Dates for your Diary
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
Thank You
The O'Callaghan family would like to extend a huge thank you for the incredible outpouring of love, kindness and support shown over the past month, following the passing of Tom O'Callaghan.
The amount of mass and sympathy cards, flowers and words of comfort have been very much appreciated and the attendance to his funeral validating the impact this wonderful man made in the lives of so many people who had the honour of knowing him. He will be greatly missed.
The O'Callaghan family.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the March draw are as follows:
1st prize £150 84 Mrs E Hall
2nd Prise £100 52 Miss F DeSouza
3rd Prize £75 123 Mrs T Heddon
4th Prize £25 26 Miss J Gibbons
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.
Serving the Homeless
Thank you for all your continuing support. We are supporting the Bluebird project at HARP which, when completed, will house 50 homeless people.
We have also been able to help the YMCA who have purchased, and subsequently been adapting, a house for five very vulnerable young people. Please continue to keep these projects in your prayers.
The Committee are currently organising an Afternoon Tea to be held on Wednesday 11th May in the Park View Suite in Chalkwell Park, 2.15 pm for 2.30 pm. Tickets cost £15 and can be purchased from Nina on 07528 502543 or Linda on 07769 708231.
Ukraine Appeal
If anyone would like to offer further practical support for the Ukraine, 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.
Gift Aid Envelopes
Please note that boxes of Gift Aid envelopes for the 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.
Bereavement Support Group
We are pleased to announce that the Bereavement Support Group has re- started and meets every third Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, 19th April.
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.
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.
Missio-Red Box Holders
I have received the Spring Missio Magazines. If you have not received one from me personally please take one from the ledge at the back of church. If there are any boxes that need emptying please let me have them or leave them in the office for me to collect. Thank you Joan Caunce Secretary 01268 757505
Leadership Vacancies in Diocesan Schools for September
Headteacher St Alban’s Primary, Elm Park
Headteacher St Joseph’s Primary, Upminster
Headteacher Holy Family Secondary School, Walthamstow
Deputy Headteacher St Mary’s, Tilbury
Deputy Headteacher St Alban’s, Elm Park.
Deputy Headteacher, St Joseph’s Primary School, Harwich
Details of all positions can be found at the following link https://www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/departments/education/vacancies/school-vacancies/
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Dear friends in Christ
These final two weeks of Lent invite us to relive the Passion of Jesus Christ.
Dear friends in Christ
These final two weeks of Lent invite us to relive the Passion of Jesus Christ. These are the most sombre days of the year, as we proceed towards Holy Week and the celebration of the Paschal Triduum—Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and the Easter Vigil. The purple veiling of our crucifixes and images emphasises each year, how the glory of Jesus is hidden from our eyes during this period, only to be revealed with the glory of His Resurrection at Easter. I am always encouraged, and impressed, when parishioners tell me of how they are aiming to live the days of Lent; it's always worthwhile, however much the cost to ourselves, that we persevere in prayer and penance. The custom of undertaking mortifications and works of charity is not only ancient and based upon biblical teaching, but it also has a way of bringing us into solidarity with our suffering brothers and sisters. Often the crosses of life don't have to be sought-out, since they will be part-and-parcel of our daily lives. These are usually the most efficacious penances: such as, someone who needs my assistance, taking the time necessary to explain something, trying to be patient when under pressure, anticipating the needs of those around me…these are all opportunities for us to identity with Jesus in His Passion, albeit in small ways. So what is that special grace I need this Lent and Holy Week? We each stand in need of something. May these days of Passiontide, in the words of the hymn: Keep us, O Saviour, ever constant by Thy side; that with Thee we may appear, at the eternal Eastertide.
With every blessing!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Lent 2
5.30pm Mass Intentions of Dominic de Souza (LdS)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Private Intention of Aneta Ausareny (AA)
11.30am Mass Anne Bonifacio, RIP (CH)
4pm Mass Dec'd Members of the Beech & Fegan Families (JC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 4
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Simone McCarthy & Family (K&LW)
Tuesday 5
Feria
9am Mass Lillian Hippard, RIP (SH)
Wednesday 6
Feria
9am Mass Private Intention (BA)
Thursday 7
Feria
9am Mass Intention of James Robert Visperas
Friday 8
Feria
12Noon Intention of Simone Dann (SD)
7pm Way of the Cross & Benediction
Saturday 9 April
Feria
10am Mass Alan Bush, RIP (CB)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 10 April
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
5.30pm Mass Finbar Buckley, RIP (MI)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Ints of Lucille Tarrobal, Liza Palmar & Corazan Alcubilla, RIP
9.30am Mass Sister Josephine Mary, RIP (MB)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish—Preceded by the Blessing and Procession of Palms
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Ronald Roberts, Canon Charles Loughran, Deacon Geoffrey Piper,
Fr Thomas Adkins, Donald McMahon, Catherine Nelson, Baby Ben Blaker, Catherine Dace, Nora White, Charles Thompson, Elizabeth Tyrell, Bernard Foley, Peggy Cockerel, Robert Lee, Kitty Stanley, Patricia Quinn, Patrick Dunbar, Dr Ronnie Shapiro, Leslie Drayton, Rene Sanctuary, Harry McNally, Rose Mary Brinkley, Donald Cussen, Mary McKenzie, Michael Maloney, Miriam Cunniffe, Marjorie Pollard, James Tully, John Pelham, Laurence Westwood, Will Coveney, Robert Ellis, Anthony Irons, Clare Ann Houlihan, James Poskitt, Mary McKeever, Esther Martin & Frances Phillips.
We Pray for our Sick
Ann Emmerson, 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, 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 LYDON, RIP who died on 31st March. Funeral details to follow.
Requiescat in pace
Sanctuary Lamp
The Sanctuary Lamp burns for the intentions of the Booth Family, Ametta & Ernest Cotgrove and Assumta Maina.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Prelude: Improvisations on the Introit Iudica me Deus
Postlude: Choral Prelude on 'Hosanna Filio David' - Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)