Parish Christmas Bazaar - Sunday 1st December 8.30am to 1.30pm
Our Annual Parish Bazaar is upon us once again and we need your help and generosity. If you have any unwanted gifts, toiletries, bottles, raffle prizes or bric a brac that you would like to donate, please leave them in the old Baptistry. The Grand Prize Draw tickets will be at the back of the Church from this Sunday, please return them to the Parish Office once you've filled them in. If you would like to help on the day, please contact us. Thank you.
Sue Lawford - 07816 141492
Angela Clements - 07940183452 email angelaclements47@gmail.com
Journey of Faith (RCIA)
A series of informal talks, designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic church, starts on Monday 14th October at 8pm in the Parish Centre with Journey of Faith (Who is God & Our Desire for God). You are welcome to attend some or all of these talks; if you would like more information please speak to Fr Kevin.
Sea of Voices
Your parish community choir ‘Sea of Voices’ will be holding their annual charity concert at the Gilbert room, Parish Centre on Friday 22nd November from 7.30pm. Tickets at £5 will soon be available and chosen Charity announced. For more information and tickets contact Darrell Binding on 07825686249.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School
Open Day for prospective pupils for entry in 2020
The headteacher will be holding tours for prospective parents on the 7th November at 10am and 2pm for those parents who are interested in applying for a place for their child for September 2020. Please note that because of the number of people that usually attend these events we cannot accommodate children on this tour. There will be opportunities in the coming year for children to get to know the school. Please register you attendance with the office by phone or email on 01702 475689 or office@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk
Present Vacancies
At present the school has vacancies in Reception, year 1, year 2 and year 3. If you are interested in a place please contact the school office in the first instance.
Beginning Experience Weekend
A healing weekend for men and women who are separated, divorced or widowed will be held from 18th to 20th October 2019 at the Domus Mariae Centre, Chigwell, Essex. For more details please contact Freda 01322-838415 or Maura 01322-551503 or email johnabrotherton@hotmail.co.uk
St Thomas More High School Open Days
Thursday 17th/Friday 18th October 2019 by appointment.
Telephone 01702 344933- for parents who have a son due to transfer to secondary school in September 2020 - 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 2020 should complete the Local Education Authority single application form (SAF) and fill in the supplementary formation form (SIF) that can be collected from the school or downloaded from the website:
www.st-thomasmore.southend.sch.uk
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. We will provide the appropriate form. Please come to the Parish Centre for these on Friday, 18th October between 6pm and 8pm or Sunday, 20th October between 3pm and 4pm.
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.
Bereavement Group
Meets Wednesday, 16th October at 2pm in the Parish Centre, Bernadette Room.
Coach trip to Cambridge
The coach leaves outside Church on Thursday 17th October promptly at 9.30am and from Westleigh schools at 9.35am.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Brian Mountier
Folders: Maureen Ward & Jacky Hoggett
Altar Serving
We would like to recruit some more Altar Servers: anyone post-First Holy Communion age who would like to be trained to serve Holy Mass, or adult servers for weekdays. Please give your names to Father Kevin or send to the parish Office.
Missio APF
Pope Francis has called the whole Church to observe the Extraordinary Month of Mission this October 2019. The Missio magazine for Autumn 2019 is a Special Edition and I have many extra copies, plus Prayer Cards, which I will leave at the back of the Church. There are Daily reflections in the magazine so whether you have a red box or not, I urge you all to take one and pray for the Missions during this special month. Thank you. Joan Caunce (Secretary) 01268 757505.
Canonisation of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman
To celebrate the Canonisation of John Henry Newman, there will be a number of celebrations here at home during the coming days, notably:
Mass of Thanksgiving: Thursday, 17th October, 6.30pm, The London Oratory (Celebrant Vincent Cardinal Nichols)
Vespers: Saturday, 19th October, 3.30pm, Westminster Cathedral
Full details of the events can be found at the special website for the Canonisation:
www.newmancanonisation.com/events-in-england
Dates for your Diary
Monday 14th October Journey of Faith 8pm
Sunday 10th November Blessing of Graves, 3pm (Sutton Road)
Thursday 28th November Forty Hours Prayer 7pm
Sunday 1st December Christmas Bazaar - after 8am Mass
Saturdays 16th & 23rd May First Holy Communions - 10.30am
1st Thursday of every month Meeting of Parish Evangelisation Team 8pm
We Pray for our Sick
Ian Irwin, Sylvia Clancy, Patrick Walls, Lyn Gopee, Vita D’Souza, Patricia Vanner, 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, 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, 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, Sharon Levill, Georgina Cornwell, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Bernadette Lane, Irena Solecki, Ianto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Richard Collins, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Mick Cordingley & 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
Mgr Matthias Kearney, Mgr Canon Michael McKenna, Canon Roderick Grant, Mgr Canon Christopher Creede, Winifred Archer, Adele Cumbo, Caroline Cussen, Annie Dunne, George Masi, Kathleen Liannett, Eva Riley, Christopher Adams, Francis Jones, Martha Tanner, Phyllis Koch, John Young, John Murray, Anne Young, Olga Ballard, Mary Aitken, Mary Smith, Florence Cody, Ada Redington, Patricia Kendall, Charles Edwards, William Brooks, Johanna Gromnicka, Mary Kenny, Josephine Platt, Annie Barton, Anthony Isaacs, Joan Erwood, George Gatward, David Thomas & Kevin Hopley.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary time
Dear Friends in christ
We begin the month of October by reminding ourselves that this month is dedicated to Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary. It was on 7th October 1570 that the Christian forces at the Battle of Lepanto were victorious over the Turkish forces. Pope St Pius V attributed this victory to the intercession of Our Blessed Lady, invoked through the praying of the Holy Rosary. Our love for this devotion must be constantly renewed. Given the grave crises we find in our world, we need the intercession of Mary more than ever: for unity and harmony within the Church (as the Amazonian Synod begins), peace in the world and reconciliation in family life.
Dear Friends in Christ
We begin the month of October by reminding ourselves that this month is dedicated to Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary. It was on 7th October 1570 that the Christian forces at the Battle of Lepanto were victorious over the Turkish forces. Pope St Pius V attributed this victory to the intercession of Our Blessed Lady, invoked through the praying of the Holy Rosary. Our love for this devotion must be constantly renewed. Given the grave crises we find in our world, we need the intercession of Mary more than ever: for unity and harmony within the Church (as the Amazonian Synod begins), peace in the world and reconciliation in family life. There are always many reason for us to take-up our Rosary beads and pray this powerful prayer. At the end of the Rosary, if we pray the Litany of Our Lady (of Loretto) we call to mind the many titles faithful Christians have given her down the centuries: Mother of the Church, Help of Christians, Queen of Families, Queen of Peace…. Please make a special effort this month to pray for some of these intentions, especially within your families, that God may be praised in the Blessed Trinity, through the Heart of His Blessed Mother, Mary.
Next Sunday will see the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman. Many Catholics are travelling to Rome for this historical and much anticipated occasion. Next weekend I hope to say some words about this new Saint - for England and for the Church - the first non-martyr Saint since the Reformation. Pray that through the intercession of John Henry, our country may recover the Faith of our Fathers, that the Truth of the Catholic Faith may be seen ever more clearly, and that he will inspire us with a new vigour and enthusiasm, so that we may bring about a new springtime for the Church in our land!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
The Sunday Homily is available as a podcast at LourdesLeigh.org
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 6th October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Saverio Pucino, RIP (GP)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Arthur Mills, RIP (DL)
11.30am Mass Mary Daly, RIP (ES)
4.00pm Mass Intentions of Sheila de Chantilly (RO'C)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 7 Our Lady of the Rosary
8.30am Mass Stephen Myers, RIP (K&LW)
Tuesday 8 St Osyth, Rel
9.00am Mass Intentions of Vita de Souza (T&RO'C)
Wednesday 9 St Denis, Bp, and Comps, Mm
9.00am Mass Deceased members of the Wilding Family (MS)
Thursday 10 St Paulinus of York, Bp
9.00am Mass Margaret Martin & Noel Fagan, RIP (AM)
Friday 11 St John XXIII, P
12Noon Mass Basil Emmerson, RIP (SVP)
Saturday 12 Ss Ethelburga, Hildelithe & Cuthburga, Rel
10.00am Mass Tom & Rita O'Callaghan (60th Wedding Anniv) (MR)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 13th October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Lawrence de Lobel, RIP (Anniv) (VC)
9.30am Mass Fr Giovani Battistelli, RIP (Anniv) (MC)
11.30am Mass Thomas Patrick Costello, RIP (Anniv)(KC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
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