Repository
We have a large 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.
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.
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Dear friends in Christ
It was the tradition for many centuries to sing a prayer at the end of the Solemn Mass on Sunday: Domine Salvum fac…
Dear friends in Christ
It was the tradition for many centuries to sing a prayer at the end of the Solemn Mass on Sunday: Domine Salvum fac…This weekend we once again raise the ancient prayer of the Church for our Sovereign: O Lord, save Charles our King, and hear us on the day we call upon You. This prayer we offer so that our newly crowned King and his Consort, may reign with integrity, Christian virtues, and be preserved in peace all their days. The Coronation liturgy in Westminster Abbey has reminded us that Kingship has its deep roots in the Sacred Scriptures and that in Christ the King, we have a model that no earthly rulers have perfectly attained, but yet can aspire to!
The month of May which we have begun is a month in which we celebrate the presence of Our Blessed Mother in the Church. It is a month in which we perhaps make a pilgrimage to one of her shrines; try to pray the Rosary and other Marian devotions better, and generally make a fuss of our Mother in Heaven who is interceding for us and the Church at all times.
We are approaching the weekend of our First Holy Communions—please keep all our children and their families in your prayers, as well as those preparing for Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday at the end of May.
May God bless you all and God bless the King!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Fifth Sunday of Easter
MONTH OF OUR BLESSED LADY
Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Easter 5
Sunday 7 May
Fifth Sunday of Easter
5.30pm Vigil Mass Dominic D’Souza, RIP (AdS)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Charlie Kelly, RIP (AK)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Carmel Kislingbury (MF)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4pm Mass Fr James Hannigan RIP (PM)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 8
Feria
10am Mass Intentions of Irena Solecki (IS)
Tuesday 9
Feria
9am Mass Terry King, RIP (K&LW)
Wednesday 10
St John of Avila, Pr, D
9am Mass Sister Mary Juliana, RIP (RM)
Thursday 11
Blessed John Rochester, Pr, M
10am Requiem Mass Brigid Morriss, RIP
Friday 12
St John Houghton, Pr, M
12 Noon Mass Arthur & Mary Leftley & Jim McEvoy, RIP (Anniv) (MB)
Saturday 13 May
St Erconwald, Bp
10.30am First Holy Communion Mass
Sunday 14 May
Sixth Sunday of Easter
5.30pm Vigil Mass Arthur Mills, RIP (Anniv) (DL)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Martin Coveney, RIP (JL)
9.30am Mass Michelle Disney, RIP (J&SD)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Canon Brian Grady, Canon John Duckett, Fr Augustine Davidson, Mgr Canon John Howell, Fr John Boyle, Fr Stanley Joynes, Mary Hardie, Mabel Salter, Dorothy Hosmer, Denys Hale, Charles McLaughlin, Fred Parsons, Arthur Chadwick, Anthony Camelo, Patrick Shanahan, Peggy Choppin, Mary Donovan, Michael McDermott, Cestan Szymczak, Margaret Park, May Downey, Mary Jones, Wally Hurst, Philip Wilson, Vera Fogarty, Frederick Freeman, James McEvoy, Charlotte Anderson, Robert King, Patrick O’Sullivan, Joyce Wilkinson, Iris Amner, John Lyons, Mrs Constance Newton, Dorothy Kyrke-Smith, Margaret Philip, Joseph Edwards, John Smith, Eileen Hood & Gerald Clarke.
We Pray for our Sick
Ian Spacie, 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 Lawrence 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.
THOMAS CORCORAN RIP who died on Wednesday, 19th April. His Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 24th May at 10.30am followed by committal at Basildon Crematorium.
BETTY DEVINE, RIP who died on Wednesday, 3rd May. Requiem Mass St Joseph’s, Upminster, Friday 19th May at 12 noon.
Requiescant in pace
Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: March from "Occasional Oratorio"—George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Postlude: Trumpet Tune from "King Arthur"—Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Responsorial Psalm
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
OLOL Ladies Group
We meet on 11th May from 10am in the Parish Centre. All ladies are welcome for a sub of just £1.00 plus a fun Raffle. We will be holding one of our popular ‘Show and Tell’ sessions so don’t forget to check the attic for those forgotten family treasures, or bring along a favourite photograph or picture, or you might just have a story to tell!!
Refreshments are provided at no extra charge, and there is always time to catch up with friends new and old.
NB: WOULD LADIES PLEASE REMEMBER THAT FOR THIS WEEK ONLY WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE
ST CLEMENT ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
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!
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.
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.
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
Fourth Sunday of Easter-Day of Prayer for Vocations
Dear friends in Christ
Starting in the book of Genesis, God has always been known as a good shepherd.
Dear friends in Christ
Starting in the book of Genesis, God has always been known as a good shepherd. Many Christians are familiar with the verse in the Gospels where Jesus says plainly, I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11). For this and other reasons, early Christians clung on to this image of Jesus and some of the earliest artwork we have is of Jesus, as Good Shepherd. However, this image of God is not new. The Old Testament is full of verses that describe God as a good shepherd. When Israel (Jacob) was blessing his sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, he speaks of God as a shepherd. May the God in whose presence my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd from my birth to this day (Genesis 48:15) This was only the beginning, as the people of Israel would frequently be referred to as a flock, especially when they went astray. God even chose a shepherd—David—to lead His people as king. In this context, it’s not surprising that the book of Psalms is full of shepherd symbolism. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. (Psalm 23:1) For He is our God, we are the people He shepherds, the sheep in His hands. (Psalm 95:7) Many of the prophets also spoke of God as a shepherd who feeds, guides and protects His flock. What this should teach us is that God loves us tenderly, as a shepherd looks over and watches His flock. He does not want one of them to perish and will search far and wide for the one sheep that strayed from the ninety-nine.
It is a beautiful image to meditate on, one that both Jews and Christians have contemplated for thousands of years. If you have never spent time imagining Jesus as a good shepherd, take a few minutes and picture it in your mind, with you as the one sheep that he tenderly puts on his shoulders and takes to greener pastures. The image in our Memorial Garden—the most ancient image we have of Jesus from the Roman Catacombs of the third century—is a simple and noble representation of this truth.
On this Sunday we pray for our Shepherds: the Pope, Bishops and Priests, that they may faithfully and prudently guide us along the road to Heaven. We also pray for vocations to the Priesthood—that God will inspire the hearts and minds of our young people to follow Him in a life of consecrated service of His people.
We offer our prayerful good wishes and congratulations to our Bishop, Alan Williams, who this Sunday gives thanks to God for his fortieth anniversary of priestly ordination. I have sent him the assurance of the prayers of the Parish family here.
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fourth Sunday of Easter-Day of Prayer for Vocations
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Easter 4
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
Monday 1 May
St Joseph the Worker
10am Mass Frances Emmerson, RIP (AE)
Tuesday 2
St Athanasius, Bp, D
9am Mass Peter & Avril Roberts, RIP (SH)
Wednesday 3
SS Philip and James, App
8.30am Mass Jerzy Strzetelski, RIP (MS)
Thursday 4
The English Martyrs
9am Mass Anne Doran, RIP (F&JO’B)
Friday 5
Day of Prayer for King Charles III
Feria
12 Noon Mass Intentions of our Priests (ML)
12.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until Holy Hour 7-8pm
Saturday 6 May
St John Payne, Pr, M
9am Mass John Corrigan, RIP (AF)
NO CONFESSIONS OR EXPOSITION
Sunday 7 May
Fifth Sunday of Easter
5.30pm Vigil Mass Dominic D’Souza, RIP (AdS)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Charlie Kelly, RIP (AK)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Carmel Kislingbury (MF)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4pm Mass Fr James Hannigan RIP (PM)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Kennedy, Canon Thomas Norris, Fr Feargus Saurin, Fr Andrew Dorricott, Canon Patrick Palmer, Canon Basil Booker, Fr John O’Callaghan, Brigid Behn, Margaret Rose McKay, Lucy Dann, Jo Hopkins, Jessie Aubury, Joseph Chapp, Michael Livermore, Alfred Pavitt, Johanna Holgate, Lilian Currie, Hannah Lee, Peter Burry, Sarah Jane Coyne, Ronald Owen Turner, Wilhelmina Chalk, Leslie Porter, Anita Dawson, David McCluskey, Sybil Figueredo, Elizabeth McCarthy, John Brown, Petronella Jennett, Mary Delong, Arthur Leftley & Bertha Nesnas.
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.