Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday - Sunday 16th April
8.00am Mass Martin Payne, RIP (Anniv) (MP)
9.30am Mass Deceased relatives & loved ones of Braggard & Underwood Families (RB)
11.30am Mass Irene Hurst, RIP (Anniv) (LC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 17 Monday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Alexander Clarke, RIP (SH)
Tuesday 18 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Henry De Souza, RIP (CO’B)
Wednesday 19 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Albert Cook, RIP (Anniv)(SD)
Thursday 20 Thursday within the Octave of Easter
11.00am Requiem Mass Bartholomew Guihan, RIP
Friday 21 Friday within the Octave of Easter
12Noon Mass Pauline Kidney, RIP (Anniv) (VC)
Saturday 22Saturday within the Octave of Easter
10am Mass Sally Ann Power, RIP (Anniv) (GP)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy - Sunday 23rd April
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Private Intention
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Audrey & Selwyn Lewis, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Kathleen Burke & Family (TO’C)
2.30pm Divine Mercy Service
NO Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Lenten Lunches
The CWL would like to thank all those who participated in the 2017 Lenten Lunches, they were a great success. A special thank you to our Guest soup maker for the lovely soup. £300 will be sent to the Southend Women's Refuge and £300 to the YMCA to support their new youth project. We look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jan Lewis & Sandie Hippard
Folders: Bobbie Newman & Emma Beardsell
Please Pray for the Repose of the Soul of:
Christine Fisher, RIP. Her Bodywill be received into the Church on Tuesday, 25th April at 5pm and her Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday 26th April at 11.30am, followed by burial at Sutton Road Cemetery.
We Pray for our sick
Teresa O’Brien, 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, Irena Solecki,Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Rosemary Arscott, Lanto Bellis, Richard Collins, 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 Arthur Ryan, Fr Michael Enright, Canon Thomas Smith, Fr Joseph McEntee, Sebastian Marino, Steven Bendall, Orla Shapiro, Antonio Capone, Anna Coste,Mary Ellen O’Driscoll, Kenneth Sigovallan, Doris McEvoy, Cecelia Spendley, Wilfred Walton, Phyllis Osment, Beryl Rombaut, Mary Kyrke-Smith, Peggy Ayres,George Andrews, Millicent Howell, Albert Cook, Violet Dagnell, Louisa Hucks, Harold Horam, Ellaline Stenfalt, Magdalena Schenbel, Capt France Lionnet,George Robertson (Anderson),Lucy Richardson, Joan Fairchild, George Conridge, Albert Middleton & Clifford Mawer.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Dear Friends in Christ
The high-point of Lent and of the entire liturgical year is Holy Week. Together, with Our Lord, we accompany Him through the final days and hours of His Passion. It’s good to recall that, at every stage of this Passion, He suffered it for love of us. God could have chosen to save us by any number of means but, as
St Paul says, he chose to pay the price of our redemption in full. Let us then be generous in the time we give to God; this means being present at all of the liturgical ceremonies this Week. The Paschal Triduum begins on Thursday evening with the Mass of The Lord’s Supper at 8pm. This recalls the institution of the two Sacraments of the Blessed Eucharist and the Priesthood, which makes the Sacraments possible. During Mass the Mandatum takes place when the Priest washes the feet of twelve who represent the first priests. This year six of them will be candidates for Confirmation and six for Reception into the Church at Easter; it reminds us of the moment Jesus instituted the Priesthood of the New Testament through an act of abasement. Other candidates for the Sacraments will present the Holy Oil from the Chrism Mass in the Cathedral on Wednesday and the offering for the Mass. Pray especially for your Priests on this Day.
Dear Friends in Christ
The high-point of Lent and of the entire liturgical year is Holy Week. Together, with Our Lord, we accompany Him through the final days and hours of His Passion. It’s good to recall that, at every stage of this Passion, He suffered it for love of us. God could have chosen to save us by any number of means but, as St Paul says, he chose to pay the price of our redemption in full. Let us then be generous in the time we give to God; this means being present at all of the liturgical ceremonies this Week. The Paschal Triduum begins on Thursday evening with the Mass of The Lord’s Supper at 8pm. This recalls the institution of the two Sacraments of the Blessed Eucharist and the Priesthood, which makes the Sacraments possible. During Mass the Mandatum takes place when the Priest washes the feet of twelve who represent the first priests. This year six of them will be candidates for Confirmation and six for Reception into the Church at Easter; it reminds us of the moment Jesus instituted the Priesthood of the New Testament through an act of abasement. Other candidates for the Sacraments will present the Holy Oil from the Chrism Mass in the Cathedral on Wednesday and the offering for the Mass. Pray especially for your Priests on this Day.
Good Friday commemorates the Passion and Death of Christ with great solemnity; the Day on which when we solemnly move towards the Cross and venerate that wood upon which our salvation was assured. It is a Day of penance and prayer. Holy Saturday is also a time of sombre waiting and prayer as the Church keeps vigil at the tomb of our Saviour.
The Easter Vigil - which is the most important liturgy of the entire year, is the moment of the joyful Resurrection of The Lord. Seven new members will be Received into the Church at the Vigil and this Easter joy overflows into the seventy days of Easter that follow. As we listen to the reading of St Matthew’s Passion this weekend, remember that Jesus endured all of this for love of us; and indeed it was the thought of us and our salvation that helped Him to go through with it. May God bless and reward our efforts this Lent and, in the words of the hymn bring us to a glorious Eastertide!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord - Sunday 9th April
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Kathleen Young, RIP (Anniv) (LY)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Eileen Pearson, RIP (Anniv) (SP)
9.30am Mass Tony Irons, RIP (JV)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 10 Monday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Malcolm & Djanet Cheshire-62nd Wedding Anniversary (M&DC)
Confessions after Mass
Tuesday 11 Tuesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Intentions of Anne Young & Family (TO’C)
Confessions after Mass
Wednesday 12 Wednesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Charles & Alice Whitefield, RIP (FM)
Confessions after Mass
Thursday 13 Maundy Thursday
9.00am Office of Lauds
8.00pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper - Private Intentions
Watching at Altar of Repose until Midnight; Confessions; Compline 11.45pm
Friday 14 Good Friday
9.00am Office of Readings & Lauds
10am Children’s Way of the Cross
3.00pm Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion
8.00pm Way of the Cross & Benediction
Confessions after all Services
Saturday 15 Holy Saturday
9am Office of Readings & Lauds
Confessions 10-12 Noon
8.30pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter - The People of the Parish
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Easter Sunday - Sunday 16th April
8.00am Mass Martin Payne, RIP (Anniv) (MP)
9.30am Mass Deceased relatives & loved ones of Braggard & Underwood Families (RB)
11.30am Mass Eileen Hurst, RIP (Anniv) (LC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Chalkwell Group of Churches - Good Friday Service
Would you be able to help get the necessary staging from St. Andrew's to the Park so that it is there for 10.30am at the latest (10am would be better). A very large car or van will be needed. If anyone can help please contact Paul Gambling (at St. Andrew's) asap - his e-mail address is revpgtips@gmail.com or phone01702 340488. Of course, they will need to be taken back to St. Andrew's after the service.
We also need to provide a helping hand (or two) for Trevor Lawrence as he sets up (and dismantles) the PA System; this will be from about 9.30am (and then after the service). If you can help, please contact Trevor on 01702 294934 asap.
The Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society
The Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society
The Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society is hosting an evening of classical music in the beautiful surroundings of Ingatestone Hall on Saturday 6th May at 7.30pm. Come and enjoy an exciting and varied programme with three professional musicians performing a selection of classical favourites. Tickets are £25 which includes Prosecco and nibbles. For tickets or further information, please call Libby Phillips on 01268 784544 or email lphillips@bccs.org.uk.
Serving the Homeless
The Committee of Serving the Homeless would like to thank all those parishioners who supported our fundraising meal at East recently. The total raised was a fantastic £780.
Our next event is a Quiz Night to be held at St Margaret's Church Hall in Lime Avenue on Saturday 6th May, 7.00 pm for a prompt start at 7.30pm. Tables of 8 (max), £5 per person, bring your own snacks and drinks. To book a table please ring Jo 474062, Linda 558217 or Nina 472536.
A Day with Mary
The "Day With Mary" apostolate will be having a day in Our Lady of Canvey Church on Saturday 22nd of April, starting at 10.00am. It is a day of prayer, Adoration, rosary, Mass and sermons and all are welcome.
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
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.
Diocesan Centenary Exhibition
There is an Exhibition at Cathedral House Conference Room Foyer, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT from April-June 2017. Opening Times: Saturday 10am-5pm (except Holy Saturday 15 April) ; Sunday 9am-1pm & 3pm-8pm. Other times by arrangement: archives@dioceseofbrentwood.org. Tel: 01277 265238.
Catholic Women's League
The next CWL business meeting will be on Monday 10th April at 2pm in the Newman room. All welcome.