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.
Live Streaming of Services
As you will have read in previous Newsletters, we have begun live streaming of Mass and Liturgies in our church. This is intended as service to those who are housebound or otherwise unable to be present in church for particular occasions, for example, weddings and funerals. It is available 24/7 so visitors can make a virtual visit to the Tabernacle. The sanctuary area alone is visible without the faces of the congregation and no recording takes place. You might be able to introduce someone to use this facility which can help to keep others in contact with what happens in our beautiful church here. Simply visit the Parish website and scroll down to find the video.
THE MASS – New from Bishop Barron
The second part 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 will be at 8pm on Monday 17th 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
Beginning Experience
There is a healing weekend for men and women who find themselves single again following separation, divorce or the death of a partner from 5th to 7th October 2018 at the Domus Mariae Centre, Chigwell, Essex. For details please contact Freda 01322-838415 or Sandra 01293-783965 or email johnabrotherton@hotmail.co.uk
School Admission Forms for Primary and Secondary Schools
Parents wishing to apply to Catholic 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
Essex Recusant Society (Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society)
The next meeting will take place at The Grange, Queens Road, Brentwood CM14 4EY on Saturday 29 September at 2.30pm, when Mrs Patricia Paxon will speak on ‘Connections between Recusant Families in Essex and Lancashire.’ All are welcome.
Counters and Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Sheila West
Folders: Jane Trower & Clare English
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.
Catholic Singles
This is an organisation which helps single Catholics of all ages (over 18 years) meet other single Catholics, either one to one or through social events. For further information visit www.catholicsingles.org.uk or tel. 0161 941 3498.
Lourdes Ladies Group
Next Meeting is on Thursday 20th September in the Parish Centre. All women welcome, so come along and enjoy a morning of ‘fun and games’ 10.30-12.30pm.
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) ‘Awareness Month’ 2018
At the St Vincent de Paul Society we are aware that poverty exists beyond where we can see. Members of the SVP can be found helping others in prisons, care homes, hospitals or visiting people in their own homes.
In some of these instances, being a Member of the SVP can be a challenge, but it is also rewarding work, seeking and finding those in need, giving our support with compassion, and responding where the need is greatest.
This is our Annual Appeal weekend! Thank you for your continued financial support and generosity. 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.
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