Sanctuary Lamp
This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for the intentions of Kate Hardwick, RIP.
Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Cornet Voluntary—Henry Heron (18th century)
Postlude: Voluntary in C—Peter Prelleur (1705-1741)
Responsorial Psalm
Flower & Arts Festival 2023
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in making the Flower & Arts Festival on Saturday such a success.
The church was open from 11.00 am to 4.30pm and we had a constant stream of people visiting and spending time looking at the displays and finding out more about us. These are some comments written by visitors.
“So peaceful and lifts the heart and soul…”
“I went for a walk and found you God with these beautiful flowers…Thank you so much…”
“Thank you, really beautiful. May peace be with all.”
A special thank you to Jan for organising all the refreshments and to all the wonderful bakers who made and donated all the cakes for the event.
Also to all those brave souls who embroidered, knitted, painted and crafted as well as all the wonderful flower arrangers. Events like this can only happen with your support.
I would also like to thank the members of the Serving the Homeless Committee who helped to meet and greet at the doors of the church, and Damon from HARP who organised the HARP exhibit.
Anna Firth M.P. also visited
Just over £430 in cash donations to Serving the Homeless were made on the day.
Thank you again. Jo Ronan
Reading at weekend Mass - Volunteers welcome
Readers participating in the Liturgy of the Word play an essential role in the Mass, and the parish is looking for more volunteers to read. Pre-Covid there were usually two readers per weekend Mass and we would like to get back to that arrangement again if possible. It would also be wonderful if we could have readers from all age groups - including our young people.
On average people read about once every 4-5 weeks, and the rota is flexible to fit in with holiday and other commitments. You don't have to have read before and training can be provided. If you want to experience what reading would be like before deciding whether to read regularly, a one-off reading opportunity can be arranged too.
So if you would like to find out more and give reading a try, please go to the volunteering page on the website and send us your details Volunteer (lourdesleigh.org) and Jackie Sullens will be in touch. Thank you.
OLL Ladies Group
Would ladies please note we will not be holding our usual Meeting next week, 20th July.
On Thursday 20th July, instead of our usual Meeting, we will be having an “end of year” luncheon party. Entrance is by Ticket only with doors open 12.30pm for 1pm. We will be enjoying a Buffet lunch accompanied by beautiful music from two Professional musicians…Lucy (Violin) and Becky (Cello ). We look forward to enjoying glass of Prosecco on arrival, and in addition ladies are invited to bring their own favourite tipple (fruit juice is also available). We are also hoping to have a great Raffle with some special prizes and round off this special occasion with tea or coffee.
We are sorry to disappoint anyone who does not have a ticket as we are completely sold out. We wish everyone a very happy summer and look forward to meeting all our members, old and new, in September. Watch this space!!
Repository
As usual the Repository is open this weekend, and we will then close for the Summer from 22nd July and re-open in early September with a selection of new stock, gifts and cards.
Site Manager - Cathedral House
The successful applicant will identify and carry out effectively, routine and reactive maintenance tasks, regular health and safety checks and other general duties associated with the management of buildings and grounds comprising the Cathedral House and the Brentwood Parish.
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £23,000 - £27,000 p/a depending on experience
Start Date: ASAP
Apply by sending a CV and covering letter (no longer than A4) recruitment@brcdt.org
Closing date for applications is 14th August 2023
London Marathon 2024
Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society has a number of Gold Bond Charity places for runners in the LONDON MARATHON taking place on SUNDAY 21st April 2024. If you are an experienced runner, or someone who would value the opportunity to participate in this renowned event, please contact Damian Dillon for further details on 07912 308000/ddillon@bccs.org.uk.
The closing date for completed applications is Friday 28th July and please note that there is a minimum sponsorship requirement of £1800 (excluding Gift Aid).
If you have been lucky enough to secure your own running place through the ballot, we would invite you to join us and run for Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society. The London Marathon is a unique opportunity to raise much needed funds for the Diocesan Children’s Society and perhaps achieve a lifetime ambition at the same time.
St Bernard's High School
Exam Invigilators
The school is looking to recruit further Exam Invigilators to join its bank of staff who oversee examinations in the school. Training will be given.
Hourly rate: £10.50
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.
If you are interested in becoming part of the team, please fill in a non-teaching application form found on our website under https://www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk/about-us/vacancies/ and email it to recruitment@stbernards.southend.sch.uk
Contactless Payments/Offerings
The contactless device is now permanently situated at the back of the church and may be used for Offertory and Second Collection offerings, Repository payments, candles, SVP and other stipends.
BCCS RELAY100
Volunteers are once again taking part in the diocesan relay from parish to parish for Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society (BCCS), Bishop Alan Williams completed the first leg on 9th May. I’m doing it again for the Our Lady of Lourdes to St. Helen’s leg on 22nd July.
If you would like to sponsor me, please either use one of the BCCS sponsorship forms available in the Parish Office or Parish Centre at teas & coffees after 9.30am and 11.30am Sunday masses, or by going online at
https://www.justgiving.com/page/bccs-relay100 to make your donation which can be gift aided if appropriate.
Please mention my name and Relay 100 in the sponsorship note as a reference so that BCCS can trace your online donation. Thank you so much for supporting BCCS. Darrell Binding
BIN A TIN FOR VIN
The St Vincent Centre is doing wonderful work in Southend helping the poorest amongst us.
You can help the food bank there by bringing a tin of something with you when you come to mass and putting it in VINNIE'S BIN, which will be in the OLD BAPTISTERY.
This will be emptied twice weekly.
St. Vincent de Paul Society(SVP), Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Joseph
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.
Missio Red Box Holders
I have received the Summer 2023 Missio Magazines. If you have not received one from me personally, please take one from the back of the Church on the ledge in the usual place. Thank you.
Joan Caunce, Secretary
01268 757505
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
Jesus Christ came into the world to show us the way to Heaven, which is also the way of Cross; but He not only teaches us how to carry our burdens, but He carries them with us.
Dear friends in Christ
Jesus Christ came into the world to show us the way to Heaven, which is also the way of the Cross; but He not only teaches us how to carry our burdens, but He carries them with us. Living life close to Christ ensures that we are not alone and will never feel abandoned no matter what the difficulties we experience. Furthermore, Jesus tells us that we must carry one another's burdens. This is the meaning of true Christian fraternity. If there are times in our lives when we are wrestling with a particularly difficult burden, we should never fail to call to mind the words of Jesus in the Gospel this Sunday: Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened and I will give you rest. Only Jesus can renew our strength and raise us up when we are downtrodden; only He can quench our thirst. Some words of Pope Saint Paul VI: We can be sure that Jesus constantly invites us to come to Him, sees our difficulties and has compassion on us. Still more does He offer us His promises, His friendship, the hope of goodness, of a healing remedy for our ills, of comfort, and still more does He offer nourishment, bread, the very source of energy and life.
Let us pray each day for the grace of tenacity in the face of our burdens and crosses, so that we may gain the supernatural courage we need in times of difficulty. We ask Mary, our Most Holy Mother, to stay close to us always, so that we may experience her maternal care also.
We are most grateful to all those who made the Flower Festival this weekend such a gloriously colourful and uplifting occasion, so appropriately centred around the Gospel narratives.
God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 4
Sunday 9 July
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Alison Shepherd, RIP (Anniv) (CH)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Ian Irwin, RIP (MD)
11.30am Mass Andrzej Sasiadek, RIP (TS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 10
Feria
9am Mass Jim & Lilian Fegan, RIP (Anniv) (JC)
Tuesday 11
St Benedict, Ab
9am Mass Frank Maguire, RIP (MM)
Wednesday 12
Feria
9am Mass Christy Smith, RIP (MW)
Thursday 13
St Henry II, Roman Emperor
9am Mass Vincent & Sheila Harrison, RIP (JC)
7pm OLL Leavers Mass
Friday 14
St Camillus de Ellis, Pr
12 Noon Mass Patricia Armstrong, RIP (JA)
Saturday 15 July
St Bonaventure, Bp, D
10am Mass Betty Gray, RIP (JH)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 16 July
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Charles & Margaret Kelly, RIP (MS)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Roy Worsley, RIP (JC)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Ofelia Omaguin, RIP & Lucille Tannobale, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Canon Francis Gilbert, Fr Walter Walsh, Fr John Watson, Paddy Shanahan, William O’Neill, Selwyn Lewis, Ita McCullough, Joan Gendall, Felix Keenan, Annie Harriet Briggs, Maria Chadun, David Dilley, 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.
We Pray for our Sick
Benjamin Dench, Eva Paviour, Gy Rampersaud, Mary O’Sullivan, 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, 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, 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 Poole, 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, Florence Hownam & children: Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Frazer Gregory & baby Forest Gallagher.
We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of
JIMMY McCRIMMON RIP who died on Wednesday, 14th June. His funeral will be held on Wednesday, 2nd August at 11am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
EILEEN GURNEY RIP who died on Friday, 16th June. Her body will be received into the Church on Tuesday, 18th July at 4.30pm and her Requiem Mass will be held on Wednesday, 19th July at 11.30am followed by committal at Basildon Crematorium.
RAYMOND MORTON RIP who died on Sunday, 11th June. His funeral will be held on Monday 17th July at 11.15am, followed by 12.45pm burial at Sutton Road Cemetery.
CHRISTIANE DUVAL, RIP who died on Friday, 30th June.
Requiescant in pace