SVP St John Bosco Children’s Summer Holiday Camp
The SVP St John Bosco Camp offers children aged 8-13 a sports and activity based holiday on a campsite in the Essex countryside. Run with a Catholic ethos, the camp is especially for children who may not have any other holiday this year.
The boys’ camp runs for two weeks during the Summer holiday, from 23rd July to 6th August, and the girls’ camp runs for one week from 6th to 13th August. Please note that the boys’ camp age range is 8 to 13 while the girls’ is 9 to 12. Children are accepted for one week only. For more details and for application forms log on to www.svpboscocamp.org.uk. Enquiries and bookings can also be dealt with by emailing bookings@svpboscocamp.org.uk
SVP St John Bosco Children’s Summer Holiday Camp
The SVP St John Bosco Camp offers children aged 8-13 a sports and activity based holiday on a campsite in the Essex countryside. Run with a Catholic ethos, the camp is especially for children who may not have any other holiday this year.
The boys’ camp runs for two weeks during the Summer holiday, from 23rd July to 6th August, and the girls’ camp runs for one week from 6th to 13th August. Please note that the boys’ camp age range is 8 to 13 while the girls’ is 9 to 12. Children are accepted for one week only. For more details and for application forms log on to www.svpboscocamp.org.uk. Enquiries and bookings can also be dealt with by emailing bookings@svpboscocamp.org.uk
Repository
The Repository is now closed for the annual summer break and will re-open on SUNDAY, 11th SEPTEMBER, 2016. Mass cards are available from the Parish Office. Pat O’Connell
Repository
The Repository is now closed for the annual summer break and will re-open on SUNDAY, 11th SEPTEMBER, 2016. Mass cards are available from the Parish Office. Pat O’Connell
Nazareth House Summer Fayre
On Friday 12th August from 11am to 4pm Nazareth House are holding a Summer Fayre with fun for all the family. There will be many activities for children such as Face Painting, Bouncy Castles, Trampolines, Pony Rides, Fair Rides and games; Football and goal games, Refreshments, International foods, Ice creams and Candy Floss, Balloon modelling, glitter tattoo, Bring your dog Show! Also sellers stalls and the emergency Services and many more!
Entrance 50p Adults, 20p Children, under 3’s Free.
Nazareth House Summer Fayre
On Friday 12th August from 11am to 4pm Nazareth House are holding a Summer Fayre with fun for all the family. There will be many activities for children such as Face Painting, Bouncy Castles, Trampolines, Pony Rides, Fair Rides and games; Football and goal games, Refreshments, International foods, Ice creams and Candy Floss, Balloon modelling, glitter tattoo, Bring your dog Show! Also sellers stalls and the emergency Services and many more!
Entrance 50p Adults, 20p Children, under 3’s Free.
Carmelites
The next Carmelite meeting is on Saturday 23rd July. We have a quiet time in the Church at 2pm followed by the Rosary at 2.15pm. We then go to the Parish Centre Newman Room for the meeting, this commences with a cup of tea, talk about our spiritual growth and how we can help one another spiritually. We then have Lectio divina, the meeting usual finishes by 5pm. All parishioners are welcome for all or part of the meeting, why don’t you come and see what we do.
Church Cleaning
If you could help for one hour every other week, please contact the Parish Office.
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace - 3rd September
Following the success of last year’s Afternoon Tea another one has been organised for 3rd September. Once again it will be a ticketed event with ticket prices of £5.00 per person. Tickets will go on sale in August, so keep an eye on the Newsletter to find out exactly when. Don’t forget to put the date in your diaries.
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace - 3rd September
Following the success of last year’s Afternoon Tea another one has been organised for 3rd September. Once again it will be a ticketed event with ticket prices of £5.00 per person. Tickets will go on sale in August, so keep an eye on the Newsletter to find out exactly when. Don’t forget to put the date in your diaries.
Table Sale
Unfortunately we have had to postpone our forthcoming table sale because of
the lack of tables sold. Apologies to those who had expressed support for our initiative and our assurance that future fund raising events to support Fr. Dominic and his work with refugees will continue.
Support and collaboration with clothing companies and charities means that with every £13 raised charities are able to buy; joggers, hoodie, T-shirt, underwear and socks for each person who has nothing. If you would like to support Fr. Dominic please hand your donation into the parish office or directly to one of the Live Simply Group members; Fran McEvoy, Francesca Albon or Cathy Sweeney.
Table Sale
Unfortunately we have had to postpone our forthcoming table sale because of
the lack of tables sold. Apologies to those who had expressed support for our initiative and our assurance that future fund raising events to support Fr. Dominic and his work with refugees will continue.
Support and collaboration with clothing companies and charities means that with every £13 raised charities are able to buy; joggers, hoodie, T-shirt, underwear and socks for each person who has nothing. If you would like to support Fr. Dominic please hand your donation into the parish office or directly to one of the Live Simply Group members; Fran McEvoy, Francesca Albon or Cathy Sweeney.
St Patrick’s Missionary Society - Kiltegan Fathers
Thank you for your very generous donations last weekend of £2,136.28p for
St Patrick’s Missionary Society Appeal.
St Patrick’s Missionary Society - Kiltegan Fathers
Thank you for your very generous donations last weekend of £2,136.28p for
St Patrick’s Missionary Society Appeal.
Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of:
Patricia Armstrong, RIP who died recently. Funeral details to follow.
Pray for the Dead
Please pray for our dead on their anniversaries:
Fr Edmund Dobson, Fr Patrick Taylor, Fr James McEvoy, Fr Godfrey Anstruther OP, Madeleine Bullock, Joan Slattely, Norah Jordan, Donald Joyce, Ellen Gardner, Josephine Ketterer, James Dawson Andrew Regan, Mabel Buckley, Bill Prior, Margaret Orme, David Finnigan, Caroline Hardy, Kathleen Bull, Jane Bickmore, Charlie Fletcher, Jane Mawdsley, Alice Collins, Aislinn Lane, Elsie Witty, Irene Huggett, Frank McEvoy, Pamela Johnson, Francis Kenney, Geraldine Hayter, Joan Farmer, Winifred Martin, Marian Bukowski, Leonard Betts, Arthur Koch, William Rhodes & David Hall.
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.
Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
As we go through life we come across many cases of people who have been injured and left destitute and half-dead in body and soul. For Jesus, our neighbour is anyone who is close to us and has need of help. In the parable at Mass this weekend, the Good Samaritan gives a foreshadowing of the new commandment that Jesus would teach the night before He died. It was a beautiful teaching about the all encompassing mercy and kindness of God for those who have found themselves fallen on hard times. This can be through their own fault, or through suffering of mind, body or spirit, or as a result of harm inflicted by others. Everyday we meet people like this and we either walk by on the other side of the road or we can stop and minister to such people. The compassion of the Samaritan was not a purely theoretical and ineffective one. On the contrary, he managed to offer the man practical assistance. What he did was not perhaps heroic in itself but it was what the circumstances called for. God places our neighbour, and his needs, along the road of our life. Love is always ready to do whatever the immediate situation demands. It may not be anything dramatic or difficult but is simply a response to someone’s need. Jesus ends His parable by telling us: Go and do the same.
This weekend we welcome to the Parish Fr John Garry who will make an Appeal on behalf of St Patrick’s Missionary Society (Kiltegan Fathers). The Society was founded to support the missionary work of proclaiming the Good News in Nigeria and they now have missionaries in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, South Sudan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil & Grenada. They concentrate on building up the local church through the establishment of small Christian communities. Please be generous to our brothers and sisters in these poorer countries.
I thank all those who participated in the Annual Parish Meeting last Sunday and especially those who prepared the food and drink for the Garden Party. It was good to have been able to thank the Parish for your continued work and support in that way. May God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
As we go through life we come across many cases of people who have been injured and left destitute and half-dead in body and soul. For Jesus, our neighbour is anyone who is close to us and has need of help. In the parable at Mass this weekend, the Good Samaritan gives a foreshadowing of the new commandment that Jesus would teach the night before He died. It was a beautiful teaching about the all encompassing mercy and kindness of God for those who have found themselves fallen on hard times. This can be through their own fault, or through suffering of mind, body or spirit, or as a result of harm inflicted by others. Everyday we meet people like this and we either walk by on the other side of the road or we can stop and minister to such people. The compassion of the Samaritan was not a purely theoretical and ineffective one. On the contrary, he managed to offer the man practical assistance. What he did was not perhaps heroic in itself but it was what the circumstances called for. God places our neighbour, and his needs, along the road of our life. Love is always ready to do whatever the immediate situation demands. It may not be anything dramatic or difficult but is simply a response to someone’s need. Jesus ends His parable by telling us: Go and do the same.
This weekend we welcome to the Parish Fr John Garry who will make an Appeal on behalf of St Patrick’s Missionary Society (Kiltegan Fathers). The Society was founded to support the missionary work of proclaiming the Good News in Nigeria and they now have missionaries in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, South Sudan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil & Grenada. They concentrate on building up the local church through the establishment of small Christian communities. Please be generous to our brothers and sisters in these poorer countries.
I thank all those who participated in the Annual Parish Meeting last Sunday and especially those who prepared the food and drink for the Garden Party. It was good to have been able to thank the Parish for your continued work and support in that way. May God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 9th St Augustine Zhao Rong, Pr, & Comps, Mm
10.00am Mass Fionnghuala Quinlan
5.30pm Vigil Mass Anne Shaves, Albert Shaves & Tony Poulton, RIP
Sunday 10th - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Gareth Lewis, RIP
9.30am Mass Nelius Galvin, RIP
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 11th St Benedict, Ab
9.00am Mass Brenda McGowan, RIP
Tuesday 12th Feria
9am Mass Clare Houlihan, RIP
Wednesday 13th St Henry, Holy Roman Emperor
9am Mass Dennis & Paul Reid, RIP
10.00am Funeral Service: Angeline Sweet, RIP
Thursday 14th St Camillus de Lellis, Pr
9am Mass Clare Houlihan, RIP
Friday 15th St Bonaventure, Bp, D
12Noon Mass Alison Shepherd, RIP (Anniv)
Saturday 16th Our Lady on Saturday
10.00am Mass Wendy Vinales, RIP
5.30pm Vigil Mass Hannah Harris, RIP
Sunday 17th - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Bill & Josie Russell, RIP (Anniv)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Eileen Keen
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction