Parish Drama Group
Following a successful first drama group meeting, a proposal was put forward that a short revue be performed at the Annual Parish AGM in July. We would like to invite budding and established writers, actors, singers and performers to be involved in this exciting new venture for the Parish family, which is open to all ages.
If you are interested please come along to our meeting on 21st February, at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre. If you want to be involved but can't make the meeting, please contact:-
Angela Clements 07940 183452 angelaclements47@gmail.com
Sue Lawford 07816 141492
Carrie James 07799 475464
Gina Marshall 01702 710836
Coffee, Cake and Climate Change
CAFOD are asking us to follow the Pope's advice to be good stewards and show our love for the world God has given us to live in by wearing green hearts this Valentine's Day.
The Live Simply Group are holding a 'drop in' coffee morning on Monday 13th February 10am-12Noon in the Parish Centre to help raise awareness of the impact of climate change on our environment. There will also be hearts for children to colour in and demonstrate what they like about their environment. Everyone is welcome, come along and bring a friend.
Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes - Monday 24th-Friday 28th July 2017
Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Monday 24th-Friday 28th July 2017
Four nights (full board) travelling with British Airways via Toulouse and staying at the Grand Hotel Moderne Soubirous will cost £565. Please indicate your interest by putting your name on the list in the Parish Office.
Scripture Group
Fr Con Joyce’s Scripture Group will next meet in the Parish Centre 8pm-9pm on Thursday, 16th February. Fr. Con will be talking about the prophets. All welcome.
New Altar Servers Required
Any child who has received First Communion and would like to become an Altar server please contact the Parish Office on 478078 or leave your name and telephone number via the Parish Website.
ABC - About being Catholic
ABC - About being Catholic
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. 6th February: The Mass - Real Presence. 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 712123.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Anyone who wishes to begin preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation should send their name to Fr Kevin by the end of February together with an email address. Applicants should have reached their fourteenth birthday by the end of August 2016.
Dates for your Diary
11th February Start of the Diocesan Centenary year celebrations
Feast of our Lady of Lourdes - Mass 12 Noon, followed by Parish lunch in Parish Centre
22nd March Centenary Mass at Brentwood Cathedral
Saturday 6th & 13th May First Holy Communion Masses- 10.30am
Sunday 4th June Confirmation Mass - 11.30am
Saturday 22nd July Walsingham Centenary Pilgrimage
Monday 24th/Friday 28th July Parish Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
7th October to 15th October Parish Mission
We Pray for our Sick
June White, Maureen Deekes, Carol Halldenby Noel Fagan, Leanor Fairbanks, Patricia Abram, Christine Noden, Tina Doveaston, Pat Lynch, Rose Craft,Teresa Yates, Addi Brady, Gerard Rodgers, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Brita Irons, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nan Carrit, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Lyn Gopee,Margaret Harrington, Vera Farrow,Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, Dympna Addecott, Monica Neate, David Blyth, Laura &Anne Breen, Roy Widdecombe, Lynne Hilkene, Johanna Lynch, Janet Woods, Thomas Corrigan, Mary Boyce, June Moncaster, Breda Lynch, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Edward Martin, Johnnie Pool, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Barbara Sheaf, Maria Clark, Josephine Griggs,Antonella McConalogue, Colleen Worley, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Noel Kolb, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Lorraine Hart, Dawn Deleigh, Wyn McCafferty, Linda Dean, Annie Holland, Fr Martin Buckley, Chas Taylor, Martha Braun, John Lavery, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, David Kislingury, David Askew, Maureen Ward, Jane Jowers, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Rosemary Arscott, Henry de Souza, Lanto Bellis, Richard Collins, Irena Solecki, Elizabeth McConalogue and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Lucy Price, Mary Isherwood, Frazer Gregory, baby Talia Emery and Hattie Seymour.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Francis Richardson, Fr Alan Wilcox, Canon Bernard Manning, Pope Pius XI, Fr Donald Mills, Rev William Smith, Margaret O’Connor, Robert Roberton, Margaret Pearson, John Manna, Francis Richardson, Victor Maguire, Joseph Ruggiero, Barbara Blaker, Henry Moores, Catherine Burn, Modge Ditton, Emma Oldham, Veronica Read, Peter Heritage, Alice Whitfield, Eugenie Ballard, Doris Wenninger, Edmund O’Sullivan, Patrick Jennett, Charles Oldham, John Armstrong, Victor Gosling, Carmen Ashley, John Young, Bernard Ward, Catherine Shanahan, Gordon Watts, Jessie Hempstead, Annie Jackson, Monica Crighton, Cajetan Soares & Tony Trigg.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
We have begun reading from the Gospel of St Matthew at Mass during this period of Ordinary Time before Lent and, specifically from the so-called Sermon on the Mount. Jesus here addresses his disciples with the fundamental doctrine by which he launches His salvific teaching. This Sunday we hear the Beatitudes. Taken as a whole they point to one thing: holiness. Blessed means fortunate and happy, and in each one of the Beatitudes Jesus begins by promising happiness and pointing out the ways of achieving it.
Dear Friends in Christ
We have begun reading from the Gospel of St Matthew at Mass during this period of Ordinary Time before Lent and, specifically from the so-called Sermon on the Mount. Jesus here addresses his disciples with the fundamental doctrine by which he launches His salvific teaching. This Sunday we hear the Beatitudes. Taken as a whole they point to one thing: holiness. Blessed means fortunate and happy, and in each one of the Beatitudes Jesus begins by promising happiness and pointing out the ways of achieving it.
I ask you to make a note of some forthcoming events, such as the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday 11th February; this is also the inauguration of the Diocesan Centenary Year. There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament that morning from 10-11am, with Sung Mass at noon, followed by a Parish luncheon (five pounds). Also, the Parish and Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes at the end of July. Reserve places for both of these events through the Parish Office THIS WEEKEND!
One of the main celebrations for the Centennial Year of our Diocese will be the Mass in Brentwood Cathedral on Thursday 22nd March at 7pm. This will be celebrated by the Bishop with the Cardinal and other members of the Hierarchy in attendance. As each Parish is only being allocated five tickets for this Mass, if you would like to attend please give me your name and if we are oversubscribed we can put the names in a hat!
Finally, the re-decoration of the church will be commencing within the next week or so; weekday Mass will be celebrated in the St Clement Room of the Parish Centre and unfortunately we shall have to keep the church closed whilst this process is underway; Health and Safety! Wishing you every blessing for the week ahead.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Fourth Week in January
Sunday 29th January - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Intentions of Raphael Mathewson
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Paul Williams (CR)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Carla Doherty, RIP (KP)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 30 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Fr Kevin and Parish Priests (B&MH)
Tuesday 31 St John Bosco, Pr
9.00am Mass Paddy Moore, RIP (FDS)
Wednesday 1 February Feria
9.00am Mass Patricia & John Moon & Valerie Griggs, RIP (SM)
Thursday 2 The Presentation of the Lord
9.00am Mass Rose & Charlie D’Souza - 65th Wedding Anniversary (MF)
Preceeded by blessing and procession of candles
Friday 3 St Anne Line, M
12Noon Mass Intentions of CWL - Blessing of St Blaise after Mass
12.30pm Exposition after Mass until
8.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 3 Our Lady on Saturday
10.00am Mass Barrington Gray, RIP (Anniv) (JH)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confessions
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Sunday 5th February - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Bertha & Tony Nesnas, RIP (SC)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (CR)
9.30am Mass Marcia Clarke, RIP (PJ)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4.00pm Mass Peter Griffin, RIP (SG) - Extraordinary Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Centenary Celebration Events
2017
CENTENARY CELEBRATION EVENTS
2017 Centenary Celebration Events
Sunday 5 February 3pm Annual Lourdes Mass, Wanstead
Saturday 11 February Parish Day of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Wednesday 22 March Mass in Brentwood Cathedral with Cardinal & Nuncio, 7pm
Wednesday 22 March-Thursday 29 June Exhibition of History of the Diocese,
Brentwood Cathedral Conference Hall Foyer
Sat 29 April 5.30pm Centenary Choir Celebration, St Antony, Forest Gate
Wed 7, 14, 21, 28 June 7.30pm Centenary Lectures in Brentwood Cathedral
Parish Hall Fr Stewart Foster, Canon Brian O'Shea,
Fr Martin Boland, Dr Paul Docherty
Sunday 18 June 11.30am Brentwood Cathedral Centenary Celebration
Thursday 22 June 11am Schools Mass in Brentwood Cathedral
Saturday 22 July 12 noon Centenary Celebration at Walsingham
Saturday 28 October 7pm Centenary Music Concert in Brentwood Cathedral
Dates for your Diary
11th February Start of the Diocesan Centenary year celebrations
Feast of our Lady of Lourdes - Mass 12 Noon, followed by Parish lunch in Parish Centre
22nd March Centenary Mass at Brentwood Cathedral
Saturday 6th & 13th May First Holy Communion Masses- 10.30am
Sunday 4th June Confirmation Mass - 11.30am
Saturday 22nd July Walsingham Centenary Pilgrimage
Monday 24th/Friday 28th July Parish Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
24th September to 1st October Parish Mission
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Sheila West
Newsletter Folders: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward
Collection Counting
If you are able to help with the Collection Counting, on a rota basis, please leave your name and telephone number with the Parish Secretary. The Parish Office is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm, alternatively ring 01702 478048.
Parish Drama Group
A meeting will be held in the Parish Centre on Tuesday, 31st January at 7.30pm for anyone interested in forming a Parish drama group. If you are interested and cannot attend then please contact Angela Clements 07940 183452 or email angelaclements47@gmail.com
Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes - Monday 24th-Friday 28th July 2017
Four nights (full board) travelling with British Airways via Toulouse and staying at the Grand Hotel Moderne Soubirous will cost £565. Please indicate your interest by putting your name on the list in the Parish Office.
Serving the Homeless
Our next two events, both on 29th January, are a second collection, for Homelessness Sunday and a 3 course Sunday lunch at 12.30pm at ‘Affinity’. Tickets for this are £20. Telephone Theresa, 335122, Linda, 558217 or Jo 474062. Thank you for your continuing support for this work.
Jo Ronan, Chair, Serving the Homeless