St Thomas More High School
We are looking to recruit to our team of Learning Support Assistants to work alongside Teachers and specific students with particular needs. This is a one year contract. If this role might be of interest to you, please visit the school’s website st-thomasmore.southend.sch.uk for further details, or telephone the school on 01702 344933.
Landings for Returning Catholics
If there is a member of your family, a neighbour or a friend who has been away from the church for a while please invite them to the next Landings program. We are running the program via Zoom, which will start on 8th April and run for eight weeks. They can contact the Landings Team on landings@lourdesleigh.org. A member of the team will contact them with further details.
Vacancy at Sir William Petre Almshouses, Ingatestone
A vacancy has arisen at the Almshouses situated along the High Street in Ingatestone. The Almshouse is a one-bedroom property. Candidates must be over 50 years and in need. Preference may be given to Roman Catholics.
Applicants please contact Mike Falcone, Trustee, Ginge Petre Trust on tel 07935 959388
Companion needed for local lady with dementia
I am looking for a companion for around 3 hours a day for my mum who lives in Leigh and is suffering from dementia. Mum lives independently and the companion is for company , possibly a little gardening together or going for a walk .
Hours are flexible and ideally for the week and weekends. This is a paid position.
If you are interested please get in touch : clare@clarehickey.co.uk and 07813 814473
Vacancy at St Thomas More High School
St Thomas More High School, Westcliff are seeking a Cleaner to work between the hours of 3.30pm to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. If you are interested in this position, please visit the school’s website for further details or telephone the school on 01702 344933.
Second Sunday of Lent
Dear friends in Christ
Each year on this Second Sunday of Lent we hear the Gospel of the Transfiguration.
Dear friends in Christ
Each year on this Second Sunday of Lent we hear the Gospel of the Transfiguration. The reason for this Gospel during Lent is expressed in the words of the Preface for the Mass: For after he had told the disciples of his coming Death, on the holy mountain he manifested to them his glory, to show, even by the testimony of the law and the prophets, that the Passion leads to the glory of the Resurrection.
Pope St Leo the Great comments further on this mystery: The great reason for this transfiguration was to remove the scandal of the cross from the hearts of his disciples, and to prevent the humiliation of his voluntarily suffering from disturbing the faith of those who had witnessed the surpassing glory that lay concealed.
Jesus Christ came into the world to suffer and to die for us. The pilgrimage of Lent is a movement towards that saving event and a preparation for the Day of His Resurrection. During Lent we try to accompany Jesus as if we were with Him in the wilderness. I spoke last Sunday of how Jesus spent those forty days with the wild beasts while the angels looked after Him. This is an image of how we live life on earth: often between our basic human instincts and the desire to be spiritual, the tension between the bodily and the heavenly. Jesus was fighting off all those temptations spiritual and bodily, and He finds the balance which is proper to the human way of being. He doesn’t reject the body but He disciplines it properly. He doesn’t fight against the spirit, but grounds it.
As we are just one week into Lent here are some concrete suggestions I make to you for observing Lent as a time of interior renewal: Don’t give up or take on more than you can manage; pray the Rosary often; have a tender devotion to St Joseph in this his special Year; do some Lenten spiritual reading, especially the Gospels; spend less time on social media; pray for others as the ultimate act of charity; remember that fasting is about God and not about ourselves. Our goal is to arrive at Easter with the love of God and neighbour more vibrant in our hearts and actions.
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Second Sunday of Lent
5.30pm Vigil Paul White, RIP (LM)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions in the Lady Chapel
Sunday 28 February
8am Mass Caroline Graham-Males, RIP (Anniversary) (SM)
9.30am Mass Elaine Uglietti, RIP & Thelma Booth, RIP (LM)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 1 March
St David, Bp, Patron of Wales
9am Mass Bill Hoggett, RIP (Anniversary) (JH)
8.30-10.30am Private Prayer
Tuesday 2
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Janet Weale (CO’H)
8.30-10.30am Private Prayer
Wednesday 3
Feria
12Noon Mass Aoife O’Sullivan, RIP (Anniversary)(MO’S)
11.30-1pm Private Prayer
Thursday 4
Feria
9am Mass Ian Skeats, RIP (HR)
8.30-10.30am Private Prayer
Friday 5
Feria
12Noon Mass Albert Thomas Cook, RIP (SD)
11.30-1pm Private Prayer
7pm Holy Hour & Stations of the Cross
Saturday 6
Feria
10am Mass Francie West, RIP (II)
9.30-11am Private Prayer
Confessions in the Lady Chapel
Third Sunday of Lent
5.30pm Vigil Mass Guy Bragard, RIP (Anniversary) (RB)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions in the Lady Chapel
Sunday 28 February
8am Mass Eileen McQuaid, RIP (RH)
9.30am Mass Fr Enda Keenan, RIP (PM)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4pm Mass Intentions of Mr Francis - Ex Form
(No General Communion)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Wall, Mgr Canon Patrick O’Donnell, Fr Brian Galvin, Fr Francis Hastings, Fr Malachi Kelly, Christopher Kolwitz, Joe North, Joshua (Charlie) Peace, Cecil Ford, Harvey Martin, Gertrude Ettershank, Stephen Fontana, Bruno de Santis, Alfred Holding, Margaret Carstairs, Paul Vermeulen, Patricia Hopper, Ada Chapp, Jim Acaster, Michael Sheaf, Miss A Jill, Amy Rosette Wood, Margaret Blissett, Catherine Byrne, Ruby Ravinet, Giovanni Puglisi, Patricia McBreaty, Michael Flynn, Aoife O’Sullivan, Patricia Sellers, Hugh Gallacher, Maria Varden Heuvel, Patricia Church, Margaret Ellis, May Perkins, Esperanza Reyes, Bernard McCarthy, Ena Bartley, Mary Smith, Doris Conner, Danielle Sutherland, Sandra McGran, Philip Thomas, Anthony Conlon, Hannah Harris & Johnathan Grindley.
We Pray for our Sick
Norbert Widera, 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
CLAUDIO CATINO, RIP who died on 28th January.
ANDREW SHANAHAN, RIP who died tragically in a car accident on 28th January.
DANNY COX, RIP who died recently.
First Holy Communion
The first session in the First Holy Communion programme is on Monday 1st March. Fr. Kevin will be starting the session at 6pm on the Parish YouTube channel (which can be accessed via the parish website).
The ‘Jesus Comes To Me’ books, which will be the main resource for the children, are ready to collect from the back of the Church.
Companion needed for local lady with dementia
I am looking for a companion for around 3 hours a day for my mum who lives in Leigh and is suffering from dementia. Mum lives independently and the companion is for company , possibly a little gardening together or going for a walk .
Hours are flexible and ideally for the week and weekends. This is a paid position.
If you are interested please get in touch : clare@clarehickey.co.uk and 07813 814473
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Herzlich tut Michael verlangen BWV 727 - J S Bach (1685-1750)
World Day of Prayer
The World Day of Prayer Service would normally be taking place on Friday 5th March. This years’ service is prepared by the women of Vanuatu on the theme “Build on a Strong Foundation”. Given the current problems of scheduling a public service in a church the local committee in Southend have put together a video of the service which can be viewed, at any time, on YouTube. Here is the link
If you enjoy the service and would like to donate to World day of Prayer please go to their website World Day Of Prayer at wwdp.org.uk. Your gifts are then sent across the world to help those in need. We hope you enjoy the service and thank you for watching.
Our Lady of Ransom School Rayleigh
The Governors are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated full time class teacher to join our friendly and dedicated team from 1st September, 2021. Full details and an application form can be obtained from the school website www.olorcps.net/school-info/vacancies.
Closing date: Monday 15th March 2021 (4pm)
Vacancy at St Thomas More High School
St Thomas More High School, Westcliff are seeking a Cleaner to work between the hours of 3.30pm to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. If you are interested in this position, please visit the school’s website for further details or telephone the school on 01702 344933.
Magnificat
The March 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.
From the April issue, parishioners who wish to continue receiving Magnificat will need to subscribe annually by the 28th February either online at catholic-herald.myshopify.com or send a cheque for £47.00, made payable to Magnificat, Catholic Herald Ltd, 8A Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EN.
Vacancy at Sir William Petre Almshouses, Ingatestone
A vacancy has arisen at the Almshouses situated along the High Street in Ingatestone. The Almshouse is a one-bedroom property. Candidates must be over 50 years and in need. Preference may be given to Roman Catholics.
Applicants please contact Mike Falcone, Trustee, Ginge Petre Trust on tel 07935 959388