Twenty-third Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
This Sunday Pope Francis will proclaim Blessed Mother Teresa a Saint. By giving the Church this particular woman as a Saint, the Pope is reminding us of a central truth of the Christian life and one that we hear in the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday: that to follow Christ authentically means a total renunciation of self. A Saint is someone who gets to Heaven; this was the only ambition that Mother Teresa had. To become a Saint was something she prayed for, and she shows us, as do all the Saints, that this is a possibility for us too. From today we can be sure of a new friend who lives with God above. We look at her model of poverty and humility and at the same time ask her prayers for us still here on earth, pilgrims to the Father’s House.
This Monday evening I will give the first of Three Talks on the Faith for Non-Catholics. Please invite or bring along a non-Catholic friend or relative who might like to discover more about the Faith; it could be that start of a pilgrimage of faith which will bring them into the fold of the Catholic Church.
Many of our Schools and Colleges being their new academic year at this time; we wish especially our local Catholic Schools a happy and fruitful year ahead as together as Parishes and the wider Deanery and Diocese we all advance in the knowledge and love of the One True God. God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Twenty-third Sunday of the Year
Dear friends in Christ
This Sunday Pope Francis will proclaim Blessed Mother Teresa a Saint. By giving the Church this particular woman as a Saint, the Pope is reminding us of a central truth of the Christian life and one that we hear in the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday: that to follow Christ authentically means a total renunciation of self. A Saint is someone who gets to Heaven; this was the only ambition that Mother Teresa had. To become a Saint was something she prayed for, and she shows us, as do all the Saints, that this is a possibility for us too. From today we can be sure of a new friend who lives with God above. We look at her model of poverty and humility and at the same time ask her prayers for us still here on earth, pilgrims to the Father’s House.
This Monday evening I will give the first of Three Talks on the Faith for Non-Catholics. Please invite or bring along a non-Catholic friend or relative who might like to discover more about the Faith; it could be that start of a pilgrimage of faith which will bring them into the fold of the Catholic Church.
Many of our Schools and Colleges being their new academic year at this time; we wish especially our local Catholic Schools a happy and fruitful year ahead as together as Parishes and the wider Deanery and Diocese we all advance in the knowledge and love of the One True God. God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 3rd St Gregory the Great, P, D
10.00am Mass Harry Hammond, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
Sunday 4th - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Clare Houlihan, RIP (SVP)
9.30am Mass Frank Edgeley, RIP (SN)
11.30am Mass Helen Hiscock, RIP
4.00pm Mass Arthur & Anna Wiktorska - 6th Wedding Anniversary
Extraordinary Form (AW)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 5th Feria
9.00am Mass Iolanda Peretti, RIP (SVP)
Tuesday 6th Feria
9.00am Mass Frank & Ann Ryan, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
Wednesday 7th Feria
9.30am Mass Eugene Siani, RIP (RB)
(Our Lady of Lourdes School attending)
Thursday 8th The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.00am Mass Bill Pearson, RIP (SP)
Friday 9th St Peter Claver, Pr
12Noon Mass Intentions of Ben & Nadja Dray (CH)
Saturday 10th Our Lady on Saturday
10.00am Mass Denis Hippard, RIP (SH)
5.30pm Vigil Mass Intentions of Pat Short (CH)
Sunday 11th - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Tommy Clancy, RIP (VC)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass David Kerr, RIP (W&PD)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 3rd St Gregory the Great, P, D
10.00am Mass Harry Hammond, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
Sunday 4th - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Clare Houlihan, RIP (SVP)
9.30am Mass Frank Edgeley, RIP (SN)
11.30am Mass Helen Hiscock, RIP
4.00pm Mass Arthur & Anna Wiktorska - 6th Wedding Anniversary
Extraordinary Form (AW)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 5th Feria
9.00am Mass Iolanda Peretti, RIP (SVP)
Tuesday 6th Feria
9.00am Mass Frank & Ann Ryan, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
Wednesday 7th Feria
9.30am Mass Eugene Siani, RIP (RB)
(Our Lady of Lourdes School attending)
Thursday 8th The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.00am Mass Bill Pearson, RIP (SP)
Friday 9th St Peter Claver, Pr
12Noon Mass Intentions of Ben & Nadja Dray (CH)
Saturday 10th Our Lady on Saturday
10.00am Mass Denis Hippard, RIP (SH)
5.30pm Vigil Mass Intentions of Pat Short (CH)
Sunday 11th - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Tommy Clancy, RIP (VC)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass David Kerr, RIP (W&PD)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Catholic Singles
Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email info@catholicsingles.org.uk
Catholic Singles
Catholic Singles is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social events. Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website www.catholicsingles.org.uk or email info@catholicsingles.org.uk
St Scholastica’s Retreat Open Day - Saturday, 17th September
The Retreat offers sheltered housing to practising Catholics aged 60 or over in
36 self-contained flats at £401 pcm – more information on the poster and from The Warden: Rev Seán Duffy – Princes Risborough (01844) 344437. Email: info@stscholasticas.co.uk www.stscholasticas.co.uk
St Scholastica’s Retreat Open Day - Saturday, 17th September
The Retreat offers sheltered housing to practising Catholics aged 60 or over in
36 self-contained flats at £401 pcm – more information on the poster and from The Warden: Rev Seán Duffy – Princes Risborough (01844) 344437. Email: info@stscholasticas.co.uk www.stscholasticas.co.uk
Sea of Voices Choir resumes
Choir members (and prospective new members) are reminded that our Community Choir resumes rehearsals on Wednesdays from 7th September in the Gilbert Room (doors open from 7.30pm for 8pm start). Please note that the choir night scheduled for 21st September is postponed due to use by the KSC meeting that evening but recommences the following week as usual (28th September). All enquiries to Darrell on 07825686249.
Sea of Voices Choir resumes
Choir members (and prospective new members) are reminded that our Community Choir resumes rehearsals on Wednesdays from 7th September in the Gilbert Room (doors open from 7.30pm for 8pm start). Please note that the choir night scheduled for 21st September is postponed due to use by the KSC meeting that evening but recommences the following week as usual (28th September). All enquiries to Darrell on 07825686249.
Baptism Preparation Evenings
The next Baptism Preparation Evenings will take place on Tuesday 6th September and Tuesday 13th September, 2016. Both sessions will begin at 8pm in the Parish Centre. If you wish to attend would you please give your name and telephone number to the Parish secretary.
Baptism Preparation Evenings
The next Baptism Preparation Evenings will take place on Tuesday 6th September and Tuesday 13th September, 2016. Both sessions will begin at 8pm in the Parish Centre. If you wish to attend would you please give your name and telephone number to the Parish secretary.
First Holy Communion 2016/2017
There will be a parent’s meeting on Wednesday 7th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre for those parents who have registered their child to make their First Holy Communion next year.
First Holy Communion 2016/2017
There will be a parent’s meeting on Wednesday 7th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre for those parents who have registered their child to make their First Holy Communion next year.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jan Lewis, Sandie Hippard & Nina Bridgeman.
Newsletter Folders: Tom O’Callaghan & Rita O’Callaghan.
Essex Recusant Society (Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society)
‘Little John…….but no Robin Hood’: the story of Saint Nicholas Owen (nicknamed ‘Little John’), the Jesuit carpenter who saved the lives of countless priests by constructing hiding holes during the Reformation period and thus enabled them ‘to become invisible’ to those searching for them and so to continue their apostolate. One of the best examples of St Nicholas Owen’s work is to be found in Essex. A power point presentation by Tony Reynolds will be given at The Grange, 93 Queens Road, Brentwood CM14 4EY at 2.30pm on Saturday 24 September.
All are welcome.
Essex Recusant Society (Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society)
‘Little John…….but no Robin Hood’: the story of Saint Nicholas Owen (nicknamed ‘Little John’), the Jesuit carpenter who saved the lives of countless priests by constructing hiding holes during the Reformation period and thus enabled them ‘to become invisible’ to those searching for them and so to continue their apostolate. One of the best examples of St Nicholas Owen’s work is to be found in Essex. A power point presentation by Tony Reynolds will be given at The Grange, 93 Queens Road, Brentwood CM14 4EY at 2.30pm on Saturday 24 September.
All are welcome.
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope
Headteacher vacancy - required for January 2017. Salary Group 1: L12 – L18 (£51,690 - £59,743) inclusive of Fringe. For an application form and full pack please contact: Karen Mount, KJM Governor Services, Tel: 07718 478306 or Email: kjmgovservices@hotmail.co.uk
Closing date for applications is Friday 23rd September 2016 (noon)
Interviews will be held on Thursday 29th September 2016.
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope
Headteacher vacancy - required for January 2017. Salary Group 1: L12 – L18 (£51,690 - £59,743) inclusive of Fringe. For an application form and full pack please contact: Karen Mount, KJM Governor Services, Tel: 07718 478306 or Email: kjmgovservices@hotmail.co.uk
Closing date for applications is Friday 23rd September 2016 (noon)
Interviews will be held on Thursday 29th September 2016.