Rosaries for Vietnam

A parish in Vietnam has asked for rosaries! If you have any additional rosaries (full and intact!) at home in cupboards or drawers and would like to respond to this request, please place the rosaries in the box we have placed at the back of the Church for this purpose. We are collecting up until Sunday, 3rd April, after which we shall parcel up the donations and send them to our fellow Catholics in Vietnam! Thank you if you are able to help!

Brentwood Catholic Children's Society

Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society has several charity Gold Bond places for the TCS London Marathon taking place on the iconic London course on Sunday 2rd October 2022. If you would like to be considered for one of our places and think you could raise a fundraising total of £1800 before Gift Aid, please email Julie jabbott@bccs.org.uk All information is available on our website where our application form can be downloaded: https://www.bccs.org.uk/fundraising-and-events/all-events/tcs-london-marathon 

Please note that the closing date for applications is Friday 8th April.

Save the Date! Saturday 3rd September 2022.

The March for life (M4L) will take place on Saturday 3rd September 2022. The theme this year is ’10 Million Too Many’ since to date around 10 million children have been legally aborted in the UK.

Vicariate for Adult Formation

THRESHOLDS OF HOPE QUESTION: What does it mean to talk about Christ as our Redeemer? Input will be given by Mgr John Armitage on Sunday 20th March 4.00 – 5.00 p.m. via Zoom. To join this Zoom meeting simply forward a contact email to adultformationvicariate@dioceseofbrentwood.org. For more information go towww.thresholdsofhope.co.uk

Walsingham House Team 2022/23

Be part of the Walsingham House Team 2022/23: If you will be 18+ in September, and are looking for an exciting gap year opportunity, deepening teamworking and practical skills in a context of youth leadership, and developing your faith, then a year on the Walsingham House Team could be perfect for you. For more information please contact Joseph Beattie, by emailing josephbeattie@dioceseofbrentwood.org or calling 01277 373959. There is an open afternoon from 2-4pm on Sunday 10th April; for more information and to register, go to www.bcys.net/events/whopenday/

Is God calling you to be a Priest?

The next Enquirers’ Evening for those considering or interested in a vocation to the priesthood is on Tuesday 5th April at St Edmund of Canterbury Church in Loughton. The speaker will be Mgr Kevin Hale.

For further information please contact Fr Mark Swires vocprom@dioceseofbrentwood.org

Live Simply Recycling Sack

Last chance to de clutter and raise funds for CAFOD! Our recycling sack is nearly full and we will be sending it off in a couple of weeks.

Many thanks to all who have donated their old phones, watches, cameras, game consoles and used stamps.
If you have any of these items which you no longer use, please place them in the pink sack at the back of the Church and CAFOD will earn much needed money. Live Simply Group

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.

Staff Vacancy - St Thomas More

St Thomas More High school are looking to recruit a part time receptionist, Wednesday – Friday, 8am – 4pm. If this is of interest, please contact recruitment@st-thomasnore.southend.sch.uk or telephone the school on 01702 344933.

Marriage Matters

A weekly reflection from ‘Marriage Matters’ can be read here.

Pilgrimage to Knock

Fully escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, Ireland, 23rd May 2022. £699.00 per person sharing. Price includes flight with 10kg hand luggage, all transfers, 4 nights’ in Knock House Hotel with full board. All entertainment and excursions included. Lunches on days out. Wheelchair accessible rooms. Single room supplement £100. Contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com. Knock Pilgrimages is a member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected by ATOL T7613.

Universe Catholic Weekly

The Universe Catholic Weekly is thrilled to announce that we have launched our new online newspaper with the full support of our first subscriber none other than His Eminence Cardinal Vincent Nichols.

Order your Digital 4 weeks FREE trial supply by calling Michelle on 0743 661 7650 or email: michelle.jones@universecatholicweekly.co.uk

Second Sunday in Lent

Dear friends in Christ

We make the pilgrimage through Lent each year confident that we shall arrive at the glory of the Resurrection. This is the reason for proclaiming the Gospel of the Transfiguration on this Second Sunday. The Apostles were weighed-down by events; Jesus wishes to reassure them, by this moment of glory, of the final end of the Passion—His glorification. We are living through dark days at the moment in Europe. But through all of the horrors of war and bloodshed we have hope. The hope of the Christian could be expressed as an acronym: Having Only Positive Expectations! When we strive to live by hope, we see everything in supernatural terms; we see the world and life itself, as God sees it. This does not mean that we are naive or oblivious to the world around us, rather, that we see the reality around us through faith-tinted glasses.

During this coming week we will celebrate the two Saints who have been foundational for our Parish: Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph. The original church (the previous Parish Hall) had this joint-dedication. When the present church building was constructed in 1925 it was dedicated to: Our of Lourdes & Saintt Joseph. Saints Patrick and Joseph remain very much our intercessors since they show us models of hope and courage: St Patrick a model of faith and a great evangeliser and St Joseph, the man of faith who had custody of the two greatest treasures our world has known: Jesus and Mary. We seek their intercession at this time, that they may instil hope and trust within us. Hopefully the promised shrine to St Joseph will be completed in the near future, a gesture to mark the Year of St Joseph that has just passed.

Please pray for all those for whom Lent is the intensive preparation for the Sacraments: those who will be Received into the Church at Easter; our young adults for Confirmation; the First Communicants and engaged couples.

May God bless you all and keep us safe under His protection!

Msgr Kevin Hale

Second Sunday of Lent

Second Sunday of Lent

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

8am Mass Anita Robinson, RIP (LM)
9.30am Mass Special Intentions of The Nye Family (SM)
11.30am Mass Mervyn Calton, RIP (RC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 14
Feria
9am Mass Intention of Neville Houchin, RIP (AC)

Tuesday 15
Feria
9am Mass Intention of Robert Condon, RIP (T&RO’C)

Wednesday 16
Feria
9am Mass Intention of John, Pat & Peter Moon, RIP (SM)

10.30am Requiem Mass Mary Rigden, RIP

Thursday 17
SAINT PATRICK, Bp, Patron of Ireland
9am Mass Intention of Rev John O’Neill, RIP (FM)

Friday 18
Feria
12Noon Mass Eric Newman, RIP (VA)
7pm Way of the Cross & Benediction

Saturday 19 March
ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
10am Mass Intentions of Maura Irwin
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 20 March
Third Sunday of Lent

5.30pm Mass Guy Bragard, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Antony Mills, RIP (SM)
9.30am Mass Fred & Doreen Wall, RIP (Anniv) (L&KW)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

200 Club

Thank you for your membership of the 200 Club. With your continued support, over the past two years the money raised from this has been used to repair the Bells and, more recently, restoration works. Although the 200 Club was started primarily to raise money for the new Parish Centre, now the money is being used to finance repairs or items required in the Church.

However, membership numbers are falling, mainly due to the loss of parishioners who have passed away. We now have 38 vacancies. If you would like to join the 200 Club, there are forms to fill in at the back of the Church or, alternatively, please ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr William Luby, Canon Martin Horkan, Fr Donal Donegal, Rev John O’Neill, Fr Justin Dawson, George Burnham, Lydia Upton, Maura Harley, Eric Wilding, Stefan Gyms, Frank Keenan (Snr), Philip Hale, Eleanor Hayes, June Hazel White, David McGowan, George Conway, James Kennedy, Kathleen Hosford, Julian Felix Asselberghs, Catherine Isobel Jago, Anthony Slattery, Mary Russell, Henry McIlwee, Nina Clarke, Alfred Marshall, Dolores Cutter, John Flynn, Gabrielle Haiser, Henry De Souza, Andrew Shanahan, John Moon, Guy Bragard, Eric Newman, Doreen Wall, Margaret Foster, Mary Blundell, Dorothy Burke & Lesley Dorey.

We Pray for our Sick

Gerry Clarke, Dominic De Souza, Val Tisi, Ann Owen, Gerry Clark, Roland Clark, Kenneth Biebuyck, Zach Stokes, Andrew Stokes, Noel Conroy, 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, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, 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, 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, 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

MARY TERESA RIGDEN, RIP who died on 15th February. Her Requiem Mass will be on Wednesday, 16th March at 10.30am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.

TOM O’CALLAGHAN, RIP who died on 9th March. Funeral details to follow.

Requiescant in pace

Ukraine Appeal

We thank you all sincerely for the volunteer support and donations appeal for Ukraine. All the donations that have been collected either at Rayleigh Megacentre, Our Lady of Ransom or Leigh Community Centre will be making their way to Moldova in the safe hands of the charity UK AID https://www.uk-aid.org/ via Megacentre Rayleigh who forged this link. At this time we have ceased collecting donations. Thank you ALL. The response from this local area has been staggering.

If anyone would like to know how to offer further practical support this can be made through Aid to the Church In Need:

https://acnuk.org/news/ukraine-charity-rolls-out-emergency-aid/

or via the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London:

https://www.ucc-gb.com/post/helpukraine-emergency-appeal

These Charities are working on the front-line to bring humanitarian relief and the funds will go there directly.

Sanctuary Lamp

The Sanctuary Lamp burns for the intentions of the Dec’d Relatives & Friends of Norman & Sue Hibbert & the Intentions of Oscar (20.2.22)