Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil George Fernando, RIP (AF)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 31 January
8am Mass Terence & Maisie Renehan, RIP (MH)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Maria Diana, RIP (Anniversary) (LM)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 1 February
Feria
9am Mass Larraine Moore, RIP
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Tuesday 2
The Presentation of the Lord
9am Mass Edward & Esther Martin & Margaret Martin, RIP (Anniversaries) (A&JM)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Wednesday 3
St Anne Line, M
9am Mass Intentions of Ellen Fadian (100th birthday) (MI)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Thursday 4
Feria
9am Mass Barrington Gray RIP (Anniversary) (JH)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Friday 5
St Agatha, V, M
12Noon Mass Rev Fr Terry Fellows, RIP (PM)
11.30-1pm Private Prayer
7pm-8pm Holy Hour
Saturday 6
St Paul Miki & Comps, Mm
10am Mass Peter O’Sullivan, RIP (PO’S)
9.30-11am Private Prayer
Confessions by St Joseph
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Frank Baynes, RIP & deceased members of Baynes & Gavin Families (AMC)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 7 February
8am Mass Michael Gregory, RIP
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Ruth Lambert, RIP (PL)
4pm Mass Peter Griffin, RIP (Anniversary) - Ex Form (SG)
(No general Communion)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Joseph Burns, Fr Eric Bindloss Smith, Fr Francis Richardson, Florence White, May Keane, William Moroney, Cissie Burnham, Elizabeth Ray, Peter Griffin, William Gannon, Patricia Robinson, Robert Jones, Kathleen Jennett, Francis Faulkner, Mary Quinn, Pamela Woodley, Myrtle Conridge, Edward Atherton, Florence Miller, James Kerr, Teresa Phelan, John Dickens, Bernard Pycroft, Winifred Wallen, Michael Shrapnel, Teresa O’Brien, Lilian Abbott, Elizabeth Judge, Margaret O’Connor, Robert Roberton, Margaret Pearson, John Hanna Manna, Victor Maguire, Joseph Ruggiero & Barbara Blaker.
We Pray for our Sick
Danny Cox, 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, Bradley & children: Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.
We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
LOUIS MOONEY, RIP who died on Wednesday, 30th December. His Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Monday 1st February.
CLAUDIO CATINO, RIP who died recently.
ANDREW SHANAHAN, RIP who died tragically in a car accident on 28th January.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
*Adagio in D-flat - Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
*Adagio (Symphonie IV) - Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
+Toccata - Johann Speth (1664-1719)
* James Devor (Deputy organist)
+ Spencer Wilson (Titular organist)
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the December draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 (151) Mrs J Hurley
2nd Prize £100 (5) Mr J Harley
3rd Prize £75 (62) Mrs A Sangster
4th Prize £25 (159) Mr M West
Recently we have had problems contacting people who have moved out of the parish but who have won a prize in the monthly draw. If you or a member of your family moves out of the parish, could you please notify Linda Wall, the Administrator of the 200 Club through the Parish Office. Thank you.
MAGNIFICAT
The February issue of MAGNIFICAT is now on sale at the back of the church. The March edition will be the last time you will be able to purchase the MAGNIFICAT from this church.
As from the April issue, parishioners who wish to continue receiving MAGNIFICAT will need to subscribe annually by the 28th February either on line at: https://catholic-herald.myshopify.com/ or send a cheque for £47.00, made payable to Magnificat, to Catholic Herald Ltd., 8A Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EN.
Head Teacher Vacancy
The Governors of St Bernard’s High School are seeking to appoint a new Head Teacher with effect from September 2021. Please direct anyone interested in this post to our website – www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk and go to School Information/Vacancies where you will find full details plus an application form.
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
The beginning of St Mark’s Gospel, as heard now in the daily Mass readings, surely puts before us a pattern for our own time.
Dear friends in Christ
The beginning of St Mark’s Gospel, as heard now in the daily Mass readings, surely puts before us a pattern for our own time. St Mark introduces the ministry of Jesus as a summons to repentance. From a general announcement it quickly becomes a personal invitation. This is the start, each day, of our lives: a personal calling to turn again to the Lord and to work afresh in His service. Then the action follows: the casting out of devils and the curing of the sick. This is all on ‘day one’, a day which ends like this: After sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by devils.
I write these lines in the middle of a month that has been rather dull and wet, perhaps reflecting the mood of many of us. We are all feeling a certain heaviness of heart and mind in these weeks. I was recently sent some lines that a priest wrote to his Bishop which seem very insightful:
Since everything in this world will one day fail us, it is in Him alone, even more than before, that we will put our total trust, hope, love and desire. With what sweetness He wants to fill the bitterness of a world that is leaving us empty. Where others criticise, His Heart is moved to even greater love. But how much does He have to take from us for us to be empty enough, or inspired enough, to want Him alone? My prayer is that what He has allowed to be taken so far is enough.
It reminded me of the words of the prayer St Thomas More wrote during his incarceration in the Tower of London, as he awaited his execution: I give you thanks, my God, for all that you have given me; for all that you have taken from me; for all that you have left me. I believe if we can say that prayer with sincerity, then we will have great serenity, even when everything and every one, seems to be going crazy. Personally I always find that serenity when I go before the Tabernacle. There I find the only One who gives me any sense and meaning for life.
Thank you for your examples of perseverance in the face of hardship and suffering, and thank you for the strength you give me to continue at this time when so much is unknown and unseen. So long as we can access our churches we can find Jesus there, so whilst being cautious and prudent, we can also be confident of finding there, the God who waits for us.
With my prayers and every blessing for you and your families!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 24 January
8am Mass Deceased members of the Butt & Bull Families (MB)
9.30am Mass Barbara Sheaf, RIP (Anniversary) (BP)
11.30am Mass Alan Bush, RIP (CB)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 25
The Conversion of St Paul, Ap
9am Mass Frances Emmerson, RIP (Anniversary) (AE)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Tuesday 26
Ss Timothy & Titus, Bpp
9am Mass Brian Meyers RIP (YM)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Wednesday 27
St Angela Merici, V
9am Mass Thomas Henry Gunn, RIP (FM)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Thursday 28
St Thomas Aquinas, Pr, D
9am Mass Mark Solecki, RIP (Anniversary) (IS)
8.30-10am Private Prayer
Friday 29
Feria
12Noon Mass Intentions of John Healy (AS)
11.30-1pm Private Prayer
Saturday 30
Saturday Memorial of BVM
10am Mass Agnes Watkins, RIP (Anniversary) (JW)
9.30-11am Private Prayer
Confessions by St Joseph
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass George Fernando, RIP (AF)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions by St Joseph
Sunday 31 January
8am Mass Terence & Maisie Renehan, RIP (MH)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Maria Diana, RIP (Anniversary) (LM)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Head Teacher Vacancy
The Governors of St Bernard’s High School are seeking to appoint a new Head Teacher with effect from September 2021. Please direct anyone interested in this post to our website – www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk and go to School Information/Vacancies where you will find full details plus an application form
MAGNIFICAT
The February issue of MAGNIFICAT is now on sale at the back of the church. The March edition will be the last time you will be able to purchase the MAGNIFICAT from this church.
As from the April issue, parishioners who wish to continue receiving MAGNIFICAT will need to subscribe annually by the 28th February either on line at: https://catholic-herald.myshopify.com/ or send a cheque for £47.00, made payable to Magnificat, to Catholic Herald Ltd., 8A Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EN.
From the Parish Finance Committee
We are very grateful for the continued financial support that you have given to the Parish and our Charities over the last ten months. Consequently the Parish Finances have remained in a healthy state.
We are all faced with economic challenges at the moment and one of the problems we face is having easy access to our Banks. The Bank which we, and the Diocese use, has closed its local branch as is happening in so many places. This has made it more of a problem when it comes to the weekly banking of the cash. With this is mind, we would remind you that there are several ways of making your offerings which avoid the use of cash: standing order, online donations (via our website) and now the contactless method by using your debit/credit card, phone or watch.
You can make a cashless donation for anything including Offertory, candles, publications and Mass stipends. Do continue to use the offertory envelopes if you have them. (Please remember to Gift Aid if you are a taxpayer.) In this way it will make it easier for those who do the banking not to have to convey bulky sums of money to a more distant location. Thank you again for your continued support of the Parish!
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Fabordão e versos do 1 tom - Fr. Martinho García Olague (17th century)
Nun sei willkommen, Jesu, lieber Herr - Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
Carillon de Westminster - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
LOUIS MOONEY, RIP who died on Wednesday, 30th December.
DUNCAN BOYLE, RIP who died on Wednesday, 6th January.
GORDANA (ANNA) BENDKOWSKI, RIP who died recently.
We Pray for our Sick
Danny Cox, 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, Bradley & children: Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John O’Sullivan, Fr John Hibbert, Fr Alfred Field, Bp Patrick Casey, Fr John (Jack) Clifford, Canon John Byrne, Sarah Mann, William Hands, Barbara Sheaf, Kathleen Cooke, Phylis Faulkner, Ida Wallace, Bridget McGrath, Huguette Farrelly, Gloria Fletcher, Vera Plummer, May Fazio, Else Tyrrell, Phyllis Collins, Michael MacDermott, Gloria Dickens, Maud Darnell, Frank Russell, Edward Armitage, William Cooper, Robert Waller, Mark Solecki, Maureen Leyden, Gerard Tait, Andrew ‘Mel’ Kenny, Carmel Abi-Aad, Joyce Reilly, Noel Calnan, May Ferry, Norah Kelly, Wyndham Richards, Mary Abel, Florence White, May Keane, William Moroney, Lizzie Burnham, Elizabeth Ray & Peter Griffin.