Fifteenth Sunday in ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
In the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday, Jesus is asked by a Doctor of the Law: who is my neighbour? He responds by giving us the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
Dear friends in Christ
In the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday, Jesus is asked by a Doctor of the Law: who is my neighbour? He responds by giving us the Parable of the Good Samaritan. We know that in the course of life we come across people who have been wounded or injured and left half-dead in body or in spirit. Concern to help these souls rises-up from our relationship with Jesus Christ. He is the one who opens our hearts and broadens our horizons so that we see beyond our own selfishness and prejudices. We encounter people around us who are often the victims of misunderstanding or loneliness, those deprived of the most basic human needs; those humiliated by their circumstances or robbed of the basic necessities; and in the present climate, many who are not able to provide themselves with what is necessary because of economic factors outside of their control. As members of the Body of Christ, we cannot pass-by on the other side of the road, however repulsed we may feel by the plight of those less fortunate. At the end of the Parable Our Lord exhorts us to be like the Good Samaritan: Go and do the same! Go and be compassionate and understanding; go and bandage the wounds of the ones we see left half-dead; go and bring those souls destitute—in body or spirit—to the source of healing. For as Jesus says in another Parable: As you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday 10th July
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
MONTH OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST
Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 3
5.30pm Mass Michael Foy, RIP (MS)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Intentions of Susan Griffin (PL)
11.30am Mass Intentions of Pat Short (CH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 11
St Benedict, Ab
9am Mass Jim and Lilian Fegan, RIP (JC)
10.30am Funeral Mass Michelle Disney, RIP
Tuesday 12
Feria
9am Mass Dominic de Souza, RIP (J&CO’B)
Wednesday 13
St Henry II, Roman Emperor
9am Mass Tom O'Callaghan, RIP (CB)
Thursday 14
St Camillus de Lellis, Pr
9am Mass Patricia Armstrong, RIP (JA)
Friday 15
St Bonaventure, Bp, D
12Noon Mass Intentions of Renata Butler-90th Birthday (LS)
Saturday 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
10am Mass Intentions of David & Josephine Brown-50th Wedding Anniv (ED)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 17
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Mass Fidelis & Lourdes Mary Pallis, RIP (D&JL)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Tom O'Callaghan, RIP (CO’B)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Mary Clark (MM)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Walter Walsh, Fr John Watson, Canon Daniel Harnett, Fr William O’Neill, Selwyn Lewis, Ita McCullough, Joan Gendall, Felix Keenan, Annie Harriet Briggs, Maria Chadun, Mary Bray, Irene Harvey, Margaret O’Callaghan, Elsie Maczka, Stanislaus Dulewicz, Michael O’Connell, Betty Gray, Dorothy May Cole, Kathleen Scaife, Margaret Simpson, Monica Gray, Patricia Armstrong, Josephine Russell, Ronald Gibson, Robert Wright, Margakita Ekers, Mary James, Andrew Wardle & Hope Bailey-Pillow.
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, German Morfin, Bradley & children: Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Frazer Gregory & baby Forest Gallagher.
Music at 11.30am Mass on Sunday
Prelude: Improvisation on 'Dum clamarem ad Dominium'
Postlude: Chaconne in F minor - Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Mike Rubbert
Marie and the Rubbert family wish to thank all our parishioner-friends for their Masses, prayers and loving care shown to Mike and all of us during his illness and death.
A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered for our Parish Family.
Sharing the Church's Story Conference
This Conference aims to bring people together for an experience of profound personal renewal and to be equipped for mission. With world-class speakers, including Bishop Robert Barron, panels, and moments of powerful prayer and worship, we are excited for what God will do through this event. The Conference takes place on Saturday 17th September in London, to find out more about this important conference and to book go to www.sharingthechurchsstory.com
Bereavement Support Group
The Bereavement Support Group meets every third Tuesday of each month. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, 19th July.
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.
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
Missio - Red Box Holders
I have received the Summer Issues of the Missio Magazine. If you have not received one from me personally please take one from the back of the Church in the usual place on the ledge. If anyone has a box ready for emptying, please let me have it personally or leave it in the office for me. The Nat. West bank in Leigh is closing at the end of August so I would like to get as many boxes as I can dealt with by then.
Thank you. Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505.
St Bernard's High School Vacancies
LSA Vacancy
Are you an enthusiastic and inspiring LSA with the skills, confidence, creativity and energy to make a positive impact on the lives of our students ?
You will be joining a successful, friendly and supportive department within a high-performing school, supporting students from Y7 – Y11 with a range of special educational needs.
Applications are welcomed from both experienced LSAs and those new to support. ASD/Autism interest desirable.
All new staff are supported within the positive ethos of this happy and high performing school, and to this end all staff complete an applicable induction training programme. The community at St Bernard’s welcome applications from people of all faiths or none.
Learning Mentor Vacancy
An opportunity has arisen for a Learning Mentor to join our Pastoral Team. We are looking for someone to work alongside our Learning Mentor Team supporting identified students.
You will be joining a successful, friendly and supportive department within a high-performing school, supporting students from Years 7 – Y11.
For further information please see our website: www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk
All new staff are supported within the positive ethos of this happy and high performing school, and to this end all staff complete an applicable induction training programme. The community at St Bernard’s welcome applications from people of all faiths or none.
Please complete a non-teaching application form which can be found on our website under School Information/Vacancies, and email it to zmb@stbernards.southend.sch.uk.
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: Tuesday 12 July 2022, 9.00am Interviews: tbc
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory - Sunday, 17th July
Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory for the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sunday 17th July. Mass at 11.30am.
Talk on Carmelite Spirituality 2.30pm.
Procession and Benediction 3.30pm.
Followed by Scapular Enrolment.
Please bring packed lunch Coach leaves Our Lady of Lourdes Church 9am.
To book phone Margaret 07805 432159
Walsingham House Abbotswick
We are looking for young people to join our team next year, you’d live and work as part of the community at Walsingham House at Abbotswick, helping to run retreats for young people aged 10 -18. Our retreats are a mix of prayer, games, discussions and workshops. If you have an interest in working with young people in the future, are enthusiastic, hardworking, involved with your faith and enjoy working with others then please get in touch.
We will provide you with leadership development which will give you skills that will help in your future. We aim to accompany you in your faith journey and enabling you to share that with others. In addition to this your accommodation and meals are included along with a weekly stipend. Through team training, holidays and a week in Lourdes we aim to build a wonderful community.
If you would like to visit or find out more do get in touch, you are always welcome, just email Joe at josephbeattie@dioceseofbrentwood.org
We look forward to hearing from you and hope that you will consider taking a gap year with us.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
The liturgy of this Sunday focuses our thoughts and prayers on peace.
Dear friends in Christ
The liturgy of this Sunday focuses our thoughts and prayers on peace. The Prophet Isaiah in the first reading announces that the coming of the Messiah will be signalled by a great peace on the earth. In the Gospel of the Mass Jesus tells those whom He sends out to make their first greeting to the homes they enter, a greeting of peace. However, we might wonder how this has not been achieved as we look across the centuries and see so much conflict, disharmony and lack of peace. In our own times, and especially in the twentieth century, we have witnessed so much inhumanity and wickedness. The war in Europe at the present time fills our hearts with anguish and anxiety. The beginning of peace is the presence of Christ in the hearts of His followers. St Paul affirms that Christ Himself is our peace (Eph.2:14). We know that our evil thoughts and intentions bring us disquiet and this should make us realise where the origins of peace lay. There is no peace without repentance and contrition. There is no peace unless we are deeply sincere with ourselves and acknowledge those things in our lives that separate us from God and our fellow human beings. There is no peace unless we can confront ourselves in a daily act of self-examination and sorrow. We have so many sources of peace available to us such as the Sacrament of Confession and prayer before the Tabernacle. Ask Mary, Regina Pacis...Queen of Peace, to calm our anxieties and bring us to Christ, the Prince of Peace.
With my prayers and blessings
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday 3rd July
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
MONTH OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST
Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 2
5.30pm Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Frank Clancy, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am Mass Peter & Carol Moon, RIP (SM)
11.30am Mass Dominic de Souza, RIP (FdS)
4pm Mass Valerie Tisi, RIP (CB)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 4
St Elizabeth of Portugal
9am Mass James Cornelius Forde RIP (FM)
Tuesday 5
St Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Pr
9am Mass Intentions of Hannah Harris (CH)
Wednesday 6
St Maria Goretti, V, M
9am Mass Dominic de Souza, RIP (CO'H)
Thursday 7
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Caroline Geogehagan (CB)
Friday 8
Feria
12Noon Mass Alison Shepherd, RIP (Anniv) (CH)
Saturday 9
St Augustine Zhao Rong, Pr, & Comps, Mm
10am Mass Tom O'Callaghan, RIP (MC)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 10
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Mass Michael Foy, RIP (MS)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Intentions of Susan Griffin (PL)
11.30am Mass Intentions of Pat Short (CH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Patrick Curran, Fr Patrick Carthy, Canon Thomas Barrett, Fr Peter Brady, Canon Francis Gilbert, Fr Bill Brown, Iris Bell, Harriet Thompson, Reginald Brierley, Joan Wiltshire, Alfred Edwards, Mirian Jackson, Kathleen Ford, Gertrude Bridges, Elsie Asher, Edmund Gdembiewski, Ann Frances Littlewood, Marie Louise Clements, Alfred Johnson, Jennifer Lyons, Joseph Bond, Dorothy Blaker, Ronald Albert Conner, Niqui Denkmayer, Brian Finnegan, Dorothy Border, Susan Hayes, Alison Shepherd, Elizabeth (Lily) Dean, Mary Kennedy, Maurice Mulcahy, Benitta Skellon, George King, Margaret Smith, Patricia Cavanagh, Ted wilson, John Hardy & Paddy Shanahan.
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, German Morfin, 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 Anna Killoyne, RIP and the deceased members of the O’Brien Family.