The Holy Trinity
The central tenet of the Christian Faith is that God is One and God is Three, The Most Blessed Trinity.
Dear friends in Christ
The central tenet of the Christian Faith is that God is One and God is Three: The Most Blessed Trinity. Last Sunday — Pentecost — I spoke in the Homily about the gift of languages which the Holy Spirit bestowed on Pentecost Day: the gift to communicate the Faith with all peoples on the earth. This is carried-out through the ministry of the Church, Christ’s Body on earth. To be able to communicate the faith of Christ and the Church, in the language of those to whom we are speaking, is what the gift of tongues means. It is tongues and language enabling the disciples of Jesus to establish heart-to-heart communication with the peoples of the world. This is because the Holy Spirit Himself is nothing but communication. For the Spirit is quite simply the love that is communicated between the Father and the Son. He is the breath. That is what Spiritus Sanctus means: the holy breath that is blown back and forth between the Father and the Son. So on this Sunday we celebrate that intimacy which is the very life of God. But there is more: through the mystery of Christ’s Body — the Church — we are incorporated into that life. This happens for the first time at Baptism and is renewed and deepened every time we receive a Sacrament. Communication with any one of the Three Divine Persons is communion with God Himself. Speaking of that life we receive through the Sacraments will, I know, only remind us of the pain of separation that we have felt for many weeks. I continue to urge you to be patient and tenacious in your anticipation of the public worship of the Church commencing again. God is waiting — much more than we are, or can imagine — for us to be drawn back into His Trinitarian life. May this Trinity Sunday, and the Solemnity of Corpus Christi next Sunday, prepare us, and awaken within us profoundly, the desire for God.
During this month of June, we go to the Heart of Jesus saying often:
Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place all our trust in You! Sweet Heart of Jesus, we implore, make us love You, more and more!
Msgr Kevin Hale
The Most Holy Trinity
Saturday 6 June
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Divine Mercy Chaplet
Sunday 7
11.30am Mass Peter Burry RIP
5.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition & Benediction, with
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Monday 8
9am Mass David Twiston-Davies RIP
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Tuesday 9
St Ephræm, Deacon
9am Mass Ray Parascandolo RIP anniversary
Wednesday 10
9am Mass Tony Camelo RIP anniversary
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Thursday 11
St Barnabas, Apostle
9am Mass Intentions of Cynthia Bush
Friday 12
9am Mass Fr William Wells RIP
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Saturday 13
St Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor
10am Mass Intentions of Fr Dylan James
10.30am Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Corpus Christi
The Body and Blood of Christ
5.30pm Vigil Mass Gwendoline Underwood RIP anniversary
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Divine Mercy Chaplet
Sunday 14
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition & Benediction, with
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Pray for our Sick
Marie Karaf, Richard Collins, Christine Reid, Gilberte Cook, Garry Pearman, Anne Owen, Adrian Barclay, Patricia Ann Darroch, Peggy Larman, Sylvia Langley, 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, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Keith Maliff & children, Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.
Pray for our Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Edmund Tyler, Fr Gerard Butcher, Fr Thomas Crowe, Fr John Gallagher, Fr Robert Mortimer-Anderson, Fr Thomas Carlin, Fr Gerard Hughes, Nora Murphy, Catherine Weston, Kathleen Lee, Ray Parascandolo, Irene Chessher, Pamela Gafga, Anne 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 Peglar.
Pray for the Repose of the Souls
Angela Hughes RIP
died 30 May
Norah Egodawela RIP
died 20 May
Vivien Clancy RIP
died 19 May
Fr Paul Dynan RIP
died 17 May
Jacqueline Rogers RIP
died 17 May
Canon John Duckett RIP
died 9 May
Peter Burry
Ann Burry and her family — with Theresa and Jo — would like to thank everyone in the Parish for the great kindness that we have all been shown, following the sudden death of Ann's husband, and our brother, Peter. We have been overwhelmed by the love prayers and support given by so many of you.
For those of you that did not know Peter himself, you may remember the beautiful garden that he made in the Lady Chapel for our first Flower Festival.
He will be so greatly missed by his family and all who knew him.
Serving the Homeless
We would like you to know that during this period of lockdown, although we can no longer organise events, we are continuing to help local groups that are working with the homeless. In April we gave £1,000 to Westcliff SVP society as they had taken on the task of cooking evening meals for the rough sleepers who had been put into bed and breakfast accommodation by the council.
In May we were able to give the SVP a further £1,500 and a member of our committee began to help with cooking the meals. Some 140-160 meals are provided each night. A £5,000 donation that we gave to Southend YMCA in December for their building fund, is now having to be used instead for emergency funding for their young clients.
We are also continuing to give £250 per month to HARP towards the cost of meals for their clients.
Without our charity fundraisers this year, we are only able to continue this with the very generous donations that we receive from you and the income from our 200 club.
If you would like to support us please contact our Treasurers Nina & Alastair Bridgeman. 01702 472536, to find out how to donate.
Thank you
Cafod and Coronavirus
Cafod continues to undertake work with our brothers and sisters across the world at this time, especially helping to support communities with the provision of safe water and to communicate the message about the importance of hand washing. Many developing countries are facing huge pressures on very basic medical resources, and Cafod is looking to help where it can. Please remember Cafod's work in your prayers.
You can find out more about this work on the Cafod website. It also provides details about an appeal Cafod has launched which will replace their harvest fast day appeal normally scheduled later in the year.
Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
Please contact Sir David Amess MP urgently, with a request to speak out against regulations that impose an extreme new abortion regime on Northern Ireland. The new abortion regulations will be voted upon by the House of Commons in the next few weeks. We need to do everything to defeat this measure. A letter or brief message to Sir David could make all the difference.
Pentecost
Pentecost is the great Day of our birth as The Church!
Dear friends in Christ
Pentecost is the great Day of our birth as The Church! At this time we pray with renewed earnestness: Come, Holy Spirit, renew the face of the earth. On this Solemnity we can pray that God the Holy Spirit will breath new life and freshness upon our world. Only the breath of God can cleanse and heal the uncleanness that we have experienced over these last months. The fire of the Holy Spirit is a purifying flame, as we pray: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. May the warmth and life the Holy Spirit brings, be experienced by all of us who are Baptised, that we may be on fire with the life of God!
I am thinking today of our young adults who should have been Confirmed. As with Baptisms, First Holy Communions, Marriages and Receptions into the Church, their deferral has been out of our control but they will happen as soon as we are given the all-clear to proceed. Two of the fruits of the Holy Spirit are patience and forbearance; we have had to show these in abundance since lockdown began mid-Lent! We must and can continue a little while longer as we can begin to think about opening our churches soon for private visits and prayer; later there will be a gradual return, albeit with restricted numbers, to Mass and the other Sacraments.
During the month of June — month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — I will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet in the church each evening at 6pm; as in May, please join with me at home on the live-stream. I wish you a pleasant week ahead, and if you are fortunate enough to be working, every blessing for your work. May God bless you all wherever you are!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Pentecost Week
Saturday 30 May
Pentecost
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7:30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Holy Rosary
Sunday 31
11.30am Mass Patricia Owens RIP
5.30pm Exposition & Benediction
6 Holy Rosary
Monday 1 June
Mary, Mother of the Church
9am Mass Stella Hale RIP
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Tuesday 2
SS Marcelinus & Peter
9am Mass Intentions of Gilberte Cook
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Wednesday 3
St Charles Lwanga & Companions
9am Mass Grahame Addecott RIP
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Thursday 4
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest
9am Mass Fr Eamon O’Hara RIP
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
Friday 5 +First Friday
St Boniface
9am Mass Anne Steward RIP
6pm Divine Mercy Chaplet
7-8 Holy Hour & Benediction
Saturday 6
St Norbert
10am Mass Jim & Teena Rockell RIP anniversary
10.30-11.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
The Most Holy Trinity
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament with Divine Mercy Chaplet
Sunday 7
11.30am Mass Peter Burry RIP
5.30pm Exposition & Benediction
6 Divine Mercy Chaplet
Pray for the Repose of the Souls
Norah Elegodawela
died 20 May
Vivien Clancy
died 19 May
Fr Paul Dynan
died 17 May
Jacqueline Rogers
died 17 May
Canon John Duckett
died 9 May
“Go forth, Christian souls, from this world
in the name of God the almighty Father,
who created you,
in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God,
who suffered for you,
in the name of the Holy Spirit,
who was poured out upon you,
go forth, faithful Christians.
May you live in peace this day,
may your home be with God in Zion, with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with Joseph, and all the angels and saints.”
Pray for our dead on their anniversaries
Bp John Petit, Canon Eric Goldingay, Fr Donald Clover, Canon Jerome Deady, Stephanie Horwood, Kit Nafziger, Nigel Warburton, Stella Hale, Jonas Acton, Ida D’eath, Dorothy Winyard, Catherine Barewish, Terry Wilson, Charles Mann, Thomas Donnolly, Elsie Hale, Lee Schiller, Joan Holdstock, Gladys Hanger, Anthony Cummins, Jack Heoketh-Beasley, Alice Quinlan, Margaret Gibson, 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 Grove, Barbara Adams.
Pray for our sick
Marie Karaf, Richard Collins, Renata Butler, Christine Reid, Gilberte Cook, Garry Pearman, Anne Owen, Adrian Barclay, Patricia Ann Darroch, Peggy Larman, 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, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Keith Maliff & children, Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.
Pentecost Sunday — Rosary Relay 31 May
“It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the family. The restrictions of the pandemic have made us come to appreciate all the more this “family” aspect, also from a spiritual point of view. For this reason, I want to encourage everyone to rediscover the beauty of praying the Rosary at home in the month of May. This can be done either as a group or individually; you can decide according to your own situations, making the most of both opportunities. The key to doing this is always simplicity, and it is easy also on the internet to find good models of prayers to follow.”
In response to Pope Francis’ request, set out above, there has been an 8pm May Rosary Mission co-hosted by the London Rosary Shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, Carfin Grotto in Scotland and Rosary on the Coast. As a culmination to this Rosary Mission, Mgr John Armitage, the Rector at the National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham, has invited each diocese to take part in a simple initiative — a Rosary on 31 May 2020. Each diocese has been asked to encourage their people to pray the Rosary either individually, or where possible in groups, during a designated hour.
The Diocese of Brentwood has been asked to pray the Rosary at 11am on the 31 May, Pentecost Sunday. I will be praying the Rosary myself during this hour after the live-streamed 10am Pentecost Mass at Wickford. I encourage all our people, in whatever ways possible, to join in this National Prayer Initiative.
+Alan Williams sm Bishop of Brentwood
Heartfelt Thanks
The Clancy family wish to thank parishioners for their over-whelming kindness, support and messages of sympathy on the recent death of their much-loved Mother, Vivien.
Mary's Meals
Mary’s Meals virtual resources
Our founder, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, has recorded a special message for parishioners. You can find his message, filmed outside the shed in Argyll where it all began for Mary’s Meals, here.
A children’s activity pack, based on the story of Mary's Meals, is also available to download here.
Please be assured we are keeping all priests, parishioners and churches in our prayers.
God bless
Gerrard McMahon
Supporter Engagement Officer, Mary’s Meals
13 Hippodrome Place, London W11 4SF