Counters & Folders
Counters: Jacky Hoggett & Eileen Wilson
Folders: tom O’Callaghan & rita O’Callaghan
Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory
Leigh on Sea Lay Carmelites have a coach going to Aylesford Priory on Sunday 14th July, to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Holy Mass at 11.30am. Talk in the afternoon. Rosary Procession and Benediction at 3.30pm. Please bring a packed lunch. Coach leaves 9am bus stop opposite the Church, Fare £15.00. To book seat on the coach please telephone Bernadette on 01702 421891 or 07963300518. All welcome.
St Helens to St George's Sponsored Walk for the BCCS
The annual parish to parish sponsored walk to raise funds for the Brentwood Catholic Children's Society (BCCS) takes place on Saturday 29th June. We will gather at St Helens for 10am Mass, and set off afterwards around 10.45am for an approximate five and a half miles walk along the seafront to Shoeburyness where we will finish the walk with refreshments in the parish hall at St George's after midday. All participants will receive a certificate at the end from Julie of the BCCS. To take part, to receive registration and sponsor forms, and for more information, please contact Damian of the Knights of St Columba (07887 678741 / damian.dillon@btinternet.com). Registration is free, and any sponsorship raised will go direct to the BCCS.
ACROSS Southend 2020 Pilgrimage to Lourdes
17th to 26th September 2020, costing approximately £750.00 (subject to minor change) in a 3* hotel adapted to the needs of individuals with limited or no mobility. Travel is by Jumbo Ambulance. If you would like to travel as a volunteer or you require assistance to travel or would like further information please email southendacross@gmail.com or call Anita on 07889 416481.
St Thomas More Alumni Memorial Mass - Friday 21st June at 8pm
The Annual Memorial Mass to honour, remember and pray for all deceased pupils, Governors and members of staff will take place in St Thomas More High School, Kenilworth Gardens, on Friday 21st June at 8pm.
All former pupils, staff and Governors are most welcome. Drinks and a buffet will be served after the Mass providing a perfect opportunity to renew acquaintances and explain why that outstanding piece of homework still hasn't been handed in after all these years! Full details at www.stmalumni.co.uk.
Flower Festival 15th June
Thanks again to all those who are taking part in the Flower Festival. We can put our displays up in the church on Friday 14th June after 2pm.
If you are not taking part we would love you to contribute some flowers. Bunches of flowers can be placed in the old baptistery on Thursday or Friday morning 13th, 14th June. There will be containers for them there. We want to fill the church with flowers.
Please tell friends and neighbours about the Festival and bring them to visit our beautiful church. There will be refreshments in the Parish Centre from 11.30-4 pm.
Thanks for your support, Jo & Theresa.
Abortion Decriminalisation
Please send a postcard to the Home Secretary with an important message: “Don’t bring in abortion decriminalisation by the back door!”. The pro-abortion lobby in the House of Commons is trying to amend the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill to push through abortion decriminalisation. the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill will introduce measures to tackle the horror of domestic abuse. This important Bill must not be hijacked to decriminalise abortion and make women even more vulnerable to abusive men. The Society for the Protection of Unborn children has produced postcards for us. These are available from the back of the Church.
Bereavement Group
This will be held in the Parish Centre (Bernadette room), on 19th June at 2pm (we meet on the third Wednesday of every month). All are welcome to join us in a supportive, friendly and confidential environment. Enquiries to : elizabethdex@btinternet.com or cynthiabush11@googlemail.com or if you prefer just contact the Parish Office.
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th June Flower Festival
Sunday 23rd June Corpus Christi Procession - 4pm
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
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, 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 Gerard Butcher, Fr Thomas Crowe, Fr John Gallagher, Fr Thomas Carlin, Fr Robert Mortimer-Anderson, Fr Gerard Hughes, Fr Ambrose O’Gorman, Kathleen Lee, Ray Parascandolo, Irene Chessher, Pamela Gafga, Annie Lawrence, Rose Whitehead, Walter Burrill, Marion Button, Gerald Melhuish,Gwendoline Underwood, George Houston, Theresa Yates, Harold Britt, Ken Bailey, Margaret Grenier, James Fairchild, Janice Turner, Jill Kinsley, Norita Fanning, Christina Pegler, Sheila Power, Ethel Dillon & Teresa O’Brien.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Seventh Sunday of Easter Sunday 2nd June Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dear Friends in Christ
The month of June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is a month also full of some of the most beautiful feasts in the Catholic calendar: Pentecost, The Blessed Trinity, Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Saint John the Baptist and Sts Peter & Paul. These feasts, and their yearly recurrence, keep our minds focused on the life of Heaven, which was reinforced by the celebration of the Ascension of Jesus last Thursday. These feasts encourage us to not flag, but to keep looking to Jesus, our Good Shepherd and Guide, and to those whom He has raised up to be with Him in Heaven. Thank God for the richness
Dear Friends in Christ
The month of June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is a month also full of some of the most beautiful feasts in the Catholic calendar: Pentecost, The Blessed Trinity, Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Saint John the Baptist and Sts Peter & Paul. These feasts, and their yearly recurrence, keep our minds focused on the life of Heaven, which was reinforced by the celebration of the Ascension of Jesus last Thursday. These feasts encourage us to not flag, but to keep looking to Jesus, our Good Shepherd and Guide, and to those whom He has raised up to be with Him in Heaven. Thank God for the richness of these Mysteries in our Catholic Faith, which give us, even now on earth, a foretaste of things to come!
This Sunday is designated World Communications Day - a day to reflect on how we communicate the Gospel and Faith of Jesus Christ in our world today. This Saturday there will be the second of our three Workshops for Evangelisation: Those who attended the first one last Saturday were greatly helped in their desire to be good evangelisers. It would be good to see a few more attend this coming Saturday, even some younger members of the Parish. You will find these Workshops extremely formative, informative and encouraging as we continue together to spread the Word of God and bring souls into the Church, God’s divinely appointed instrument for the salvation of the world.
With every blessing for our continued work of evangelisation!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
The Sunday Homily is available as a podcast at LourdesLeigh.org
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - Sunday 2nd June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Alan Edwards, RIP (KE)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Thanks to parishioners for support/kindness to Jan & her family (JL)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Alan Bush, RIP (CC)
4.00pm Mass Intentions of Rosemary Mann - Ex Form (RM)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 3 St Charles Lwanga and his Comps, M
9.00am Mass T. P. Lynch, RIP (MC)
Tuesday 4 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Dan & Martine McPhillips (MC)
4.00pm Body in Church James (Jim) McEvoy, RIP
Wednesday 5 St Boniface, Bp, M
10.00am Requiem Mass James (Jim) McEvoy, RIP
2.15pm Requiem Mass Anthony (Tony) Camelo, RIP
Thursday 6 St Norbert, Bp
9.00am Mass Intentions of Kevin Clark (MC)
Friday 7 Feria
12Noon Mass Deceased members of the Nichols Family, RIP (SO)
12.30pm Exposition after Mass until
8.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 8 June Feria
10.00am Mass Fr David Hennessy, Rip (CB)
No Morning Confessions/Exposition
PENTECOST SUNDAY - Sunday 9th June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Gwendoline Underwood, RIP (Anniv)(RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Fred & Doreen Wall & Jim & Teena Rockell, RIP (LW)
11.30am Mass Ray Parascandolo, RIP (Anniv)(PP)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Services from the church are live streamed
We Pray For Our Sick
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
Bp John Pettit, Canon Eric Goldingay, Fr Donald Clover, Canon Jerome Deady, Fr Edmund Tyler, Jonas Acton, Ida D’Eath, Dorothy Winyard, Catherine Barewish, Terry Wilson, Charles Mann, Thomas Donnolly, Elsie Hale, Lee Schiller, Joan Holdstock, Gladys Hanger, Dr Jack Hesket-Beasley, Alice Quinlan, Margaret Gibson, Mrs Anne Hughes, Mollie Cosgrove, Margaret Keniry, Kathleen Owen, Kathleen Denyer, John Mudd, Peter Sloan, Bridie Satelle, Bertram Barrett, May Lobb, James McKeon, Edith Turner, Richard Neagle, Laura Groves, Barbara Adams, Nora Murphy, Catherine Weston.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 15th/Sunday 16th June Flower Festival
Sunday 23rd June Corpus Christi Procession - 4pm
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
Learning Support Assistant vacancy - Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Sacred Heart Primary School and Nursery has been a consistently good school for many years and has a friendly, dedicated team where everyone belongs. Our children are well behaved and enjoy coming to school.
We are looking for a learning support assistant and we hope to find someone who has experience of working, understanding and supporting children and who knows that teaching and learning is really important. Because of the demands of the 2014 curriculum, we need someone with excellent English and mathematics skills. We need someone who will be committed to our school and will be able to work with our team. We need someone who will thrive when working with children and be ready to do any reasonable task and be prepared to learn a range of new skills. The position will be from 08.30-15.30, with a half-hour lunch break Monday to Friday, term time only.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to support this commitment. Please contact the school office to arrange a visit and collect an application pack. Closing date: 21st June 2019. Contact details: email office@sacredheartsouthend.sch.uk or 01702 534546.