The Baptism of the Lord
Saturday 9 January
10am Mass Jeremiah Brennan, RIP (KE)
9.30-11pm Private Prayer
Confessions by St Joseph
The Baptism of the Lord
5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 10 January
8am Mass Dec'd Members of the Wright Family (PB)
9.30am Mass Caroline Murley, RIP (LW)
11.30am Mass Essie Glauda, RIP (Anniversary) (KC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 11
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Mary Cook (SD)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Tuesday 12
St Aelred of Rievaulx
9am Mass Jacques Goubel, RIP (LG)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Wednesday 13
St Hilary, Bp, D
9am Mass Joe de Lobel, RIP (Anniversary) (JL)
No Private Prayer
Thursday 14
Feria
9.15am Requiem Mass Winifred McClafferty, RIP
No Public Mass
No Private Prayer
Friday 15
Feria
12Noon Mass Timothy McCarthy, RIP (Anniversary) (SM)
11.30-1pm Private Prayer
Saturday 16
Saturday Memorial of BVM
10am Mass Jim Dobbin, RIP (F&JO’B)
9.30-11am Private Prayer
Confessions by St Joseph
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 17 January
8am Mass Eric Major, RIP (Anniversary) (PM)
9.30am Mass Pauline Bradford, RIP (TL)
11.30am Mass Intentions of Noel Murray (UO’K)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Canon Francis Dobson, Fr John King, Fr Gilbert Basil Pearson, Fr Neville Banks, Madelaine Moroney, Clive Vincent Allen, Stephana Gallacher, Evelyn Roots, June Dillon, Cyril Jarman, Agness O’Donoghue, Agnes McManus, Catherine Ramsay, Hubert Carlyon, May Tomlinson, Ryan Allen, Margaret Bonsor, Juan Billena, Mabel Payne, Joe DeLobel, Leslie George Murray, Derrick Whithil-Smith, Mary Cooper, Tim McCarthy, Lily Jessie Johnson, Eileen Watson, Georges Egidio, Dr Robert Clark, Catherine Mills, Pat Rogers, Patricia Manning, Eric Major, John Mayo, Anna Sohl, Rose-Margaret Gilbert, Mary Ann Foley, Elsie Nicol, Nancy Hume, Annie Shea, Gordon Wallen, Brigid Connolly, Violet Read & Gabriel Craven.
We Pray for our Sick
Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Marie Karaf, 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, 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.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BuxWV 180 - Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Passacaglia in D Minor BuxWV 161 - Dietrich Buxtehude
COVID: Guidelines for Public Worship
Our church will remain open for public worship, if we can keep it safe — please try your best to observe the guidance:
book a place online for Mass, one booking will accommodate up to three adults or two adults and two children from the same family (you might ask anyone who does not have internet if you could book for them)
do not come to the church if you or anyone living with you has Corona-virus symptoms
before entering church wear a face covering
sanitise your hands upon entry and exit
use the QR code at the entrance for Test and Trace
as advised, try to keep two metres from others, using only the pews designated
do not touch or kiss statues, candle stands or other objects that others may come in contact with
when receiving Holy Communion, remove your face covering before receiving in the hand and do not move away from the Altar until It has been consumed
any weekly offerings can be left in one of the baskets at the back of church and preferably use one of the online, contactless or standing order methods of giving.
Thank you for your continued co-operation with these guidelines — this will ensure the church is a safe environment for everyone.
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.
Catholic Truth Society - Get a Sunday Missal for £1.99
To support the faithful during the pandemic the CTS new Sunday Missal is now only £1.99. During this difficult time, if you are unable to get to Mass, or you don’t have a missal for the current liturgical year, we want to let you know that we have discounted The CTS New Sunday Missal 2021 to just £1.99
If you know anyone who is shielding and unable to get to mass they can get copies sent directly to them. Either follow this link Get a Sunday Missal for £1.99 or go to the CTS website at ctsbooks.org
Also on offer: The CTS Calendar - Now £1
Beautiful wall calendar with a calendar grid marking out the feasts and seasons of the Catholic calendar, a Scripture reference for the Sunday Gospel, and Pope Francis’s prayer intentions for each month.
We know the year ahead may look challenging, so it is more important than ever that everyone can find the support they need in our unchanging God.
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Second Sunday after the Nativity
Happy New Year!
We begin 2021 with the twin hallmarks of optimism and trust.
Dear friends in Christ
Happy New Year!
We begin 2021 with the twin hallmarks of optimism and trust. We know that we are children of God and this gives us profound inner joy and serenity; we also believe that God is holding us in the palm of His hand, and this gives us all the assurance we need. Even though there are going to be difficult weeks ahead, with optimism and trust we can go into this new year sustained by our Faith.
Wednesday (6th) is The Epiphany. For many Christians throughout the world—especially the Eastern Churches—this is the actual celebration of Christmas. The Magi encounter God in the arms of His Mother. For us this is a call to renewed adoration, as we reflect on the words of St Matthew in the Gospel for this Solemnity: Entering the house they saw the Child and His Mother, and falling down on their knees, they worshipped Him. We come into the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with a similar sense of reverence; conscious that Jesus lives in the Tabernacle and is presented to us at Holy Mass. The Epiphany is also the impetus to go out and make Jesus Christ known. With so many uncertainties in these days, we have the sure knowledge that we have God-with-us. This is the meaning of life for us as we begin another year.
May God bless you all: your families and loved-ones—those near and far—that we may remain steadfast in Faith in the days ahead.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Second Sunday after the Nativity
Saturday 2 January
10am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (Anniversary) (CR)
9.30-11pm Private Prayer
Confessions by St Joseph
Second Sunday after the Nativity
5.30pm Vigil Maria Keen, RIP (Anniversary) (DL)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 3 January
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Mass Brita Irons, RIP (JV)
11.30am Mass Susan Coughlan, RIP (CM)
4pm Mass Anthony Fleming, RIP (SF) Ex Form—LOW MASS
(No general Communion)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 4
Feria of Christmastide
9am Mass Eugene Connolly, RIP (MI)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Tuesday 5
Feria of Christmastide
9am Mass Lucrese de Cruyenaere, RIP (JW)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Wednesday 6
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
9am Mass The People of the Parish
12Noon Mass John Butler, RIP (RB)
8pm Mass Sylvester de Souza RIP (F&VdS)
Thursday 7
Feria of Christmastide
9am Mass Michael Edwards, RIP (MD)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Friday 8
Feria of Christmastide
12Noon Mass Ellen Walsh RIP (Anniversary) (MC)
11.30-1pm Private Prayer
Saturday 9
Feria of Christmastide
10am Mass Jeremiah Brennan, RIP (KE)
9.30-11am Private Prayer
Confessions by St Joseph
The Baptism of the Lord
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 3 January
8am Mass Dec'd Members of the Wright Family (PB)
9.30am Mass Caroline Murley, RIP (LW)
11.30am Mass Essie Glauda, RIP (Anniversary) (KC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Canon Patrick McKenna, Fr Francis Heenan, Canon John Bloomfield, Fr Denis Cantwell, Len Gardner, Hannah Flintoff, Eileen Bull, Francis Ryan, Brita Irons, Len Plummer, Anthony Ryan, Hilda Edwards, Walter Burden, Ricky (Lola) Clarke, Lena Austin, Lucien Staw, Eric Tarrant, Niall Cooney, Essie Glauda, Mary Josephine Herbert, Arthur Jackson, Ivy Whiting, Phyllis Sullivan, Patricia Dear, Sibyl Hardy, Gerald Vickers, Claire Mellish, John Bloomfield, Minnie Fogarty, Brian McInerney, Blodweh Owen, Louise Alexandra Marsden, Hester Masi, Walter McGune, Melissa Overton, John O’Leary, Elizabeth Hancock, Marie Thompson, Doreen Clements, Firmina Rose Bailey, Frances Sims, Bill Shanahan, Terence Foley, Gertrude Culley, Doreen Newcombe & Winifred Hughes.
We Pray for our Sick
Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Marie Karaf, 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, 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.
Serving the Homeless
Serving the Homeless would like to extend very sincere thanks to you all for your support for the recent Carol Service. As you know, this year we had to deliver the service in a different way but we have received many positive comments on how much it was enjoyed and so thank you to all those who took part and to Tim Browne for filming and editing.
I am pleased to say we have raised in excess of £2,700 and money is still coming in.
We were also delighted, just before Christmas, to receive the proceeds of a very generous collection by Blenheim School in addition to support from our friends at the Quakers.
In view of the fact that we are entering the New Year in a much healthier position than we expected to be, Jo Ronan, our Chairperson, has already been in contact with HARP and the YMCA to ask what else we can help them with in the coming months. Syrie Cox from the Y has already responded to say they are planning two new rooms for young people and we have agreed to finance the fixtures and fittings of the new rooms.
Thank you all for your generosity, support and kindness, not just in December but throughout the year.
God bless you all. Nina Bridgeman (Treasurer - Serving the Homeless)
We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
Larraine Ellen Moore, RIP who died on Wednesday, 16th December.
Barbara Ablethorpe, RIP who died on Thursday, 17th December.
Winifred McClafferty, RIP who died on Wednesday, 23rd December.
The Holy Family
I wish you all the blessings of this Christmas Season!
The Sunday following Christmas day is a celebration of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary & Joseph
Dear friends in Christ
I wish you all the blessings of this Christmas Season!
The Sunday following Christmas Day is a celebration of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, Joseph. We give thanks through a meditation on their lives, that God chose to launch the redemption of the world from the midst of a human family. Today is a day for us to give thanks for our own families through which we have come to know and love the True God.
I said back at Easter that it would be an Easter like no other; little did we know that this Christmas would be unique too. Despite the limitations that have been placed upon our lives, we can still rejoice and celebrate the Incarnation of God, the Word become flesh for us.
Even though our celebrations this year have been muted, I am grateful for all of the help that has been provided to make Christmas 2020 both joyful and beautiful. So many parishioners work quietly away ensuring that the church and the administration of the Parish continues efficiently. I am grateful to all of you who contribute to this, as well as all of the extra help that has been given during the pandemic to keep the church open and safe.
I thank you personally for your many greetings, prayers, gifts and Christmas offerings which have been a great support and joy to me. I have really missed see so many of you personally!
May the coming year, with the grace of God, be filled with optimistic hope as we continue to go forward together united in the bonds of faith and charity.
I wish you all a happy New Year and every blessing for 2021!
Msgr Kevin Hale
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Francis Wilson, Canon John Byrne, Fr Brian Reeves, Fr Jim Wilkinson, P.A. Holcombe, Mrs Beeching, James O’Donnell, Francis Gibson, Mary Fitzroy, Deirdre Gray, James Keefe, Doris Swinney, Joseph Dologhan, Audrey O’Connell, Catherine Rankilor, Doreen Foley, Nora Phillips, Adrian Dann, Francis Cook, Peter Whale, Frederick Thomas R§oss, Stephen McManus, Anna Siani, David Scott-Frame, Sylvia Sippitt, George Lane, Leslie Dawson, Mary Reilly, Michael McGaughey, Thomas Woolcott, John Sinclair, Joan Gubbins, Kate Lessons, Kathleen Lewin, Gregory Power, Maureen Guihen, Emily Swann, Mary O’Toole, Annie French, Jules O Deuss, Ethel Milo, Simon Burgoyne, Violet Jackson, Millicent Ransom, Joseph Hazell, Eileen Murray, Maureen Regan & Helen Cotton.