Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 8th October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Teresa Yates, RIP (SVP) (PR)
9.30am Mass Ints of Mike & Marie Rubbert - Thanksgiving-Golden Wedding Ann
11.30am Mass Thomas Patrick Costello, RIP (Anniv) (KC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 9 St Denis, Bp, & his Companions, Mm
6.30am Mass Shirley Corboy, RIP (MD)
9.00am Mass Raymond de Chantilly, RIP, (MF)
8.00pm Mission Service
Tuesday 10 St Paulinus of York, Bp
6.30am Mass Mrs Greiner, Grace & Gwen Greiner, RIP (FM)
9.00am Mass Lawrence de Lobel, RIP (Anniv)(VC)
8.00pm Mission Service
Wednesday 11 St John XXIII, P
6.30am Mass Eleanor Strauss, RIP (ND)
9.00am Mass Eileen & Bill Pearson, RIP (Anniv) (SP)
8.00pm Mission Service
Thursday 12 Ss Ethelburga, Hildelith & Cuthberga, Rel
6.30am Mass Leonor Fairbanks, RIP (NB)
9.00am Mass Thomas Henry Gunn, RIP (FM)
8.00pm Mission Service
Friday 13 St Edward the Confessor, King
6.30am Mass David Ward, RIP
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (SVP)
8.00pm Mission Service
11.00pm All night Vigil until 6.30am
Saturday 14 St Callistus I, P, M
10.00am Mass Intentions of Evelyn Mackay (SD)
10.30am Children’s Mission Service
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 15th October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil John Young, RIP (Anniv) (LY)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Dennis Jordan, RIP (Anniv) (PJ)
11.30am Mass Rosellen Armstrong, RIP (JA)
Close of Mission
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Walsingham House
Thank you for your recent kind donations of £637.94 for Abbotswick, the new Youth Centre.
Christmas Bazaar, Sunday 3rd December, 2017
This year we are holding our Parish Bazaar on a SUNDAY! Everyone is welcome to join us after 8am Mass right through to 1.30pm.
We need your donations of unwanted gifts, bottles, toiletries and good quality raffle prizes. You can leave these in the old Baptistry. We really hope that you can join us for delicious refreshments. Come along and bag a bargain. If you wish to help on the day please contact Sue Lawford 07816141492 or Angela Clements 07940183452.
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.
Diocesan Centenary Concert at Brentwood Cathedral
On Saturday 28th October at 7pm, featuring Schubert’s ‘Mass in G’ and other works. Tickets £12 (£6 for students). For further details please contact the Diocesan Music Office: music@dioceseofbrentwood.org or 01277 265288.
Scripture Group
Fr. Con's Scripture Group will re-commence on Thursday 19th October in the Parish Centre from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, and will meet fortnightly after that date.
All welcome.
Parish Social Events in the Parish Centre
Saturday 28th October Family Disco - 7.30pm to 10.30pm £5 ticket or family ticket for £20 (2 adults + your children)
Friday 3rd November Kai McKenzie is Michael Bublé in a tribute evening for adults. One of the UK’s leading Michael Bublé acts and previously entertained at the Parish Centre in 2014 and in Southend Cliffs in March. 8pm to 10.30pm. Tickets £10. Bring your own drinks.
Friday 24th November Quiz starts 7.30pm. Tickets £6 each (includes Mulled Wine and mince pie).
Sunday 31st December New Year’s Eve party with Disco, 8pm to 12.15am Tickets £5 (family ticket £20).
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 Solemn Mass at 11:30am to open the Mission.
Vespers and Benediction at 5:30pm.
Monday 9th Faith 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
“Credo” - I believe … in what? 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Faith 8-9pm Talk with devotions.
Tuesday 10th Prayer & Worship 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast
in the Parish Centre.
It’s the Mass that Matters 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Prayer and Worship 8-9pm Talk with devotions.
Wednesday 11th Contrition, Confession, Conversion 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
I confess 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Contrition, Confession, Conversion 8-9pm Talk with devotions.
Thursday 12th Faith and our eternal deal 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
Destination Heaven 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Faith and our eternal destiny 8-9pm Talk with devotions.
Friday 13th Faith in Marriage and Family Life 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
God Housekeeping 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Faith in Marriage and Family Life 8-9pm Talk with devotions.
All Night Vigil in the Church 11pm to 6.30am for young people to pray for vocations.
Saturday 14th Mary the Mother of Jesus Our Mother 10am Mass (with Confessions), 10.30-12Noon Special Talk for children/young people, with activities and devotions ending midday at latest.
Sunday 15th Solemn Pontifical Mass to close the Mission 11.30-12.30pm.
Solemn Blessing to gain the Plenary Indulgence.
Preached by: Abbot Hugh Allan and Fr Stephen Morrison, Priests from the Norbertine Canonry of Chelmsford
Confessions available after all the Services
Catholic Women's League
The next CWL Business Meeting is on Monday 9th October at 2pm in the Newman Room. New members are always welcome to join us.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jacky Hoggett & Eileen Wilson
Folders: Angie Martin & Joseph Martin
Plenary Indulgence for the Parish Mission
One of the gifts the Church offers us is the possibility of obtaining a Plenary Indulgence - either for ourselves or for the Faithful Departed - during a Parish Mission. A Plenary Indulgence is granted to those who attend the Mission, hear some of the sermons and are present for the solemn close of the Mission. The three prerequisites apply: Sacramental Confession, Holy Communion and prayers for the Pope.
During the Mission we hope to make the Lourdes Grotto a focus of special devotion to Our Blessed Lady. If you would like to bring flowers to be placed at the Altar then please leave them in the Sacristy so that they can be arranged and placed there.
School Admission Forms
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 or Sunday 29th October between 4pm and 5pm.
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.
Dates for your Diary
7th October - 15th October - Parish Mission
Sunday 3rd December - Parish Christmas Bazaar - 9am to 1.30pm
Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of
James Gallacher, RIP who died on Friday 29th September. His Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Thursday 26th October at 9.30am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
We Pray for our Sick
enata Butler, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, Derek Timothy, Maureen Deekes, Carol Halldenby, Noel Fagan, 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, 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 Alfred Clements, Pope Pius XII, Fr John Dempsey, Fr Patrick Malin, Mgr Matthias Kearney, Mgr Canon Michael McKenna, James Roberton, Joyce Pycroft, Henry Hart, Thomas Gunsell, Ronald Ballard, Amelia Eaglesfield, Mary Chin Eng Sawyer, Julia Shields, Mary Clark, Moira O’Riordan, Eva Riley, Francis Gurney, Charles Cutter, Arthur Hooper, Chloe Watts, Valerie Martin, Thomas Patrick Costello, Joan Lucey, Eric Phillips, Irene Earl, Stanley Greaves, Teresa Morton, Winifred Archer, Adele Cumbo, Caroline Cussen, Annie Dunne, George Masi, Kathleen Liannett, & Christopher Adams.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
Next weekend we begin our Parish Mission which we have been preparing for these last few months. A Mission is a time of extra-ordinary grace. It’s like the whole Parish going on retreat, except we aren’t going away, it’s going to happen here! And we are welcoming two of the Norbertine Canons from Chelmsford - Fr Hugh Allan & Fr Stephen Morrison - who are going to guide us through the days. However, it is the Holy Spirit who is the real One who will guide us and bring us closer to God.
Dear Friends in Christ
Next weekend we begin our Parish Mission which we have been preparing for these last few months. A Mission is a time of extra-ordinary grace. It’s like the whole Parish going on retreat, except we aren’t going away, it’s going to happen here! And we are welcoming two of the Norbertine Canons from Chelmsford - Fr Hugh Allan & Fr Stephen Morrison - who are going to guide us through the days. However, it is the Holy Spirit who is the real One who will guide us and bring us closer to God.
There are three aims, three goals, three expectations for a Parish Mission: Firstly, as the name implies: it means a reaching-out. We have done this by distributing the flyers giving the details of the Mission Services; some 14,000 of them. We have been given a full-page spread in The Leigh Times. A Parish Mission means living-out our responsibility to bring the Truth of the Gospel to those outside of the Church. Second, seeking out the stray, the lost, the lukewarm and the lapsed and helping them back to their spiritual home. Perhaps there is someone close to me who would benefit from the Mission? Someone to whom I can give new hope faith? Begin by praying for them.Third, it’s for us, Christ’s Faithful, that we will go from being good practising Catholics to becoming more fervent Catholics and ultimately, Saints.
What I’m asking we do is, commit to being in church twice each day, if we can practically do so: once for Mass, either at 6.30am or 9am (there will be a short instruction at the end for those who can remain) and then the evening service or liturgy with it's specific theme relating to the mysteries of our Faith. Above all I’m asking you to re-double your prayers for these intentions now, by praying daily the Mission Prayer and asking our Blessed Mother Mary, our Patroness, to bring us closer to her Son Jesus. God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 1st October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Raymond de Chantilly, RIP (RO’C)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Bernadette & Derek Timothy
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Elpedio Bonggot, RIP (ER)
4.00pm Mass Private Intention- Extraordinary Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 2 The Holy Guardian Angels
9.00am Mass Intentions of Sheila de Chantilly, RIP & Family, (RO’C)
Tuesday 3 Feria
9.00am Mass Eileen Pearson, RIP (SP)
Wednesday 4 St Francis of Assisi, res
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (AO)
Thursday 5 Feria
9.00am Mass Margaret Randall, RIP (CB)
Friday 6 St Bruno, Pr
12Noon Mass Intentions of the CWL
12.30pm Exposition after Mass until
8.00pm Holy Hour and Benediction
Saturday 7 Our Lady of the Rosary
10.00am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (CR)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 8th October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Teresa Yates, RIP (SVP) (PR)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Mike & Marie Rubbert - Thanksgiving for Golden Wedding Anniversary
11.30am Mass Thomas Patrick Costello, RIP (Anniv) (KC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Attending Mass
I now live in Rayleigh and I was wondering if anyone that comes from the Rayleigh area could perhaps share a lift with me if I offered to help with cost. Please feel free to contact me via e-mail. michael_torode@mail.com.