Serving the Homeless
As many parishioners will know, the Committee had to cancel the wine tasting in October. To help our income we have a set up a Christmas raffle, tickets for which are now available. They cost £5 per book and are available from any Committee member or please ring Linda on 01702 558217. Prizes include Christmas hampers and many other gifts.
Journey in Faith (RCIA)
The Journey in Faith sessions continue on Mondays. These evenings are for those wishing to discover more about the Catholic Faith with a view to Reception into the Church. If you know anyone who is interested in learning more about our Faith and wishing to become Catholic, please direct them to Fr Kevin or these evenings. They will be in the Parish Centre and begin at 8pm.
St Thomas More High School
Sixth Form Open Evening
Thursday 25th November 6pm-9pm - Headteacher to talk 7pm
For families who have students – boys and girls - in year 11 of secondary school who are intending to begin sixth form studies in September 2022. Come and visit the school and meet the staff and current sixth form students.
There will be tours of the sixth form building and the rest of the school.
Missio - Red Box Holders
If anyone has a Red Box that has not been emptied in the last 12 months, please give them to me personally or leave them in the Parish Office, no later than the 28th November. Thank you.
Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
As we enter the final days of the liturgical year, the Church reminds us once again of some central truths of our Faith: the meaning of life, our death, judgement and the second coming of Christ.
Dear friends in Christ
As we enter the final days of the liturgical year, the Church reminds us once again of some central truths of our Faith: the meaning of life, our death, judgement and the second coming of Christ. This is what links the first reading and the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday. In every age Christians have repeated the lovely simple invocation: Come, Lord Jesus! This prayer was so widely used that the early Church has passed it down to us in the original Aramaic. This is one of the acclamations we say at Mass after the Consecration. In the moment when Jesus becomes truly present on the Altar, the Church expresses her earnest desire to behold His coming in glory. In this way the liturgy on earth is at one with that of Heaven. Even though the moment has not arrived for us to be with God in Heaven, we have a foretaste of that glory in Holy Communion. St Pope John Paul II made this plea: Let us pray that the heartfelt prayer of the Church, ‘Come, Lord Jesus’, will become the spontaneous plea of every human heart. We can never be satisfied by the things of the world. Our hearts yearn for the promised blessing still to come.
As we approach the end of the Church year—next weekend is the celebration of Christ our Universal King—we are also going to have our Solemn Days of Eucharistic Adoration. This could not take place last year with all the disruptions of the last eighteen months. These hours of prayer bring us to the heart of all true religion, The Mystery of Faith. In fact, from the First Sunday of Advent the obligation for Sunday Mass is restored after the disruption brought about by the pandemic and a suspension of this precept of weekly Sunday Mass. Our hope is that with the Forty Hours' Prayer we will be brought back again to the centrality of the Blessed Eucharist in our lives. Our Catholic Faith is purely and simply about bringing each of us humbly before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. You might start thinking about the time you can spend in church on those days 25-27th of this month.
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Jerzy (George) Wislocki, RIP (Anniversary) (PW)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Rene Solecki, RIP Anniversary) ((IS)
9.30am Mass Aloysius DeSouza, RIP (FdS)
11.30am Mass The Dead of the Wars
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 15
St Albert the Great
9am Mass Pearl Scaife, RIP (Anniversary) (MI)
Tuesday 16
St Edmund of Abingdon (Rich), Bp
9am Mass Intentions of Lois Oliver (TW)
Wednesday 17
St Elizabeth of Hungary, Rel
9am Mass Intentions of Maureen Ward (MW)
Thursday 18
Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss Peter & Paul, App
9am Mass Intentions of Kevin Power (MP)
Friday 19
Feria
12Noon Mass Intentions of Rosemary Mann (RM) 7pm Sung Requiem Mass (Missal of 1962) The Holy Souls
Saturday 20
Saturday Memorial of BVM
10am Mass Frank Maguire, RIP (MM)
10.30-11.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 15 November
Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
5.30pm Vigil Mass Rene Braggard, RIP (Anniversary) (RB)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Holy Souls in Purgatory
11.30am Mass Louis Mooney, RIP (CdS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Terence Howes, Fr James Allis, Fr Richard (Dick) Ashton, Fr John Harden, Fr James Linburgh, Fr Edwin Sheehan OFM, John Cavanagh, Jack O’Riordan, Vincent Kelly, John O’Neill, Kathleen McIlwee, Richard Sparrow, Louisa Hurst, Sydney Pullen, Myriad Hubbard, Mary Capon, John Cousins, Ethel Donnison, Luciana Garuti, Edna Hutchings, Edith McCouat, Kathleen Macauley, Mrs Alice Kelly, Jack Hosmer, Florrie Peck, Charlotte Roberts Bert Russell, Maureen Deeks, John Chiswick, George Livermore, Celia Ashley, Marcia Clarke, James Rourke, Agnes Fitzgibbons, Emily Harriet-Upcroft, Boleslaw (Charlie) Czogalik, Peggy Ingham, Finbar Hayes, Ada Mundy, Brian Slattery, Josephine Phelps & Paul Pearman.
We Pray for our Sick
Marjorie Jay, Paul Sutton, John Murphy, Mary Monaghan, Jennifer Biebuyck, Moira Scott, Jill Yates, Leonora Maguire, Brian Mountier, Renata Butler, Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Marie Karaf, 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, 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, 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
ALBERT RICE, RIP
HELEN WILLIAMS, RIP
OLIVIA CHESNEY, RIP
PETER MOORE, RIP
EILEEN WASKETT, RIP
Dates for your Diary
Monday 15th November Journey in Faith (RCIA)
Parish Centre, Bernadette Room—8pm
Friday 19th November Solemn Sung Mass in the Old Rite—7pm
Thursday 25th—Saturday 27th November
Annual Days of Eucharistic Exposition
Sunday 5th December Christmas Bazaar—8.45am to 1pm
Friday 17th December Serving the Homeless Carol Service—7pm
Wednesday 25th May Visitation of the Bishop & Confirmation
Saturdays 14th & 21st May First Holy Communion Masses
Sir David Amess, RIP - Funeral Arrangements
Monday, 22nd November 1pm—St Mary’s Church, Prittlewell (an Ecumenical Funeral Service)—invitees only.
Tuesday, 23rd November 10.30am—Westminster Cathedral Requiem Mass—invitees only.
Serving the Homeless
As many parishioners will know, the Committee had to cancel the wine tasting in October. To help our income we have a set up a Christmas raffle, tickets for which are now available. They cost £5 per book and are available from any Committee member or please ring Linda on 01702 558217. Prizes include Christmas hampers and many other gifts.
Journey in Faith (RCIA)
The Journey in Faith sessions continue on Mondays. These evenings are for those wishing to discover more about the Catholic Faith with a view to Reception into the Church. If you know anyone who is interested in learning more about our Faith and wishing to become Catholic, please direct them to Fr Kevin or these evenings. They will be in the Parish Centre and begin at 8pm.
Parish Christmas Bazaar - Sunday 5th December, 8.45am - 1.00pm
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Parish Bazaar is back once again and we need your help and generosity. If you have any unwanted gifts, toiletries, bottles, raffle prizes or bric-a-brac that you would like to donate, please leave them in the Old Baptistry.
If you would like to help on the day, please contact us.
Sue Lawford - 07816 141492, Angela Clements - 07940 183452, email angelaclements47@gmail.com. Thank you.
Missio - Red Box Holders
If anyone has a Red Box that has not been emptied in the last 12 months, please give them to me personally or leave them in the Parish Office, no later than the 28th November. Thank you.
Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505
Tea/Coffee Mornings in the Parish Centre
Please join us for tea, coffee and cake in the Parish Centre after the 9am Mass on Mondays and Thursdays and after the 8am, 9.30am and 11.30am Masses on Sundays.
We look forward to seeing you again!
OLL Ladies Group
Our next Meeting is on Thursday, 18th November in the Parish Centre from 10.15am to 12Noon. Our guest speaker is none other than Francis O,Brien, who will be giving a talk on his recent Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. This promises to be a very interesting programme and an opportunity to listen to one of our Parishioners own experiences of this famous pilgrimage walk. Please come along and show your support.
All women welcome to an enjoyable and relaxing morning, meeting friends, old and new, over refreshments and chat. Subs only £1, plus a fun raffle.
Christmas Decoration Morning
Join us in the Parish Centre on Monday, 6th December from 10.30-12-30pm for a morning of crafty fun.
Make your own wreath and tea light decorations. All materials will be supplied, but it would be helpful if you could bring your own secateurs. This is not a professional demonstration, but a chance to have a go and have some fun. You will be able to take home some original decorations!
Tea/coffee & cakes will be provided.
£10 per head with profits going to ‘Serving the Homeless.’
As numbers are limited please ring Jo 474062 or Theresa 620043 to book a place.
St Thomas More High School
Sixth Form Open Evening
Thursday 25th November 6pm-9pm - Headteacher to talk 7pm
For families who have students – boys and girls - in year 11 of secondary school who are intending to begin sixth form studies in September 2022. Come and visit the school and meet the staff and current sixth form students.
There will be tours of the sixth form building and the rest of the school.