World Youth Day, Panama, January 2019
If you will be in year 12, or aged 17-27, in January 2019, then join the BCYS group travelling to Costa Rica and Panama for an encounter with 2 million young people from all over the world, and the Pope.
This is truly a “once in a lifetime” experience and an amazing opportunity to discover and celebrate faith in Latin America. For more information, visit www.bcys.net or email frdominic@dioceseofbrentwood.org by 15th September 2017.
BCYS Lourdes, Summer 20
Turn your computer on, and enjoy the “virtual pilgrimage.” Video clips of 2-10 minutes capture the flavour of the recent Diocesan pilgrimage, including all the homilies, and interviews with Bishop Alan and Fr Bob Hamill.
You can find these via www.bcys.net or search “Virtual Pilgrimage – Lourdes 2017” on YouTube.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jacky Hoggett & Brian Mountier
Folders: Bobby Newman & Emma Beardsell
First Holy Communion 2018
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2018, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website under Sacraments and return this to the Parish Office no later than Thursday 31st August 2017.
School Admissions
Letters of Practice for admission to Primary School will be issued on a date in October.
Dates for your Diary
11th, 18th & 25th September - Introductory Talks on the Faith
7th October - 15th October - Parish Mission
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, 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 repose of the souls of
Gerard Rogers, RIP who died on Sunday, 13th August. His requiem Mass will be on Friday 1st September at 11am.
Raymond de Chantilly, RIP who died on Thursday, 17th August. Funeral details to follow.
Sanctuary Lamp
The lamp burns for the intentions of the Bidera, Cicpty & Winkler Families.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr George Greasley, Fr Séan Sheils, Canon Vincent Cameron, Fr Arthur Ryan, Rocco Forgione, Agnes Harding, Dainee Seebold, Edith Seymour, Mary Saegar, Rhoda Addecott, Teresa Griffiths, Anne McCarthy, Ronald Abnett, Eileen Shears, Christopher Poulain, John Ryan, Valerie Griggs, Marian Hart, Dorothy Scott, Stephen McGough, Stephen Cornell, Margaret Acaster, Colonel Ernest G. Petter, Bernard Squires, John Lowndes, Louise Newman, Veronica Maguire, Alan Tate & Mary (Molly) Horn.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
It seems to me that the thread connecting the First Reading and Gospel of the Mass this Sunday is that of silence. God is encountered in the still small voice of calm both by the prophet Elijah and by the Apostles after the storm on the lake. It is interesting that the more we engage in noise and activity, the less the world seems to hear God. All things that are great grow in silence. This is why the Christian soul needs to create silence and then find God within that stillness.
Dear Friends in Christ
It seems to me that the thread connecting the First Reading and Gospel of the Mass this Sunday is that of silence. God is encountered in the still small voice of calm both by the prophet Elijah and by the Apostles after the storm on the lake. It is interesting that the more we engage in noise and activity, the less the world seems to hear God. All things that are great grow in silence. This is why the Christian soul needs to create silence and then find God within that stillness. As we approach the great celebration of The Assumption of Our Blessed Lady into Heaven this coming Tuesday, Mary can be seen as the personification of this silence which characterises the encounter with God and the mystery of the divine. Speaking in 1995, Pope St John Paul II said: Mary’s example enables the Church better to appreciate the value of silence. Mary’s silence is not only moderation in speech, but it is especially a wise capacity for remembering and embracing in a single gaze of faith the mystery of the Word made man and the events of His earthly life. It is this silence as acceptance of the Word, this ability to meditate on the mystery of Christ, that Mary passes on to believers. In a noisy world filled with messages of all kinds, her witness enables us to appreciate a spiritually rich silence and fosters a contemplative spirit.
Let us look to Mary in this mystery of her Assumption and ask for the gift of inner peace and serenity. The world stands in need of this silence. Without it, this mystery of God will never be encountered and we will never experience the presence of God within ourselves. May this period of holiday and rest be for us the time to experience once more the healing inner peace of God.
With every blessing!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 13th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Diana Underwood, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Special Intentions of Mrs Leftley & Doreen Harley (PL)
11.30am Mass Edward Hippard, RIP (SH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 14 St Maximilian Kolbe, Pr, M
9.00am Mass Jim Scott, RIP (MS)
Tuesday 15 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - Holyday of Obligation
9.00am Mass Frank Mann, RIP (RM)
12Noon Mass John Kidney, RIP (MC)
8.00pm Mass The People of the Parish
Wednesday 16 St Stephen of Hungary
9.00am Mass Alex & Margaret McFarlane, RIP (Anniv) (MW)
Thursday 17 Feria
9.00am Mass Bernadette Perry, RIP (Anniv)
Friday 18 ST HELEN, WIDOW
12Noon Mass John Watkins & Susan Conibeer, RIP (JW)
Saturday 19 St John Eudes, Pr
10.00am Mass Canon Vincent Hurley & Fr Andrew Hurley, RIP(Anniv) (JH)
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 20th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Mary & Alf Johnson, RIP (Anniv) (CM)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Patricia Armstrong, RIP
9.30am Mass Mike & Marie Rubbert - Golden Wedding Anniversary (M&MR)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
BCYS Lourdes, Summer 201
Turn your computer on, and enjoy the “virtual pilgrimage.” Video clips of 2-10 minutes capture the flavour of the recent Diocesan pilgrimage, including all the homilies, and interviews with Bishop Alan and Fr Bob Hamill. You can find these via www.bcys.net or search “Virtual Pilgrimage – Lourdes 2017” on YouTube.
Church Cleaning
If you could volunteer one hour every week to help clean the Church, please leave your name and telephone number in the Parish Office.
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace - 2nd September at 2.30pm
Tickets for this event will be on sale after Masses over the next 3 weekends at a cost of £5 per ticket. They can also be purchased during the week, after the weekday Mass, from the Parish Office. There are a limited amount of tickets so make sure you get yours early.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Linda Wall
Folders: Tom O’Callaghan & Rita O’Callaghan
First Holy Communion 2018
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2018, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website under Sacraments and return this to the Parish Office no later than Thursday 31st August 2017.
School Admissions
Letters of Practice for admission to Primary School will be issued on a date in October.
Dates for your Diary
11th, 18th & 25th September Introductory Talks on the Faith
7th October - 15th October Parish Mission
Please Pray for the Dead on their anniversaries
Fr Stephen Keane, Canon Peter Prendergast, Canon Vincent Hurley, Fr Andrew Hurley, Magdalaine Rubeck, Philippa Soggre, Jean Kerr, Frank Mann,Arthur Watkins, Hugh Palmer, Helen Enright, Dr Anna (Reggie) Kemmerling, Carmen Georges, Bridie Corrigan, Francis Bartley, Mary Attersley, Bernadette Perry, Andre Lince, Annie Gallacher, John Walmsley, Margaret McFarlane & John Power.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace