We Pray for our Sick
Denise Gianelli, Amy Louise Fox, Sarah Savage, Bill O’Connell, Sheena Reeves, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Canon Daniel Harnett, 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, Georgina Cornwell, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Richard Collins, 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
Pope Paul VI, Deacon Frederick Wall, Fr Henry Tilley, Fr David Coghlan, Fr Hugh Verity, Maureen Mann, Walter Owen, Stella Blackburn, Sister Vincent, Catherine Hayes, Timothy O’Shea, Anthony Poulton, Denise MacDermott, Jim Collins, John Sandford, Phyllis Burke, Arthur Holdstock, Phylis Glazebrook, Peter Matthews, Clarice Gannon, Margaret Taylor, Sheila Mazzog, Teresa Baxter, Lilian Sutton, Andrea Uglietti, Maria Figg, Ethel Morgan, Patrick Blissett, Daran Persaud, Lily Delobel, Maria Robinson, Vincent Glauda, Teresa Booty & Doris Lowe.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
Jesus had the habit of praying early in the morning in isolated places. The Disciples would often find Him there in deep conversation with the Heavenly Father. When they asked Him how they should pray, He answered their request with the perfect prayer, the Our Father. He pronounced every petition and word of that prayer with care, teaching them how to put their trust in whatever they said to their Father God.
Dear Friends in Christ
Jesus had the habit of praying early in the morning in isolated places. The Disciples would often find Him there in deep conversation with the Heavenly Father. When they asked Him how they should pray, He answered their request with the perfect prayer, the Our Father. He pronounced every petition and word of that prayer with care, teaching them how to put their trust in whatever they said to their Father God. The Lord has solemnly promised us that He will give every attention to what we say. Because prayer is the oxygen and wings of the Christian life, enabling us to breathe and to soar to the heights, we cannot exist without it. Above all, we should go before Jesus in the Tabernacle very, very often, just as the sick and needy did in the Gospels. In the words of Pope St John Paul: What does praying mean? Prayer means feeling ones insufficiency through the various necessities which man has to face, necessities that are part of his life. Such as, for example, the need for bread to which Christ refers in the example of that man who wakes up his friend at midnight to ask him for bread. Similar necessities are numerous. The need for bread is, in a way, a symbol of all material necessities the necessities of the human body, the necessities of this existence which springs from the fact that man is a body. But the range of the necessities is wider. Indeed, we have an immortal soul which is embodied, and it is the soul which needs to be fed weekly on this daily - super-substantial - bread, which is the Holy Eucharist. For this reason, as we begin the Summer holidays, let us be eager to be fed even more frequently on the Bread of Life: by making sure that even when we travel we find a church for Holy Mass, and by even availing of the opportunity for weekday Mass at this time.
We have just arrived home from our days in Lourdes. I prayed for your intentions and offered Holy Mass for the Parish on Friday morning. I would like to record our gratitude to the many young people who participated and assisted pilgrims this year, and especially the nine from our own Parish; that is a great accolade for us and a tribute to their families!
With every blessing.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
The Sunday Homily is available as a podcast at LourdesLeigh.org
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 28th July
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Jerry Fitzgerald, RIP (RD)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Michael O'Driscoll (DM)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Mungalam & Lourdes Mary Pallis, RIP (DL)
11.30am Mass Intentions of the Lambert Family (LL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 29 St Martha
9.00am Mass Intentions of the Lambert Family (LL)
Tuesday 30 St Peter Chrysologus, B, D
9.00am Mass Jim McEvoy, RIP (MF)
Wednesday 31 St Ignatius of Loyola, Pr
9.00am Mass Michael Ramsey, RIP (P&JS)
Thursday 1 August St Alphonsus Liguori, Bp, D
9.00am Mass Intentions of Declan McDermott (DM)
Friday 2 St Peter Julian Eymard, Pr
12Noon Mass Tony Comelo, RIP (CB)
12.30pm Exposition after Mass until
8.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 3 Saturday Memorial of BVM
10.00am Mass Clare Chadwick, RIP (anniv) (MI)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 4th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Maureen Mann, RIP (Anniv) (RM)
9.30am Mass Denise MacDermott, RIP (Anniv) (AC)
11.30am Mass Edward Hippard, RIP (Anniv) (SH)
4.00pm Mass John Sullivan, RIP (FO’B) - Extraordinary Form
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: Jacky Hoggett & Pauline Jordan
Foundation Governors & Trustees
It is that time again when we begin to look forward to next academic year and we are looking to recruit Catholic individuals who share our passion and mission for Catholic education, that might consider serving at a local level as a Foundation Governor of St Thomas More High School or at Trust Level as a Trustee of the Assisi Catholic Trust. If you think you have the skills (particularly safeguarding, finance, human resources or legal background), dedication and motivation we would love to have you on board.
Please do speak to either your Parish Priest or contact Mrs Gemma Ackred, Headteacher at St Thomas More High School and Chief Accounting officer for The Assisi Catholic Trust (gackred@assisicatholictrust.com) to find out more about the roles we have available. I really hope many of you will consider your potential to serve our schools in this way and look forward to hearing from you soon.
"I Pray with my children" - A guide for parents
Leaflets for the above are now available from the back of Church.
Coffee Morning
Coffee and cakes will continue to be served in the Parish Centre every Thursday after morning Mass throughout the summer. Everyone welcome!
Barleylands Fun Walk - Brentwood Catholic Children's Society
Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society is inviting families to join us at the Barleylands Fun Walk on Sunday 8th September 2019 to increase awareness of our work. This is a great fun, family event with a choice of walks on the Barleylands site in Billericay, the longest being no more than 2 miles and a shorter walk which is suitable for children & toddlers. There will be stalls serving cakes/biscuits and ice-cream available from 12pm and the community walk will start at 12.45pm & finish around 2pm. This is an ideal opportunity for families or parish groups to get together and have a fun afternoon while raising much needed funds for BCCS’. For a sponsorship form and more information, please go to https://www.bccs.org.uk/fundraising-and-events or contact Julie on jabbott@bccs.org.uk Look out for our BCCS pitch at the start line and come and say hello!
Bereavement Group
This will be held in the Parish Centre (Bernadette room), on Wednesday, 21st August 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.
Children's Liturgy
We are looking for volunteers to help at 9.30am Mass for Childrens Liturgy. We split into three groups whilst running the session and help/guidance is always given for every session. It would mean a commitment of approx an hour every six weeks. Please contact Sam- 01702 428990 or pop along on a Sunday morning to see what happens.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the June draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 24 Mrs M Maguire
2nd Prize £100 65 Mr W Hale
3rd Prize £75 135 Mrs M Bashford
4th Prize £50 125 Miss A Emmerson
5th Prize £25 159 Mr M West
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.
First Holy communion 2020
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2020, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website under Sacraments and return it to the Parish office no later than Friday 6th September.
Magnificat
The August edition of Magnificat is now available from the back of Church. There is a promotion for August, so do please take a free copy!
Catholic Parenting - Engaging and re-engaging your children in the Faith
30th September 2019, 8-10pm at St Peter’s Catholic Church, Eastwood.
In this day and age, passing on our Catholic faith to our children comes with its challenges. How can we offer our children the best opportunity to understand and develop their relationship with God in a way that will sustain their practice of faith through to their adult life? How do we, as parents, navigate the aspects of our faith that are counter cultural and answer the difficult questions our children have about the teachings of our church?
The Diocesan Department for Marriage and Family Life have put together a workshop to support parents who are looking for ideas to raise their young children as faithful Catholics, or opportunities to re-engage older children and teenagers where there might be a struggle. This will be a chance to meet other parents facing the same challenges, to ask questions and hear some tried and tested ideas.
You can register for this event via the Eventbrite link below, or by e-mailing anna.mccormick@dioceseofbrentwood.org. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/catholic-parenting-southend-tickets-65116123077?ref=estwenivtefor001.
Please Pray for the Soul of
Mary Kennedy, RIP. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 7th August at 2.15pm.