St Helens to St George's Sponsored Walk for the BCCS and CAFOD 'Share the Journey'
The annual parish to parish sponsored walk to raise funds for the Brentwood Catholic Children's Society (BCCS) takes place on Saturday 2nd June. We will gather at St Helens for 10am Mass, and set off afterwards around 10.45am with Father Joseph for an approximate five and a half miles walk along the seafront to Shoeburyness where we will finish the walk with refreshments in the parish hall at St George's after midday. All participants will receive a certificate at the end from Julie of the BCCS.
To take part, to receive registration and sponsor forms, and for more information, please contact Damian of the Knights of St Columba (07887 678741 / damian.dillon@btinternet.com). Registration is free, and any sponsorship raised will go direct to the BCCS. This year we will be combining the walk with the CAFOD Share the Journey campaign to show solidarity with refugees to count the miles we walk collectively, and to sign a card to go to the Prime Minister calling for agreements to be made at the United Nations for refugees and migration.
Visit cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Share-the-Journey for more information. We hope you can join us to support these two causes this year.
Flower Festival 16th June 2018
Thank-you to everyone who has volunteered to take on a window display for the Flower Festival, or to help with the refreshments.
Nearer the time, we will be asking people who are not already doing a display to contribute some flowers or garden greenery to help with the displays.
Thanks for all the encouragement and support. Jo & Theresa
OLOL Women’s Group
Our next Meeting is on Thursday 24th May from 10.30 am. All Women welcome!Enjoy tea/coffee/cake and meet friends new and old! A small donation of £1 each week is requested.
Next week Jo Ronan will be giving one of her interesting and stimulating talks, plus we have lots of time for discussion and chat. Any enquiries contact Cynthia: twobushes@talktalk.net. or cynthiabush11@googlemail.com.
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. There are still a few places available. Please ask for more details from the Parish Office.
Tea/Coffee & Homemade Cakes
Every Monday & Thursday after 9am Mass. Why not pop into the Parish Centre, meet friends and enjoy coffee and cake!
An evening with Dame Joanna Bogle
Thursday 7th June at St Peter’s Catholic Church, Eastwood.
7.30pm Mass from Divine Worship:The Missal
8.15pm Dame Joanna speaks
9.00pm Coffee and Questions
9.30pm Blessing & Depart
Joanna Bogle is a respected and lively Catholic writer, speaker, broadcaster, and historian. She will be giving a talk on the importance of Walsingham for the Catholic church in England today, in preparation for the rededication of England as Mary’s Dowry in 2020. You can follow her blog on
Parish Centre - call for help one hour per week
To keep the Parish Centre looking pristine and clean, we are looking for some more volunteers to help support the existing cleaning team. No heavy lifting involved. If you are able to help your support would be much appreciated. Please contact the Parish Office or Steve on 0792 939 1890. Thank you.
Serving the Homeless
Our next event is an Afternoon Tea to be held in the Park View Suite in Chalkwell Park on Thursday 14th June at 2 pm. Tickets cost £12 and are available from Jo 474062, Linda 558217 or Nina 472536.
Church Access
Because of recent problems with theft and vandalism, the church is locked at 1pm each day. After that time it is possible to gain access through the door on the north side, using the security keypad, the number for which can be obtained from the Parish Office; please do not disclose the number to third parties.
First Holy Communion
We congratulate the children who recently made their First Holy Communion; please continue to pray for them as they grow in their faith, knowledge and love of God.
Ava Allen, Juan Ayerbe, Stephen Barella, Amelia Beardsell, Marley Bowles, William Britt, Theo Brookes, Harry Byran, Harry Carstairs, Evelyn Caswell, Courtney Davey-Bulmore, Evie Edwards, Megan Edwards, Poppy Edwards, Charlotte Fielder, Sidney Fisher, Martha Greer, Lola Hines, Laurence Jennings, Arianna Kean, Daniel Kwasnica, Eliseo La Monaca, Lola-Mae Lansley-Horton, Aleksander Marchel, Olivia McLaughlan, Kiera Morton, Stella Morton, Jude Mulhern, Fiacra Neville, Lucian Neville, Dominic Rice, Sebastian Rodger, Gabriella Rose, Tom Ryther, Erin Sedgwick, Kizzy Sheridan-Loughrey, Oliver Shields, Aaron Spurgeon, Joseph Stanes, Annabella Swift, Mackenzie Swift, Sammy Vanner-Smith, Mary Watts, Ben Williams & Eva Williams.
We pray for our sick
Joseph Martin, Christine Robinson, Rosemary Bragard, Mark Wilson, Noel Kolby, John Lavery, David Gurney, Paul Keane,Maureen Gooding, Mabel Addecott, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, Maureen Deekes, Noel Fagan, 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, Maria Clark, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Chas Taylor,Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnnie Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs,Josephine Griggs, Colleen Worley, Dawn Deleigh, Antonella McConalogue, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Lorraine Hart, Wyn McCafferty, Linda Dean, Annie Holland, Martin Buckley, Martha Braun, Jane Jowers, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, David Askew, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, David Kislingury, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Rosemary Arscott, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, 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
Canon Michael Fitzpatrick, Fr Brendan Sheppard, Mgr Canon William O’Grady, Fr Henry Peace, Fr Charles Carless, Fr Austin Thorburn, Anna Perkins, Robert Gammon, Zoe Conroy, Joseph Dray, Gertrude Caden, Eileen Hart, Christopher Buckingham, Murray Grant-Browning, Minnie Rowland, Derrick Amner, Cliff Falkus, Andrzej Sasiadek, Lyonel Winyard, Mary Lyons, Monica-Rose Smith, Kate Parr, Henry Smith, Lawrence Marshall, Elizabeth White, Rosa Betts, James Byrne, Jacqueline Cussen, Henrietta Bartley, Mary Pearce, Michael Farmer, Eleanora Ruggiero, Francis Bull, David Anthony Ward, Kathleen Reynolds & Frances Florence.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday 13th May 2018
We are in the days between the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven and Pentecost; days which are traditionally the Novena to God the Holy Spirit. Forty days after His Resurrection, Jesus returns to Heaven and prepares the Church for the sending of the Great Comforter. We pray during these days of Novena for the Church here on earth; that we may be faithful to the final injunction of Our Lord: proclaim the Gospel to the whole world. This is the core and essence for evangelisation: to tell the world - every human being - about the Person of Jesus Christ.These are the final days also, in the preparation of our young people who will receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation on Pentecost Day. I know you will pray for them, their Sponsors, and their families and Catechists who have all been involved in their formation and preparation.
Dear Friends in Christ
We are in the days between the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven and Pentecost; days which are traditionally the Novena to God the Holy Spirit. Forty days after His Resurrection, Jesus returns to Heaven and prepares the Church for the sending of the Great Comforter. We pray during these days of Novena for the Church here on earth; that we may be faithful to the final injunction of Our Lord: proclaim the Gospel to the whole world. This is the core and essence for evangelisation: to tell the world - every human being - about the Person of Jesus Christ.These are the final days also, in the preparation of our young people who will receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation on Pentecost Day. I know you will pray for them, their Sponsors, and their families and Catechists who have all been involved in their formation and preparation.
Every age is, and has been, a good age to be a member of the Church, because Christ is with His Church always, until the end of time. Our own times present very special challenges, but no more so than our forebears also experienced. We look to those who have gone before us, gain from their experience, and from those who are already in Heaven, seek their intercession. The sign of the Holy Spirit in the Church today, is our presence and membership of that same Body of Christ, and Her continued existence. We pray earnestly in these days: Veni Sancte Spiritus…come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts, and renew the face of the earth!
God bless you.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - Sunday 13th May
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Bernadette Dellar, RIP (J)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Joyce Wilkinson, RIP (Anniv) (PW)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Frank Baynes, RIP (BH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 14 ST MATTHIAS, Ap
9.00 Mass Barbara Sheaf, RIP (A&KE)
Tuesday 15 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Andrew Morton (JL)
Wednesday 16 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Frank & Maureen Maguire (FM)
Thursday 17 Feria
9.00am Mass Lilian & Jim Fegan, RIP (JC)
Friday 18 St John 1, P, M
12Noon Mass Thanksgiving for Rosalinda Williams (RW)
Saturday 19 St Dunstan, Bp
10.30am Mass First Holy Communion Mass
PENTECOST SUNDAY - Sunday 20th May
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Ann Campbell RIP, Ann Campbell Snr RIP, Carole Campbell, RIP
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Gwendoline Underwood, RIP (RB)
9.30am Mass Patrick Murphy, RIP (EC)
11.30am Mass Confirmation Mass - The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request