LET IT BE – DONE UNTO ME – ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD
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.
Lourdes Ladies Group
Next Meeting Thursday 4th October in the Parish Centre from 10.30 am. Come and enjoy coffee and cake and hear all about the history of the famous Rossi Ice-cream family. Subs £1. All ladies of the parish welcome. Enquires: Jan Lewis Tel: 01702-478105.
Dates for your Diary
Sunday 6/7th October
Annual Mission appeal on behalf of the Vincentian Community
Thursday 29th November
Forty Hours Prayer 7pm
Thursday 8th November
Annual Parish Requiem 8pm
Friday 16th November
Sung Requiem in the Extra-ordinary Form 8pm
Sunday 2nd December
Christmas Bazaar
Saturdays 11th & 18th May
First Holy Communions
Sunday 19th May
Visitation and Confirmation
1st Thursday of every month
Meeting of Parish Evangelisation Team 8pm
Counters & Folders
Counters: Bob Hall & Sandra Hippard
Folders: Tom O’Callaghan & Rita O’Callaghan
St Thomas More High School Open Days
Thursday 18th and Friday 19th October 2018 by appointment. Telephone 01702 344933 - for parents who have a son due to transfer to secondary school in September 2019 - come and see the school during a normal school day, meet the staff and pupils. Parents of boys who wish to apply to St Thomas More School for a place in September 2019 should complete the Local Education Authority single application form (SAF) and fill in the supplementary information form (SIF) that can be collected from the school or downloaded from the website
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the July draw are as follows:
1st prize 150 50 Mr I Currie
2nd Prize £100 84 Mrs E Hall
3rd Prize £75 66 Miss L Young
4th Prize £50 95 Mrs A Charters
5th Prize £25 17 Miss E Wilson
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.
School Admission Forms for Primary & 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.
CAFOD FAMILY HARVEST FAST DAY - Friday 5 October
2.6 billion people in the developing world have gained access to safe drinking water since 1990, but a further estimated 844 million still have no access to clean drinking water and 841 million have to make at least a 30minute round trip to find safe water. Through this Harvest Fast Day, Cafod is seeking to improve further the availability of safe drinking water for our brothers and sisters in countries such as Uganda. Cafod asks whether you can eat more simply on 5 October and the money you save could help to mend or install a water point for an entire village: a wonderful way of acting out our faith. Gift aid envelopes are at the back of the church for those who wish to contribute, along with more information about the work of Cafod. Thank you for your continued help and prayers,
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) ‘Awareness Month’ 2018
The work of the SVP requires resources, with the Society’s greatest resource being its 9,500 Members. Have you considered getting involved? The commitment is to attending a weekly Wednesday evening meeting, 7.30 – 8.30pm, held in our Parish Centre and ideally, if your circumstance allows, to making one accompanied visit a week. It is rewarding work, bringing new friendships with both other SVP members and those they visit. If you are unable to consider becoming a Member please support us with your prayers.
Donations are always welcome. Our thanks to all parishioners who were able to support our Annual Appeal made earlier this month – thank you for your 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.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
Alan Bush, RIP who died on Thursday, 13th September. His body will be received into the Church on Sunday 7th October at 6.15pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Monday 8th October at 11am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Frank Maguire, RIP who died on Friday, 14th September. His body will be received into the Church on Tuesday 9th October at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday 10th October at 10am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Mark Wilson, RIP who died recently. His Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday 4th October at 2.15pm, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
We pray for our sick
Janet Weale, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Christine Robinson, Austin Butler, John Lavery,Rosemary Bragard, 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, Nan Carrit, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, 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, Linda Dean, Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Martha Braun, Wyn McCafferty, Annie Holland, Jane Jowers, Ivor & Joanne Knight, David Clark, 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 Bernard Wakeling, Fr Michael Hopkins, Fr Henry Healy, Canon William O’Neill, Fr David Logue, Ethel Bartley, Annie Thompson, Annie Levary, Lily Bentley, Patrick Quinn, John Martin, Percy Sentinella, William Spedding, Ronnie Olliffe, Margaret Price, Rudolph Banocy, Sarah Duffy, Sophie Shapiro, Eileen Pearson, Ursula Turner, John Butler, Kathleen Wetton, Tom Atkinson, Jean-Marie Mahieu, Doris Kelly & Derick Wheeler.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
Much of the Gospel of St Mark - which is being read at Mass these weeks - is concerned with the question of who Jesus is. In the particular Gospel of this Sunday, Jesus gives His disciples a lesson in how they are to govern. The word authority proceeds from the Latin word auctor, that is to say, the author or promotor, or source of something. It suggests the function of someone who has an oversight over a group or enterprise. In the Church, authority has to be exercised according to the model Jesus gives us: as one who has come to serve and not be served. Therefore, all authority in the Church is at the service of the greater good of assisting us to reach Heaven. Primarily this is the duty of the Pope, Bishops and Priests who have been given this mandate by the Church and who rule and govern in the name of Christ. This is why we should pray continually for those entrusted with this important but delicate charism.
Dear Friends in Christ
Much of the Gospel of St Mark — which is being read at Mass these weeks — is concerned with the question of who Jesus is. In the particular Gospel of this Sunday, Jesus gives His disciples a lesson in how they are to govern. The word authority proceeds from the Latin word auctor, that is to say, the author or promotor, or source of something. It suggests the function of someone who has an oversight over a group or enterprise. In the Church, authority has to be exercised according to the model Jesus gives us: as one who has come to serve and not be served. Therefore, all authority in the Church is at the service of the greater good of assisting us to reach Heaven. Primarily this is the duty of the Pope, Bishops and Priests who have been given this mandate by the Church and who rule and govern in the name of Christ. This is why we should pray continually for those entrusted with this important but delicate charism.
Please pray especially for the Bishops of England and Wales this week, as they begin their visit Ad Limina Apostolorum. This takes place periodically and is the occasion when the Bishops of a country go on pilgrimage to Rome, to pray at the Tombs of the Apostles to meet the successor of St Peter, the Pope. It is also the occasion when they meet with the various Dicastories of the Holy See — the Roman Curia — and present reports of the work in each Diocese. They will meet and celebrate Holy Mass with the Pope in the course of the week too.
I wish you every blessing for your own work in this coming week!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saturday 22
5.30pm Vigil Mary de Souza† Anniversary
6.30–7.30 Exposition & Confession
Sunday 23
8am Mass Intentions of the Nutman Family
9.30 Mass The People of the Parish
11.30 Mass John & Pat Moon & Valerie Griggs†
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Our Lady of Walsingham
Monday 24
9am Mass Deceased relatives of Young & Hall Families
Feria
Tuesday 25
9am Mass Intentions of Rita Carolan
Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs
Wednesday 26
9am Mass Rebecca Clarke† Anniversary
Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest
Thursday 27
9am Mass Lorraine Kelly†
Saint Wenceslas, Martyr
Friday 28
12 noon Mass Marie Clare, Private Intentions
Saints Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels
Saturday 29
10am Mass Barbara Sheaf†
10.30-11.30 Exposition & Confession
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Intentions of the Isaacs Family
6.30-7.30 Exposition & Confession
Sunday
8am Mass Hugh & Nancy McLaughlin† Anniversary
9.30 Mass The People of the Parish
11.30 Mass James Bartle†
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
All Services from the church are live streamed
Foundation Governors
St Bernards have vacancies for two Foundation Governors and need to find replacements for them. If you are interested, please email Sue Clancy at sjc@stbernards.southend.sch.uk
Let it be – done unto me – according to your word
Join the Deanery Stewards of the Gospel Group at Nazareth House for an inspiring television-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 8 October at Nazareth House – 7:30pm start in the main hall.
Chosen By God
The First Disciple
Mother Of All
Queen of Heaven
Help of christians
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.
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) for £16 per person. Drinks extra, available from the bar. Spectacular raffle, tickets sold on the night. Please book your place by contacting: Liam Rand on 07952 954833 or liam.rand@btopenworld.com, Mark Moulding on 01702 344965 or Sandy Rand on 07875 124159.
St Thomas More High School Open Days
Thursday 18th and Friday 19th October 2018 by appointment. For parents who have a son due to transfer to secondary school in September 2019— come and see the school during a normal school day, meet the staff and pupils. Telephone 01702 344933 to register.
Parents of boys who wish to apply to St Thomas More School for a place in September 2019 should complete the Local Education Authority single application form (SAF) and fill in the supplementary information form (SIF) that can be collected from the school or downloaded from the website www.st-thomasmore.southend.sch.uk