We Pray for our sick
Anne Currid, David Gurney, Maureen Gooding, Paul Keane, 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, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Dympna Addecott, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Maria Clark, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Edward Martin, Johnnie Pool, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Josephine Griggs, Noel Kolb, Colleen Worley, Antonella McConalogue, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Dawn Deleigh, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Lorraine Hart, 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, Hugh Isaacs and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Connie Price, Frazer Gregory, baby Talia Emery and Hattie Seymour.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Thomas Adkins, Fr Anthony Lawson, Fr Patrick Donohoe, Fr Owen Fitzgerald, Fr John O’Mahoney, Robert Ellis, Anthony Irons, Clare Houlihan, Esther Martin, Frances Phillips, Christopher Bennett, Francis Hoey, Patrick Manning, Patricia Logan, Frank Nagle, Winifred Duffield, May Provera, Andrew Trayner, Eileen Goodwin-Self, John Clements, Ian Walker & John Adams.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Easter Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY - Sunday 1st April
8.00am Mass Deceased relatives & loved ones of Braggard & Underwood Families (RB)
9.30am Mass Margaret Sanders, RIP (LKW)
11.30am Mass Marian Payne, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 2 Monday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Intentions of Valerie Jarvis (VJ)
Tuesday 3 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Mary Braun, RIP (CC)
Wednesday 4 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Bridge Mulvihill, RIP (MC)
Thursday 5 Thursday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Lilian Hippard, RIP (SH)
Friday 6 Friday within the Octave of Easter
12Noon Mass Intentions of the Parishioners
NO Exposition/Holy Hour
Saturday 7 Saturday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Will & Vi coveney, RIP (Anniv)(MC)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
Second Sunday of Easter - Sunday 8th April - Divine Mercy
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Eileen Pearson, RIP (SP)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Simone Dann (AD)
9.30am Mass Tony Irons, RIP (Anniv) (JV)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
2.30pm Divine Mercy Devotions
NO Vespers & Benediction
St George’s Country Dance - Saturday 21st April
Organised by Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Social Committee, 7.30pm-10.30pm (doors open 7pm). Tickets £8 or family £25. Raffle. Bring your own nibbles & drinks. Live band ‘The Musicmakers’ with caller. Tickets from Phyllis 07969 465518, Darrell 07825 686249, Irene 07449 471612.
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.
Women’s World Day of Prayer Service
The Women’s World Day of Prayer Service will be held at the Salvation Army, Clarence Road, Southend on Sea at 10.30am on Friday 27th April. The Deputy Mayor and Mayoress Councillor and Mrs Derek Jarvis will attend.
Lenten Lunches
The CWL would like to thank all those who participated in the 2018 Lenten Lunches, they were a great success. The £400 raised has been donated to our various charities. We look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Prayer Vigil for Vocations
St. George’s, Shoeburyness are holding a Prayer Vigil for Vocations on Saturday 21st April. Beginning with Mass at 10am and followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 10.30am. We will then finish with Benediction at 4pm.
All are most warmly welcome to come and join us as we pray for Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
Lloyd Rodney, RIP who died on 23rd February. His Funeral Service will be held on Thursday 12th April at 11am followed by committal at Sutton Cemetery.
Jonathan Grindley, RIP who died on 6th March. His Funeral Service will be held on Monday 16th April at 2.15pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
We pray for our sick
Anne Currid, David Gurney, Maureen Gooding, Paul Keane, 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, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Dympna Addecott, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Maria Clark, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Edward Martin, Johnnie Pool, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Josephine Griggs, Noel Kolb,Colleen Worley, Antonella McConalogue, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Dawn Deleigh, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Lorraine Hart, 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, Hugh Isaacs and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Connie Price, Frazer Gregory, baby Talia Emery and Hattie Seymour.
Please Pray for the Dead on their anniversaries
Fr Ronald Roberts, Canon Charles Loughran, Deacon Geoffrey Piper, Eugene Read, Winifred Maguire, Albert Thorne, Ronald Black, Daisy Spicer, Vera Stuart, Lt Cdr James Scott, Marjorie Bowen, Leslie Poole, Stella Finn, Jean Bethell, Pope John Paul II, Vi Coveney, Christine Fisher, Donald McMahon, Catherine Nelson, Baby Ben Blaker, Catherine Dace, Nora White, Charles Thompson, Elizabeth Tyrell, Bernard Foley, Peggy Cockerell, Robert Lee, Kitty Stanley, Patricia Quinn, Patrick Dunbar, Dr Ronnie Shapiro, Leslie Drayton, Rene Sanctuary, Harry McNally, Rose Brinkley, Donald Cussen, Mary McKenzie, Michael Maloney, Miriam Cunniffe, Marjorie Pollard, James Tully, John Welham, Laurence Westwood & Will Coveney.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Dear Friends in christ
This weekend we begin the Great Week, Holy Week. It is the culmination of the Lenten season and the high point of the Christian year. Today we are going up to Jerusalem, to accompany our Lord in his Passion and Death. We can follow all of His actions and words as He sacrifices Himself for the salvation of the world. We all need to be generous in the amount of time we give to prayer, reflection and worship during this Week. The main liturgical focus, as always, are the ceremonies of the Sacred Triduum: Maundy Thursday evening Mass, followed by watching at the Altar of Repose; the Solemn Liturgical Action on Good Friday afternoon and the Easter Vigil late on Holy Saturday. Please pray for all those who will enter the Communion of the Catholic Church this Easter, especially in our Diocese of Brentwood. This year, those who are preparing for Reception into the Church in our own Parish will be Received later in the Easter Season, so not during the Easter Vigil this year.
Dear Friends in christ
This weekend we begin the Great Week, Holy Week. It is the culmination of the Lenten season and the high point of the Christian year. Today we are going up to Jerusalem, to accompany our Lord in his Passion and Death. We can follow all of His actions and words as He sacrifices Himself for the salvation of the world. We all need to be generous in the amount of time we give to prayer, reflection and worship during this Week. The main liturgical focus, as always, are the ceremonies of the Sacred Triduum: Maundy Thursday evening Mass, followed by watching at the Altar of Repose; the Solemn Liturgical Action on Good Friday afternoon and the Easter Vigil late on Holy Saturday. Please pray for all those who will enter the Communion of the Catholic Church this Easter, especially in our Diocese of Brentwood. This year, those who are preparing for Reception into the Church in our own Parish will be Received later in the Easter Season, so not during the Easter Vigil this year.
As we move through the events of this Holy Week, it is always helpful to remember that Jesus suffered all of this for love of me, personally. As man, he suffered all that it was humanly possible to suffer; as God, those sufferings become redemptive suffering with an infinite value. Let us prize this salvation which Jesus has won for us, and live in deepest gratitude during this Holy Week, and subsequent Eastertide, for all that has been done for us. God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD - Sunday 25th March
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass René Van Montfort (M&JMcC)
9.30am Mass Bill Pearson, RIP (SP)
11.30am Mass Kay Dodd, RIP (CC)
(preceded by Blessing & Procession of Palms)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 26 Monday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Ernest & Phyllis Cheeseman, RIP (CC)
Confessions after Mass
Tuesday 27 Tuesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Intentions of John & Renata Butler (T&RO’C)
Confessions after Mass
Wednesday 28 Wednesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass John Mansfield, RIP (PM)
Confessions after Mass
Thursday 29 Maundy Thursday
9.00am Office of Lauds
8.00pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper - Barbara Sheaf, RIP (UO’K)
Watching at Altar of Repose until Midnight; Confessions; Compline 11.45pm
Friday 30 Good Friday
9.00am Office of Readings & Lauds
10.00am Children’s Way of the Cross
3.00pm Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion
8.00pm Way of the Cross
Confessions after all Services
Saturday 31 Holy Saturday
9am Office of Readings & Lauds
Confessions 10-12 Noon
8.30pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter - The People of the Parish
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
EASTER SUNDAY - Sunday 1st April
8.00am Mass Deceased relatives & loved ones of Bragard & Underwood Families (RB)
9.30am Mass Margaret Sanders, RIP (LW)
11.30am Mass Marian Payne, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jacky Hoggett & Eileen Wilson
Folders Angie Martin & Joseph Martin
A Day with Mary - Saturday 7 April - Our Lady of Canvey & English Martyrs, Long Road, Canvey Island
A DAY WITH MARY is an open day of prayer held in a Catholic church or shrine. It emphasises worship of the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to Our Lady. You are welcome to join the event for a little while or for the whole day.
It includes the Mass, Scripture, Rosary, Meditations on the Passion, Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction, Processions of the Blessed Sacrament and of Our Lady, Act of Consecration, Theological Instructions, Hymns, a programme on the story of Fatima and periods of rest with refreshments. The Sacrament of Penance is readily available. There is a bookstall and the opportunity to enrol in the Brown Scapular (consecration to Our Lady) and Miraculous Medal if so wished.
Vacancy
Person required for paid position of Admin Manager in the offices of Holy Family Parish, Benfleet. 20 hours p.w. timing of work can be negotiated. If you – or any of your family/friends – are interested, please first contact
Fr. Eduard Fartan on 01268 792082 or the office on 01268 799649 – or send an email to priest@holyfamily-church.org for a job description and person specification. You should then send in your CV, with a covering letter demonstrating how your experience and skills match the essential requirements and attributes of the role. Closing date for CVs/applications is Tuesday 3rd April.