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
Repository Open
We have a very nice selection of new stock which includes a small selection of Statues. Thinking ahead to “All Souls” in November we have a selection of Graveside lights, Lanterns and some small Remembrance tokens. These will of course be available each week . You are all welcome to come and browse and if you do not see what you are looking for please ask one of the Volunteers.
If you have a short time to spare before and after a weekend Mass, please consider volunteering at the Repository. Please leave your name and contact number at the Parish Office.
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
The Gospel parable this Sunday is the Workers in the Vineyard.
Dear friends in Christ
The Gospel parable this Sunday is the Workers in the Vineyard. It is a symbol of those who are called to be part of God’s Kingdom, part of the Church on earth. On first hearing, there seems to be a grave injustice going on! Those who come into the vineyard at the eleventh hour are rewarded in the same way as those who had been there from the beginning in all the heat of the day. God’s justice is not like ours. He chooses to give what He decides, and He often gives equitably. We might think of this in relation to those who enter the Church. Some of us have been Catholics since the cradle; others come into the Church in later life; the reward is the same! There is room for everyone in the vineyard of the Lord: young and old, rich and poor, men and women, be they in the prime of life, or in the sunset years, whether they have time to spare or no time at all. God has created us to be with Him in the vineyard of His Kingdom. Let us strive to do all we can to attain the reward.
This leads me to remind you that the Journey in Faith—RCIA—has started this week. This weekly session is for those interested in becoming Catholics or learning more about the Faith. Monday evenings, 8pm in the Newman Room of the Parish Centre.
Now that all of the Apostles have been restored and returned to their proper places in the nave—complete with the symbols of their martyrdoms—I would like to thank all those who have given generously towards the work of the restoration. The Apostles are the foundations of the Church and the manner in which they adorn our walls reminds us of this in a most artistic, noble and visual way.
Next Sunday marks the completion of my second decade as Parish Priest here! I invite you to a modest gathering after 11.30am Mass next Sunday in the Gilbert Room, to mark the anniversary. I thank God that I have been able and privileged to have been an instrument for the grace of God in the Sacraments and beyond, to so many during these years. Above all, please do continue to keep me in your prayers.
With every blessing!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 6
Sunday 24
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass Eileen Gurney, RIP
9.30am Mass Edmund Todryk, RIP (K&LW)
11.30am Mass Michael & Peg O'Connell, RIP (PO’C)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 25
Feria
9am Mass Peter Boardman, RIP (JL)
Tuesday 26
Ss Cosmas & Damian, Mm
9am Mass Richard Mahoney, RIP (F&J’O)
Wednesday 27
St Vincent de Paul, Pr
9am Mass Fr Kevin Gradwell (Nottingham) PM
Thursday 28
St Wenceslaus, M
9am Mass Joan Caunce—Special Intentions (LM)
Friday 29
SS Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels. Feast
12 Noon Mass Joyce Boules-Hanna, RIP (JC)
Saturday 30
St Jerome, Pr, D
10am Mass Intentions of Dominic & Hannah (CS)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 1st October
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass Brian Tobias & Gloria O'Sullivan, RIP
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Thanksgiving (PF)
11.30am Mass Jim O'Connell, RIP (PO’C)
4pm Mass Intentions of Margaret M Hiscock (MS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Gordon Godfrey, Fr Bernard Wakeling, Pope John Paul I, Robert Swanson, Douglas Hair, Fred Cornwell, Catherine Major, Alfred Gardener, Jane Catherine Lacey, John Houlihan, Andres Louis Hinbest, Emily Bailey, Pat MacHaughton, Moira Stuart, Violet Shrimpton, Stephen McGough, Doreen Reynolds, Eileen Scott, Christopher James, Bridget Clinton, Elizabeth Butler, Elizabeth Fresh, Patrick Quinlan, Rebecca Clarke, Marion McNamara, Theresa O’Riordan, Elizabeth Barker, Arthur Sanctuary, Mary Fletcher, Charles Bartley, Madeleine Beckett, Edith Riley, Vera Osborne, Mark Hillson, Peter Vella, James Gallacher, Ethel W Bartley, Annie Thompson, Annie Levay, Lily Bentley & Patrick Michael Quinn.
We Pray for our Sick
Richard Poole, Pamela Uglietti, Michael Mapson, Deana Ince, Susan Griffin, 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.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
DOROTHY RODGERS who died peacefully on Friday 1st September. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Monday, 9th October at 10am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
CHRISTOPHER KELLEHAR who died on Thursday, 7th September. His Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 6th October at 9am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
Fr BERNARD O’BRIEN former Parish Priest, who died on Friday morning,
Requiescant in pace
Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Chorale Prelude—Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Postlude: Voluntary—William Boyce (1710-1779)
Responsorial Psalm
JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA
RCIA meet on Monday, 25th September and is specifically for those who are not Catholics but who are enquiring with a view to finding out more about the Catholic Faith and Reception into the Chruch. These evenings begin at 8pm, are held in the Newman Room of the Parish Centre (the door is beside the Memorial Garden) and usually last just over an hour. Names may be given in advance to Fr Kevin or the Parish Office.
Dates for your Diary
Monday 18th September—Journey in Faith (RCIA) begins—8pm Newman Room
Thursday 30th November—Saturday 2nd December—Forty Hours’ Prayer
25th—30th July 2024—Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes
CAFOD Harvest Family Fast Day—Friday 6th October
This harvest fast day CAFOD is focussing on the work of the amazing mobile medical clinic which operated in 2022 in Pakistan, getting help from doctors and local health experts to communities suffering from diseases caused by contaminated water and lack of food. The mobile clinic travelled across hundreds of miles to provide that care and support.
With extreme disasters like floods occurring more and more, there is an increasing need for medical support for local communities, and CAFOD is working to help provide it.
Please pray for the work of CAFOD and if you are able to make a donation to their work, gift envelopes will be available at the back of church or you can make electronic donations at the back of the church too. Thank you.
Certificate of Catholic Practice for Schools
If you are applying for a place in a Catholic School for your child you may wish to include a Certificate of Catholic Practice. As our local Schools are currently undersubscribed with Catholics, the need for this Certificate is not as pressing as it has been previously. However, if you wish your application to be endorsed then these Certificates may be obtained from the Parish Office either on a Thursday or Friday morning between 10am—1pm.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who supports the 200 Club. The results of the August draw are as follows:
1st Prize £150 167 Mrs M Foyster
2nd Prize £100 84 Mrs E Hall
3rd Prize £75 21 Mr A Long
4th Prize £25 152 Mr D Binding
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.
Sea of Voices Choir
Our community choir, based at the Parish Centre, have returned from Summer break to start putting our Christmas programme together for a fundraiser charity concert . It’s great that we have 4 new members but would welcome more (especially male basses and male/female tenors).
So budding singers out there, would you like to sing with us? Know anyone locally who would? Young (over 18s) or still young at heart welcome!
We meet Thursday evenings from 7.45pm to 9.30pm and costs just £3 per session. Free first time ‘see if you like it’ session. Contact Darrell 07825686249 or the Parish Office.
40 days for life
40days for life is a focused pro-life campaign. For further details please contact Contact Mary Connolly 07478765010 Madrecasita8@gmail.com.
Children's Liturgy
Children's Liturgy will resume soon. Can you spare an hour once a month to assist the leaders? Come and see what we do any Sunday at 9.30 Mass. Contact Sam 0787 967 6341 if interested.
BCCS
Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society (BCCS) offers therapeutic support directly to children, young people, families and parents through their Child and Family Counselling Service (CFCS) located in their centre in Billericay. Their CFCS team consists of several experienced and highly qualified therapists working in specially adapted therapy rooms. Families can contact BCCS directly by emailing Donna Booth dbooth@bccs.org.uk who will outline the type of support that will be provided for them or their child. There is a charge for this service, but they urge any families needing support to contact them. More information is available on their website: www.bccs.org.uk
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