Pilgrimage to Knock
Led by Fr. John Corbyn, fully escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, 27th May 2019. £649.00 pp sharing. Price includes flight with 10kg hand luggage, transfers, 4 nights’ in Knock House Hotel with FULL BOARD. All entertainment/ day trips and guided tours included. Single room supplement £100. Contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com. Knock Pilgrimages is a member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected by ATOL T7613.
Serving the Homeless
The Committee of Serving the Homeless are organising a quiz night on Saturday 11th May at 7.30 pm in St Margaret’s Church hall, Lime Avenue, Leigh. Tables of 8, £5 per person. Bring your own drinks and nibbles. To book a table please ring Linda 558217 or Nina 462536.
Ladies Group
We meet again next week Thursday 2nd May, don't miss out on an interesting talk from Mr. Cook of Cooks Coaches who will be bringing along brochures and ideas for a summer or Autumn outing. NB: PLUS final details for the planned trip to Parliament! Cynthia & Jan.
Dates for your Diary
Saturdays 11th & 18th May First Holy Communions - 10.30am
Sunday 19th May Visitation and Confirmation
Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th June Flower Festival
Sunday 7th July Parish AGM 6.30pm
Monday 22nd-Saturday 27th July Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes
First Thursday of every month Meeting of Parish Evangelisation Team 8pm
We Pray for our Sick
Jim McEvoy, Bill O’Connell, Sheena Evans, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Austin Butler, Christine Robinson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Dympna Addecott, Pat Lynch, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, 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, 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, Wyn McCafferty, Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, David Clark, Georgina Cornwell, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Mick Cordingley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price,Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Brian O’Higgins, Fr John Kennedy, Canon Thomas Norris, Fr Feargus Saurin, Fr Andrew Dorricott, Tom Skellon, Patricia Burles, Pauline Kidney, Margaret Ashley, Rose Faulkner, Jeremiah Lucey, Frank Mansfield, Winifred Sentinella, Edith Pey, Margaret Randall, Brigid Behn, Margaret McKay, Jo Hopkins, Jessie Aubury, Joseph Chapp, Michael Livermore, Alfred Pavitt, Johanna Holgate, Lilian Currie, Hannah Lee, Sarah Coyne, Ronald Turner, Wilhelmina Chalk, Leslie Porter, Anita Dawson, David McCluskey and Sybil Figueredo.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Easter Sunday - Sunday 21st April
Dear Friends in christ
A happy and blessed Easter to you all in the Risen Lord!
Having made the pilgrimage of Lent we now enter Eastertide with our hearts and minds renewed.
Dear Friends in Christ
A happy and blessed Easter to you all in the Risen Lord!
Having made the pilgrimage of Lent we now enter Eastertide with our hearts and minds renewed.
I thank all those who, in any way, have contributed to the worthy celebration of the Ceremonies of Holy Week. I am, as always, indebted to the many forms of help I receive. Our prayerful good wishes go to those who have been Baptised and or Received into the Church at the Easter vigil: David Norman, Kate Balastieri, Alexandra Walton & Emma Joachimiak.
May the celebration of this Day overflow into the coming fifty days that lead us to Pentecost.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
The Sunday Homily is available as a podcast at LourdesLeigh.org
Easter Sunday - Sunday 21st April
EASTER SUNDAY - Sunday 21st April
8.00am Mass Selwyn & Audrey Lewis, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am Mass Deceased members of the Clarke Family (BH)
11.30am Mass Joyce Foy, RIP (RS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 22 Monday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Eric Newman, RIP (UO’K)
Tuesday 23 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Aidan Galvin, RIP (J&FO’B)
Wednesday 24 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Janaki Tan, RIP (First Anniversary)(TT)
9.45am Funeral Service James Poskitt, RIP
Thursday 25 Thursday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Sheila McBrearty, RIP
Friday 26 Friday within the Octave of Easter
12Noon Mass John & Sheila Creavan & Esme Condon-Hayden (JM)
Saturday 27 Saturday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Vera de Souza, RIP (Anniv)(LdS)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
Second Sunday of Easter - Sunday 28th April - Divine Mercy
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Tony & Eileen Byczynski, RIP (JR)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Pauline Kidney, RIP (Anniv) (VC)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Thanksgiving to the People of the Parish (B&MH)
2.30pm Divine Mercy Devotions
NO Vespers & Benediction
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Brian Mountier
Folders: Jacky Hoggett & Pauline Jordan
HARP's Spring Walk - Sunday 28th April 2019 at 2 pm
Join us for a gentle 3.5 mile stroll along the Prittle Brook Greenway, from Priory Park to Belfairs Park. Every step you take will show your solidarity with local homeless people and help HARP beat homelessness for good. Enjoy free tea and cake at the Belfairs Woodland Centre. The route is pushchair friendly, and dogs on leads are welcome. https://www.harpsouthend.org.uk/spring-walk-2019
Sharing Hope in Crisis
The Sharing Hope in Crisis team are offering a day for you to hear how they approach situations. This seminar is designed to help you know what to say - and what not to say - to someone facing difficulty and to compassionately share the love of Jesus Christ with those who need it most. The event takes place at the Conference Centre Brentwood Cathedral on Saturday 18th May from 9am to 4.30pm. There are only 80 places available so please do sign up as soon as you can. Go to Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sharing-hope-in-crisis-seminar-tickets-58994806053 or email adeleangel@dioceseofbrentwood.org Refreshments are provided, please bring a packed lunch. There is no charge for the event but there will be an opportunity to make a donation to cover costs.
Dates for your Diary
Saturdays 11th & 18th May First Holy Communions - 10.30am
Sunday 19th May Visitation and Confirmation
Monday 22nd-Saturday 27th July Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes
First Thursday of every month Meeting of Parish Evangelisation Team 8pm
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Arthur Ryan, Fr Michael Enright, Canon Thomas Smith, Fr Simon Sullivan, Fr Myles O’Reilly, Mgr George Stokes, George Robertson, Capt France Lionnet, Peggy Ayres, Lucy Richardson (Anderson), Joan Fairchild, George Conridge, Albert Middleton, Clifford Mawer, Gladys Watts, Arnold Kyrke-Smith,Thelma Chambers, Michael Abbott, Dorothy (Dolly) Thorp, Mary Johnson, Mary Bartley, Tony Pycraft, Brigid Alexander, John Joseph Heaphy, Minnie Smith, Elizabeth White, Vincent Hurley, Audrey Lewis, Phyllis Tate, Mary Butt, Eric Pearson, Vera de Souza, Elsie Robinson, Mary Fitzgerald, Arthur Bartley, Margaret Makey & Christopher Dowdall.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
We Pray for our Sick
Jim McEvoy, Bill O’Connell, Sheena Evans, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Austin Butler, Christine Robinson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Dympna Addecott, Pat Lynch, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, 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, 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, Wyn McCafferty, Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, David Clark, Georgina Cornwell, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Mick Cordingley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price,Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Dear Friends in christ
With Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord we begin Holy Week.
Day-by-day we move with Jesus through the final days and hours of His life on earth: the days of our Redemption. I would like to remind us of the deep spiritual significance of these days ahead. On Palm Sunday we commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem; this is where He will accomplish those saving acts. On Wednesday evening at 7pm in Brentwood Cathedral, there will be the Mass of Chrism, during which the Holy Oils for use in the coming year are blessed; the Priests also renew their commitment to service in the Priesthood.
Dear Friends in christ
With Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord we begin Holy Week. Day-by-day we move with Jesus through the final days and hours of His life on earth: the days of our Redemption. I would like to remind us of the deep spiritual significance of these days ahead. On Palm Sunday we commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem; this is where He will accomplish those saving acts. On Wednesday evening at 7pm in Brentwood Cathedral, there will be the Mass of Chrism, during which the Holy Oils for use in the coming year are blessed; the Priests also renew their commitment to service in the Priesthood. On Thursday evening the Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper takes place in the church; at the start of the Mass the Oils blest the previous evening are processed-in and placed before the Altar. The celebrant, in imitation of the action of Jesus, washes twelve feet, reminding us of the ordination of the first priests of the Church (our young adults preparing for Confirmation participate in these actions). On Good Friday — a time of intense prayer and reflection — we go to Calvary to accompany Jesus in His death. Finally, on Holy Saturday evening after dark, we hold the Easter Vigil during which the Easter Candle is blessed, together with the water of the Font for Baptisms in the coming year. Four adults will be Received into Full Communion with the Church (there will be a couple of others Received later in Eastertide). All-in-all a full Week in which we endeavour to participate as fully as possibly, with hearts and minds, in all that is most sacred and important for us. May Mary, who accompanied Jesus throughout His life, and all the way to the Cross, help us to pray these days ahead, so that we can rejoice with her at the Resurrection!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD Sunday 14th April
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Malcolm & DJanet Cheshire - 64th Wedding Anniversary (MC)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Joe Lynham, RIP (K&LW)
9.30am Mass Eric Newman, RIP (BH)
11.30am Mass James Bartle, RIP (AT) (preceded by Blessing & Procession of Palms)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 15 Monday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Martin Payne, RIP (Anniv) (V&NP)
Confessions after Mass
Tuesday 16 Tuesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Intentions of Fr Kevin
Confessions after Mass
Wednesday 17 Wednesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Alexander Clarke, RIP (Anniv) (SH)
Confessions after Mass
Thursday 18 Maundy Thursday
9.00am Office of Lauds
8.00pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper Albert Cook, RIP (Anniv) (SD)
Watching at Altar of Repose until Midnight; Confessions; Compline 11.45pm
Friday 19 Good Friday
9.00am Office of Reading & Lauds
10.00am Children’s Way of the Cross
3.00pm Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion
8.00pm Way of the Cross
Confessions after all Services
Saturday 20 Holy Saturday
9.00am Office of Reading & Lauds
Confessions 10-12 Noon
8.30pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter The People of the Parish
EASTER SUNDAY - Sunday 21st April
8.00am Mass Audrey & Selwyn Lewis, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am Mass Deceased members of the Clarke Family (BH)
11.30am Mass Joyce Foy, RIP (RS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Services from the church are live streamed
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett
Folders: Jane Trower & Clare English