Sanctuary Lamp
The lamp burns for the deceased family and friends of Norman & Sue Hibbert.
We Pray for our Sick
Adrian Barclay, Patricia Ann Darroch, Peg Larman, Ian Irwin, Sylvia Clancy, Patricia Vanner, Amy Louise Fox, Sarah Savage, Bill O’Connell, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Breege McCaffrey, Mark Hartley, Austin Butler, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Pat Lynch, Maureen Gooding, Dympna Addecott, Ben Wilson, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Rose Craft, 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, Georgina Cornwell, Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, Sharon Levill, 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, Keith Maliff & 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 Canon Patrick O’Donnell, Fr Brian Galvin, Fr Francis Hastings, Fr Malachy Kelly, Paul Vermeulen, Patricia Hopper, Ada Chapp, Jim Acaster, Michael Sheaf, Miss A. Till, Amy Wood, Margaret Blissett, Catherine Byrne, Ruby Ravinet, Giovanni Puglisi, Patricia McBreaty, Michael Flynn, Aoife O’Sullivan, Patricia Sellers, Hugh Gallacher, Maria Varden Heuval, Patricia Church, Margaret Ellis, May Perkins, Esperanza Reyers, Bernard McCarthy, Ena Bartley, Mary Smith, Doris Conner, Danielle Sutherland, Sandra McGran, Philip Thomas, Anthony Conlon, Hannah Harris, Johnathan Grindley, Granley Rumsey, John Burke, Sydney Compton, Edward Baigent, Elsie Killman & Janet Harris.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
We are once again on the threshold of Lent, which begins this Wednesday. The ever more rapid passing of time only serves to remind us of the passing of life and how we stand daily in the hope of eternity. How will each of us live the Forty Days which constitute this sacred time ahead? Above all, with love: for God and neighbour.
Dear Friends in Christ
We are once again on the threshold of Lent, which begins this Wednesday. The ever more rapid passing of time only serves to remind us of the passing of life and how we stand daily in the hope of eternity. How will each of us live the Forty Days which constitute this sacred time ahead? Above all, with love: for God and neighbour. Also, in a spirit of detachment from the world and all of the things in it which deflect us from the path to Heaven. We can try to live a richer spiritual life during Lent: perhaps trying to attend daily Mass or an extra Mass in the week (remember the early Friday Mass at 6.30am); there is the Way of the Cross and Benediction every Friday evening. For the Year of the Word - the God who Speaks there are the Lent Talks on the Gospels (details in this Newsletter and the website). I encourage you to take up the Gospels and read the life of Christ as part of your spiritual programme this Lent. Then there is the difficult area of penance and mortification; this really shouldn't be difficult, because it is simply the prayer of the body. Let each of our acts of self-sacrifice be like the beating of our hearts: hidden and constant but necessary for the life of our souls. Perhaps try as a family to make some time for prayer together, even if just at the start of meals. In these ways we shall mark this holy time together and see the ashes placed on our heads this Wednesday transformed into the gold dust of Easter!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
The Sunday Homily is available as a podcast at LourdesLeigh.org
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 23rd February
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Christine Robinson, RIP (SVP)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Barrington Gray, RIP (Anniv) (JH)
9.30am Mass Jim & Tina Rockell, RIP (Anniv) (K&LW)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
7.00pm Pre Lent Organ Recital
Monday 24 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Vivien Clancy
11.00am Requiem Mass Michael Cross, RIP
Tuesday 25 Feria
9.00am Mass Martyn & Thomas Byrnes, RIP (Anniv) (SG)
Wednesday 26 ASH WEDNESDAY Day of Fasting & Abstinence
9.30am Mass John Holland, RIP (Anniv) (MH) With OLOL School attending
12Noon Mass Intentions of Catherine & Michael Calnan (FO’B)
5.00pm Body in Church Agnes Watkins, RIP
8.00pm Mass Ollie Curtis Brown & Gillian Curtis (KO’S)
Thursday 27 Thursday after Ash Wednesday
11.00am Requiem Mass Agnes Watkins, RIP
Friday 28 Friday after Ash Wednesday
6.30am Mass Christopher Wilson, RIP (KW)
12Noon Mass Sean McMahon, RIP (AS)
8.00pm Way of the Cross & Benediction
Saturday 29 Saturday after Ash Wednesday
10.00am Mass Bill Hoggett, RIP (JH)
0.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Sunday 1st March
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Aoife O’Sullivan, RIP (Anniv) (MO’S)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Paul Broderick, RIP (BH)
11.30am Mass Bill Sullivan, RIP (CB) With the Commissioning of new
Extra-Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
4.00pm Mass Peter Griffin, RIP (Anniv) (SG) - Extraordinary Form
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Services from the church are live streamed
Lent Talks at St. Peter's, Eastwood Road North, Leigh SS9 4BX Presented by our Deanery Clergy
Four Gospels - One Jesus - In the year of ‘The God who speaks’
Weds 4th March The Gospel according to Mark – Fr Paul Fox
Weds 11th March The Gospel according to Matthew - Fr Gerry Drummond
Weds 25th March The Gospel according to Luke –Fr Eduard Fartan
Weds 1st April The Gospel according to John - Fr Graham Smith
All presentations begin at 8pm. Host & Facilitator Fr Jeff Woolnough
England to be Rededicated to Our Blessed Lady
This Re-dedication on 29th March is a both a personal promise of the people of our country, and a renewal of the entrustment vows made by King Richard II in Westminster Abbey in 1381. King Richard sought the protection of Our Lady in the face of great political turmoil. At this point, England received the title ‘Mary’s Dowry’; meaning that England was ‘set aside’ as a gift, a dowry, for Our Lady under her guidance and protection.
On Sunday 29th March at 12noon, The Re-dedication will take place throughout the country. As King Richard II once gave England as a gift to Our Lady, so we are invited to give ourselves, as the people of this country, to Mary. We respond to this invitation on the day of Re-dedication in two ways; by making a personal promise (the “Angelus Promise” in which we proclaim our own “Yes” in union with Mary through the words of the Annunciation) and a communal entrustment (this Act of entrustment of England to the Virgin Mary is a prayer of profoundly historic and spiritual nature, bringing together the prayers of surrender and dedication that have echoed through our history). Our personal promise brings us closer to Mary, the first disciple of Christ. In this we unite in her joy by following her openness to God’s call. Our communal entrustment unites us together as the people of our country in prayer, by renewing the vows of dedication made to Mary by our ancestors. All parishes, schools and Catholic organisations in the country are invited to become a host for this dedication.
This re-dedication takes place during our Year of the Word – the God Who Speaks, at the time when we celebrate God’s Word becoming Flesh. Resources and more information can be found at the national site, cbcew.org.uk
Journey of Faith (RCIA)
A series of informal talks, designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic church, will continue on Monday 24th February at 8pm in the Parish Centre with Journey of Faith (Matrimony & Holy Orders). You are welcome to attend some or all of these talks; if you would like more information please speak to Fr Kevin.
Lenten Lunches
Due to unforeseen circumstances the lunches which are usually held during Fridays in Lent will not take place this year. We are sorry to disappoint all our loyal supporters but we hope to be back with more delicious soups next year.
Serving the Homeless Sunday Collection
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the recent annual collection. The sum of £1,360 was raised and will be used to support various local homeless projects. We could not exist without your continuing generosity. Thank you. Jo Ronan
Flower Festival 2020
We will be holding a Flower Festival in the church again this year on 6th June. The Theme for this year is “I AM” (as in I Am The Good Shepherd; Light of the World; The Way, Truth, & Life etc.) As 6th June is also the start of the Leigh Art Trail, we thought that this year we should expand to include Art, Photography, Needlework, Woodwork etc., based on the theme, as well as flower displays.
So we are calling on everyone to help us to create a beautiful and prayerful event to be shared with our community. For those interested a list of all the quotations will be available. You have four months to get creative! Jo & Theresa.
Mr Rock & Roll, Charity Night
Join us on Saturday, 29th February, in the Parish Centre for an evening of music and fun. Paul Adamson will be presenting music from the era of rock and roll and there will be an American themed supper. Bring your own drinks. Tickets £10 Phone Linda 01702 558217, or Jo 01702 474062. In aid of Homeless Projects in Southend.
APF Missio
The National Novena to St. Joseph will take place from the 10th - 18th March. There are special Novena Masses and prayers to ask for God’s blessing for the Society and the people who support their work. You are invited to send in your petitions or request a Novena booklet to join in from home by praying the daily Novena prayer. Please write to: Novena Director, St Joseph’s Missionary Society, 58 Cookham Road, Maidenhead SL6 7HT or email: novenamhm@gmail.com.
Thank you. Joan Caunce (Secretary) Tel. no. 01268 757505
Organ Recital
James Devor (Organist Brentwood Cathedral) will give a pre-Lenten OrganRecital on Sunday 23rd February at 7pm. The programme will comprise seven pieces of music from the Baroque to the Modern era; admission free.
Counters and Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Peter Smythe
Folders: Tom O’Callaghan & Rita O’Callaghan
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the January draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 148 Mr I Irwin
2nd Prize £100 153 Mr A Barber
3rd Prize £75 61 Dr A Bullock
4th Prize £50 53 Mrs C O’Brien
5th Prize £25 129 Mrs C Mitchell
The 200 Club continues to provide funds to support the running of the Parish Centre. At the moment we are 27 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
Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 2020
There are a few places still available for our seven day pilgrimage, 18th to 25th November 2020. Information leaflets and Booking Forms are available from the Parish office. The tour will start in Galilee and end in Jerusalem, staying at 4-Star hotels in Jerusalem and Tiberias. The cost will be £1580 per person, with a single room supplement of £550. The price includes half board, 23kg hold/10kg hand luggage, meals and beverages on flights, an air-conditioned bus in Israel/Palestine, entrance fees, English speaking guide, hotel porterage, gratuities for guide/hotel staff. Please return your Booking Form as soon as possible, together with a non-refundable deposit of £300 per person.
Dates for your Diary
Sunday 23rd February Organ Recital - 7pm
Sunday 29th March Consecration of England to Mary - 3pm St Peter’s Church, Eastwood
Saturdays 16th & 23rd May First Holy Communions - 10.30am
1st Thursday of every month Meeting of Parish Evangelisation Team 8pm
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
Agnes Watkins, RIP who died on Thursday, 30th January. Her body will be received into the Church on Wednesday, 26th February at 5pm. Her Requiem Mass will be held on Thursday 27th February at 11am followed by burial at Sutton Road Cemetery.
Teresa Hurley RIP
Sheena Evans RIP
Jack Pearson RIP Funeral details to follow