We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr Edmund Tyler, Fr Gerard Butcher,Fr Thomas Crowe, Dr Jack Hesketh-Beasley, Alice Quinlan, Margaret Gibson, Mrs Anne Hughes, Mollie Cosgrove, Margaret Kenny, Kathleen Owen, Kathleen Denyer, John Mudd, Peter Gerald Sloan, Bridie Satella, Bertram Barrett, May Lobb, James McKeon, Edith Turner, Richard Charles Neagle, Laura Pauline Groves, Barbara Adams, Nora Murphy, Catherine ne Weston, Kathleen lee, Ray Parascandolo, Irene Chessher, Pamela Gafga, Annie Adelia Lawrence, Rose Whitehead, Walter Burrill, Marion Button, Gerald Melhuish, Gwendoline Underwood, George Houston & Theresa Yates.

We Pray for our Sick

David Lesley, Tony Tisi, Ann Owen, 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, 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, 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 & baby Forest Gallagher.

Sanctuary Lamp

The Sanctuary Lamp burns for the Pieroni & Diana Families and the Intentions of Cynthia Bush.

We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of

CHRISTINE KEENAN, RIP who died on Friday, 22nd April. Her Requiem Mass will take place at 12Noon on Monday, 6th June.

GERALD CLARKE, RIP who died on Friday 13th, May. His Body will be received into the church on Sunday, 12th June at 6.30pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Monday, 13th June at 9.30am followed by committal at St Andrews Church, Westhall, Suffolk.

MARY LEFTLEY, RIP who died on Friday, 27th May. Her Body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 29th June at 5pm and her Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 30th June at 1pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

MICHAEL (MIKE) RUBBERT, RIP who died on Sunday, 29th May. His Body will be received into the church on Thursday, 30th June at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 1st July at 10.30am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

Requiescant in pace

Dates for your Diary

Sunday 19th June—Corpus Christi Procession

Saturday 10th September—Flower Festival

Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday

Prelude: Premiere choral varié Sur le 'Veni Creator' and improvisation on the Introit for Pentecost Sunday
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) and James Devor (b. 1982)

Postlude: Komm Gott Schöpfer Heilger Geist BWV and chorale exposition on 'Veni Creator'
J S Bach (1685-1750) and James Devor

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

At all Sunday Masses on 4–5 June 2022, each Parish will pray for Her Majesty the Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee by including an intention in the Prayer of the Faithful and by reciting at the end of Mass (after the Prayer after Communion and before the Final Blessing) the Prayer for the Queen.

Prayer for the Queen

Following the Prayer after Communion:

V. O Lord, save Elizabeth, our Queen.
R. And hear us on the day we call upon you.

V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come before you.

V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.

Almighty God, we pray,
that your servant Elizabeth, our Queen,
who, by your providence has received the governance of this realm,
may continue to grow in every virtue,
that, imbued with your heavenly grace,
she may be preserved from all that is harmful and evil
and, being blessed with your favour
may, with the royal family,
come at last into your presence,
through Christ who is the way, the truth and the life
and who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen

Annual Procession of the Blessed Sacrament

Sunday 19th June 4.00pm

Accompanied by the Tilbury Brass Band

Followed by Tea in the Parish Centre

Sick & Retired Clergy Fund

Next weekend there will be a retiring collection for the Sick & Retired Clergy. This Fund provides financial assistance to priests of the diocese who are permanently or temporarily incapacitated by old age, infirmity or illness from the performance of their clerical duties.

OLL Ladies Group

The next Meeting is on Thursday 9th June at 10.15am in the Parish Centre , all ladies in the Parish welcome.

Our guest Speaker will be one of our own members, who will tell us about how one Town in the North of England celebrated one of its War Heroes. As usual, subs are only £1, which includes refreshments.

NB. Would ladies who have paid a deposit for the Hyde Hall trip please be ready to pay Jan the remainder of the money. Thank you!

Flower Festival - 10th September 2022

It is time to be creative again! Thank you to all those who have already said that they want to take part.

The theme of the Flower and Arts & Crafts festival this year is Christian Feasts and Festivals. Like last year we would like people to create a flower arrangement, or tapestries, paintings, photographs (or any type of craft work) on the theme chosen.

The main topics will be: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Holy Family, Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christ the King, Pentecost, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, All Saints & All Souls Day, St Peter & Paul.

There are of course other special feast days you can choose. In Anglican churches Harvest festivals are prominent whilst there are several special feast days for Our Lady in the Catholic church.

Many people who visit during the festival have no religious background and we want to present a powerful and prayerful message about Christianity.

Please let me know which theme or themes you will be doing and in what medium.  (mcronan@btinternet.com)

Thanks, Jo Ronan

Monthly Evenings for Vocation Enquirers

The next “Enquirers’ Evening” for those considering or interested in a vocation to the priesthood is on Tuesday 7th June at St Edmund of Canterbury Church in Loughton. The speaker will be Msgr John Armitage.

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

Serving the Homeless

Our next event is An Evening of  Jazz and Fun with the Daisy Bowlers on Friday 10th June in the Parish Centre at 7 pm. Tickets cost £10 and are available from Nina 472536 or Linda on 558217. Please bring your own drinks and snacks.

Outing to Hyde Hall Gardens

The above coach trip is on 23rd June with a Coach leaving outside the Church at 10.15 and then at Westleigh Schools . We leave Hyde Hall at 3.30pm. Tickets for coach and gardens is £25 (RHS members £20).

This promises to be a lovely day out and any ladies in the Parish are welcome to join us. Hyde Hall Gardens have beautiful extensive gardens, a large gift shop for browsing , plus a Garden Centre to purchase some of their lovely plants and several Restaurants/Cafes for lunch or snacks. You are welcome, of course, to bring your own lunch and picnic in the grounds.

If interested please contact Jan Lewis on: 07775620890.

Bereavement Support Group

The Bereavement Support Group meets every third Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, 21st June.

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.

St Bernard's High School - Open Evening

Open Evening for Year 5 Students

(Prospective Year 7 in 2023)

Wednesday 6 July 2022

6.00pm to 9.00pm

 We would be delighted to welcome Year 5 girls and their parents/carers to our Open Evening. This is an evening for girls wishing to join Year 7 in September 2023.

 We are also offering an opportunity for parents/carers to visit the school during a normal teaching day, dates will be published on our website later this academic year.

 St Bernard’s High School offers selective places based on success in the CSSE selective tests and non-selective places according to faith-based admissions criteria. (Please see school website for full details.)

 ‘The school is welcoming and inclusive.  In 2015, many pupils made significantly better progress than other pupils nationally’ Ofsted 2016

 'The gifted, able and talented programme provides challenging enrichment across all year groups and is acknowledged by the NACE Award' Ofsted 2016

 ‘St Bernard’s High School is an outstanding Catholic school… Attainment and progress of students is outstanding’ (Diocesan Inspection, 2017)

 www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk, Milton Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7JS Tel: 01702 343583

BCCS Relay100

Last year, volunteers took part in the Diocesan relay from parish to parish for Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society (BCCS) and we’re doing it again!

The Bishop launched the whole event on May 9th, and I have volunteered to do the Lady of Lourdes leg again to St.Helen’s Westcliff before the end of June (date to be confirmed).  Our Lady of Lourdes parishioners raised over £100 last time for our leg last year but the most important thing is that BCCS covers all the parishes and shows the importance of the work they do for children.

If you would like to sponsor me you can by either using my sponsorship form - available at teas & coffees after 9.30am and 11.30am Sunday masses from 21st May or by going online to  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/relay100 If appropriate, please use gift aid for your donation.Please mention my name and Relay 100 in the sponsorship note as a reference so that BCCS can trace your donation online.

You can also donate by BACS at Account: Brentwood Catholic Childrens Society;  Account Number: 3109413; Sort Code: 40 13 22. Again please quote BCCS Relay100 and my name D Binding. Thank you so much for your support. Darrell Binding

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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

This week we enjoyed two major celebrations in our Parish: firstly the visit of our Bishop—Alan Williams—on Wednesday. The culmination of his visit was the Confirmation of fifty of our young adults; we offer them our heartfelt good wishes and prayers as they now take their places as fully initiated adult members of the Church.

Then on Thursday—forty days after Easter—we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. Now, seated at God’s right hand in glory, we await the coming of Jesus at the end of time. Meanwhile, He does not leave us orphaned but promises to send us the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, who will remind us of everything He did and taught. In these days of the Novena for Pentecost, we can look forward to next Sunday when we experience afresh, the outpouring of the gifts of Paraclete on our lives and on the life of the Church.

Also, this coming weekend, our Nation and Commonwealth celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty. We give thanks to God for her long and faithful reign and ask God to continue to keep her firm in Christian faith and devotion to the people she has served for seven decades. Traditionally the monarch was prayed for at the end of the Solemn Mass each Sunday: Domine, salvum fac reginam nostram Elizabeth…Lord, save our Queen Elizabeth, and graciously hear us in the the day we call upon You. We too sing this prayer next weekend and make these sentiments one of thanksgiving and rejoicing for her long and glorious reign!

God bless you all too, especially over the long Bank Holiday weekend ahead.

Msgr Kevin Hale

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday 29th May
Seventh Sunday of Easter

MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of The Ascension

5.30pm Mass Intentions of Edmund Sumner (LB)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Tom Lydon RIP (K&LW)
11.30am Mass Michael Monaghan, RIP (AK)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 30
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9am Mass Colette Horgan, RIP (MI)

Tuesday 31st
Dedication of the Cathedral Church of
St Mary & St Helen, Brentwood
9am Mass Intentions of Ann Marie Ellis & James Martin (A&JM)

Wednesday 1st June
St Justin, M
9am Mass Tom O'Callaghan, RIP (MD)

Thursday 2
Ss Marcellinus & Peter, Mm
9am Mass Gilberte Cook, RIP (SD)

Friday 3
St Charles Lwanga & Comps, Mm
12Noon Mass Johannes Rubbert, RIP (Anniv) (MR)
12.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until Holy Hour 7-8pm

Saturday 4
Feria
10am Mass Isobel Moseby, RIP (ES)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 5
Pentecost Sunday

5.30pm Mass Tony & Pat Poulton, RIP (JR)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Intentions of the Stewart Family (ES)
9.30am Mass Rose Comey, RIP (Anniv) (MC)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4pm Mass Clive Richards, RIP (Anniv) (LL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction