Sanctuary Lamp
This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for the Living & Deceased Member of the Hiscock Family.
We Pray for the Repose of the Soul of
JOAN HERBERT RIP who died on Wednesday, 2nd August. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 25th August at 2pm followed by committal at Basildon Crematorium.
Requiescat in pace
Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Dialogue in D Francoise Couperin (1668-1733)
Postlude: Larghetto in E flat James Nares (1715-1783)
Responsorial Psalm
Knights of Saint Columba
present
AN AFTERNOON TEA
3.30pm - Saturday 16th September
at the New Mazenod Hall
Tickets available at St Peter’s Repository priced:
Adult £7.50 Child (under 12) £5 - Family of 4 Ticket £20
Contact Ian: 07503 465249 or Bruno: 01702 528766
St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP)
If returning to school expenses are a worry for you please contact the parish SVP on 07845 874331. The Society is always available to help families or individuals experiencing financial difficulty. All matters are dealt with confidentially. The society appreciates the continued support from our parish community.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the July draw are as follows:
1st Prize £150 167 Miss J Sullens
2nd Prize £100 17 Miss E M Wilson
3rd Prize £75 51 Mrs P Major
4th Prize £25 105 Mrs N Pain
We are still looking for new members. The subscription is £5 per month, either by cash, cheque or direct debit. If you would like to join, please fill in a form which can be found at the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.
First Holy Communion 2024
If your child is going into Year 3 or above and you wish for them to make their First Holy Communion, please submit the application by Friday 8th September 2023.
This should be done via the parish website, under Sacraments - Communion
(https://lourdesleigh.org/sacraments)
The first meeting for parents will be on Wednesday 13th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre.
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.
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.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
Each year in the middle of August, on 15th, we have the celebration of the glorious Assumption of Our Blessed Lady.
Dear friends in Christ
Each year in the middle of August, on 15th, we have the celebration of the glorious Assumption of Our Blessed Lady. Our belief is, that at the end of her earthly life Mary was taken body and soul into the glory of Heaven; God did not allow the beautiful and immaculate body of His Mother to experience the corruption of the grave. On this feast, we have the opportunity of an outpouring of special love of Our Blessed Mother. We know that assumed into Heaven she has taken her place at the side of her Son. She is our best friend at Court, best-placed to put our intentions to God the Father, and is in intimate union with the Holy Spirit. We have ever confidence that sharing fully in the life of The Blessed Trinity she will aid us, as we pray daily: now, and at the hour of our death. We pray these words because the Hail Mary expresses the only two important moments for us: this present moment, and the moment of our death. In both these times Mary is with us, and ever more so now that she reigns as Queen of Heaven. Let us make our own the words of liturgy this when we come to Mass on Tuesday: Assumpta est Maria in cælum…Mary has been assumed into Heaven: the angels rejoice. They sing for joy and praise the Lord. May we join with them in giving this praise!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 8
Sunday 13 August
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Diana Underwood, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Intentions of Fr Con Joyce-60th Anniv (MF)
9.30am Mass Ian Irwin, RIP (CC)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 14
St Maximilian Kolbe, Pr, M
9am Mass Intentions of David Poole—50th Birthday (AC)
Tuesday 15
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Holyday of Obligation
9am Mass Frank Mann, RIP (RM)
12Noon Mass Iwona Baran (Birthday) (AA)
7pm Mass The People of the Parish
Wednesday 16
St Stephen of Hungary
9am Mass Intentions of Dylon Steel (SH)
Thursday 17
Feria
9am Mass Bernadette Perry, RIP (KH)
Friday 18
Feria
12 Noon Mass John, Agnes & Susan Watkins, RIP (JW)
Saturday 19 August
St John Eudes, Pr
10am Mass Caroline Geoghegan, RIP (SG)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 20 August
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Charles DeSouza, RIP (MF)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Tom & Anne Corcoran, RIP (KC)
9.30am Mass Ian Irwin, RIP (AP)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Stephen Keane, Canon Peter Prendergast, Canon Vincent Hurley, Fr Andrew Hurley, Fr John Cairns, Gerard Rodgers, Magdalaine Rubuck, Philippa Soggre, Jean Kerr, Philomena Stone, Arthur John Watkins, Frank Mann, Hugh Palmer, Helen Louise Enright, Dr Anna (Reggie) Kemmerling, Carmen Georges, Bridie Corrigan, Francis Bartley, Mary Attersley, Bernadette Perry, Andre Lince, Raymond Vaulbert de Chantilly, Annie Gallacher, John Walmsley, Margaret McFarlane, John Power, Marjorie Hook, Edwin Martin, Catherine McGowan, Noreen Selet, Edward Shavner, Charles Roots, Mary Theresa Johnson, Denise Gianelli & Valerie Huntley.
We Pray for our Sick
Deana Ince, Susan Griffin, Benjamin Dench, Eva Paviour, Gy Rampersaud, Mary O’Sullivan, Ian Spacie, Bobby Newman, Paul Watts, Christine Reid, Rose D’Souza, Jimmy & Pauline Martin, 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, 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 Soul of
JOAN HERBERT RIP who died on Wednesday, 2nd August. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 25th August at 2pm followed by committal at Basildon Crematorium.
Requiescat in pace
Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Voluntary in B flat—Charles Burney (1726-1814)
Postlude: Largo Movement from Voluntary in D Major—Henry Heron (c.1730-1795)
Responsorial Psalm
First Holy Communion 2024
If your child is going into Year 3 or above and you wish for them to make their First Holy Communion, please submit the application by Friday 8th September 2023.
This should be done via the parish website, under Sacraments - Communion
(https://lourdesleigh.org/sacraments)
The first meeting for parents will be on Wednesday 13th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre.
Dates for your Diary
Monday 18th September—Journey in Faith (RCIA) begins—8pm Newman Room
First Holy Communion Parents Meeting—Wednesday 13th September—8pm in Parish Centre
Thursday 30th November—Saturday 2nd December—Forty Hours’ Prayer