Dates for your Diary
Sunday 3rd June Corpus Christi Procession 4.00pm
Thursday 7th June Parish Evangelisation Team Meeting (PET) 7.30pm
Sunday 1st July Parish AGM
Flower Festival Saturday 16th June
The Church will remain open all day on Friday 15th June for people to come and install their window displays. We would be grateful for any donations of flowers from parishioners to be left in the old baptistry on Friday. Thank you. Jo & Theresa
St Bernard’s High School - A Catholic Academy for Arts and Science
St Bernard’s High School Open Morning – 21st June 2018, 10.30am-12.30pm
Are you a qualified teacher with availability to teach at St Bernard’s High School on an ad-hoc basis? Please come along to our Open Morning on Thursday 21st June for Tea and Cake, where you will be given the opportunity to see our school in action. Please contact Mrs H Bennett, Assistant Head Teacher either on 01702 343583 or email hjb@stbernards.southend.sch.uk to advise that you will be attending or for further information. We look forward to meeting you.
Annual Procession of The Blessed Sacrament - Sunday 3rd June 4.00pm
Accompanied by the Tilbury Brass Band. Followed by Tea in the Parish Centre.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett
Folders: Bobby Newman & Emma Beardsell
Serving the Homeless
At our Afternoon Tea on 14th June we will be saying goodbye and wishing a happy retirement to Gill Garwood, the CEO of HARP. A presentation will be made to her from STH. Also there will be the new CEO, Jacky Squires. If you would like tickets, costing £12 each, please contact Nina Bridgeman on 01702 472536.
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.
Annual Collection for our Sick and Retired Clergy - 2nd/3rd June
The Sick & Retired Clergy Fund is part of the Diocesan Charity which helps and supports our retired and sick clergy. As a Charity we rely on the generosity of the Parishes and individual donations to keep the Fund in a healthy state. Another valuable means is by including a bequest in your Will; a Form of Bequest can be found on page 36 of the Brentwood Diocesan Directory. Your generosity through donations, the annual collection and bequests is greatly appreciated.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
DANNY KELLY, RIP who died on Friday 18th May. His Requiem Mass will be held on Monday 11th June at 10am followed by committal at Southend Cemetery.
HENRY HERBERT, RIP. His body will be received into the Church on Tuesday 12th June at 4pm and his Requiem Mass will be held on Wednesday 13th June at 10am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
MARGARET CORNELL, RIP who died on Wednesday 30th May. Her Requiem Mass will be held on Friday 15th June at 10am followed by committal at Southend Cemetery.
ARTHUR MILLS, RIP who died on Monday 14th May. His body will be received into the Church on Tuesday 19th June at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will be held on Wednesday 20th June at 10.45am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
We pray for our sick
Margaret Owens, Basil Emmerson, 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 Jerome Deady, Fr Edmund Tyler, BishopJohn Petot, Terry Wilson, Charles Mann, Thomas Donnolly, Elsie Hall, Lee Schiller, Joan Holdstock, Gladys Hanger, Dr Jack Hesketh-Beasley, Alice Quinlan, Margaret Gibson, Mrs Anne Hughes, Mollie Cosgrove, Margaret Keniry, Kathleen Owen, Kathleen Denyer, John Mudd, Bertram Barrett, May Lobb, James McKeon, Edith Turner, Richard Neagle, Laura Groves, Nora Murphy, Catherine Weston, Kathleen Lee, Ray Parascandolo & Irene Chessher.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
The Most Holy Trinity
Dear Friends in christ
This Sunday’s celebration is the summation of all the mysteries of the Christian Faith: The Blessed Trinity. In The Trinity we see our final destination: to live the family life of God. This is our happiness on earth,
and our hope of Heaven. We already share the Divine life here by our participation in the Sacraments, and this will be completed on the day when we enter eternal life with God.
Dear Friends in christ
This Sunday’s celebration is the summation of all the mysteries of the Christian Faith: The Blessed Trinity. In The Trinity we see our final destination: to live the family life of God. This is our happiness on earth, and our hope of Heaven. We already share the Divine life here by our participation in the Sacraments, and this will be completed on the day when we enter eternal life with God.
Our prayerful good wishes go to all of our young people who have received the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation over the last two weekends. I would like especially to thank those who had any part in preparing them for these celebrations of Christian Initiation; especially those involved directly with their catechesis. For certain, within their preparation, they have received a good formation in faith and the spiritual life. We are proud of our young people and we pray and hope that they are equipped for the next stage of their life of faith. They constitute the Church for today and the future.
Next Sunday is the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. The fact that this particular feast continues to be celebrated on a Sunday means that the entire family of the Church can celebrate it with the beauty and dignity deserving of this great Mystery, The Mystery of Faith! Next Sunday afternoon we shall make our annual Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. Our First Communion children are given pride-of-place but it is an occasion for the entire Parish Family to gather, kneel and walk with, Our Blessed Lord. Also, it is an excellent act of witness to our Faith especially in a time when we are thinking more about ways in which we can show the world the beauty of our Catholic Faith!
May God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
The Most Holy Trinity
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY - Sunday 27th May
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Alfredo Tisi, RIP (LO&GB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Adrian Dann, RIP (MD)
9.30am Mass Barbara Sheaf, RIP (CH)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 28 Feria
10.00am Mass Jennifer Poole, RIP (PO’S)
Tuesday 29 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Pedro Ayerbe (CB)
Wednesday 30 THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
9.00am Mass Mass of Thanksgiving for Fr Kevin & Clergy (MH)
Thursday 31 DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
ST MARY & ST HELEN, BRENTWOOD
9.00am Mass Barbara Sheaf, RIP (MS)
Friday 1 June St Justin, M - First Friday
12Noon Mass Intentions of the Parishioners (CWL)
12.30pm Exposition after Mass
8.00-9.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
followed by Exposition until midnight for Vocations
Saturday 2 Ss Marcellinus and Peter, Mm
10.00am Mass Intentions of Gilberte Cook (SD)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - Corpus Christi - Sunday 3rd June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Winnie Barrett, RIP (RO’S)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Stella Mary Hale, RIP (CF)
9.30am Mass Frank Baynes, RIP (MS)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4.00pm Corpus Christi Procession
NO Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Counters & Folders
Counters: Bob Hall & Sandra Hippard
Folders: Tom O’Callaghan & Rita O’Callaghan
Sion Community, Brentwood - Work and Pray
We invite you to come and join us for a few days between 18th - 29th June at our centre in Brentwood (Essex, CM15 9BX) and take the opportunity to spend some time with us in prayer and experience living in our Community, as well as helping us by doing a variety of manual jobs around the building and gardens. It would be great if you could come along, please contact:
Mary on admin@sioncommunity.org.uk / 01277 215011.
REFRAME Workshop - 2nd June at the Campion School, Hornchurch 10am to 3pm
Its tough when you’re asked about a controversial issue. Catholic Voices exists to equip Catholics to use controversy as an opportunity to tell the church’s story with clarity and charity. Sign up https://doodle.com/poll/zhmvqkyfyvi8shc5 or email adeleangel@dioceseofbrentwood.org
Annual Procession of The Blessed Sacrament - Sunday 3rd June 4.00pm
Accompanied by the Tilbury Brass Band. Followed by Tea in the Parish Centre.
Dates for your Diary
Sunday 3rd June - Corpus Christi Procession 4.00pm
Thursday 7th June - Parish Evangelisation Team Meeting (PET) 7.30pm
Sunday 1st July - Parish AGM
St Bernard’s High School - A Catholic Academy for Arts and Science
St Bernard’s High School Open Morning – 21st June 2018, 10.30am-12.30pm
Are you a qualified teacher with availability to teach at St Bernard’s High School on an ad-hoc basis? Please come along to our Open Morning on Thursday 21st June for Tea and Cake, where you will be given the opportunity to see our school in action. Please contact Mrs H Bennett, Assistant Head Teacher either on 01702 343583 or email hjb@stbernards.southend.sch.uk to advise that you will be attending or for further information. We look forward to meeting you.