Third Sunday in Lent
Third Sunday of Lent
Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Lent 1
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
Monday 21
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Lucrecia & Jose Conlu
Tuesday 22
Feria
9am Mass Henry Nye, RIP (PG)
Wednesday 23
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Fintan Healy (MW)
Thursday 24
Feria
9am Mass Dec'd Members of the Caunce Family (JC)
Friday 25
THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
12Noon Mass Charles & Alice Whitefield, RIP (FM) With the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to The Immaculate Heart of Mary
7pm Way of the Cross & Benediction
Saturday 26 March
Feria
10am Mass Tony Trigg, RIP (Anniv) (AT)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 27 March
Fourth Sunday of Lent—Lætare Sunday
5.30pm Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Lucille Tarrobel, RIP
9.30am Mass Barbara Ann Neagle, RIP (Anniv) (DB)
11.30am Mass John Joseph Swann (Joe), RIP (Anniv) (MD)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Sidney Williams, Canon Arthur Holmes, Fr John Sherlock, Mgr Canon Alfred Gilbey, Fr Denis Hall, Fr James Earley, Fr Henry Peace, Edmund Easterby, Francis Spratt, Frances Joseph Foley, Edward Hance, Agnes Edward, Catherine Davis, Ann Whiteley, John Fowler, Denis Reid, Nora McLeod, Imelda Maguire, Bernard Cody, Violet Day, Ernest Hardy, Fred Hopkins, Ted Wheeler, Katerina Deyanovitch, JohnArcher, Paul Reid, Maud Phyllis King, Marie Nichols, Peter Gouch, John Rombaut, Boleslaw Bendkowski, Mary Hardy, Nancy Mallif, Ethel Bull, Sarah Armstrong, Marian Treston, Kathleen Robinson, John Head, Edmund Thompson, Moira Keenan, Kirk Waltraud, Jessie Carlyon, Lily Dawson, Kenneth May, Allan Thompson, Derek Taylor, Victor Moule, Kathleen Farrell & Terence Larman.
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 Soul of
TOM O’CALLAGHAN, RIP who died on 9th March. His body will be received into the Church on Thursday, 31st March at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 1st April at 9.45 am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Requiescant in pace
Sanctuary Lamp
The Sanctuary Lamps burn for the intentions of the Uglietti Family and the Holy Souls.
Dates for your Diary
Wednesdays March 23rd & 30th—Marriage Preparation Evenings
Saturdays 14th & 21st May—First Holy Communion Masses
Wednesday 25th May—Visitation of the Bishop & Confirmation
Sunday 19th June—Corpus Christi Procession
Saturday 10th September—Flower Festival
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit 'Oculi mei semper and Dominum'
Postlude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 665 - J S Bach (1685-1750)
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.
Lourdes Pilgrimage
There is hope that there will be a Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: 24-29th July. If there was sufficient interest, there could be a group from our Parish which would join with the Diocese as in previous years.
The flight will depart from London Heathrow on 24th July at around midday and return on Friday 29th July at about 6pm. The cost per adult, which includes 5 nights full board staying at the 4 Star Grand Hotel Moderne Soubirous (closest to Sanctuary) and return luxury coach transfer from Lourdes airport will be £780. There is a £200 supplement for a single room.
If anyone would be interested, could you please register this by giving your name into the Parish Office.
Donation to Aid to the Church in Need
Thank you for your kind gift to Aid to the Church in Need; we really appreciate your solidarity with those who are suffering at this time. We gratefully acknowledge the sum of £1,000 received by us at ACN UK which we are assigning according to your wishes; to help those suffering in Ukraine.
As you stand with ACN you are supporting those in such need, as we work with the local Church – through Bishops, Priests, Sisters and the faithful. From Syria to Ukraine, and in more than 130 countries, you and the dear friends of ACN offer the Hope of Christ amidst so much suffering. Thank you!
As a bishop in Ukraine once said to me, so pertinently for today: “The help from your benefactors is our existence. You are assured of our daily prayers in all your own needs and difficulties. Thank you. For you are the Amen of our prayers for this people of suffering - and we have hope.”
May you be truly blessed and may Our loving Lord support you in your faithful endeavours this Lent. You are in the hearts, prayers and Masses of those helped by your charity.
Gift Aid Envelopes
Please note that boxes of Gift Aid envelopes for the forthcoming tax year 2022/2023 are now available at the back of the Church. Would you advise the Parish office if you do not find your numbered box.
Alternative methods of making donations can be made online via the Parish website or by using the contactless payment facility. You may also wish to open a Standing Order and forms are also available.
Thank you for your continued support.
Adult Confirmation
If there are any adults within the Parish who, for whatever reason, have not been Confirmed and would wish to be when the Bishop visits us on Wednesday, 25th May, then please give you name to Fr Kevin.
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham - 28th May 2022
Join Bishop Alan and other parishes around the Diocese of Brentwood in Walsingham as we celebrate the Year of the Family ‘Hearing and Doing the Word of God’.
We will celebrate Mass at the Basilica before walking the Holy Mile to the grounds of Walsingham Abbey to celebrate Vespers and Benediction on the site of the Holy House.
If you would like to come please contact the Parish office. Depending on the numbers going we may be able to arrange a coach to be shared by local Parishes.
Your Parish SVP
The SVP ( St Vincent de Paul Society) is a Christ-centred organisation with a mission to seek and find those who are in need, to help them in the spirit of justice and to tackle the causes and effects of poverty where it can. Members visit and befriend people living in loneliness and isolation, be they elderly, homeless, hospitalised or in care-homes, people with mental health issues or offenders. Our funds have become depleted through coming to the aid of families and individuals during the course of the pandemic but you can assist our endeavours by donating to your parish SVP group via our parish website - you can also now 'Gift Aid' any such donation at no additional cost to yourself! Our parish SVP group meets regularly in the Parish Centre for an hour or so on a Wednesday evening - we also seek new, committed members! Should you be thinking of joining us or wish to know more, please contact Francis O'Brien on mob: 07845874331 or email: obrjam@btinternet.com . Thank you for any help you can give!
Bereavement Support Group
We are pleased to announce that the Bereavement Support Group will start again on Tuesday, 22nd March and will meet every third Tuesday of each month.
The Group is open to all men and women who have experienced loss and bereavement and are welcome to join us in a warm, friendly and confidential environment. We will meet in the Bernadette room, Parish Centre, and sessions begin promptly at 2pm. Refreshments are available.
If further information is required please contact: Cynthia on 01702 477384.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the February draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 41 Mr S Ravinet
2nd Prize £100 184 Mrs A Peoples
3rd Prize £75 78 Mr Martin O’Brien
4th Prize £25 24 Miss A Emmerson
Please remember: if you move house, please notify me of your change of address. Yet again, we have had two families move away without notifying us of their new address and we have been unable to process their winning cheques.
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.
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