We Pray for our Sick
Ian Spacie, Betty Devine, Bobby Newman, Paul Watts, Christine Reid, Rose D’Souza, Jimmy & Pauline Martin, Ben Dench, James Fegan, Muriel Matthews, David Lesley, 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, Russell Short, Marie Kharas, 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, 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, Johnny Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, 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
This week the Sanctuary lamp burns for the intentions of the O’Callaghan Family.
We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
BRIDGET MORRISS RIP who died on Tuesday, 14th March. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday 11th May at 10am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
IAN IRWIN RIP who died on Sunday, 9th April. His body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 31st May at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday 1st June at 11am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
FR WILLIAM NEWTON RIP His Requiem Mass will take place at Holy Family, Benfleet on Wednesday, 3rd May 10.00am, where he was Parish Priest from 1997-2009.
THOMAS CORCORAN RIP who died on Wednesday, 19th April. Funeral details to follow.
Requiescant in pace
Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Allegro from Voluntary No.7—John Stanley (1713-1786)
Postlude: Plein Jeu—Francois Couperin (1686-1733)
Responsorial Psalm
World Day of Prayer for Vocations
Please take a Prayer card from the back of church or visit our website www.brentwood-vocations.co.uk.
Dates for your Diary
Saturdays 13th & 20th May—First Holy Communion Masses 10.30am
Sunday 28th May—Pentecost Sunday—Confirmation Mass 11.30am
Sunday 11th June—Corpus Christi Procession 4pm
Saturday 17th June—SVP Strawberry Tea
Saturday 8th July—Flower Festival
SVP Summer-time Strawberry Tea!
What could be nicer! Summertime is on its way and your parish SVP (Society of St Vincent de Paul) Conference is delighted to announce the date of its forthcoming annual 'Strawberry Tea' to which all senior citizens of the parish are most warmly invited!
Our Strawberry Tea is being held in the Parish Centre on Saturday, 17th June, commencing at 2pm and concluding at 4pm! If you, or someone you know, would like to join us on this happy parish occasion please call Sue Hibbert on 07957 411373. You will be most welcome!
The Coronation of King Charles III
Please collect a Prayer Card for the Coronation of King Charles III from the back of church.
Serving the Homeless
The Committee of Serving the Homeless are organising an Afternoon Tea in the Parish Centre on Wednesday 3rd May, 2.30 to 4.30 pm. Tickets cost £10 and are available from Linda Wall 01702 558217 or Nina Bridgeman 07528 502543.
Repository
We have a large selection of First Holy Communion gifts and cards and also a selection of Confirmation gifts and cards. Please do come along and feel free to browse for that special gift. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please do not hesitate to ask one of the Volunteers.
St Vincent's Fundraiser
Are you holding an event to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III?
Why not fundraise for St Vincent's Centre Southend.
It is easy to do email sabrinab@svp.org.uk
We will send you our Coronation pack with information about our charity and an easy to use QR Code to collect donations on the day.
01702 592980
Unit 9 Victoria Business Park
Short Street Southend-on-Sea
Essex SS2 5BY Charity No: 1053992
CARITAS
Interested in the Catholic response to homelessness, welcoming refugees and migrants, assisting with the Cost of Living Crisis, or tackling the causes and effects of climate change? Come to the first Caritas Brentwood networking day, Saturday 10th June, 10am – 2.30pm, at Sacred Heart of Mary School, Upminster (on C2C & District lines, close to M25 & A127). Hear national speaker Raymond Friel, OBE, Chief Executive of the Catholic Social Action network.
This day is a chance to be sustained, share ideas and good practices with people from parishes across Essex and East London and hear about charities and resources available.
Details and Registration (free!) at www.caritasbrentwood.org/network
Bereavement Support Group
If you are in need of individual or Group Counselling and support, please leave your name and contact details with the Parish Office. All enquiries received in strict confidence.
St Bernard's High School
LEARNING MENTOR
Five Days Per Week, Term Time Only, 8.00am – 4.00pm, Scale 6 – 11 (£20,043 - £22,129 pro rata)
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. An interest in SEMH (Social Emotional Mental Health) is desirable but not essential.
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 recruitment@stbernards.southend.sch.uk. Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 16 April 2023, 12.00pm Interviews: tbc
Third Sunday of Easter
Dear friends in Christ
We hear the beautifully touching story of the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus in the Gospel of this weekend.
Dear friends in Christ
We hear the beautifully touching story of the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus in the Gospel of this weekend. They encounter Jesus along the way, converse with Him, but still do not recognise Him. It is only in the gesture of Jesus breaking bread before their eyes, that they finally see it is Jesus Himself. We might speculate as to why it was they didn’t recognise Him: obviously they believed he was dead and so He would have been the last person they expected to encounter; He was alive in His glorified body which was another reason—as with the other disciples and holy women—that made Him difficult to be known in the flesh. Too often we are the same: we do not recognise Jesus when He appears before us in an unexpected guise. It might be a person in need of our help or charity; a situation that presents itself to us and we do not see the hand of God there; some challenge in which God is asking us to totally trust in Him. Sometimes, only with hindsight do we recognise that it was the presence of Jesus all along.
Easter reminds us that it is the season, above all of the others, in which we are invited to live faith, trust and holy optimism in our lives. If we do not live by these virtues, life will seem like a jungle, a complete tangle of realities that we cannot make sense of. With faith, with trust in God, and with optimism in all things, we can live as children of God: facing the realities of life, the problems and the knocks, in complete trust that we are in the loving embrace of our Father God. As on the feast of Divine Mercy last Sunday, we repeat: Jesus I trust in You!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Third Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter
Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Easter 3
Sunday 23 April
Third Sunday of Easter
5.30pm Vigil Mass Intentions of Rosemary Bragard (RM)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Christine Keenan, RIP (Anniv) (FK)
11.30am Mass Deceased members of the Butler and Siani families (RB)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 24
St George, M, Patron of England
9am Mass Fr Ken Payne, RIP
Tuesday 25
Saint Mark, Evangelist
9am Mass Anthony Hayes, RIP (SH)
Wednesday 26
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Maria Konieczka (MS)
2pm Requiem Mass Roy Buck, RIP
Thursday 27
Feria
9am Mass Ints of OLOL Ladies Group—5th Anniversary
Friday 28
St Peter Chanel, Pr, M
12 Noon Mass Peter & Carol Moon, RIP (SM)
Saturday 29 April
St Catherine of Siena, V, D
10am Mass Marie Fitzakerly, RIP (MI)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 30 April
Fourth Sunday of Easter
5.30pm Vigil Mass Val Tisi, RIP (Anniv) (TT)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Dec'd relatives & friends of the Lewis family (JL)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Renata Butler (LS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Simon Sullivan, Fr Myles O’Reilly, Fr George Stokes, Fr Brian O’Higgins, Gladys Watts, Arnold Kyrke-Smith, Thelma Chambers, Michael Abbott, Dorothy (Dolly) Thorp, Mary Johnson, Mary Bartley, Tony Pycraft, Brigid Alexander, Grahame Addecott, John Joseph Heaphy, Minnie Smith, Elizabeth White, Vincent Hurley, Audrey Lewis, Phyllis Eileen Tate, Mary Butt, Eric Pearson, Vera de Souza, Elsie Doris Robinson, Mary Fitzgerald, Arthur Bartley, Margaret Makey, Christopher Dowdall, Evelyn Thompson, Tom Skellon, Patricia Burles, Pauline Kidney, Margaret Ashley, Rose Faulkner, Jeremiah Lucey, Frank Mansfield, Valerie Tisi, Winifred Sentinella, Edith Pey & Margaret Randall.
We Pray for our Sick
Ian Spacie, Betty Devine, Bobby Newman, Paul Watts, Christine Reid, Rose D’Souza, Jimmy & Pauline Martin, Ben Dench, James Fegan, Muriel Matthews, David Lesley, 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, Russell Short, Marie Kharas, 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, 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, Johnny Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, 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
This week the Sanctuary lamp burns for the deceased members of the Caunce & Harrison Families.