Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of
June White, RIP who died on 14th March 2017. Her Body will be received into the Church on Thursday, 30th March at 5pm and her Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 31st March at 2pm, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium at 3.15pm.
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 6th & 13th May First Holy Communion Masses- 10.30am
Sunday 4th June Confirmation Mass - 11.30am
Sunday 18th June Corpus Christi Procession - 4pm
Saturday 22nd July Walsingham Centenary Pilgrimage
Monday 24th/Friday 28th July Parish Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
7th October to 15th October Parish Mission
Catholic Women’s League
Jo Ronan has kindly agreed to come to the CWL Social Meeting on Monday, 27th March to talk to us about the works undertaken by 'Serving the Homeless', which is an interdenominational project representing the congregations of six local churches. Please come along and support Jo on the 27th. Tea and cake will be supplied and entry is free. A collection will be be taken up at the end to contribute to their works.
Gift Aid envelopes
New boxes of envelopes for those in the Gift Aid Scheme will be available for collection on 18th/19th and 25th/26th March. If you wish to gift aid your weekly offering by using envelopes, please complete a Gift Aid Form, available at the back of Church, and either hand it in to the Parish office or place it in the offertory collection. You will then receive a box of envelopes for your weekly collection.
APF Boxholders
I have received the Spring Missio Magazine. If you have not received yours from me please take one from the table at the back of the Hall or from the back of church in the usual place. Thank you. Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505.
Class Teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Manchester Drive, Leigh on Sea, SS9 3HS, 01702 475689
MPR/UPR, Full-time, Required September 2017. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced highly motivated, Upper KS2 teacher to join our teaching staff. We are a large 2 form entry primary school with 421 children on roll. The successful candidate must be either a practising Catholic or willing to support the strong Catholic ethos of our school. TLR would be considered for the right candidate.
The successful candidate will: have a passion for learning and to make learning fun, expect the highest standards from all pupils, demonstrate high expectations of behaviour and achievement, communicate well with children, parents and colleagues, have good organisational skills and outstanding classroom practice. We offer access to professional development. Visits are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by contacting the school office. Closing Date: Thursday 20th April 2017
For the application form, please follow the link below.
http://www.catholiceducation.org.uk/employment-documents/application-forms. Please choose the link ‘Teacher Application Form’, download and return to the school office via post or email to finance@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The appointment is subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance and references and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Spring Walk
Why not sign up again for HARP’s Prittle Brook Spring Walk? Taking place on Sunday 23rd April 2017 at 2pm, it’s a 3½ mile Sunday afternoon stroll along the Prittle Brook Greenway from Priory Park to Belfairs Park – raising vital funds for HARP. Every step you take will show you’re supporting local homeless people.
What’s more, with each entry you will receive a FREE HARP Spring Walk T-shirt and also enjoy a well-earned cup of tea and slice of cake afterwards at the Woodlands Centre at Belfairs Park. This is a great afternoon out and knowing you are helping Southend’s homeless community rebuild their lives and live independently makes it even better! http://www.harpsouthend.org/spring-walk
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Windermere Road, SS1 2RF - Job Share - Nursery Class Teacher EYFS
A Nursery Class Teacher is required from September for our Nursery Class, on a part-time basis as a job share. (Hours to be confirmed) NQTs are welcome to apply. We are looking for a committed person to join our accomplished, able and enthusiastic staff in our wonderful school in the Nursery Class. The successful candidate will be: an excellent teacher, an effective team player, energetic and enthusiastic and well organised. Ideally we are looking for a teacher who has Early Years experience and can work seamlessly with our current Nursery teacher to provide a fabulous learning journey for our fantastic children. Sacred Heart is a Happy and friendly school where everyone feels at home.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to support this commitment. Please contact the school office to arrange a visit and collect an application pack. Closing date: 21st April 2017Interviews: 28th April 2017. Contact details: 01702 534546 or email office@sacredheart.southend.sch.uk
Lenten Lunches
Lunches will be on the Fridays of Lent from 12.30pm in the Parish Centre, the last lunch being 7th April. A contribution of £5 will include homemade soup, rolls, cheese, fruit, tea or coffee. This year all proceeds will be divided between Southend YMCA Children's Project and Southend Women's Refuge.
Reception into the Church
During the 11.30am Mass this Sunday, those wishing to be received into the Church will be presented with copies of the Apostles’ Creed. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett
Newsletter Folders: Angie Martin & Joseph Martin
Lenten Talks
Because of the Centenary Mass on 22nd March there is no talk at Nazareth House. The next talk will be on Wednesday 29th March at 7.30pm and will be on the subject of "Abortion, the new holocaust, 50 years since the Abortion Act" and will be given by speakers from SPUC.
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. 20th March: Life Issues - Moral Christian Life. 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.
SERVING THE HOMELESS
Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday 3rd April at 7.30pm in St Margaret's Church Hall, Lime Avenue, Leigh on Sea. Everyone is welcome to attend.
A Day with Mary
There will be "A Day With Mary" in Our Lady of Canvey Church on Saturday, 22nd April, which is also Divine Mercy weekend, so priests will be available for Confession. The day consists of Mass, Sermons, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Eucharistic Procession. We begin at 10.00am and all are welcome.
The Diocese of Brentwood – 100 Years in Pictures
We are publishing a Souvenir Booklet to mark our Diocesan Centenary,
110 pages with more than 300 colour and black & white photographs. Copies are now available at the Repository for £7.
We pray for our sick
Derek Timothy, John Jarvis, 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, David Blyth, Dympna Addecott, Monica Neate, 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, Colleen Worley, Antonella McConalogue,, 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, David Askew, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, David Kislingury, Maureen Ward, Jane Jowers, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Rosemary Arscott, Lanto Bellis, Richard Collins, Irena Solecki, Niqui Denkmayer, 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 Sidney Williams, Canon Arthur Holmes, Fr Justin Dawson, Fr Henry Peace, Rev John Sherlock, Doreen Wall, Margaret Foster, Mary Blundell, Dorothy Burke, Lesley Dorey, Edmund Esterby, Francis Spratt, Francis Foley, Edward Hance, Agnes Edward, Catherine Davis, Ann Whiteley, John Fowler, Denis Reid, Nora McLeod, Imelda Maguire, Bernard Cody, Ernest Hardy, Fred Hopkins, Ted Wheeler, Katerina Deyanovitch, John Archer, Paul Reid, Maud King, Marie Nichols, Peter Gough, John Rombaut, Coleslaw Bendkowski, Mary Hardy, Nancy Mallif, Ethel Bull, Sarah Armstrong, Marian Treston, Kathleen Robinson, John Head, Edmund Thompson, Moira Keenan, Jessie Carlyon, Lily Dawson,Zbigniew Glowa & Kenneth May.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Second Sunday of Lent
Dear Friends in Christ
The message of this Sunday of Lent is: the thought of Heaven is what keeps us steadfast in the midst of life on earth. It was the moment of the Transfiguration of Jesus, that let the Apostles see his glory as God, which kept them steadfast in the face of the Passion which was to come. Without this help they would have quite probably lost faith. St Bede comments on this passage of the Gospel saying: Our Lord in a loving concession allowed Peter, James and John to enjoy for a very short time the contemplation of the happiness that lasts forever, so as to enable them to bear adversity with greater fortitude. There is no doubt that the memory of those moments beside Our Lord on the mountain helped the three Apostles through many difficult moments in their lives. Often God gives us such moments of comfort, which we can cherish, but most of the time Faith is lived-out without these sensible helps. The Christian life is very ordinary, which is why it is our task to make something extraordinary out of the prose of daily living. Heaven awaits us; and we must invest everything in that conviction.
Dear Friends in Christ
The message of this Sunday of Lent is: the thought of Heaven is what keeps us steadfast in the midst of life on earth. It was the moment of the Transfiguration of Jesus, that let the Apostles see his glory as God, which kept them steadfast in the face of the Passion which was to come. Without this help they would have quite probably lost faith. St Bede comments on this passage of the Gospel saying: Our Lord in a loving concession allowed Peter, James and John to enjoy for a very short time the contemplation of the happiness that lasts forever, so as to enable them to bear adversity with greater fortitude. There is no doubt that the memory of those moments beside Our Lord on the mountain helped the three Apostles through many difficult moments in their lives. Often God gives us such moments of comfort, which we can cherish, but most of the time Faith is lived-out without these sensible helps. The Christian life is very ordinary, which is why it is our task to make something extraordinary out of the prose of daily living. Heaven awaits us; and we must invest everything in that conviction.
Please pray for our young adults who will begin their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation at Pentecost this Sunday evening. Also our younger children who are preparing for their First Holy Communion by their First Confession over these two weekends. Please also remember to pray daily our Parish Mission Prayer not only for a fruitful Mission in October but also for those souls who have wandered from the practise of their Faith; by our prayers and apostolic efforts they may receive the grace to come Home. May God bless you in your continued Lenten endeavours of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org