Graphic Design Opportunity
If you are a Graphic Artist with experience using Quark Express and would like to join us on a Freelance capacity, please contact don@mccrimmons.com to discuss the possibilities or call McCrimmon Publishing, Great Wakering on 01702 218906.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Sheila West
Folders: Angie Martin & Joseph Martin
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)Awareness Month
Welcome the Stranger
“The SVP provides an extended family in which we, as brothers and sisters in Christ, can respond to the many and varied problems being faced within our communities” SVP Patron, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, on how the SVP cares like a family cares. Our Annual Appeal will be held next weekend as your financial support enables us to fulfil our commitments.
School Admissions
Letters of Practice for admission to Primary School will be issued on a date in October.
Serving the Homeless
The committee of Serving the Homeless are organising an Indian buffet meal at The Shagor Restaurant in Hamlet Court Road on Thursday 14th September at
7.30 pm. Tickets cost £15 and are available from Jo Ronan, Linda Wall, Theresa Whitaker or Pat Short. Alternatively, you can ring Linda on 01702 558217. Raffle tickets are still available from any committee member for the big draw that will take place on Monday 4th September.
Dinner & Dance in aid of Nazareth House
This is a Knights of Saint Columba Event. Saturday 23rd September at Nazareth House Main Hall – Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Delicious Fish 'N' Chips, wonderful live music and the opportunity to choose your partner and take to the dance floor. All profits go to the Sisters of Nazareth to aid them in the wonderful work they do with the elderly, in many cases our loved ones. The evening will conclude at 9.30pm so as not to disturb the residents. Ticket price £10 available from Liam Rand 07952 954833, Damian Dillon 07887 678741 or email: liam.rand@btopenworld.com. Please inform us when booking if you have specific dietary requirements.
Catholic History Walks
If you are interested in joining any of the Catholic History Walks please contact chwalkslondon@gmail.com or tweet @CHwalks or see catholichistorywalks.com Cost: £5, concessions available. Please wear suitable footwear and plan for the weather. Walks may take up to 2 hours.
Baptism Preparation Evenings
The next Baptism Preparation Evenings will take place on Tuesdays 5th and 12th September in the Newman Room of the Parish Centre at 8pm. Details from Andy and Catherine Harris on 01702 711165.
First Holy Communion 2017/2018
There will be a parent’s meeting on Wednesday 20th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre for those parents who have registered their child to make their First Holy Communion next year.
Dates for your Diary
11th, 18th & 25th September - Introductory Talks on the Faith
7th October - 15th October - Parish Mission
Please Pray for the Repose of the Soul of
Marion Long, RIP who died recently. Funeral details to follow.
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, 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
Fr Patrick Cavanagh, Mgr Canon Michael Wilson, Harry Hammond, Kathleen Law, Victor Parrish, Anne Hall, John Mulhern, Noel Crighton, Anthony Cummins, Judith Davies, Mary Agnes Birkins, Edith Annie Murray, William Peck, Marie Bailey, Francis Ryan & John Burns.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace
Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
The question that Jesus puts to all of His followers has a special resonance in the heart of St Peter, who responds for all of us, when he declares: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. This is the moment, chosen by Jesus, to tell Peter that he will be the rock upon which the Church is built. This means for us that Peter is the visible Christ on earth, the focus and centre of unity in matters of Faith. From the very beginning, therefore, the faithful followers of Christ have venerated the Pope.
Dear Friends in Christ
The question that Jesus puts to all of His followers has a special resonance in the heart of St Peter, who responds for all of us, when he declares: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. This is the moment, chosen by Jesus, to tell Peter that he will be the rock upon which the Church is built. This means for us that Peter is the visible Christ on earth, the focus and centre of unity in matters of Faith. From the very beginning, therefore, the faithful followers of Christ have venerated the Pope. This Prince of the Apostles is everywhere mentioned in the New Testament before the others, and makes frequent use of the special primacy and authority he has been given. Peter always speaks first, he is deferred to by the others, and his word is final. The love Catholics have for the Pope is not just a natural affection based on his holiness, his likeableness or popularity; rather we see in him the personification of the Faith. We listen to him in order to understand better what Christ is saying to us through His Church. An ancient formula sums up in a few words all the teaching about the Roman Pontiff: Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia, ibi Deus…Where Peter is, there is the Church, there is God. If we are with Peter, we are with the Church founded by Christ. With Peter we have Christ, and without him we will not find the authentic Faith given to us by Christ. Because we love Christ we love the Pope. We demonstrate this charity whenever we pray for him. We pray especially that his faith may not weaken, that he may confirm the faith of the Church, and that God will sustain him and give him fortitude to proclaim always the Truth.
May God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 27th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil William Underwood, RIP(RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Bill Pearson, RIP (Anniv)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Jim Scott, RIP (Anniv) (MS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 28 St Augustine, Bp, D
10.00am Mass Mary Merrick, RIP (AR)
Tuesday 29 The Passion of St John the Baptist
9.00am Mass Mary Byrnes, RIP (AR)
Wednesday 30 Ss Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line & Margaret Ward, Mm
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (M&MD)
5.00pm Body in Church: Raymond Vaulbert de Chantilly, RIP
Thursday 31 St Aidan, Bp, and the Saints of Lindisfarne
8.30am Mass Patricia & John Moon & Valerie Griggs, RIP (SM)
9.45am Requiem Mass Raymond Vaulbert de Chantilly, RIP
5.00pm Body in Church: Gerard Rodgers, RIP
Friday 1 September St Sebbi, King of the East Saxons
11.00am Requiem Mass Gerard Rodgers, RIP
1.00pm Exposition until
8.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 2 Our Lady on Saturday
10.00am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (CR)
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 3rd September
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Mary De Souza, RIP(VD)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Thomas Stock, RIP (JD)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Pat & Mick Toomey (II)
4.00pm Mass Helen Wiscock, RIP (M) - Extraordinary form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Catholic History Walks
Lift up your heads, O Gates!
Wednesday 30th August and Monday 9th October, both 2pm and 6pm; Tuesday 19th September, 2pm only. The Historic City of London and splendid pre- Reformation Churches. Meet outside the Church of the Precious Blood, TheBorough. Nearest Tube: London Bridge.
For King and Country
Monday 4th and Tuesday 19th and 26th September, at 6.30pm. Catholics and politics: St Thomas More, Guy Fawkes, Pugin, Parliament and the Abbey. Meet on the steps of Westminster Cathedral. Nearest Tube: Victoria
The King’s Good Servant
Wednesday 13th September, 6pm and Thursday 5th October, 2pm. The story of the heroic St Thomas More. Meet at the Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Chelsea. Nearest Tube: Sloane Square or South Kensington.
Southwark and the Borough
Sunday 17th September, 3pm The ‘other side’ of London, walking to St George’s Cathedral, London’s first post-Reformation Catholic Cathedral. Meet outside the Church of the Precious Blood, The Borough. Nearest Tube: London Bridge.
Contact: chwalkslondon@gmail.com or tweet @CHwalks or see catholichistorywalks.com Cost: £5, concessions available. Please wear suitable footwear and plan for the weather. Walks may take up to 2 hours.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jacky Hoggett & Sandie Hippard
Folders: Maureen Ward & Jacky Hoggett