Fairtrade
We will be selling Fairtrade products again in the Parish Centre this Sunday 2nd June between 8.30am-11.30am. Please come and support your brothers and sisters around the world giving them a fair price for what they produce.
Pop in to see us before or after Mass on Sunday.
Thank you. Live Simply Group
OLL Ladies Group
The Ladies Group meets again on Thursday 6th June in the Parish Centre from 10am. New members are always welcome, subs being £1 per week plus a friendly Raffle and refreshments. We are very pleased to welcome Jo Ronan who will be presenting a talk on ‘Working in Africa’ which promises to be very interesting.
We look forward to seeing you all for another enjoyable morning.
Safeguarding—Free online training
The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) has recently released new free online training about safeguarding in our parishes - Courses (catholicsafeguarding.org.uk). There are 3 levels of training - Level 1 - General information about safeguarding (this takes the form of a leaflet and for ease of reference is available at the back of the church by the noticeboard); Level 2 - for volunteers in parishes in roles requiring DBS; and Level 3 - for clergy and parish safeguarding reps. There is also other general training and information on CSSA website. If you have any questions about safeguarding in the parish please speak to Fr Kevin or contact our Safeguarding rep - Jackie Sullens (safeguarding@lourdesleigh.org). Thank you.
Catholic Social Teaching in an Election Year
As the General Election approaches, on Saturday 15th June, Raymond Friel OBE, CEO of Caritas Social Action Network, will speak on Catholic Social Teaching and what the Church says about democracy and voting. The talks will be held at the Catholic Church of Christ the Eternal High Priest, Gidea Park (RM2 6DH). Coffee will be available from 10.30 am and the talks begin at 11 am, and conclude by 2 pm. This is an in-person event, also available online at www.whatgoodnews.org
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, 15th 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 Francis O'Brien on 07845 874331. You will be most welcome!
Vocations Evening
The next “Enquirers’ Evening” for those considering or interested in a vocation to the priesthood is on Tuesday 4 June at Brentwood Cathedral. The speaker will be Fr Dan Mason
For further information please contact Fr Mark Swires: vocprom@brcdt.org
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
Cleaner Required
Would you be able to spare an hour a week between 10am and 1pm, to help clean our church ? Whichever day suits you, and it doesn’t have to be the same day every week!
If you can help, please contact the Parish office on 01702 478078 or email office@lourdesleigh.org.
St Thomas More Alumni Memorial Mass—22nd June
The annual St Thomas More Alumni Memorial Mass will take place this year in the chapel at St Thomas More High School on Saturday 22nd June at 11am to coincide with the SVP Fun Day being held at the school on the same day.
All former pupils and members of staff are welcome, together with their families and current members of the school, to pray for and remember those from the school community who have died.
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School
Are you looking for a Nursery for your 2 to 4 year old?
Contact us to look around our learning environment!
office@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk 01702475689
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School is located in Leigh's heart along Manchester Drive, a short walk from the London Road.
Our welcoming community school is perfect for children starting Nursery in 2024.
We're proud of our family feel, which spans generations, and our vast grounds for children to play.
Excelling in music, sport, science, and a balanced curriculum, we're the ideal place for your child to flourish.
Thinking about your child as they grow, our children transition easily and happily into our Reception classes. Our children achieve well in KS2, with many children moving on to the Catholic secondary schools.
Dates for your Diary
Sunday 2nd June—Corpus Christi Procession, 4pm
Saturday 8th June—Silver Jubilee Mass, Fr Jean-Claude Selvini, 12 noon
Sunday 23rd June—Fortieth Anniversary Mass of Fr Kevin Hale 11.30am
Saturday 6th July—Flower Festival
Monday 22nd—Friday 26th July 2024—Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Saturday 15th—Friday 21st March 2025—Parish Mission led by the Redemptorists
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
CATHY SANDERS RIP who died on Monday, 6th May. Her body will be received into the church on Tuesday, 4th June at 4pm and her Requiem mass will take place on Wednesday, 5th June at 10am.
RAYMOND CHARLES SIMKINS who died on 30th April. His body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 5th June at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 6th June at 2pm, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
RODNEY MOORE who died on 29th April. His funeral will take place at Southend Crematorium on Monday 10th June at 1pm, followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
VALERIE QUINN who died on 5th May. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 14th June at 10.45am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
ROSE SCOTT-FRAME who died on 27th April. Her Requiem mass will take place on Monday, 17th June at 10.30am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Requiescant in pace
Annual Procession of the Blessed Sacrament
Sunday 2nd June 4.00pm
Accompanied by the Tilbury Brass Band
Followed by Tea in the Parish Centre
The Most Holy Trinity
Dear friends in Christ
The central truth of the Christian Faith is that God is a Trinity of Persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. And each of these Three Persons are God and equal to each other in power and majesty.
Dear friends in Christ
The central truth of the Christian Faith is that God is a Trinity of Persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. And each of these Three Persons are God and equal to each other in power and majesty. Whenever we pray to each of them, we are praying to God. Some of the earliest misconceptions about the nature of God occurred in the earliest centuries of the Church, especially in relation to Our Lord, Jesus Christ. It is Christ, who reveals to us in all its fullness, the inner workings of the Trinitarian mystery and calls us to participate in it. No one knows the father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. It is He who speaks to us of the coexistence of the Holy Spirit with the Father, and who sent Him into the Church to sanctify it until the end of time; and it is He who reveals to us the perfect oneness of life of the Three Divine Persons. The mystery of the Trinity is the starting point of all revealed truth, the fountain from which proceeds supernatural life, and the goal to which we are headed: we are children of the Father, brethren and co-heirs of the son, and continually sanctified by the Holy Spirit to make us ever more resemble Christ; accordingly, we deepen in the understanding of our divine Sonship, and become living temples of the Blessed Trinity. The entire life of the Church, especially in her sacramental signs and mysteries, is an immersion in the life of the Three Divine Persons. As the Preface of the Mass for Trinity Sunday proclaims: For with your Only Begotten Son and the Holy Spirit you are one God, one Lord: not in the unity of a single person, but in a Trinity of one substance. For what you have revealed to us of your glory we believe equally of your Son and of the Holy Spiritt….
Next weekend we shall celebrate the mystery of the Blessed Eucharist—of the Body and Blood of Christ—which is perhaps the way in which the life of God is best made real and concrete for us: Jesus has become the food for our life on earth, the nourishment for our pilgrimage to the homeland of Heaven. Traditionally, we celebrate Corpus Christi by Eucharistic devotions outside of the Mass: Holy Hours, Benediction and Processions. Our Blessed Sacrament Procession begins in the church here next Sunday at 4pm. I ask ALL of our First Communion children to take part in this, together with all of the Parish so that we can celebrate as the Family of Jesus, the first and greatest of all the mysteries of our holy religion!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
The Most Holy Trinity
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of The Most Holy Trinity
Saturday 25
St Bede the Venerable, Pr, D
5.30pm Vigil Mass Valentine Tisi, RIP (MT)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 26 May
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
8am Mass Intentions of Brett Mackay (SD)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Winifred Gover (MC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 27
St Augustine of Canterbury, Bp
10am Mass Donal Doona, RIP (M&MD)
Tuesday 28
Feria
9am Mass Intentions of Andy Robinson (CH)
Wednesday 29
Pope St Paul VI, P
9am Mass Michael Rubbert, RIP (Anniv) (MR)
Thursday 30
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9am Mass Rev Fr John Barnaby, RIP (Westminster) (PM)
Friday 31
Dedication of the Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Helen, Brentwood
12Noon Mass Intentions of Ann Craig & Mary Poole (AC)
Saturday 1 June
St Justin, M
10am Mass Ints of Brian & Gina Marshall-50th Wedding Ann (GM)
10.30-11.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil Mass Valentine Tisi, RIP (LB)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 2 June
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Corpus Christi
8am Mass Gilberte Cook, RIP (MC)
9.30am Mass Michael Foy, RIP (VJ)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
4pm Corpus Christi Procession
No Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Timmons, Rev Donald Clover, Kathleen Reynolds, Frances Florence, Elizabeth Newton, Thomas O’Malley, Richard Bird, Sheila Hall, Mary Leftley, Leonard Brockhurst, Neil & Joan Macmillan, Mildred Jackson, Angela Edwards, Iolanda Peretti, Edith Young, Dr Denis O’Riordan, Clarice Wheeler, Michael Rubbert, Mildred McHattie, Vera Waelend, Margaret Cornell, Sebastian De Souza, Mabel Hooper, Joseph Mullins, Odilia Duhig, Angela Hughes, Stephanie Norwood, Kit Nafziger, Dr Nigel Warburton & Stella Mary Hale.
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 Hurley family.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
CATHY SANDERS RIP who died on Monday, 6th May. Her body will be received into the church on Tuesday, 4th June at 4pm and her Requiem mass will take place on Wednesday, 5th June at 10am.
RAYMOND CHARLES SIMKINS who died on 30th April. His body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 5th June at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 6th June at 2pm, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
RODNEY MOORE who died on 29th April. His funeral will take place at Southend Crematorium on Monday 10th June at 1pm, followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
VALERIE QUINN who died on 5th May. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Friday, 14th June at 10.45am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
ROSE SCOTT-FRAME who died on 27th April. Her Requiem mass will take place on Monday, 17th June at 10.30am, followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Requiescant in pace