We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of

PETER MOORE, RIP. His funeral will be held on Friday, 10th December at 11.30am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.

OLIVIA CHESNEY, RIP. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 16th December at 2.30pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

HELEN WILLIAMS, RIP

EILEEN WASKETT, RIP

Dates for your Diary

Monday 29th November Journey in Faith (RCIA)
Parish Centre, Bernadette Room—8pm

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

Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday

Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 559 - J S Bach (1685-1750)

Postlude: Fantasia on 'Veni Emmanuel' - Alec Rowley (1892-1958)

Memory Book for Sir David Amess

A memory book is being arranged for Sir David's family. We kindly ask Sir David's friends and colleagues to spare a moment to write a memory about him. This can be anything that puts a smile on one's face—a short story, a funny anecdote, or anything else that reflects the character that Sir David was. 

The book will be available to sign in the Sacristy on Tuesday, 30th November and Wednesday, 1st December between 10am-1pm. 

We thank you in advance for your contribution.

Lourdes Ladies Group

Our next Meeting is on Thursday, 2nd December  in the Parish Centre from 10.15am to 12 Noon. The tables are turned this time for a ‘Show and Tell’ morning!  We are inviting Ladies to bring an item which has a particular story or meaning for them and talk about it for a few minutes – don’t be shy………… Please come along and show your support. 

All women are  welcome to an enjoyable and relaxing morning, meeting friends, old and new, over refreshments and chat. Subs only £1, plus a fun raffle.

Parish Christmas Bazaar - Sunday 5th December, 8.45am - 1.00pm

Our Annual Parish Bazaar is next weekend. 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.

Please do not donate used electrical goods. However, we are desperately in need of unwanted items - no jumble please!

If you would like to help on the day, please contact us.

Draw tickets are now available at the back of the Church.

Sue Lawford - 07816 141492, Angela Clements - 07940 183452, email angelaclements47@gmail.com. Thank you.

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.

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.

The Thresholds of Hope

THE THRESHOLDS OF HOPE QUESTION: What are the unique insights of Catholic Social Teaching? takes place by Zoom on Sundays 28th and 5th December 4.00–5.00pm The input and discussion will be led by Fr Dominic Howarth, Episcopal Vicar for Youth Ministry and Pastoral Care. To join this meeting go to Events at www.thresholdsofhope.co.uk All Welcome.

Inauguration of Advent Service

This Sunday 28th November at 4.00 pm in Brentwood Cathedral. Presider: Bishop Alan Williams with the Brentwood Cathedral Choir. This is a beautiful and uplifting way to prepare ourselves for the celebration of Christ’s birth and for that time when He will come again.

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.

The Thresholds of Hope Theologian

Trevor Lopez is training to be a doctor but he has also just begun a course in theology. To find out why he has decided to deepen his Catholic Faith by studying theology go to https://youtu.be/QPhjz-oY_bY or video resources on www.thresholdsofhope.co.uk

Five Bible Studies on the Advent Sunday Gospels

Mauro Iannicelli will break-open the forthcoming Advent Sunday Gospels with in-depth teaching and stimulating questions. As a result, you will experience Sunday Mass in a new way!

Five Wednesdays: 24 Nov | 1 Dec | 8 Dec | 15 Dec | 22 Dec (7-8pm UK Time). Free of Charge | LIVE sessions on YouTube.

Info & Registration: https://comeandsee.org/advent

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

Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

Dear friends in Christ

The final Sunday of the liturgical year ends on the high-note of Christ Our Universal King. The Gospel reading, however, does not give us a vain worldly-glorious monarch, but rather the image of the Suffering Servant (as described by the Prophet Isaiah) who gives His life to save the world. It calls to mind the many images in Christian art—Ecce Homo, Behold the Man—of the Jesus who suffers in order to give us an example by his death on the Cross.

During these final days of the liturgical year we can come and gaze on the face of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament exposed in our church for adoration. From Thursday evening until Saturday afternoon there is the annual Forty Hours’ Prayer. We were unable to do this last year and it is my hope that this time will lead us back into the weekly celebration of Sunday Mass. Our Bishops had hoped that from the First Sunday of Advent the Sunday Obligation could be restored. However, this week they have decided that due to continued uncertainties for many Catholics, this will remain suspended. However, the exhortation is given to return to Sunday Mass wherever it is morally possible. You can read what they have said here: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/bishops-statement-honouring-sunday/

This week, try to find time to visit the church—between Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon—and bring all your prayers, hopes and desires to Jesus in the Eucharist. You will find the timetable for these days on the Services section of the Newsletter.

This is also National Youth Day: a moment for us to pause and appreciate the young people who form the Church today and are the hope of the Church tomorrow. They are new parents and families of future generations of Catholics who will live and hand-on the light of our Faith to the world. One of our young adults will say a few words at the end of each Mass about the Brentwood Youth Service. Pray for all our young people—especially those who are struggling with difficulties after the pandemic—that they will be faithful to Jesus Christ and bring hope to our world, today and tomorrow.

May God bless you!

Msgr Kevin Hale

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

Monday 22
St Cecilia, V, M
9am Mass Stephen Palmer, RIP (MT)

Tuesday 23
St Clement I, P, M
9am Mass Caroline Walker, RIP (L&KW)

Wednesday 24
St Andrew Dung-Lac, Pr, & Comps, Mm
9am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (CR)
11am Requiem Mass Albert George Rice, RIP

Thursday 25
St Catherine of Alexandria, V, M
7pm Mass Opening Mass of Forty Hours’ Jim & Lilian Fegan, RIP (JC) Exposition continues until 11pm

Friday 26
Feria
Exposition resumes from 7am
12Noon Mass Holy Souls
3.30pm Benediction for Children & Families
7pm-8pm Preached Holy Hour
Exposition until 11pm

Saturday 27
Saturday Memorial of BVM
Exposition resumes from 7am
10am Mass Intentions of Lucrecia Conlu, Roselle Ganatuin & Danny Visperas (JC)
10.30-11.30 Confessions
4.00pm Closing Benediction of the Forty Hours’

Sunday 28 November

First Sunday of Advent

5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Ignatius & Flora (Rosemary), RIP (DS)
9.30am Mass Sir David Amess, RIP (SM)
11.30am Mass Eileen Wilson, RIP (L&KW)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Mgr Edward Watson, Canon Martin Hancock, Fr Anthony Robson, Fr John Aydon, William Shanahan, Rene Bragard, Victor Gubbins, Anne Jordan, Patricia Breslin, William Lewis, Harry Stanley, Constance Dobson, Enos (Alan) Ash, Tina Kentish, Jonathan Marshall, Kathleen McKee, James Carns, Dr Harry Maher, Thomas Mulholland, John Holmes, Bernard Harvey, Elizabeth Watson-Lamb, Marie Wilkes, Gilbert Blanch, Veronica Billena, Clifford Polland & Matthew Browning.

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 22nd November Journey in Faith (RCIA)
Parish Centre, Bernadette Room—8pm

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