5th Week in Ordinary Time
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 3 February
5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30 Exposition & Confession
Sunday 4
8am Mass Barrington Gray† Anniversary
9.30 Mass Rose & Charles D’Souza Wedding Anniversary - Thanksgiving
11.30 Mass Intentions of Michael & Patricia Westoby 50th Wedding Anniversary
4pm Mass Extraordinary Form Peter Griffin†
5.30 Vespers & Benediction
Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr
Monday 5
10.15am Requiem Mass Frances Ryan†
Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs
Tuesday 6
9am Mass Barbara Sheaf†
Feria
Wednesday 7
9am Mass Kevin Hopley†
10.30 Newman Room Mothers’ Prayers
5pm Body in Church Adrian Dann†
Saint Jerome Emiliani
Thursday 8
10.15am Requiem Mass Adrian Dann†
5pm Body in Church Helen Blanche Cotton†
7 Contemplative Prayer silence, simplicity & stillness
Feria
Friday 9
9.30am Mass with Our Lady of Lourdes School Intentions of Peter O’Sullivan
2.15pm Requiem Mass Helen Blanche Cotton†
St Scholastica, Virgin
Saturday 10
10am Mass Bernard Ward† Anniversary
10.30 Exposition & Confession
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
5.30 Vigil Mass Carmen Ashley† Anniversary
6.30pm Exposition & Confession
Sunday 11
8am Mass Martin Densham†
9.30 Mass The People of the Parish
11.30 Mass Tony Trigg† Anniversary
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Four Lent Talks at Nazareth House
Thursday Evenings in Lent, beginning at 7.30pm
presented by The Southend Deanery in the Diocese of Brentwood
- ending with devotions and Benediction
- Priests available to hear Confessions
‘The Ministries to which we are called’
Thursday February 22nd
Fr. Gerry Drummond, Parish Priest of Rochford and Hockley and Catholic Chaplain to Southend Hospital.
The Pastoral Care of the Sick and the Dying
Thursday March 1st
Brian Holt-President of the Comitium for the Legion of Mary
‘Be it done unto me…’
Thursday March 8th
Fr. Graham Smith, Parish Priest of Southend and Prittlewell
Diocesan Director of Vocations
'Here I am Lord’
Thursday March 15th
Speaker to be confirmed: The Pastoral Formation of our Young People
Abbotswick and Beyond…
Rich man/Poor man Supper
Many thanks to all those who attended the film night last week when £100 was raised. This will be shared between CAFOD and RSN for refugee work. Our next event is: A Lenten Global Dining Experience! Saturday 24th February in the Parish Centre, 6.30pm for 7.00pm. £5 a ticket. Please contact Jim 07986538578, Fran 07981741788 or Cathy 07762107920 to reserve a place. Live Simply Group.
Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Monday 23rd - Saturday 28th July 2018
Five nights (full board) travelling with British Airways via Toulouse and staying at the Grand Moderne Hotel will cost £665 per pilgrim. Please indicate your interest by putting your name on the list in the Parish Office.
A First Formal Proposal for the Renewal and Restructuring of our Diocese - Stewards of the Gospel
For a few weeks now we have been in receipt of the ‘First Formal Proposal’ document and DVD/video message from Bishop Alan. The Proposal and video message are available to view on the Diocesan website: dioceseofbrentwood.net/bishop. We would ask everyone who has internet access to view the documents and message by this means. Additional ‘hard copies’ for those unable to read/view it online are being requested from the Diocese. If you require a hard copy please let me know by phoning 01702 552373, giving your address and postcode, or leave a request at the parish office. The Proposal shares with us some of the thoughts Bishop Alan and his team have as to how the Diocese might restructure itself in the future to ensure that we can more effectively evangelise, sharing with faith and confidence the Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ within our parishes as well as surrounding communities. The Proposal specifically refers to the place of our own parish in any forthcoming restructuring. We are being asked by the Bishop to take time to carefully and prayerfully study the document and discuss it with family, friends and fellow parishioners. An opportunity is being arranged for us to come together as a parish family to share views, hopes and any concerns in relation to the Proposal, with our response in due course being conveyed to the Diocese. Bishop Alan stresses that this is a ‘first’ Formal Proposal; a lot more discussion and consultation will yet be required! A Parish Meeting is being arranged for 10.30am on Saturday, 17th February, 2018 (commencing after the 10am Mass) in the Parish Centre. The Bishop’s video message will be shown on that occasion. For any unable to attend on 17th February, I would be grateful to receive your thoughts in writing (via the parish office) or by emailing: obrjam@btinternet.com. Many thanks.
Francis O’Brien - Steward of the Gospel
Presentation Evening - Evangelisation and Discipleship
The Gilbert Room of the Parish Centre
Tuesday 20 February at 7.30pm
Pope Francis tells us in Evangelii Gaudium that: “The Church which ‘goes forth’ is a community of missionary disciples who take the first step, who are involved and supportive, who bear fruit and rejoice. An evangelising community knows that the Lord has taken the initiative, He has loved us first (cf 1 Jn 4:19)”. As we move forward as a Parish with our Stewards of the Gospel initiative and following on from our Parish Mission, Father Kevin invites you to come and hear about an exciting new initiative being launched in our parish soon. Learn about discipleship and the joy of evangelisation.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Brian Mountier
Folders: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward
Dates for your Diary
Wednesday, 14th February Ash Wednesday
21st, 28th February ) Marriage Preparation
7th - 14th March )
12th & 19th May First Holy Communions
20th May Confirmation
Sacrament of Confirmation
Anyone who wishes to begin preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation should send their name to Fr Kevin by the end of February together with an email address. Names need to be sent in BEFORE THE START OF LENT which is when the preparation begins. Applicants should have reached their fourteenth birthday by the end of August 2017.
St Vincent de Paul (SVP) – Request for transport
The SVP should appreciate it if someone would be willing to volunteer to give a lift on a regular basis to two parishioners (who live near each other) to either the 8am or 11.30am Mass on Sundays and home again. If you can help kindly contact the parish office (01702 478078).
Sister Elizabeth Mary (Mann)
Sister Elizabeth Mary celebrates her 25 years of Profession at the Monastery of Our Lady & St Bernard, Brownshill, Stroud, Glos GL6 8AL on 10 February 2018.
Journey of Faith
Roman Catholic Initiation of Adults
A series of informal talks, designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic church, continues on Monday 5th February at 8pm in the Parish Centre with A walk through the Mass. You are welcome to attend some or all of these talks; if you would like more information please speak to Fr Kevin.
Pray for the Repose of the Souls
Kay Dodd† died recently
Thursday 15 February
3pm Requiem Mass
Barbara Sheaf† died on 24th January
Thursday 18th February
6.15pm Her body will be received into the Church
Friday 19th February
11am Requiem Mass
Pray for our sick
Anne Currid, David Gurney, Maureen Gooding, Paul Keane, Graham Addecott, Mabel Addecott, Christian Ryan, Arthur Mills, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, Maureen Deekes, Noel Fagan, Patricia Abram, 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, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Maria Clark, June Moncaster, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Edward Martin, Johnnie Pool, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, 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.
Pray for our Dead on their anniversaries
Fr Francis Richardson, Fr Alan Wilcox, Canon Bernard Manning, Pope Pius XI, Rev Francis Richardson, Rev William Smith, Mrs Winifred Wallen, John Young, Michael Shrapnel, Teresa O’Brien, Lilian Abbott, Elizabeth Judge, Modge Ditton, Margaret O’Connor, Robert Roberton, Margaret Pearson, John Hanna Manna, Victor Maguire, Joseph Ruggiero, Barbara Blaker, Henry Moores, Catherine Burn, Emma Oldham, Veronica Read, Peter Heritage, Alice Whitfield, Eugenie Ballard, Doris Wenninger, Edmund O’Sullivan, Patrick Jennett, Charles Oldham, John Armstrong, Victor Gosling, Carmen Ashley and Bernard Ward.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
4th Sunday Order of Service
Parish Mass Book page 132
First reading Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Second reading Corinthians 7:32-35
Psalm response 11.30am Mass
Gospel Mark 1:21-28
Eucharist Prayer 4 with Preface
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Gospel of this Sunday tells of the cure of a man possessed by the devil. We have to remain on watch so that the wiles of the evil one do not mislead or enslave us. One of the worse forms of this entrapment is the attitude of apathy and lukewarmness; the overwhelming sense that it doesn’t matter, that there is no urgency, that we can make-do as we are.
Dear Friends in Christ
The agenda of the Readings which the Church gives us in these Sundays before Lent begins, relate various occasions of encounter and healing at the start of the public ministry of Our Lord. They give us, as I suggested last week, a programme for our own efforts in evangelisation. I wrote last week about some of the ways we want to implement this within our own Parish Family, and taking the Mission last October as the inspiration for this, we are starting to prepare for a vision of evangelisation that will equip us with the tools needed to firstly, be confident in our own faith and secondly to have the courage to reach out to others and show them the beauty of Christ and His Church. Lent would seem the natural time for the start of this process.
The Gospel of this Sunday tells of the cure of a man possessed by the devil. We have to remain on watch so that the wiles of the evil one do not mislead or enslave us. One of the worse forms of this entrapment is the attitude of apathy and lukewarmness; the overwhelming sense that it doesn’t matter, that there is no urgency, that we can make-do as we are. The devil always applies subtlety in his tactics to bring down the followers of Christ. Our vocation is to be faithful to Christ, His Church and the call to evangelise, as Pope Saint Pope John II said:
Deliver us Lord, from the evil one, lead us not into temptation. Grant in your infinite mercy that we should not give in to the infidelity to which the one who has been unfaithful from the beginning endeavours to seduce us.
God bless you and keep us all faithful in His service!
Msgr Kevin Hale
4th Week in Ordinary Time
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 27 January
5.30pm Vigil Mass Jack van der Ploeg†
6.30 Exposition & Confession
Sunday 28 January
8am Mass Barry Bevan†
9.30 Mass Marian Solecki† Anniversary
11.30 Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Feria
Monday 29
9am Mass John Kidney†
Feria
Tuesday 30
9am Mass Intentions of Margaret Holland
Saint John Bosco, Priest
Wednesday 31
9am Mass Peter Griffin†
10.30 Newman Room Mothers’ Prayers
Feria
Thursday 1 February
9am Mass John & Pat Moon† & Valerie Griggs†
7pm Contemplative Prayer silence, simplicity & stillness
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Friday 2
11.30am Blessing of the candles & procession
12noon Mass Intentions of the Catholic Women’s League
8pm Holy Hour & Benediction
9 Exposition until midnight for Vocations
Saint Anne Line, Martyr & Saint Blaise
Saturday 3
10am Mass Intentions of Maureen & Bernadette Ward
10.30 Exposition & Confession
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30 Exposition & Confession
Sunday 4 February
8am Mass Barrington Gray† Anniversary
9.30 Mass Rose & Charles D’Souza Wedding Anniversary - Thanksgiving
11.30 Mass Patricia Westoby 50th Wedding Anniversary
4pm Mass in Extraordinary Form Private Intention
5.30 Vespers & Benediction
Pray for our Dead on their anniversaries
Fr John (Jack) Clifford, Fr Joseph Burns, Fr Eric Bindloss Smith, Maud Darnell, Frank Russell, Edward Armitage, William Cooper, Robert Waller, Mark Solecki, Maureen Leyden, Gerard Tait, Andrew (Mel) Kenny, Bridget Carmel, Joyce Ellen Reilly, Noel Calnan, May Ferry, Canon John Byrne, Norah Kelly, Wyndham Richards, Mary Abel, Florence White, May Keane, William Moroney, Cissie Burnham, Elizabeth Ray, Peter Griffin, William Gannon, Patricia Robinson, Robert Jones, Kathleen Jennett, Francis Faulkner, Mary Quinn, Pamela Woolley, Myrtle Conridge, Edward Atherton, Florence Miller, James Kerr, Teresa Phelan, John Dickens & Bernard Pycroft.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace