2024 Caritas Networking Day
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? You are invited to the 2024 Caritas Brentwood Networking Day, Saturday 27th April, 10am – 2.30pm, at the St Edward the Confessor Church Hall, Romford (10-minute walk from Romford Station on the Elizabeth line, Bus routes from London are regular, parking is available but limited and a bike rack is also on site). 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 (for free!) at www.caritasbrentwood.org/network<http://www.caritasbrentwood.org/network>
Catholic Parish Summit
The Catholic Parish Summit is taking place in Harrogate from the 12th to the 14th of June with over 1,000 parish leaders from across the country.
Our diocese has booked some places for the Summit which are available to anyone who is interested in attending. These places are free but they are limited and you will need to make arrangements for accommodation while you are in Harrogate. For more information about the Summit please visit their website: https://catholicparishsummit.com/
If you would like to find out more please email Father Dan Mason, the Episcopal Vicar for Parish Renewal at billericay@brcdt.org
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School and Nursery - Vacancy
Learning Support Assistant
Required for Summer Term Start 2024
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School has a friendly, dedicated team where everyone belongs. Our children are well behaved and enjoy coming to school.
We are looking for a learning support assistant and we hope to find someone who has experience of working, understanding and supporting children and who knows that teaching and learning is really important. Because of the demands of the 2014 curriculum, we need someone with excellent English and mathematics skills. We need someone who will be committed to our school and will be able to work with our team. We need someone who will thrive when working with children and be ready to do any reasonable task and be prepared to learn a range of new skills.
We need staff who are reliable, flexible and hard working. Ideally you will have experience in supporting children or you are able to demonstrate your commitment and skills to support our learners.
We would like you:
● To have experience or a range of skills that will enable you to support our learners
● To be able to liaise with leaders, teachers and the SENCo to provide the best level of support for
our pupils
● Be able to work well with our team and be able to think on your feet
● Know that high expectations lead to good outcomes for our pupils
● Be positive to ensure that everyone can achieve
● Have a good level of literacy and mathematics (GCSE A-C)
● Know that you are here to assist in teaching and learning
● Be calm and patient whilst setting a high standard for behaviour
An NVQ Level 2 in learning support/early years, NNEB or other equivalent qualification would be desirable.
Scale point 4
The position will be from 08.30-15.30, with a half-hour lunch break Monday to Friday, term time only.
All our applicants need to be supportive of the school’s Catholic ethos, however, we invite applications from both Catholic and non-Catholic staff
Headteacher: Mrs Sally Nutman
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by appointment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to support this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All applications must be completed using the Catholic Education Service Application Form.
Please contact the school office via email at finance@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk or call on 01702 475689 for an application pack.
Closing Date: 25th March 2024
Interview Date: 28th March 2024
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The final part of Lent is named Passiontide. The reason for this is clear as we now start to focus our prayer and meditation on the suffering of Christ and the events that lead to His sufferings and death. Our crucifixes and images are draped in purple.
Dear friends in Christ
The final part of Lent is named Passiontide. The reason for this is clear as we now start to focus our prayer and meditation on the sufferings of Christ and the events that lead to His Passion and death. Our crucifixes and images are draped in purple. The veiled images build within us a longing for Easter Sunday. The veils seem out of place, and even counterintuitive. It can seem strange that the crucifix is covered up during Passiontide. Through this absence of images, our senses are heightened and we become more aware of what is missing. When images are unveiled before the Easter Vigil, we are reminded that we, in a sense, live in a veiled world. It is through our own death that we are able to see our true home, when the veil is lifted. Christ lifts the veil through His Resurrection. In the meantime, we must pass along the Way of the Cross. This final part of Lent could remind us of how we live our lives here: in joy and suffering, but always with the anticipation of what is to come. We can ask God in these days ahead to increase our love of the Passion of Jesus, to learn some lessons from it, and to intensify our desire to be with Jesus always.
May I please ask you to pray for Rev Matúš Meleg who is Ordained a Priest for our Diocese this Saturday in Chingford. May God grant him a long and fruitful ministry for the salvation of souls.
May God bless us in these solemn days as we prepare for Holy Week itself.
Msgr Kevin Hale
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Fifth Sunday of Lent
Saturday 16
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
10am Mass Rev John O'Neill (FM)
10.30am-11.00am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
11am First Confessions
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 17 March
Fifth Sunday of Lent
8am Mass Eric Newman, RIP (Anniv) (VA)
9.30am Mass Bernadette Lane, RIP (MR)
11.30am Mass Mervyn Calton, RIP (RC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 18
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
9am Mass John, Pat & Peter Moon, RIP (SM)
Tuesday 19
ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
9am Mass Intentions of the Speirs Family (DS)
Wednesday 20
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
9am Mass Intentions of Pat Lambert (CB)
10.45 Requiem Mass Michael Lucey RIP
7pm Lenten Evening of Reflection
Thursday 21
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
9am Mass Sofia Todryk, RIP (FO’B)
Friday 22
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
10.00 Requiem Mass Isabel Coombs
7pm Way of the Cross and Benediction
Saturday 23
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
10am Mass Bernadette Lane, RIP (S&NH)
10.30am-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
5.30pm Vigil Mass Frank & Moira Keenan, RIP (Anniversary) (FK)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
Sunday 24 March
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Gabrielle Eileen Kaiser, RIO (Anniversary) (MH)
11.30am Mass Aida do Carmo Lourenco (SC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Donal Donegal, Fr Sidney Williams, Canon Arthur Holmes, Rev John O’Neill, Fr Justin Dawson, Fr James Earley, Fr Henry Peace, Alfred Marshall, Dolores Cutter, John Flynn, Gabrielle Haiser, Henry de Souza, Andrew Shanahan, John Moon, Guy Bragard, Eric Newman, Doreen Wall, Margaret Foster, Mary Blundell, Dorothy Burke, Lesley Dorey, Edmund Easterly, Francis Spratt, Francis Joseph Foley, Edward Hance, Edward Agues, Catherine Davis, Ann Whiteley, John Fowler, Denis Reid, Nora McLeod, Imelda Maguire, Bernard Cody, Violet Day, Fred Hopkins, Ted Wheeler, Katerina Deyanovitch, John Archer, Paul Reid, Maud Phyllis King, Marie Nichols, Peter Gough, John Rombaut, Boleslaw Bendkowski, Mary Hardy & Nancy Mallif.
We pray for our sick
The Sick List is available on the website main menu, under Worship.
We pray for the sick of our parish
“Father,
by the power of your Spirit
you have filled the hearts of your faithful people
with gifts of love for one another.
Hear the prayers we offer for our relatives and friends.
Give them health of mind and body
that they may do your will with perfect love.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.”
Sanctuary Lamp
This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for the intentions of the Harris family.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
MICHAEL COLMAN LUCEY who died on Wednesday, 14th February. His Requiem Mass will be on Wednesday, 20th March at 10.45am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
ISABEL COOMBS who died on Wednesday, 17th January. Her body will be received into the church on Thursday, 21st March at 4.30pm and her Requiem Mass will be on Friday, 22nd March at 10am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
GEORGINA CORNWELL who died on Monday 19th February. Her Requiem Mass will be on Monday, 25th March at 11am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
MARGARET BARTLE who died on 4th March. Her body will be received into church on Wednesday, 3rd April at 4.30pm and her Requiem Mass will be on Thursday, 4th April at 1.30pm followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
Requiescant in pace
Dates for your Diary
Monday 18th March—Journey in Faith (RCIA) continues—8pm St Clement Room
Wednesday: March 20th;
Lenten Evenings of Reflection—7-8.30pm
Thursday: March 21st—'The Chosen’ 7pm Parish Centre
Saturdays 11th & 18th May—First Holy Communion Masses
Sunday 19th May—Sacrament of Confirmation
Saturday 6th July—Flower Festival
Monday 22nd—Friday 26th July 2024—Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes
LENTEN EVENING OF REFLECTION
Wednesday, March 20th—Fr Stephen Morrison OPræm PP Peckham: The Kingship of Christ in the Passion
To include a preached meditation by a guest speaker, Eucharistic Adoration, Compline, Benediction and Confessions. These will be held in the church from 7–8pm followed by refreshments and a bookstall in the Parish Centre.
Vacancies - St. Helen's Catholic Primary School
St. Helen’s Catholic Primary School are seeking to appoint 2 teachers, one permanent full-time and one to cover maternity starting in September 2024.
Full details and forms are available on our website htts://st-helens.southend.sch.uk/about-us/our-school/staff-vacancies
The closing date is Thursday, 28th March 2024.
Visits to the school are welcome, please contact Mrs Sears on 01702 343823.
Sally Sears
Finance / Clerical Assistant
Rosemary Bragard - 90th Birthday
Rosemary will be having a small celebration in the Parish Centre on Sunday 21st April 2pm - 4pm. She would love to see her friends from church there. If you would like to join us in her celebration please RSVP Larry or Laura by 15th April on 07843 012467/07921 929483. We look forward to seeing many of you then.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School and Nursery - Vacancy
Learning Support Assistant
Required for Summer Term Start 2024
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School has a friendly, dedicated team where everyone belongs. Our children are well behaved and enjoy coming to school.
We are looking for a learning support assistant and we hope to find someone who has experience of working, understanding and supporting children and who knows that teaching and learning is really important. Because of the demands of the 2014 curriculum, we need someone with excellent English and mathematics skills. We need someone who will be committed to our school and will be able to work with our team. We need someone who will thrive when working with children and be ready to do any reasonable task and be prepared to learn a range of new skills.
We need staff who are reliable, flexible and hard working. Ideally you will have experience in supporting children or you are able to demonstrate your commitment and skills to support our learners.
We would like you:
● To have experience or a range of skills that will enable you to support our learners
● To be able to liaise with leaders, teachers and the SENCo to provide the best level of support for
our pupils
● Be able to work well with our team and be able to think on your feet
● Know that high expectations lead to good outcomes for our pupils
● Be positive to ensure that everyone can achieve
● Have a good level of literacy and mathematics (GCSE A-C)
● Know that you are here to assist in teaching and learning
● Be calm and patient whilst setting a high standard for behaviour
An NVQ Level 2 in learning support/early years, NNEB or other equivalent qualification would be desirable.
Scale point 4
The position will be from 08.30-15.30, with a half-hour lunch break Monday to Friday, term time only.
All our applicants need to be supportive of the school’s Catholic ethos, however, we invite applications from both Catholic and non-Catholic staff
Headteacher: Mrs Sally Nutman
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by appointment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to support this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All applications must be completed using the Catholic Education Service Application Form.
Please contact the school office via email at finance@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk or call on 01702 475689 for an application pack.
Closing Date: 25th March 2024
Interview Date: 28th March 2024
OLL Ladies Group
Our next meeting is on Thursday, 21st March at 10.00am. All ladies welcome to join us, subs £1.00, plus a raffle.
To round off this ‘term’ we will be having a fun morning of Easter arts & crafts, led by Jo Ronan. All materials will be provided, but it would be helpful if ladies could bring their own scissors (or secateurs). Not keen on crafts? Just come along for the company and a hot cross bun!
NB Our next meeting will be after Easter.
Gift Aid Envelopes
Please note that boxes of Offertory Gift Aid envelopes for the financial year 2024/2025 are available for collection at the back of Church.
There are also special second collection envelopes for those parishioners who have elected to donate offertory donations by means of a Standing Order.
Thanking you for your continued generosity and support with the finances of the Parish.
Flower & Craft Festival Saturday 6th July 2024
It is time to start preparations for this year’s Flower and Craft Festival! The Theme this year is ‘PRAYER.’
We would love to have as many people as possible to take part. Simply choose a prayer or prayers and think about how that can be illustrated visually with Flowers, Art work, Artefacts, Needlework etc.
The Festival day is always a very inspiring occasion with people from all faiths or none dropping into our beautiful Church. We have been overwhelmed by the positive response that there has been over the last few years to our themes.
If you would like to take part please email me at : mcronan@btinternet.com, or simply speak to me or Theresa.
If you are not sure about a suitable prayer then I have lots to choose from. Jo Ronan
Catholic Parish Summit
The Catholic Parish Summit is taking place in Harrogate from the 12th to the 14th of June with over 1,000 parish leaders from across the country.
Our diocese has booked some places for the Summit which are available to anyone who is interested in attending. These places are free but they are limited and you will need to make arrangements for accommodation while you are in Harrogate. For more information about the Summit please visit their website: https://catholicparishsummit.com/
If you would like to find out more please email Father Dan Mason, the Episcopal Vicar for Parish Renewal at billericay@brcdt.org
Missio Red Box Holders
I have received the Spring 2024 Missio magazines. If you have not received one from me personally please take one from the back of the Church (Usual place). Thank you Joan Caunce Secretary.01268 757505
2024 Caritas Networking Day
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? You are invited to the 2024 Caritas Brentwood Networking Day, Saturday 27th April, 10am – 2.30pm, at the St Edward the Confessor Church Hall, Romford (10-minute walk from Romford Station on the Elizabeth line, Bus routes from London are regular, parking is available but limited and a bike rack is also on site). 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 (for free!) at www.caritasbrentwood.org/network<http://www.caritasbrentwood.org/network>