intentions of CWL
12.30pm Exposition after Mass until
8.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 7th Feria
10.30am Mass First Holy Communion
5.30pm Vigil Mass Bertha Nesnas, RIP (Anniv)
Sunday 8th May
8am Mass Pauline Kidney, RIP
9.30am Mass Andrew Sheehy, RIP
11.30am Mass May The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Carmelite Meeting
The next meeting is on Saturday 28th May. The Carmelites say the Rosary in the Church at 2.15pm, then the meeting commences at 2.30pm in the Newman Room, tea/coffee is provided. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in deepening their faith & normally finishes by 5pm. You are welcome to come for part or all of the meeting. You will be most welcome.
Carmelite Meeting
The next meeting is on Saturday 28th May. The Carmelites say the Rosary in the Church at 2.15pm, then the meeting commences at 2.30pm in the Newman Room, tea/coffee is provided. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in deepening their faith & normally finishes by 5pm. You are welcome to come for part or all of the meeting. You will be most welcome.
Annual Pro-Life Pilgrimage to Walsingham - 18th September 2016
Our pilgrimage this year will be led by Bishop Alan Williams. We very much hope you will be able to join us. For further details about the day, please contact Christopher and Margaret Langley (2 West Court, Welford NN6 6GY, tel. 01858 571242; clangley47@gmail.com. Further information can be found at
www.prolifepilgrimage.org
Fr Jeremy Davies, Our Lady Help of Christians
Annual Pro-Life Pilgrimage to Walsingham - 18th September 2016
Our pilgrimage this year will be led by Bishop Alan Williams. We very much hope you will be able to join us. For further details about the day, please contact Christopher and Margaret Langley (2 West Court, Welford NN6 6GY, tel. 01858 571242; clangley47@gmail.com. Further information can be found at
www.prolifepilgrimage.org
Fr Jeremy Davies, Our Lady Help of Christians
St George’s Day Country yee-hah! evening
Many thanks to parishioners who supported last Saturday’s dance at the Parish Centre with musician and singer Martin Jaye. Attendees have said how much they enjoyed the evening and I extend thanks on their behalf to Phyllis and Marian who ran this successful evening. After expenses we made £35 profit which will be paid to the Parish. The committee are now planning a quiz with fish and chips supper for June and details will be announced soon.
St George’s Day Country yee-hah! evening
Many thanks to parishioners who supported last Saturday’s dance at the Parish Centre with musician and singer Martin Jaye. Attendees have said how much they enjoyed the evening and I extend thanks on their behalf to Phyllis and Marian who ran this successful evening. After expenses we made £35 profit which will be paid to the Parish. The committee are now planning a quiz with fish and chips supper for June and details will be announced soon.
Community Choir Meeting
I am arranging a meeting of the nearly 30 interested choir members at the Parish Centre on Wednesday 4th May from 7.45pm to discuss the latest position; organising arrangements, and getting to meet each other. I know not everyone will be able to make the meeting but we need to make a start! If you are reading this and saying to yourself ‘I would quite like to join a community choir’ or know someone who might be, it’s not too late! Come along on the night or email me on manybindings@hotmail.co.uk or text/phone 07825686249. Darrell Binding.
Community Choir Meeting
I am arranging a meeting of the nearly 30 interested choir members at the Parish Centre on Wednesday 4th May from 7.45pm to discuss the latest position; organising arrangements, and getting to meet each other. I know not everyone will be able to make the meeting but we need to make a start! If you are reading this and saying to yourself ‘I would quite like to join a community choir’ or know someone who might be, it’s not too late! Come along on the night or email me on manybindings@hotmail.co.uk or text/phone 07825686249. Darrell Binding.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Clare English, Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett.
Newsletter Folders: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward.
The Annual KSC Sponsored Seafront Walk
The annual KSC sponsored seafront walk with Fr Joseph Whisstock for the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society takes place on Saturday 4th June from
St Helens Westcliff to St George Shoeburyness following the 10am Mass. For more information and registration forms contact Damian on 07887 678741 (damian.dillon@btinternet.com)
The Annual KSC Sponsored Seafront Walk
The annual KSC sponsored seafront walk with Fr Joseph Whisstock for the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society takes place on Saturday 4th June from
St Helens Westcliff to St George Shoeburyness following the 10am Mass. For more information and registration forms contact Damian on 07887 678741 (damian.dillon@btinternet.com)
Knights of Saint Columba Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory
On Sunday 12th June join us at Aylesford Priory to celebrate the feast of Saint Columba with an open air Mass, picnic in the grounds or enjoy a meal in the restaurant and process with the Knights through the beautiful Rosary Walk in the afternoon. Adults £13 – OAP £12 – Children Free (13 places only available) Pick-Up points: Sacred Heart Church, Southchurch – Nazareth House, Westcliff – Our Lady of Lourdes, Leigh. To book your place please phone Liam 07952 954833, Damian 07887 678741 or email: liam.rand@btopenworld.com
Thank You from the Knights of Saint Columba
Our Bollywood Night on Saturday 16th April raised £1,115.83 – thank you for your fantastic generosity.
Thank You from the Knights of Saint Columba
Our Bollywood Night on Saturday 16th April raised £1,115.83 – thank you for your fantastic generosity.
Summary of Amoris Laetitia - The Joy of Love:
Chapter One: “In the light of the Word” (8-30)
Following this introduction, the Pope begins his reflections with the Holy Scriptures in the first chapter, which unfolds as a meditation on Psalm 128 (which appears in the Jewish wedding liturgy as well as that of Christian marriages). The Bible “is full of families, births, love stories and family crises” (AL 8). This impels us to meditate on how the family is not an abstract ideal but rather like a practical “trade” (AL 16), which is carried out with tenderness (AL 28), but which has also been confronted with sin from the beginning, when the relationship of love turned into domination (cf. AL 19). Hence, the Word of God “is not a series of abstract ideas but rather a source of comfort and companionship for every family that experiences difficulties or suffering. For it shows them the goal of their journey…”
(AL 22).
Cont’d next week …
Pray for the Dead
Fr John Kennedy, Canon Thomas Norris, Fr Feargus Saurin, Fr Andrew Dorricott, Canon Patrick Palmer, Canon Basil Booker, Fr John O’Callaghan, Brigio Behn, Margaret Rose McKay, Jo Hopkins, Jessie Aubury, Joseph Chapp,
Michael Livermore, Alfred Pavitt, Johanna Colgate, Lilian Currie, Hannah Lee, Sarah Jane Coyne, Ronald Owen Turner, Wilhelmina Chalk, Leslie Porter,
Anita Dawson, David McCluskey, Elizabeth McCarthy, John Brown,
Jennett Petronella, Mary Deyong, Arthur Leftley, Bertha Nesnas, Mary Hardie, Mabel Salter, Dorothy Hosmer, Denys Hale & Charles McLaughlin.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Dear friends in Christ
In the Gospel of this weekend Our Lord speaks to us about the new commandment of love. This is especially highlighted each Maundy Thursday when Jesus bends to wash the feet of His Disciples, manifesting that His Kingship is one of service. Last weekend I spoke about the two Sacraments of Christian vocation which are at the service of the Church: Priesthood and Marriage. Each of these exist to support the other. I gave the example of Fr Thomas Byles on board the Titanic who, even though offered a place on the lifeboats chose to remain on board and help those who had no chance of escape. He was truly a heroic priest who gave his life for the sheep. Fr Byles was Parish Priest of Ongar at the time the Titanic made its fatal voyage. It is the hope of our Diocese that he may one day be recognised as a Saint. Pope St Pius X at that time described him as a martyr of the Church. We have produced some prayer cards which you will find at the back of church which can be used to obtain his intercession, and any favours obtained through him should be reported to the present Parish Priest of Ongar - Fr Graham Smith - so that they may be recorded as evidence of his holiness and intercession in Heaven.
May I remind you of a couple important forthcoming events over the next weeks: the Visitation of our Bishop on Wednesday18th May; Mass with Confirmation at 7.30pm. Also the Pilgrimage to Lourdes 14th-20th August to co-incide with the rest of the Diocese and the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady; booking forms can be obtained from the Parish Office.
Over the next few weeks you will find here Chapter summaries of the recent Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis on The Joy Of Love - Amoris Laetitia. Because the text is so lengthy (60,000words) I hope these short summaries will help give a flavour of this work which is the fruit of two recent Synods on the matter of Marriage and Family.
With every good wish and blessing for this coming week. May God bless you all! Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Dear friends in Christ
In the Gospel of this weekend Our Lord speaks to us about the new commandment of love. This is especially highlighted each Maundy Thursday when Jesus bends to wash the feet of His Disciples, manifesting that His Kingship is one of service. Last weekend I spoke about the two Sacraments of Christian vocation which are at the service of the Church: Priesthood and Marriage. Each of these exist to support the other. I gave the example of Fr Thomas Byles on board the Titanic who, even though offered a place on the lifeboats chose to remain on board and help those who had no chance of escape. He was truly a heroic priest who gave his life for the sheep. Fr Byles was Parish Priest of Ongar at the time the Titanic made its fatal voyage. It is the hope of our Diocese that he may one day be recognised as a Saint. Pope St Pius X at that time described him as a martyr of the Church. We have produced some prayer cards which you will find at the back of church which can be used to obtain his intercession, and any favours obtained through him should be reported to the present Parish Priest of Ongar - Fr Graham Smith - so that they may be recorded as evidence of his holiness and intercession in Heaven.
May I remind you of a couple important forthcoming events over the next weeks: the Visitation of our Bishop on Wednesday18th May; Mass with Confirmation at 7.30pm. Also the Pilgrimage to Lourdes 14th-20th August to co-incide with the rest of the Diocese and the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady; booking forms can be obtained from the Parish Office.
Over the next few weeks you will find here Chapter summaries of the recent Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis on The Joy Of Love - Amoris Laetitia. Because the text is so lengthy (60,000words) I hope these short summaries will help give a flavour of this work which is the fruit of two recent Synods on the matter of Marriage and Family.
With every good wish and blessing for this coming week. May God bless you all! Msgr Kevin Hale