Live Simply craft and cake sale
Many thanks to all who supported our sale after Mass last week. A fantastic £130.25 was raised for RSN (refugee support network) from the cakes, and £380.10 for KOFUP (the Kenyan orphan fund and Ugandan project).
Father Fiacra
A dinner has been booked for Wednesday 26th September at Il Padrino’s in Westcliff. This will be for the benefit of Father Fiacra and his mission. Many will remember Father Fiacra from his visits to St Peters whenever he returned to the UK from Malawi. The cost of the two course meal will be £15, which will include a donation to Father Fiacra. I know that you will be happy to support him. I do hope you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing you. Please call John or Louise Gloyne on 01702 332694 or email lougloyne@gmail.com
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 Steve on 0792 939 1890. Thank you.
The Little company of Mary, Westcliff - Temporary Cook Part-time
Current hours 8.30-13.30, Saurday and Sunday - 10 hours. May also need to be available for a few evenings per week for supper preparation. Essential - an up-to-date enhanced DBS is required. Telephone 01702 341537, Sr Vivien Jones or Sue Carnie, Manager, or email westcliffcm@hotmail.com
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the June draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 24 Mrs M Maguire
2nd Prize £100 79 Mr G Dillon
3rd Prize £75 34 Mrs J Allard
4th Prize £50 104 Mr C Regan
5th Prize £25 91 Mrs M Foyster
The 200 Club continues to provide funds to support the running of the Parish Centre. Forms are available from the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
The Catholic Mothers Apostolate
The Catholic Mothers Apostolate is offering a retreat for teen girls and their mums. Join them at Aylesford Priory in October for a day dedicated to learning more about women’s issues, including what it means to be a Catholic woman; how to improve mother-daughter communication; how fertility affects our lives at every stage; and how to grow in the faith.
Mums and daughters will have plenty of time to talk through the issues together and build their relationship, as well as meet other Catholic mothers and daughters. Tickets are £120 per mother-daughter pair, with an Early Bird rate of £100. Visit https://www.tickettailor.com/events/catholicmothers/177368 for more details.
Summer Lourdes 2018 – the “virtual pilgrimage”
From Tuesday 24th to Saturday 29th July the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service (BCYS) will present short online videos allowing you to catch the flavour of the Diocesan pilgrimage, led by Bishop Alan. The homily from each Mass, interviews with pilgrims from all ages, and clips to help you pray and reflect will all be available. To find the links, go to www.bcys.net or find BCYS on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. You can also watch “Lourdes TV” to see Mass at the Grotto (Tuesday 24th, 7.30am UK time); the Torchlight procession (Tuesday 24th, 8.00pm) and the Blessed Sacrament Procession (Wednesday 25th, 4.00pm) as well as Tour de France, starting from Lourdes (Friday 27th, 8am – 11am).
The link is www.lourdes-france.org/en/tv-lourdes
Gift Aid
Last week we received a substantial donation in the collection in a white envelope. This was marked “Gift Aid please”. We are unable to reclaim tax unless we have full details of the donor. There are white envelopes that can be used for this purpose at the back of the church. If the donor would like to complete one of the envelopes and return it to the office we will, of course, reclaim the tax.
First Holy Communion 2019
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2019, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website, under Sacraments, and return it to the Parish Office no later than Friday 7th September.
We Pray for our Sick
Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Christine Robinson, Rosemary Bragard, Mark Wilson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Mabel Addecott, Pat Lynch, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Maureen Deekes, Tina Doveaston, 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, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Lorraine Hart, Wyn McCafferty, Linda Dean, Annie Holland, Martha Braun, Jane Jowers, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, 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, Mick Cordingley, Ernie Worsley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Connie Price & Frazer Gregory.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Boardman Jones, Fr Michael Hannon, Fr Dermot Moore, Fr James Cooney, Fr John Harding, Fr Godfrey Anstruther OP, Winifred Martin, Marian Bukowski, Leonard Betts, Arthur Koch, William Rhodes, David Hall, Eva Bartley, Silvester Smolarczyk, Marie Ann Brand, John Maguire, Stefan Nowacki, John O’Brien, Gertrude Mortelman, Daisy Houlihan, Frederick Hardy, Mrs Pearle, David Bavin, Margaret Hughes, Bertha Dokk-Olsen, Emma Alexander, Mirren Button, Basil Hall, Ruth Lambert & Rory Forge.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in christ
All Baptised people can apply to ourselves the words of St Paul: He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and spotless before Him. Through Baptism and Confirmation, all of the Christian faithful make-up God’s priestly people. So the task with which the first disciples were entrusted is for every one of us; it isn’t a matter of just the ‘professionals’ doing this work of making Jesus known and loved, but this work is entrusted to all of us.
Dear Friends in christ
All Baptised people can apply to ourselves the words of St Paul: He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and spotless before Him. Through Baptism and Confirmation, all of the Christian faithful make-up God’s priestly people. So the task with which the first disciples were entrusted is for every one of us; it isn’t a matter of just the ‘professionals’ doing this work of making Jesus known and loved, but this work is entrusted to all of us. Over these weeks, during the liturgy, we hear how God sends His Prophets to call the people of Israel back from their waywardness to the Truth. All of us Baptised have been given the threefold charisms of being Priestly, Kingly and Prophetic. That is: priestly to make holy this world right where God has placed us, kingly to guide and help those who have been entrusted to us; prophetic to tell others about Jesus Christ and His Kingdom. All of us together, constitute the Family of the Church, each of us in our particular roles, building-up the Body of Christ so that He may be exalted and loved in the world.
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Sunday 15th July
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Bill & Josie Russell, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am Mass Pamina Edgeley, RIP
11.30am Mass Margaret Cornell, RIP (MW)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
6.15pm Body in Church David Gurney, RIP
Monday 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel
11.00am Requiem Mass David Gurney, RIP
Tuesday 17 Feria
9.00am Mass Charles & Alice Whitefield, RIP (FM)
Wednesday 18 Feria
9.00am Mass Andrew Regan, RIP (MR)
Thursday 19 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Kenneth Lee An-tzan (KL)
Friday 20 St Apollinarius, Bp, M
12Noon Mass Carole Nixon, RIP (RG)
Saturday 21 St Lawrence of Brindisi, Pr, D
10.00am Mass Intentions of Blake Mackay & Victoria Dann (SD)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Sunday 22nd July
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Teresa O’Brien, RIP (SW)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Sean & Josie Gavin (AC)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Bridget Jones & Family (AT)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Lourdes Ladies Group
At our final meeting on 19th July, prior to the summer holidays, we are celebrating with a Strawberry & Prosecco morning, plus music by Elizabeth Dunlop and her group of singers. Enquiries to cynthiabush11@googlemail.com
Tea/Coffee & Homemade Cakes
Every Monday, Wednesday (by the Carmelites) & Thursday after 9am Mass. Why not pop into the Parish Centre, meet friends and enjoy coffee and cake!
Sea of Voices Community Choir
Our Community Choir takes its summer break after 25th July and also says farewell to our choir director Alice who will be going to Goldsmiths Hall in September to start her degree. Past and present choir members are invited to our farewell presentation to Alice on Wednesday 25th July from 7.45pm onwards. The choir starts back in early September with Adam Carstairs as our new director. New members will also be very welcome to join us! Any enquiries to Darrell Binding, 07825686249.
Serving the Homeless
We have started to sell tickets for our annual Raffle, top prize £150; other prizes include a hamper of French Food and Wine and a Champagne picnic basket. Please look out for committee members after Sunday masses.