We Pray for our Sick
Janet Weale, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Frank Maguire, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Christine Robinson, Rosemary Bragard, Mark Wilson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Dympna 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, 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, Lorraine Hart,Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Linda Dean, Wyn McCafferty, 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 Bergin, Fr Anthony Mayston, Canon Frederick Gahagan, Fr John Ryan, Sylvia Jones, Dot Tooley, Anne Gibson, Frances Spriggs, Joseph Hayes, Queenie Kay, Christopher Hickey, Stella Smith, Bernard Ratcliff, Hing San Lan, Mary Collins, Elizabeth Parsons, James Hale, John Watters, Anna Tynan, John Fazio, Lilian John, Dora Loker, Margaret White, Ann Walker, Moira Costello, George Hobbs, Josh Overton, Winifred Lawson, Frederick Tewkesbury, Lilian Craven, Helen Bainbridge, James Fogarty, Charles Osborne, Marie Hall, Mary Byrne, José Costan, Joyce Wright, James Perry & Henry Bennett.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in christ
The liturgy of this Sunday is a call to absolute hope and confidence in God. Isaiah in the first reading lifts up his voice to comfort the Chosen People who are exiled. In the Gospel, Jesus brings hope to the man deaf and dumb by opening his ears and loosing his tongue. This openness is also necessary for us, so that we may hear God’s Word and proclaim it. Our ears have to be continually tuned-in to what God is saying, and our mouths ready to give an account of the Truth that we carry.
Dear Friends in christ
The liturgy of this Sunday is a call to absolute hope and confidence in God. Isaiah in the first reading lifts up his voice to comfort the Chosen People who are exiled. In the Gospel, Jesus brings hope to the man deaf and dumb by opening his ears and loosing his tongue. This openness is also necessary for us, so that we may hear God’s Word and proclaim it. Our ears have to be continually tuned-in to what God is saying, and our mouths ready to give an account of the Truth that we carry.
This weekend in Liverpool a National Eucharist Congress - Adoremus - is taking place, the first in our country for over a hunted years. It is being attended by all our Bishops and a small group from our own Parish will be participating. Over the weekend there will be workshops, seminars and lectures all around the mystery of the Blessed Eucharist. There will be extended periods of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Pontifical Masses and the conclusion on Sunday will be a Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Liverpool with an estimated 5,000 participants. Please join with us there spiritually at Mass, and in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, so that with Jesus in the Eucharist at the heart of the Church and of our Parishes, we may be renewed in mind and heart.
God bless you all and with an assurance of my prayers at the Eucharistic Congress!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary time
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 9th September
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Mary de Souza, RIP (ZD’S)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Bill Pearson, RIP (SP)
9.30am Mass Arthur Mills, RIP (DL)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 10 Feria
9.00am Mass Frank & Ann Ryan, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
Tuesday 11 Feria
9.00am Mass Matthew & Heidi Johnson - Silver Wedding Anniversary (MJ)
Wednesday 12 The Most Holy Name of Mary
9.00am Mass William & Maxine Haiser - 20th Wedding Anniversary (M&WH)
Thursday 13 St John Chrysostom, Bp, D
9.00am Mass Intentions of Mary McDermott (SG)
Friday 14 EXALTATION (TRIUMPH) OF THE HOLY CROSS
9.15am Mass Winnie Barrett, RIP (MF) - with Our Lady of Lourdes School
Saturday 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
10.00am Mass Henryk Konieczka, RIP (Anniv) (MS)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 16th Sept.
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Frank & Maureen Maguire (RO’C)
9.30am Mass Pamina Edgeley, RIP (SN)
11.30am Mass Lucy Paveley, RIP (Anniv) (LL)
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. From this week onwards choir is on a Thursday, starting on 13th September, 7.45pm for 8pm start.
Come and Pray for Vocations at our Deanery Holy Hour
This coming Wednesday, 12th September at 7.30pm at Our Lady of Lourdes Church (1 Cliffsea Grove, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 1NG). All are welcome, whether you are discerning a vocation to the priesthood or want to pray for those who are. This event will include a Vocations testimony from Rev Mgr Canon Kevin Hale, VG.
LET IT BE – DONE UNTO ME – ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD
"Mary once gave us the Saviour of the World, today she helps us to be filled with the Spirit of God”.
Join the Deanery Stewards of the Gospel Group at Nazareth House for an inspiring TV quality exploration of Mary, past and present. Filmed on location in Walsingham, the Holy Land, Ephesus, Rome, Montserrat, Lourdes and Knock.6 sessions starting on Monday 8th October at Nazareth House – 7:30pm start in the main hall. Session 1 – Chosen By God; Session 2 – The First Disciple; Session 3 – Mother Of All; Session 4 – Queen of Heaven; Session 5 – Help of christians. Our final session will concentrate on Miracles. Each film is 25 minutes approximately long to be followed by a Q&A discussion. Input from experts such as Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, Mgr John Armitage, Dr Sarah Boss, Fr Jim McManus, Sr Catherine Droste and others… Entrance is free but a small donation towards the running costs of Nazareth House would be most welcome.
First Holy Communion 2018/2019
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.
Serving the Homeless
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.
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!
Education Sunday
There is a Pastoral letter from the Bishop this week on education, which you can pick up from the back of church.
School Admission Forms for Primary and Secondary Schools
Parents wishing to apply to Catholic Primary Schools for the next academic year are required to obtain a Letter of Catholic Practise from their Parish Priest. This must be requested from your Parish Priest in person and only one per child will be issued. Please come to the Parish Centre for these on Wednesday, 10th October between 6pm and 8pm or Wednesday, 17th October between 6pm and 7pm.
These are issued only to practising Catholics (i.e. those who attend weekly Mass). Furthermore, this practise of the Faith will be viewed over a period of time and not just the weeks prior to an application. Parish Priests may also look at the date of Baptism, noting those children who have been Baptised soon after birth as compared to those Baptised with proximity to school age. This is a matter of justice to all involved in applying for places in our Schools. Our schools are often oversubscribed and in order to be fair, preference will justly be given to those who live and practise the Faith as well as who contribute to the life of the Church through the various ways in which that support is given. If you are not a practising Catholic this Certificate will not be given; you may still apply to a Catholic School but your application will considered under another category for Admissions.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Jacky Hoggett & Eileen Wilson
Folders: Angie Martin & Joseph Martin
APF Boxholders
I have received the Autumn 2018 Missio Magazine. If you have not received one from me personally please take one from the back of the Church in the usual place. Thank you. Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505.
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
The focus of our work at the St Vincent de Paul Society is visiting and befriending people living in isolation and poverty. The people we visit could be refugees, the elderly, the homeless, people staying in hospital or care homes, people with mental health issues or offenders. Conference members work on the ground level, face to face with the people they help. Here are a few statistics highlighting the work of our Conferences:-
* Last year 9,500 members helped 75,000 beneficiaries.
* 45% of the people we visited were the elderly in their own homes.
* The Society made 470,000 visits.
* Material and practical assistance was offered to 88,000 people and families.
If you would like to know more about the SVP or if you are interested in joining the Society, please get in touch with Francis O’Brien, Tel 01702-552373.