The Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi
THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - Corpus Christi Sun 23rd June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Guy Braggard, RIP (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass William Armstrong, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Southend Catenian Brothers & their Families (FO’B)
4.00pm Corpus Christi Procession
NO Vespers & Benediction
Monday 24 NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
9.00am Mass Intentions of Fr Lawrence Bryce (AT)
Tuesday 25 Feria
9.00am Mass Eric Newman, RIP (AC&MP)
Wednesday 26 Feria
9.00am Mass Canon Francis Gilbert, RIP (FM)
Thursday 27 St Cyril of Alexandria, Bp, D
9.00am Mass Teresa Parascandolo, RIP (Anniv) (PP)
Friday 28 THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
12Noon Mass Marcia Clarke, RIP (Anniv) (SH)
8-9.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 29 The Immaculate Heart of Mary
10.00am Mass Gareth Lewis, RIP (anniv) (JL)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
SS PETER & PAUL Sunday 30th June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Fr Con Joyce- Ordination Anniversary
9.30am Mass Noel Tobin, RIP (CM) - First Holy Communion Certificates
11.30am Mass Patrick Clarke, RIP (Anniv)(BH)
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: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward
St Thomas More High School - Open Evening
This will be held on Thursday 11th July, 6pm to 9pm, for families who have a son due to transfer to secondary school in September 2020, come and see the school, meet the staff and pupils. The Headteachers talk will begin at 7pm. Prospective sixth form students for September 2020 are also welcome, although there will be an open evening for students currently in year 10 on Thursday 21st November 2019. Parents of boys who wish to apply to St Thomas More School for a place in September 2020 should complete the local education authority single application form (saf) and fill in the supplementary information form (sif) that can be collected at the open evening. If you are unable to come to the open evening, please contact the school in order to get the supplementary information form. The form can also be downloaded from the school website:
Leigh on Sea Lay Carmelites
Coach going to Aylesford Priory on Sunday 14th July, to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Holy Mass at 11.30 am. Talk in the afternoon. Rosary Procession and Benediction at 3.30 pm. Please bring a packed lunch. Coach leaves 9am from the bus stop opposite the church, Fare £15.00. To book seat on the coach please telephone Bernadette on 01702 421891/07963300518. All welcome.
Flower Festival
We would like to say a huge thank you to all who took part in the Flower Festival last weekend. To those who created the wonderful displays, and the ladies from the Thursday group who worked all day making teas and coffees and provided lovely cakes for our visitors. Also, thanks to those of you who helped to welcome visitors and introduce them to our Church and to the displays. Finally, thank you to those who came to support us and bring along family and friends.
We would like to thank especially Marian who produced a beautiful sound track for us to use and Spencer who played the organ creating a wonderful atmosphere in the Church.
The response was uplifting. Most visitors had never been in the church before and were effusive in their praise of the work that had gone into the floral interpretations of the hymns. We would like to share some comments, “It touched my soul”, “A perfect mix, of religion, flowers and music”, “A beautiful Church, which we have never visited apart from walking through your garden many times. Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for being a wonderful part of our community and also for the brilliant work for the homeless.” Nearly £450 was raised during the day in donations in the Church and for refreshments for ‘Serving the Homeless.’ Thank you again. Theresa and Jo.
St Bernard's High School - A Catholic Academy for Arts & Science
Open Evening for Year 5 Students (Prospective Year 7 in 2020). Wednesday 3 July 2019 6.00pm to 9.00pm. We would be delighted to welcome Year 5 girls and their parents/carers to our Open Evening. This is an evening for girls wishing to join Year 7 in September 2020. We are also offering an opportunity for parents/carers to visit the school during a normal teaching day, on Tuesday 8 October, Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October between 9.30am and 11.00am. No appointments are necessary: guided tours will be available from Reception between these times. St Bernard’s High School offers selective places based on success in the CSSE selective tests and non-selective places according to faith-based admissions criteria. (Please see school website for full details.)
‘The school is welcoming and inclusive. In 2015, many pupils made significantly better progress than other pupils nationally’ Ofsted 2016
The gifted, able and talented programme provides challenging enrichment across all year groups and is acknowledged by the NACE Award' Ofsted 2016
‘St Bernard’s High School is an outstanding Catholic school… Attainment and progress of students is outstanding’ (Diocesan Inspection, 2017)
www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk, Milton Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7JS Tel: 01702 343583
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the May draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 154 Miss I Solecki
2nd Prize £100 151 Mrs J Hurley
3rd Prize £75 81 Mrs J M Murray
4th Prize £50 40 Ms J Yates
5th Prize £25 36 Mrs C Bush
The 200 Club continues to provide funds to support the running of the Parish Centre. At the moment we are 23 members short of our target. If you would like to join, forms are available from the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
Annual Collection for our Sick & Retired Clergy - 22nd/23rd June
The Sick & Retired Clergy Fund is part of the Diocesan Charity which helps and supports our retired and sick clergy. As a Charity we rely on the generosity of the Parishes and individual donations to keep the Fund in a healthy state. Another valuable means is by including a bequest in your Will; a Form of Bequest can be found on page 36 of the Brentwood Diocesan Directory. Your generosity through the annual collection, donations and bequests is greatly appreciated.
APF Boxholders
If your box has not been opened in the last six months would you pleas hand it in to the office or give it to me personally. I have now received the Summer Missio magazines. If you have not already received one please pick one up from the back of the church in the usual place. Thank you. Joan Caunce (Secretary)Tel 01702 757505.
Ladies Group
Next Meeting will be on Thursday 27th June when we welcome our guest speaker, Gillian Metcalfe, who will give us a fascinating overview of the important work carried out by the NSPCC, so don't miss this opportunity . All women welcome please be prompt for a 10.30 start. Subs only £1 per meeting.
Dates for your Diary
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
Annual Procession of The Blessed Sacrament
This Sunday - 23rd June at 4.00pm
Accompanied by the Tilbury Brass Band, followed by Tea in the Parish Centre.
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 Edward Thomas, Canon James Dacey, Fr James Hawes, Francis Woodward, Sidney Baldwin, Anthony Gwatkin, Francesco ciccone, Peter Liddell, Rosemary Conway, Frank Cope, Marie Kidd, Stella Migdalska, Mildred Turner, Henry Adamson, Rory MacNaughton, Julie Emerson, Dr Pat Collins, Joseph Whomes, Rosemary Montgomery, Esther Wilkins, Teresa Parascandolo, Mary Sutcliffe, Elizabeth Gandee, Derek Cousins, Marlon Lane, Leslie Earl, Anna Hlustik, Emannella Hillman, Christine Rigg, Gareth Lewis & Cecil Compton.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
The Most Holy Trinity
Dear Friends in Christ
The celebration of the Most Blessed Trinity this weekend brings together all of the Mysteries of the Christian Faith; it is the summation of everything we believe, since in God we find all of the perfections of the Christian life; we see what one day we shall be in God Himself. The celebration of Trinity Sunday invites us to make repeated acts of faith. Faith is increased when we make it one of the habits of the interior life, just as any human habit is nurtured and cultivated by the practise of it. The virtues are simply the good habits of the Christian life, and they begin with Faith.
Dear Friends in Christ
The celebration of the Most Blessed Trinity this weekend brings together all of the Mysteries of the Christian Faith; it is the summation of everything we believe, since in God we find all of the perfections of the Christian life; we see what one day we shall be in God Himself. The celebration of Trinity Sunday invites us to make repeated acts of faith. Faith is increased when we make it one of the habits of the interior life, just as any human habit is nurtured and cultivated by the practise of it. The virtues are simply the good habits of the Christian life, and they begin with Faith.
Today we can understand more profoundly the words of the doxology at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer: Through Him, with Him and in Him…The Mass brings us into the life of the Trinity: we see, hear and experience Jesus offering Himself to the Eternal Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit, for our salvation. Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim offers Himself for us in the Mass, as God the Father looks upon His Son and God the Holy Spirit communicates their life to us. It is the supreme moment of intimate exchange within their unity.
Next Sunday we shall celebrate this mystery together as a Parish Family in Corpus Christi, The Body and Blood of Christ. Corpus Christi presents to us in tangible signs and symbols what God is about. This is a special Day for celebrating our Catholic Faith in the Blessed Sacrament, and it is the occasion for our Eucharistic Procession: a short but symbolic way of saying to this small portion of the world here that we believe in Jesus, in his Presence in the Eucharist and we ask Him to bless the places where He continues to walk on earth. Please make a special effort to participate in the Procession and receive the Blessing of Jesus in Benediction at the conclusion.
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
The Sunday Homily is available as a podcast at LourdesLeigh.org
The Most Holy Trinity
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY - Sunday 16th June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Brian Goodwin, RIP (Anniv) (PG)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Don McGregor, RIP (Anniv) (VC)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Claire Mellish, RIP (MS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 17 Feria
9.00am Mass Christine O’Leary, RIP (NN)
Tuesday 18 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Cherylann Burkette
Wednesday 19 St Romuald, Ab
9.00am Mass Intentions of the Newman Family (JL)
11.00am Funeral Service Sheila Hall, RIP
Thursday 20 St Alban, Protomartyr of Britain
9.00am Mass John Sheehy, RIP (F&JO'B)
Friday 21 St Aloysius Gonzaga, Rel
12Noon Mass Will & Vi Coveney, RIP (MC)
Saturday 22 SS JOHN FISHER, Bp & THOMAS MORE, Mm
10.00am Mass Ingrid Gilroy, RIP (KP)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - Corpus Christi Sunday 23rd June
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Guy Braggard, RIP (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass William Armstrong, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Southend Catenian Brothers & their Families (FO’B)
4.00pm Corpus Christi Procession
NO Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Services from the church are live streamed
Thank You
Fran McEvoy and the family would like to thank Fr Kevin, Fr Basil and all the parishioners for the overwhelming kindness shown to us during Jim's recent illness and death. We are so grateful for the cards, flowers, offers of help and above all, the prayers which are sustaining us.
St Helen's Catholic Primary School, Westcliff
Teaching Assistant required for September. 8.30am – 3.25pm (1 hour lunch). Term time. LGPS 3 – 5
Closing date: Midday 26th June. Interviews: Tuesday, 9th July.
Please see details and forms on school website www.st-helens.southend.sch.uk or contact Mrs Sears 343823.