Our Lord Jesus Christ The King
The final Sunday of the Church's year is a celebration of the Universal Kingship of Christ.
Dear friends in Christ
The final Sunday of the Church's year is a celebration of the Universal Kingship of Christ. Not an earthly, social or political kingdom since the reign of Christ is first and foremost over our hearts and minds. This feast invites us to allow Christ to take centre-stage in our lives; to let Him reign in all the facets of life. Normally we follow this feast each year with our Days of Solemn Eucharistic Adoration or Forty Hours’ Prayer. As this is not possible this year we shall have to defer it to a later date. However, the daily Holy Hour from 6-7pm over this month of lockdown will have the cumulative effect of being a similar period of adoration, even if we cannot attend the church in person or have a prolonged time. Be assured that each evening during this hour of adoration you are all present in my prayer before Jesus on the Altar. You might continue to join me each evening for the Rosary and silent recollection with Jesus who is enthroned as King at the heart and centre of our Parish Family.
This particular Sunday each year is also National Youth Sunday. We remember our young adults on this Day and ask God to bless them with an increase of faith and commitment to His Church. You will find some helpful resources for reading and reflection here, produced by our National Youth Service: https://nationalyouthsunday.com
Priests are encouraged to have some days each year for a spiritual retreat, a time of silence and more intense prayer and reflection. As I would normally do this around this time, I plan to spend between Monday afternoon and Friday morning making my retreat. As it isn't possible to go away for this time I shall endeavour to undertake a retreat at home in The Presbytery. I will keep the weekly schedule as normal but I will not be available - apart from emergencies - during these days. I assure you of my special prayer during this time and I ask you to pray for me, that these days may be one of increased grace and spiritual fruitfulness for my salvation!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Our Lord Jesus Christ The King
Church is open for Private Prayer only
Mass and Holy Hour are online only
Saturday 21 November
5.30pm Vigil Rene Bragard, RIP (Anniversary) (RB)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Sunday 22 November
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Holy Hour: Rosary & Benediction
Monday 23
St Clement, I, P, M
9am Mass Jon Marshall, RIP (Anniversary) (AM)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Tuesday 24
Ss Andrew Dung-Lac, Pr & Companions, Mm
9am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (CR)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Wednesday 25
St Catherine of Alexandria, V, M
9am Mass Gareth Lewis, RIP (JL)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Thursday 26
Feria
9am Mass Jim & Lilian Fegan, RIP (JC)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Friday 27
Feria
11-12 Private Prayer
12 noon Mass Holy Souls
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Saturday 28
Saturday Memorial of BVM
10am Mass Pietro Tisi, RIP (Anniversary) (T&VT)
11-12 Private Prayer
First Sunday of Advent
5.30pm Vigil Mass Jack Vesey, RIP (Anniversary) (SV)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Sunday 29 November
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Holy Hour: Rosary & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Mgr Edward Watson, Canon Martin Hancock, Fr Anthony Robson, Fr John Aydon,, Fr Patrick Bennett, Deacon Anthony Collings, William Lewis, Harry Stanley, Constance Dobson, Enos (Alan) Ash, Tina Kentish, Jonathan Marshall, Kathleen McKee, James Carns, Dr Harry Maher, Thomas Mulholland, John Holmes, Bernard Harvey, Elizabeth Watson-Lamb, Marie Wilkes, Gilbert Blanch, Veronica Billena, Clifford Pollard, Matthew Browning, John Sidney Clements, Peggy Jeffries & Jack Vesey.
We Pray for our Sick
Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Paul Bloomberg, Marie Karaf, 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, 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, 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.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
Barbara Terry, RIP who died on Friday 23rd October.
Dorothy Bailey, RIP who died on Wednesday 4th November. Her Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Monday 30th November at 11am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
First Holy Communion
If your child is in Year 3 or above and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion next Spring, please complete the form on the Parish website.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation on Christus Vincit
Postlude: Hymne d'Action de grâces "Te Deum" - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the October draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 3 Mrs C Edwards
2nd Prize £100 105 Mrs N Pain
3rd Prize £75 142 Mrs U O’Keefe
4th Prize £50 64 Mrs M Scott
5th Prize £25 90 Mrs K Lintott
Serving the Homeless
If you are thinking of ordering from Amazon please consider registering with Smile Amazon and mention Serving the Homeless as your charity.
Log into Amazon.co.uk
Open a new tab by pressing the+button at the top of the screen.
Open Smile.Amazon.co.uk then return. A screen appears in the middle of your current screen. Choose a charity or search by inputting Serving The Homeless.
Press ok for STH and each transaction's profit of 0.5% will come to STH.
You must open with Smile.Amazon.co.uk for STH to benefit.
We have just donated £1,500 to SVP at Short Street and £300 to Harp to buy their Turkeys for Christmas.
Southend Cemetery Information
Southend Council will shortly be undertaking maintenance and improvement works at the Catholic Cemetery in Southend. There are notices to grave owners advising that the grass area is going to be renovated and all plants/mementos on the grass will need to be removed or they will be taken away and eventually destroyed. The deadline for removal is 31st January 2021.
Patchwork Quilt Project
Would you like to be part of making local history? All around the world people are documenting this year in some way and Southend YMCA are no different. Click the link below to participate.
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
In the Gospel of this Sunday Jesus compares our time on earth to a long-term leasing arrangement
Dear friends in Christ
In the Gospel of this Sunday Jesus compares our time on earth to a long-term leasing arrangement. The meaning of the parables Our Lord tells often have a crystal-clear meaning: the talents are the qualities God has given us; the journey of the master signifies the time of life on earth; his unexpected return signifies our death; the settling of the accounts is our judgment; the banquet is Heaven. Jesus frequently reminds us that we do not own what we have. We are stewards entrusted with all that has been given to us by God. A day will come when we shall have to hand it all back and give an account of our behaviour. At the end, the only words we desire to hear are: Come good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord. Nothing is more important than remaining awake and vigilant. We are remembering in this month those whose lives have gone before us marked with the sign of faith. When a light goes out on a life it is not the end. We could think of it rather more in the sense of a tapestry being completed. Our lives are being created section-by-section, thread-by-thread and with great care for the finished article. In these days, when we may find we have more time available, since normal activities have been curtailed, it is even more important that we use time well: for the glory of God and our own salvation.
Continue to watch-out for others during the lockdown. There may be a family member or neighbour who needs something practical doing for them. If you know someone who does not have internet access, you might keep them informed of what is happening in the Parish. Above all, please try to join with me spiritually each evening at 6pm for a time of prayer—I lead the Rosary in church—for the needs of our Parish Family, the Holy Souls, and an end to this pandemic.
I thank all those of you who, despite the extremely hard financial times we are experiencing, continue to support the Parish and our Charities. If you are doing this by standing order, online donations or by the envelopes, please do remember to Gift Aid any offerings. Thanks also to those who are acting as Stewards for the times when the church is open; without this help we could not maintain a Covid-safe environment. I am deeply grateful for all your prayers and support in these and so many other ways at this time.
God bless you all.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Church is open for Private Prayer only
Mass and Holy Hour are online only
Saturday 14 November
5.30pm Vigil Pearl Scaife, RIP (Anniversary) (MI)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Sunday 15 November
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Holy Hour: Rosary & Benediction
Monday 16
St Edmund of Abingdon (Rich), Bp
9am Mass Ronald Hall, RIP (JA)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Tuesday 17
St Elizabeth of Hungary, Rel
9am Mass Michael Edwards, RIP (MS)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Wednesday 18
Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss Peter & Paul, App
9am Mass James Rourke, RIP (Anniversary) (BH)
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Thursday 19
Feria
9am Mass Holy Souls
11-12 Private Prayer
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Friday 20
Feria
11-12 Private Prayer
12 noon Mass Frank Maguire, RIP (Anniversary) (MM)
6pm Holy Hour with Rosary
Saturday 21
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
10am Mass Christopher Smith, RIP (K&LW)
11-12 Private Prayer
Christ The King
5.30pm Vigil Mass Rene Bragard, RIP (Anniversary) (RB)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Sunday 22 November
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Holy Hour: Rosary & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr James Allis, Fr Richard (Dick) Ashton, Fr John Harden, Fr James Linburgh, Fr Edwin Sheehan, OFM, Louisa Hurst, Sydney Pullen, Myriad Hubbard, Mary Capon, John Cousins, Ethel Dennison, Luciana Garuti, Edna Hutchings, Edith McCouat, Kathleen Macauley, Mrs Alice Kelly, Jack Hosmer, Florrie Peck, Charlotte Roberts, Bert Russell, Maureen Deeks, John Cheswick, George Livermore, Celia Ashley, Marcia Clarke, James Rourke, Agnes Fitzgibbons, Emily Hariet-Upcroft, Boleslaw (Charlie) Czogalik, Peggy Ingham, Finbar Hayer, Ada Mundy, Brian Slattery, Josephine Phelps, Paul Pearman, William Shanahan, Rene Bragard, Victor Gubbins, Anne Jordan & Patricia Breslin.
We Pray for our Sick
Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Paul Bloomberg, Marie Karaf, 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, 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, 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.
Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
Jacques Charles Louis Goubel, RIP. His Funeral Service will take place at 10am on Friday 20th November at Pitsea Crematorium.
Barbara Terry, RIP who died on Friday 23rd October.
Accommodation required
Do you have a two bedroomed flat for rent close to Our Lady of Lourdes Church? If so, please contact the Parish office as one of our elderly parishioners would be very interested. Thank you.
Patchwork Quilt Project
Would you like to be part of making local history? All around the world people are documenting this year in some way and Southend YMCA are no different. Click the link below to participate.
Southend Cemetery information
Southend Council will shortly be undertaking maintenance and improvement works at the Catholic Cemetery in Southend. There are notices to grave owners advising that the grass area is going to be renovated and all plants/mementos on the grass will need to be removed or they will be taken away and eventually destroyed. The deadline for removal is 31st January 2021.