Volunteering for HARP
HARP the local homeless charity are looking for volunteers to help collect donations on Saturday 15th July between the hours of 9am-5pm at Waitrose, Fossetts Way, Southend-on-Sea SS2 4DQ. If you have an hour or two spare on that day please contact Lisa Walton 01702415834 lisa.walton@harpsouthend.org.uk many thanks.
Diocesan Centenary Pilgrimage to Walsingham Saturday 22nd July
The main celebration of our Centenary this year will take place at Walsingham and will be a Diocesan-wide event. Two coaches will travel from our Parish at a cost of £10 per adult, £5 per child. The coaches will leave Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 8am and depart from Walsingham no later than 5pm.
If you would like to book a ticket for the coach please call in at the Parish Office as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Monies should be paid at the time of booking. The Parish Office is open from 9am to 1pm, Monday to Friday. Alternatively, put your name and cash/cheque (payable to Our Lady of Lourdes) in an envelope and post it through the Presbytery door.
Dates for your Diary
Sunday 2nd July Parish AGM - 6.30pm
Saturday 22nd July Walsingham Centenary Pilgrimage
Monday 24th-Friday 28th July Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
7th October - 15th October Parish Mission
Memorial Mass for Msgr George Stokes, RIP
This will be celebrated on Thursday, 6th July at 11am at Brentwood Cathedral.
Please Pray for the Dead on their anniversaries
Canon James Dacey, Fr James Hawes, Rosemary Conway, Frank Cope, Marie Patricia Kidd, Stella Migdalski, Mildred Turner, Henry Adamson, Rory MacNaughton, Julie Emerson Dr Pat Collins, Joseph Whomes, Rosemary Montgomery, Esther Wilkins, Mary Ellen Sutcliffe, Elizabeth Ganidee, Derek Cousins, Leslie Earl, Marlon Lane, Anna Hlustik, Emannella Hillman, Christine Rigg, Gareth Lewis, Cecil Compton, Benita Skellon, Patrick Clarke, Jim Robinson, Albert Nichols, Marguerite Cave & John Lloyd.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Dear Friends in Christ
This weekend we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi - the Body and Blood of Christ - which is the central belief of our Catholic Faith. For century after century the Church has sought ways in which to celebrate the abiding presence of Christ with us in the Eucharist, and from the twelfth century this has taken the forms of all those public acts of adoration that we know today. Throughout the Church this weekend we are given the opportunity to praise and adore our Lord who has wished to give Himself to us in this unique and remarkable way. By virtue of the Mass, Christ remains on earth; in the Blessed Eucharist Jesus is present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity and remains at the centre of our Parishes in the Tabernacle even after the conclusion of Holy Mass. Today the doors of our Tabernacles are opened wide so that Jesus can be seen in all His beauty. We adore Him in the Mass, in exposition, and in the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. On this one Day in the year we carry our Lord in procession through our streets so that, just as He did when He walked on earth, he will make holy all those places where He passes. Do make a special effort to participate in our Eucharistic procession this Sunday afternoon together with all our First Communicants and their families. Through this Feast, let us ask the Good Jesus to have mercy on us and upon our homes and families.
This weekend we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi - the Body and Blood of Christ - which is the central belief of our Catholic Faith. For century after century the Church has sought ways in which to celebrate the abiding presence of Christ with us in the Eucharist, and from the twelfth century this has taken the forms of all those public acts of adoration that we know today. Throughout the Church this weekend we are given the opportunity to praise and adore our Lord who has wished to give Himself to us in this unique and remarkable way. By virtue of the Mass, Christ remains on earth; in the Blessed Eucharist Jesus is present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity and remains at the centre of our Parishes in the Tabernacle even after the conclusion of Holy Mass. Today the doors of our Tabernacles are opened wide so that Jesus can be seen in all His beauty. We adore Him in the Mass, in exposition, and in the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. On this one Day in the year we carry our Lord in procession through our streets so that, just as He did when He walked on earth, he will make holy all those places where He passes. Do make a special effort to participate in our Eucharistic procession this Sunday afternoon together with all our First Communicants and their families. Through this Feast, let us ask the Good Jesus to have mercy on us and upon our homes and families.
This Monday evening we will show the second presentation in the Pivotal Players series of Bishop Robert Barron on the life of St Thomas Aquinas. These are excellent films introducing us to the lives of Saints and holy people in the history of the Church and how they help us still; do try to come along!
God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
The Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi - Sunday 18th June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Guy Braggard, RIP (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Don McGregor, RIP (Anniv)(VC)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Alison Shepherd (CH)
4.00pm Procession of The Blessed Sacrament
NO Vespers & Benediction
Monday 19 St Romuald, Ab
9.00am Mass Private Intention
2.30pm Requiem Mass Richard Walker, RIP
Tuesday 20 St Alban, Protomartyr of Britain
9.00am Mass Sybil Figueredo, RIP (TO’C)
Wednesday 21 St Aloysius Gonzaga,Rel
9.00am Mass Will & Vi Coveney, RIP (MC)
2.15pm Funeral Service Jacqueline Cussens, RIP
Thursday 22 SS JOHN FISHER Bp & THOMAS MORE, M
9.00am Mass Tom & Benita Skellon, RIP (RM)
Friday 23 THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
(Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests)
12Noon Mass Betty Gray, RIP (Anniv) (JH)
8.00 - 9.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 24 NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
10.00am Mass William Armstrong, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confessions
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 25th June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of the Major Family (PM)
9.30am Mass Mass of Thanksgiving for all First Holy Communicants
11.30am Mass Intentions of the James Family (UO’K)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Memorial Mass for Msgr George Stokes, RIP
This will be celebrated on Thursday, 6th July at 11am at Brentwood Cathedral.
We pray for our sick
Renata Butler, Mike Rubbert, 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, Mary Boyce,Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Dympna Addecott, Monica Neate, Janet Woods,Laura & Anne Breen, Roy Widdecombe, Lynne Hilkene, Johanna Lynch, Thomas Corrigan, 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, Kean Smith and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Lucy Price, Connie Price, Mary Isherwood, Frazer Gregory, baby Talia Emery and Hattie Seymour.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Bp Bernard Patrick Wall, Fr Vincent Dutton, Fr Edward Thomas, Gertrude Drew, John Gillman, Angeline Sweet, Audrey Conlon, Ange Locamilleri, John Callaghan, Brenda Dorey, Alfred Mansell, Kathleen Michael, Michael Woolcott, Mary Wright, Bridget Parsons, Eileen Ketterer, Angela Balcombe, Doreen Fax, Patricia Larman, Francis Woodward, Sidney Baldwin, Anthony Gwatkin, Francesco Ciccone and Peter Liddell.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Dates for your Diary
Sunday 18th June Corpus Christi Procession - 4pm
Sunday 2nd July Parish AGM - 6.30pm
Saturday 22nd July Walsingham Centenary Pilgrimage
Monday 24th-Friday 28th July Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
7th October - 15th October Parish Mission
Come Holy Spirit - Journey towards Pentecost
Thursdays 6.45-7.30 A short talk followed by CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER in the Lady Chapel. "The way to self-fulfilment is the way of self-emptying. In Gethsemane and on Calvary Jesus entered the great self emptying that had been his own birth. As God had to let go of Himself in order for the Word to become flesh, so Jesus had to let go of himself humanly in order to return and blaze the trail for us to follow. ‘Where I am going… you will follow later’ (Jn 13:36)". What can this mean for each of us? COME HOLY SPIRIT AND LEAD US AND GUIDE US.
Art Exhibition & Sale on 15th & 16th July
The Live Simply group will be hosting a grand art exhibition and sale over the weekend of July 15th & !6th in the parish centre featuring original work from Kenyan artists. Keep the date free! More details to follow.
Quiz & Chips Night
This will be held in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre on Saturday 22nd July, 6.30pm for 7pm start. Maximum 8 people per table. Prizes for the winners. Fish & Chips will be served, bring your own drinks and nibbles. £10 per person. Raffle donations gratefully received. All proceeds go to the Parish Lourdes Fund.
Annual Collection for our Sick and Retired Clergy
This weekend there will be the Annual Collection for our Sick and Retired Clergy. The Administrators of the Fund take this opportunity to thank Parishes for their continued generosity.
The Sick & Retired Clergy Fund is part of the Diocesan Charity which helps and supports our retired and sick clergy. As a Charity we rely on the generosity of the Parishes and individual donations to keep the Fund in a healthy state. Another valuable means is by including a bequest in your Will; a Form of Bequest can be found on page 36 of the Brentwood Diocesan Directory. Your generosity through donations, the annual collection and bequests is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued help and support.
Diocesan Centenary Lectures
Diocesan Centenary Lectures (3rd of 4): Wednesday 21 June, Cathedral Parish Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood CM15 8AT, 7.30pm. Father Martin Boland (Dean of the Cathedral) will speak on ‘The Diocese Today: A Reflection.’ Admission Free. Bookstall Available.
Scripture Group
Fr. Con's Scripture Group will next meet in the Parish Centre 8pm-9pm on Thursday, 22nd June. All welcome.
CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players
Bishop Robert Barron's CATHOLICISM series, an epic ten-part documentary, took people around the world and deep into the Catholic Faith. The series has been seen by millions, but there is still more of the story to tell. Bishop Barron is on a new journey to unlock the truth behind the Catholic Church's most influential people. CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players is a multi-part film series that illumines a handful of saints, artists, mystics, and scholars who not only shaped the life of the Church but changed the course of civilisation. Series 1 of this ground-breaking series will be shown on Monday evenings, with St. Thomas Aquinas on June 12, 2017 at 8pm in the Parish Centre. Please join us!