Serving the Homeless
Our Grand Summer Draw raffle tickets are still available from any Committee member. The draw will take place at our meeting on Monday 3rd September. Tickets cost £1, £5 for a book of tickets.
Our next event is an Indian meal at the Yak and Yeti restaurant in London Road, Leigh on Thursday 13th September at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £15 and are available from Jo 474062, Linda 558217, Nina 472536 or Theresa 335122.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Brian Mountier
Folders: Maureen Ward & Clare English
Parish Evangelisation Team (PET)
All members of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish are considered members of the Parish Evangelisation Team. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month (bar August) in the Parish Centre from 8-9pm and everyone is welcome! The next meeting takes place soon - Thursday, 6th September. Please join us! Come and hear of initiatives being planned for the weeks and months ahead to help us better understand and appreciate our Catholic faith and to help increase our desire and confidence to share our Faith with others. A short period of prayer and contemplation in the church before the Blessed Sacrament concludes Parish Evangelisation Team meetings which end promptly at 9.00pm.
Lourdes Ladies Group
Next Meeting, Thursday 6th September in the Parish Centre from 10.30am. All women in the Parish welcome.
We have a magical morning planned to start the new season with a special Guest appearance from Paul Clancy who will be giving a talk and demonstration on his skills as a Professional Magician and entertainer extraordinaire! Do come along and enjoy the fun, subscriptions only £1. Enquiries: Cynthia Bush.
The Mass – New from Bishop Barron
There will be a screening of the new Bishop Barron series, The Mass, where we will walk through the Liturgy with Bishop Barron and see how the Mass brings us out of the fallen world and into the heavenly realm.
The Mass series will help you understand how to fully, consciously, and actively participate in the source and summit of the Christian life, and, most importantly, how we are intimately joined with the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus through the Holy Eucharist.
The series will be shown in 3 parts, starting at 8pm on Monday 10th September 2018 in the Parish Centre. Please join us!
Charity Meal in aid of Nazareth House
The Knights of Saint Columba are organising a charity meal to support the exemplary work of the Sisters of Nazareth. The meal will take place at the East Asian Restaurant, 33 Alexandra Street, Southend SS1 1BW, on Tuesday, 25th September, 7pm for 7:30pm. Eat as much as you like buffet style Asian cuisine (some English dishes available) - £16 per person. Drinks extra, available from the bar. Spectacular raffle, tickets sold on the night. Please book your place by contacting – Liam Rand 07952 954833 – Mark Moulding 01702 344965 – Sandy Rand 07875 124159 or email: liam.rand@btopenworld.com
First Holy Communion 2018/2019
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.
There will be a parent’s meeting on Thursday 20th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre for those parents who have registered their child for First Holy Communion next year.
Parish Centre
Teas and coffees will be available in the Parish Centre from next Monday, 3rd September. Rotas are available from the back of Church.
Tea on the Terrace
Tickets now on sale for this popular annual event! Come and enjoy a delicious tea in the Parish Centre on 8th September for only £8 Adult, £25 Family Ticket. On sale after Masses at the weekend or contact Cynthia 01702 477384 or Jan 01702 478105. A few tickets left for this popular Parish event!
A Day of Reflection & Enrichment for Readers
Calling all who read the Words of Scripture at Mass. A day of reflection and enrichment has been arranged to take place at The Becket Centre, Woodford Green on Saturday 20th October led by Dr Marian Tolley from Shrewsbury Diocese. Marian has travelled throughout Britain running courses for Readers for many years; has a highly respected reputation for running work-shops in liturgical music; the training of deacons and for speaking on various topics relating to the liturgy. The day will start at 10am with registration & refreshments and will end at 4pm. Please bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee will be available during the day. If you are interested, please give your name to the Parish Office as car-sharing may be available.
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) ‘Awareness Month’ 2018
‘Awareness Month’ is our annual opportunity to highlight the SVP’s presence in our local parishes and communities and promote a deeper appreciation and understanding of our work. This in turn can help people who are in need of support to know how to contact us, and those who may be thinking about joining the Society to take their interest further.
Founded in Paris in 1833 by Blessed Frederic Ozanam and taking St Vincent de Paul as its patron, the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) is a Christ-centred organisation made up of almost 10,000 volunteers across England and Wales. While every local group or ‘Conference’ is unique, our mission is the same; to seek and find those in need, to help them in the spirit of justice and to tackle the causes of poverty where we can.
With Christian values at our core, staff and Members of the St Vincent de Paul Society work in a variety of different ways including visiting and befriending the lonely and housebound, supporting individuals and families in financial need as well as supporting vital work overseas (e.g. the recent Kerala flood disaster). Our Annual Appeal will be made at Masses in the parish on 15th & 16th September. If you would like to know more about the work that takes place in your local Conference please get in touch with Francis O’Brien, Tel. 01702-552373.
We Pray for our Sick
Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Frank Maguire, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Christine Robinson, Rosemary Bragard, Mark Wilson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, 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, 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
Canon Cyril Shepherd, Fr Patrick Cavanagh, Mgr Michael Wilson, Harry Hammond, Kathleen Law, Victor Parrish, Anne Hall, John Mulhern, Noel Crighton, Anthony Cummins, Judith Davies, Mary Birkins & Edith Murray.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Twenty-First Sunday in ordinary time
Dear Friends in christ
This Sunday brings us to the reading of the final part of chapter six of St John’s Gospel. This discourse on The Bread of Life has been read over these last five weeks and helps us to understand what Jesus would do on the night before He died. I hope that the reflections over these weeks of the Summer have helped deepen our own appreciation of what happens at Mass. You can revisit the Homilies via the Parish website or at iTunes.
Dear Friends in christ
This Sunday brings us to the reading of the final part of chapter six of St John’s Gospel. This discourse on The Bread of Life has been read over these last five weeks and helps us to understand what Jesus would do on the night before He died. I hope that the reflections over these weeks of the Summer have helped deepen our own appreciation of what happens at Mass. You can revisit the Homilies via the Parish website or at iTunes.
Jesus is truly the Bread of Life that gives life to the world, and difficult as this doctrine sometimes sounds, it is the logical consequence of the Incarnation. God wished to live among His people by becoming Man, and He wishes to continue this presence amongst us in and through the Blessed Eucharist. The Blessed Sacrament is at the very heart of the Church, both in a theological sense - as the source and summit of the Christian life - and also at the central point of our churches so that we can encounter Jesus-with-us whenever we visit a Catholic church.
This weekend in Dublin there is taking place the World Meeting of Families and on this Sunday Pope Francis will be celebrating the closing Mass of these days of reflection on Marriage and family life. We remember all those, especially from our own Diocese, who are participating in this event and pray that there will be many and clear fruits from this Meeting for the Church for the time ahead.
God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Sunday 26th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Rose Wilde, RIP (TO’B)
9.30am Mass Rebecca Clarke, RIP (BH)
11.30am Mass Jim Scott, RIP (Anniv) (MS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 27 St Monica
10.00am Mass, Bill Pearson, RIP (SP)
Tuesday 28 St Augustine, Bp, D
9.00am Mass Marian Payne, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
Wednesday 29 The Passion of St John the Baptist
9.00am Mass Margaret Randall, RIP (Anniv) (C&AB)
Thursday 30 Ss Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line & Margaret Ward, Mm
9.00am Mass Intentions of Ian & Maura Irwin (CB)
Friday 31 St Aidan, Bp and the Saints of Lindisfarne
12Noon Mass Intentions of Noel Stanley & Sophie Hine (M&BH)
Saturday 1 September St Sebbi, King of the East Saxons
10.00am Mass John & Pat Moon & Valerie Griggs, RIP (SM)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - Sunday 2nd September
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil William Underwood, RIP (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Frederick Freeman, RIP (MF)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Vito, Eugene & Anna Siani, RIP (RB)
4.00pm Mass Helen Hiscock, RIP (Anniv) - Extraordinary Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Sea of Voices Choir
Now the choir has said goodbye to Alice, our first musical director, we welcome Adam Carstairs as her successor, previously providing the musical accompaniment to the choir. We do urgently need someone to take over Adam’s previous role playing keyboards for when we return after the Summer break in September.
We also would welcome new members to the choir. No auditions - we don’t bite, we sing! Anyone who is interested or know someone who might be please contact Darrell on 07825686249.
HARP
Southend’s Leading Homeless Charity have a street collection on Saturday, 13th October 2018, 10am to 4pm, in Leigh-on-Sea at the junction of Broadway West and Elm Road. We would be very grateful for any help collecting for HARP. No experience required. If you are available for a couple of hours or longer please contact Lisa Walton 01702415834 lisa.walton@harpsouthend.org.uk
Serving the Homeless
Our Grand Summer Draw raffle tickets are still available from any Committee member. The draw will take place at our meeting on Monday 3rd September. Tickets cost £1, £5 for a book of tickets.
Our next event is an Indian meal at the Yak and Yeti restaurant in London Road, Leigh on Thursday 13th September at 7.30 pm. Tickets cost £15 and are available from Jo 474062, Linda 558217, Nina 472536 or Theresa 335122.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett
Folders: Bobby Newman & Emma Beardsell