We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Boardman Jones, Fr Michael Hannan, Fr Dermot Moore, Fr James Cooney, Fr John Harding, Fr Michael O’Sullivan, John Maguire, Stefan Nowacki, John O’Brien, Gertrude Mortelman, Daisy Houlihan, Frederick James Hardy, Mrs Pearce, David Bavin, Margaret Hughes, Bertha Dokk-Olsen, Emma Alexander, Mirren Button, Dorothy Pogue, Basil Hall, Ruth Lambert, Rory Forge, Richard Wallner, Leo Francis Ring, Paul Swan, Irene (Molly) Kerry, Irene Hall, Caroline Richards, Mary Ellen Fiddes, Eleanor Lawson & Sylvia Gosling.
We Pray for our Sick
Jennifer Biebuyck, Moira Scott, Peter Wilkinson, Jill Yates, Leonora Maguire, Brian Mountier, Renata Butler, Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Marie Karaf, Gilberte Cook, Garry Pearman, Patricia Ann Darroch, Peggy Larman, 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.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Prelude: Berceuse - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Postlude: Nun danket alle Gott - Siegfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Lourdes Pilgrimage Week
As we cannot travel to Lourdes this Summer, we are bringing Lourdes to a local parish!
The Mass locations for the week are as follows all at 11am:
Monday 26th July - Our Lady of Lourdes, Leigh-on-Sea
Tuesday 27th July - Our Lady of Light, Clacton-on-Sea
Wednesday 28th July- St Margaret’s Convent, Canning town
(with a special invitation to the Catholic Fellowship)
Thursday 29th July - Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead
Friday 30th July - Cathedral of St Mary & St Helen, Brentwood
Every Mass, prayer and event will be available on our YouTube channel ‘BrentwoodCYS’ – it will be streamed at the time given, and available later if it is more convenient to watch and pray at a different time of day, or over the summer.
To join in...
Simply go to www.youtube.com/brentwoodcys
If you want to, you can also click ‘Subscribe’ - Subscription is free and you will receive reminders each day if you click the little “bell” symbol.
There are direct links and lots more information on our website www.bcys.net and you can keep up to date with the BCYS and all our events on social media
- just search @brentwoodcys
You can also watch Masses and processions live from the Lourdes Sanctuary throughout the year on the Lourdes website;
www.lourdes-france.org/en/tv-lourdes/
Baptism Preparation Sessions
All new parents are required to prepare for their child’s Baptism by attending one of the following sessions, which are held in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre.
Tuesday 17th August 2021 from 8pm to 9:30 pm
Tuesday 12th October 2021 fro 8pm to 9.30pm
Tuesday 7th December 2021 from 8pm to 9.30pm
Tuesday 8th February 2022 from 8pm to 9.30pm
If you would like to attend one of the above, please contact Catherine Harris on 07733327295 or email: mrscatherineharris@gmail.com in order to book a place.
St Bernard’s High School
A number of vacancies are available within our Catering Team from September 2021. Please go to our website - School Information - Vacancies -to complete an Application form. Closing date for applications Tuesday 24th August at 9am.
Flower Festival - 11th September 2021
Thank you to everyone who has already agreed to contribute to the Flower festival this year. The Theme is “I AM” (as in I Am the Good Shepherd; the Light of the World; The Way, Truth, & Life etc.) This was the theme that we had chosen for last year, but due to the pandemic it did not take place. The Festival will again, hopefully, coincide with the Leigh Art Trail. I am pleased to say that we have already have some Art, Photography and Needlework, as well as flower arrangements promised by parishioners to illustrate the themes. We need more people to take part, particularly to do flower arrangements.
So we are calling all parishioners to help us to create a beautiful and prayerful event to be shared with our community.
Any donations collected on the day will go towards ‘Serving the Homeless’ projects.
For those interested a list of all the quotations will be available. You can email me at: mcronan@btinternet.com
Please let me know if you are planning to take part. You have 2 months left to get creative!
We are also holding a Summer Raffle to raise funds so that we can continue to contribute to HARP and YMCA projects. Tickets for our ‘Hamper Bonanza’ are now on sale, with the draw taking place at the beginning of September. Tickets can be purchased from any of our Committee members.
Jo Ronan (Chair, Serving the Homeless)
Catholicism Post-Covid
Here is a link to a very helpful (free) book as we move out of the pandemic. It gives lots of insights as to how we can rekindle our Faith after this dramatic period in our history. Above all, it describes ways that we can rekindle our Faith as we start to come back to Mass and the Sacraments.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
In both the first reading and the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday, we are reminded of the importance of rest and recreation in our lives.
Dear friends in Christ
In both the first reading and the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday, we are reminded of the importance of rest and recreation in our lives. Proper rest is necessary if we are to function as human beings; and recreation is vital if we are to regenerate ourselves. We are all conscious that we have had very little opportunity for holidays away for over a year, but as we enter the height of our Summer, we need to find imaginative ways by which we can recover our energies so that we do not become physically and mentally stale. Ultimately this must be so that we can be more effective in our service of God and neighbour. Our Lord shows us how—with His Disciples—we need to find rest and be apart sometimes: for our own well-being and that of those with whom we live and work.
As we begin to move out of the restrictions that have been imposed upon us over these last months, let us all be mindful of others when we come to church and attend Holy Mass. There will be many members of the Parish Family who are still feeling nervous, reticent and vulnerable. Although restrictions will be eased from Monday, we must all remain prudent about how we act and inter-act within the confines of the church; we must all take personal responsibility for the way we act. Even if masks and social-distancing are no longer obligatory, there will be many who will wish to continue adhering to these precautions; and please respect the space of others. Singing in church will be permissible and the Confessional may be used for the Sacrament of Penance. The Offertory collection will resume from next weekend. There is no reason why we should not exchange a sign of peace, albeit in a non-tactile way; i.e. a bow or smile acknowledging our neighbour, unless we are with family members. Obviously Communion from the Chalice is not possible because of the risk of infection. Booking a place at Mass is no longer necessary, nor the stewarding. Our Bishops have issued a short statement Sunday - It Is Our Day on the precept of Sunday Obligation which is available to read online. I would like to express my deep gratitude to those who have faithfully and routinely assisted with the stewarding and cleaning of our church on a daily basis; this has allowed us to keep the church open and help everyone to feel safe; thank you!
I wish you all every blessing for the coming weeks, which hopefully will include some rest and recreation for many of you. God bless!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Arthur Mills, RIP (DL)
6.30pm Holy Hour: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions in the Lady Chapel
Sunday 18 July
8am Mass Intentions of Blake Mackay (SD)
9.30am Mass Larry Delahunty, RIP (Anniversary) (LD)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 19
Feria
9am Mass Bridget Comey, RIP (M,C&NC)
Tuesday 20
St Apollnaris, Bp, M
9am Mass Michael Kinsella, RIP (Anniversary) (ZK)
Wednesday 21
St Lawrence of Brindisi, Pr, D
9am Mass Canon Francis Gilbert (FM)
5pm Body in Church Margaret Smith, RIP
Thursday 22
St Mary Magdalene
10am Requiem Mass Margaret Smith, RIP
Friday 23
St Bridget of Sweden, Rel
12noon Dora Harner, RIP (FDS)
Saturday 24
St Sharbel Makhluf, Pr
10am Mass Karl Federmann, RIP (HP)
10.30-11.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 25 July
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Aidan Tuffy, RIP (CM)
9.30am Mass Intentions Fr Con Joyce - 58 years of Priesthood (SG)
11.30am Mass Erynne Marie Ligeski, RIP (SS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Edmund Dobson, Fr Patrick Taylor, Deacon David Balmer, Fr James McEvoy, Fr Godfrey Anstruther OP, Joseph Letterer, James Dawson, Andrew Regan, Mabel Buckley, Michael Regan, Bill Prior, Margaret May Orme, David Finnegan, Reginald Copley, Caroline Hardy, Kathleen Butt, Jane Bickmore, Charles Fletcher, Jane Mawdsley, Alice Collins, Aislinn Lane, Elsie Witty, Irene Huggett, Frank McEvoy, Pamela Johnson, Francis Howard Kenney, Geraldine Hayter, Joan Farmer, Winifred Martin, Marian Bukowski, Leonard Betts, Arthur Koch, William Rhodes, David Hall, Eva Bartley, Silvester Smolarczyk & Marie Ann Brand.
We Pray for our Sick
Jennifer Biebuyck, Moira Scott, Peter Wilkinson, Jill Yates, Leonora Maguire, Brian Mountier, Renata Butler, Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Marie Karaf, Gilberte Cook, Garry Pearman, Patricia Ann Darroch, Peggy Larman, 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
LOUISE DRAY, RIP who died recently. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon.
MARGARET SMITH, RIP who died on Friday, 25th June. Her Body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 21st July at 5pm and her Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, 22nd July at 10.00am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
BRENDA PEARSON, RIP who died on Monday 28th June. Her Body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 28th July at 5pm and her Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, 29th July at 11.00am followed by burial at Woodside Cemetery.
MARGARET KELLY, RIP who died on Tuesday 13th July in Derry.
Sunday - It Is Our Day
Statement from the Catholic Bishops of England
On 19th July, the current legislative powers which assist the mitigations against the covid-19 virus transmission will be rescinded by HM Government. Nevertheless, there will be an encouragement to personal and corporate responsibility in this area; as the Prime Minister said in his most recent statement “The pandemic is not over.” Even without this legislation in place, the Church in England and Wales will be adopting a cautious approach to capacity and activity within our buildings, especially at corporate acts of worship.
We are mindful of the certain fact that the Covid-19 virus is still circulating in society. Vaccines provide genuine protection against the worst effects of the virus, yet we recognise the legitimate fear on the part of some who otherwise desire to gather for Holy Mass. It is our continuing judgement, therefore, that it is not possible at the present time for all of the faithful to attend Mass on a Sunday thus fulfilling their duty to God.
It is hoped that it will be possible for all Catholics in England and Wales to fulfil this most important Church precept, that of the Sunday Obligation, by the First Sunday in Advent 2021. In the meantime, all Catholics are asked to do their best to participate in the celebration of the weekly Sunday Mass and to reflect deeply on the centrality of Sunday worship in the life of the Church.
In April, following our Plenary Assembly, we offered a reflection on the experience of the extraordinary long months of the pandemic. It was titled The Day of the Lord. We also began to look at the way forward. We spoke about the important invitation to restore the Sunday Mass to its rightful centrality in our lives. We asked for a rekindling in our hearts of a yearning for the Real Presence of the Lord in the Eucharist, as our response to the total, sacrificial love that Jesus has for us. We said: “The Eucharist should be the cause of our deepest joy, our highest manner of offering thanks to God and for seeking his mercy and love. We need to make it the foundation stone of our lives.”
May this continue to be our striving during these coming months as we journey back to the full celebration of our Sunday Mass and our renewed observance of The Day of the Lord.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Prelude: Méditation (Symphonie 1) - Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Postlude: Introduction-Choral and Menuet (Suite Gothique) - Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
Lourdes Pilgrimage Week
As we cannot travel to Lourdes this Summer, we are bringing Lourdes to a local parish!
The Mass locations for the week are as follows all at 11am:
Monday 26th July - Our Lady of Lourdes, Leigh-on-Sea
Tuesday 27th July - Our Lady of Light, Clacton-on-Sea
Wednesday 28th July- St Margaret’s Convent, Canning town
(with a special invitation to the Catholic Fellowship)
Thursday 29th July - Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead
Friday 30th July - Cathedral of St Mary & St Helen, Brentwood
Every Mass, prayer and event will be available on our YouTube channel ‘BrentwoodCYS’ – it will be streamed at the time given, and available later if it is more convenient to watch and pray at a different time of day, or over the summer.
To join in...
Simply go to www.youtube.com/brentwoodcys
If you want to, you can also click ‘Subscribe’ - Subscription is free and you will receive reminders each day if you click the little “bell” symbol.
There are direct links and lots more information on our website www.bcys.net and you can keep up to date with the BCYS and all our events on social media
- just search @brentwoodcys
You can also watch Masses and processions live from the Lourdes Sanctuary throughout the year on the Lourdes website;
www.lourdes-france.org/en/tv-lourdes/
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the June draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 125 Miss A Emmerson
2nd Prize £100 96 Mr I Britt
3rd Prize £75 21 Mr A Long
4th Prize £25 102 Miss Pauline Mitchell
Thank you to those parishioners who have joined the 200 Club over the past few weeks.
We are still looking for new members. The subscription is £5 per month, either by cash, cheque or direct debit. If you would like to join, please fill in a form which can be found at the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
Flower Festival - 11th September 2021
Thank you to everyone who has already agreed to contribute to the Flower festival this year. The Theme is “I AM” (as in I Am the Good Shepherd; the Light of the World; The Way, Truth, & Life etc.) This was the theme that we had chosen for last year, but due to the pandemic it did not take place. The Festival will again, hopefully, coincide with the Leigh Art Trail. I am pleased to say that we have already have some Art, Photography and Needlework, as well as flower arrangements promised by parishioners to illustrate the themes. We need more people to take part, particularly to do flower arrangements.
So we are calling all parishioners to help us to create a beautiful and prayerful event to be shared with our community.
Any donations collected on the day will go towards ‘Serving the Homeless’ projects.
For those interested a list of all the quotations will be available. You can email me at: mcronan@btinternet.com
Please let me know if you are planning to take part. You have 2 months left to get creative!
We are also holding a Summer Raffle to raise funds so that we can continue to contribute to HARP and YMCA projects. Tickets for our ‘Hamper Bonanza’ are now on sale, with the draw taking place at the beginning of September. Tickets can be purchased from any of our Committee members.
Jo Ronan (Chair, Serving the Homeless)
BCCS Relay 100: Our Lady of Lourdes to St. Helen's Church
Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society (BCCS) are holding a series of relays between 100 churches this Summer to raise funds and publicise their work in the Diocese. The relay covers 500 miles between 100+ churches and involves 100 people.
Parishioner Darrell Binding has volunteered to do our relay from OLOL church to St. Helen’s on 23rd July 2021. He is at pains to say he will be walking it, not running it!
Darrell is looking for sponsors please, so paper sponsor forms will be available from the parish office and back of church, but donations can also be made online by going to the Relay 100 fundraising page: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/Relay100, or you can transfer directly into BCCS’ bank account: Brentwood Catholic Childrens Society Account Number: 31094130 Sort Code: 40 13 22 (please reference your donation ‘Relay 100’ along with the name D Binding). Many thanks!