We pray for our sick
Renata Butler, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, Derek Timothy, 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 Gordon Godfrey, Pope John Paul 1, Fr Bernard Wakeling, Robert Swainson, Douglas Hair, Fred Cornwell, Catherine Major, Alfred Gardener, Jane Catherine Lacey, John Houlihan, Emily Bailey, Pat MacHaughtan, Moira Stuart, Violet Shrimpton, Stephen McGough, Doreen Reynolds, Eileen Scott, Christopher James, Elizabeth Butler, Elizabeth Fresh, Patrick Quinlan, Rebecca Clarke, Marion McNamara, Theresa O’Riordan, Elizabeth Barker, Arthur Sanctuary, Mary Fletcher, Charles Bartley, Madeleine Beckett, Edith Riley, Vera Osborne, Mark Hillson, Peter Vella, Ethel Bartley, Annie Thompson, Annie LeVay, Lily Bentley & Patrick Michael Quinn.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Christmas Shoebox Appeal
Leaflets are available at the back of the Church giving instructions how to fill a shoebox with gifts for a child this Christmas, who otherwise would receive nothing. Filled and ready to collect shoeboxes should be taken to the nearest drop off point, Leigh Road Baptist Church (opposite the Church in Marguerite Drive) tel no: 478698, by the closing date, Friday 17th November 2017.
Please do not leave filled shoeboxes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Serving The Homeless
Many thanks to everyone who has supported our recent events: the Grand Summer Raffle that raised approx £800 and the meal at the Shagor, which raised £596.70. During the summer we continued to provide fresh meat and dairy produce to HARP each week and have just given £500 towards the installation of a shower at Leigh Road Baptist Church for the use of vulnerable clientele when the winter night shelter opens shortly.
Our next event is a Jazz Evening with DBQB with a fish and chip supper to be held in the Parish Centre on Saturday 7th October at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £10 and are available from any committee member or ring Linda on 01702 558217. Please bring your own drinks.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the August draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 142 Mrs U O’Keefe
2nd Prize £100 5 Mr J Harley
3rd Prize £75 130 Mrs M Jay
4th Prize £50 155 Mrs I Ryan
5th Prize £25 97 Mr C Lawrence-Clarke
The 200 Club continues to provide funds to support the running of the Parish Centre. Subscription is £5.00 per month, either by cash, cheque or standing order. If you would like to join, please fill in a form which can be found at the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
Ministers & Readers Rota
October Eucharistic Ministers & Readers Rota at the back of the Church.
HCPT 60
Rayleigh Parish has its own HCPT group which travels to Lourdes at Easter with disabled and disadvantaged children. Around 1,000 children from the UK travel to Lourdes, as well as groups from Ireland, Belgium, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, USA and the West Indies. Including helpers, nurses, doctors and chaplains there are around 5,000 taking part in the pilgrimage. We are looking to expand our group and need more adult helpers to travel with us next Easter as well as a nurse for the group. If you are interested or would like some more information, please contact Sandra Spooner (group Deputy) by email at spoonersandra@hotmail.com.
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)Awareness Month
“Just do it. Make time for it. We can all make a bit of time. It might mean less telly watching. But we will meet people who will pull us through”. SVP Patron John Battle’s words to anyone who wants to become an SVP volunteer.
Parish Mission - 7th-15th October 2017
Theme: The Catholic Faith – Ever Ancient, Ever New
Rediscovering and Renewing our Faith to fit us for the Mission of the New Evangelisation.
Come and learn more about our Faith! Come and deepen your relationship with God! Come and experience the joy and confidence of the Gospel!
Discover - Reflect - Pray - Worship
Sunday 8th October Solemn Mass at 11:30am to open the Mission. Vespers and Benediction at
5:30pm.
Monday-Friday 6:30am Mass, Breakfast in the Parish Centre, with a short meditation, 9am
Mass, 9:30am Talk, 8pm Talk, with devotions until 9pm.
Friday 13th October All Night Vigil in the Church
Saturday 14th October 10am Mass (with Confessions), 10:30-12 Special Talk for children/young
people, with activities and devotions ending at midday by latest.
Sunday 15th October Solemn Pontifical Mass at 11:30am to close the mission, with Solemn
Blessing to gain the Plenary Indulgence.
Preached by: Abbot Hugh Allan and Fr Stephen Morrison, Priests from the Norbertine
Canonry of Chelmsford
Walsingham House
This weekend our young people will be making an appeal for the new Walsingham House premises.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett
Folders: Bobby Newman & Emma Beardsell
APF Boxholders
As you know the last legal day for accepting the old £1 coins is 15th October 2017. If you have not had your box opened in the last six months and you know that there may be £1 coins in it, would you please give it in to the office or to me personally as soon as possible. I have received the Autumn Missio Magazines so if you have not already received one from me, please take one from the back of the Church. Don't forget to collect your emptied boxes from the back of the church. Thank you. Joan Caunce. Secretary 01268 757505.
School Admission Forms for Primary Schools
Parents wishing to apply to Catholic Primary Schools for the next academic year are required to obtain a Letter of Catholic Practise from their Parish Priest. This must be requested from your Parish Priest in person and only one per child will be issued. Please come to the Parish Centre for these on Saturday, 28th October between 2pm and 4pm.
These are issued only to practising Catholics (i.e. those who attend weekly Mass). Furthermore, this practise of the Faith will be viewed over a period of time and not just the weeks prior to an application. Parish Priests may also look at the date of Baptism, noting those children who have been Baptised soon after birth as compared to those Baptised with proximity to school age. This is a matter of justice to all involved in applying for places in our Schools. Our schools are often oversubscribed and in order to be fair, preference will justly be given to those who live and practise the Faith as well as who contribute to the life of the Church through the various ways in which that support is given. If you are not a practising Catholic this Certificate will not be given; you may still apply to a Catholic School but your application will considered under another category for Admissions.
At the moment Priests Reference Forms are only required for Primary Schools, unless the Secondary School of choice is oversubscribed with Catholics.
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
Most of us have a problem with forgiveness; we think we are ready to forgive, yet hold our grievances still. The servant in Jesus’ comparison in the Parable read at Mass, is wicked. He received mercy beyond comparison yet cannot forgive his fellow servant a small debt. This forgiven servant comes to his fellow servant who owes him a mere three months labor. Having received great mercy, what does he show to his fellow servant?
Dear Friends in Christ
Most of us have a problem with forgiveness; we think we are ready to forgive, yet hold our grievances still. The servant in Jesus’ comparison in the Parable read at Mass, is wicked. He received mercy beyond comparison yet cannot forgive his fellow servant a small debt. This forgiven servant comes to his fellow servant who owes him a mere three months labor. Having received great mercy, what does he show to his fellow servant? He throttles him and demands repayment. The fellow servant pleads for mercy with the exact same words as before. But the forgiven servant refuses to forgive. He takes the blessings he received from his king and hoards them for himself. What he received as a blessing becomes a curse. His debt was forgiven but having refused to forgive, it is once again imputed to him. So also for us. The forgiveness so freely given to us in Jesus is turned to a curse if we refuse to forgive others.
As we approach the Mission week (7th-15th October) I remind you to pray daily the Mission Prayer which we have been reciting weekly at Sunday Mass. Also, prepare to commit to attending the liturgies and daily Masses of that week which we should see as a spiritual retreat for the Parish. I am very grateful to all of you who responded to the appeal last weekend to deliver leaflets in your area publicising the Mission; there are still quite a number that need to go out. This alerts those in your neighbourhood to something important happening within the Catholic Community and also is a small act of evangelisation or spreading the Faith. I pray for some great spiritual fruits from the Mission: that those estranged from the Church might be brought Home; that the lukewarm may be inflamed with love of God and that all of us will experience a renewal of Faith. God bless you in the coming week!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 17th September
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Marie & Bill Sullivan - Diamond Wedding Anniversary, (PS)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Deceased members of the Newman Family (CS)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Caroline Orzabel, RIP (M&RJ)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 18 Feria
9.00am Mass Johanna & Samuel Beech, RIP (JC)
Tuesday 19 St Theodore
9.00am Mass Sarah Louise Clarke, RIP (SH)
Wednesday 20 St Andrew Kim & Comps, Mm
9.00am Mass Noreen Kelleher, RIP (Anniv) (VC)
Thursday 21 ST MATTHEW, Ap, Evangelist
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (TO)
2.00pm Requiem Mass John Jarvis, RIP
Friday 22 Feria
12Noon Mass Mary & Thomas Byrnes, RIP (Anniv) (SG)
Saturday 23 St Pius of Pietreicina (Padre Pio)
10.00am Mass Patricia & John Moon & Valerie Griggs, RIP (SM)
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 24th September
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Deceased members of the Young & Hall Families, (LY)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Joan Gooding, RIP (TO’B)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Bernadette Dellar, RIP (M&RJ)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Afternoon Tea on the Terrace
The CWL would to thank all those who supported the Afternoon Tea in any way, especially those who came along and consumed all the lovely sandwiches and cakes, it was a lovely afternoon. We raised £523.42 which has been divided amongst the Brentwood Catholic Children's Society, Aid to the Church in Need, SVP, SSAFA and finally a donation to support the Parish. We look forward to meeting you all again next September.
Walsingham House at Abbotswick Funding Appeal
Target £430,000 Each year, over 5,000 young people from our schools and parishes enjoy a retreat with the Walsingham House Team. In January 2018 this work is moving to Abbotswick, a beautiful house near Brentwood, set in 14 acres of grounds. In school holidays, Abbotswick will also continue to be used by parish groups seeking a time of retreat, resting with the Lord. However, Abbotswick is in need of a significant refurbishment, and we seek your help. An appeal will be made on 23rd/24th September. Please support it as generously as you can; in the words of Bishop Alan “This project builds a prayerful and inspiring future for the young people of the Diocese.”
Memorial Mass for Sister Mary Stephen St Bernard’s High School - Saturday 7 October 2017 - 11.30am
If you knew Sister Mary Stephen and wish to come to the Memorial Mass you are very welcome. We ask that you let us know so seating is adequate and the venue is appropriate. Please email sboga.stbernards@yahoo.co.uk if you would like to attend.
Parish Social Events in the Parish Centre
28th October Family Disco - 7.30pm to 10.30pm £5 each, £20 Family ticket (2 adults & children)
3rd November Michael Bublé Tribute Act- 8pm to 10.30pm Tickets £10 each
24th November Quiz - Starts 7.30pm Tickets £6 each (includes mulled wine & mince pie)
31st December New Years Eve Party - 8pm to 12.15am £5 each, £20 Family ticket
All events - bring your own drinks and nibbles. Raffle donations gratefully received. Tickets on sale for all events. Darrell 07825 686249, Phyllis 07969 465518, Irene 07449 471612 or Marian Long. If you could help on the Social Committee we would love to hear from you. Just phone one of the numbers above. Thank you.