Dates for your Diary
Friday 20th December—Sea of Voices Carol Service 7pm
Saturday 15th—Friday 21st March 2025—Parish Mission led by the Redemptorists
Repository
The Repository is now closed for the summer holiday period and will re-open in September.
MISSIO Red Box Holders
I have received the Summer 2024 edition of the Missio. If you have not received one personally from me please take one from the back of the Church (on the ledge at the back usual place). If anyone has a box needing emptying please give to me or leave in the Office and I will pick it up. Please don't to forget to take your boxes back from the back of the Church after.
Thank you.
Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505.
March for Life UK - Saturday 7th September
Morning Events: 10.00am-1.00pm The Emmanuel Centre, SW1P 3DW
In the morning of March for Life we will be hosting a ‘Pro-life Health Summit’ 10.30-12.30 in The Emmanuel Centre where a variety of healthcare specialists will be looking in greater detail at our theme ‘Abortion isn’t Healthcare’.
Mass: 11.00am St George’s Cathedral, Southwark
The March: 1.30pm From The Emmanuel Centre
Ends at Parliament Square 4.30pm.
Contact: Isabel 07773 501721 or Ben 07885 505116 or info@marchforlife.co.uk
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
Over the next four weeks at Sunday Mass, we shall be hearing from chapter six of St John’s Gospel, often referred to as The Eucharistic Discourse.
Dear friends in Christ
Over the next four weeks at Sunday Mass, we shall be hearing from chapter six of St John’s Gospel, often referred to as The Eucharistic Discourse. This is because it begins with the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, which is itself a prefiguration of the miracle of the Blessed Eucharist. Jesus feeds the huge crowds with bread for their bodies; in the Eucharist He will feed His People with food for the soul—the food of eternal life. This Gospel occurs in the liturgical cycle every three years, and it provides us priests with the opportunity to preach—albeit in a limited way—on the mystery of the Mass and the Real Presence of Jesus. Hopefully, these reflections may remind us of the greatest and most central truth of our holy Faith: Jesus sacrificed for us, poured-out for us, and remains with us in the Eucharistic Mystery.
Those of us who returned home Lourdes on Friday give thanks to God for a safe and prayerful Pilgrimage. The large group of young adults from our Parish were a credit to us and their families by their example of prayer and service of the sick! May those who are traveling or taking time for a break in these weeks, find restorative peace and refreshment. Let’s remember that our first duty of the week is to participate in Holy Mass—wherever we are!
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 8
Saturday 27
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
10am Mass Steve Kim Keogh, RIP (MW)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil Mass Mary (Molly) McGuire, RIP (Anniv) (SW)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 28 July
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Kathryn Shepherd, RIP (Anniv) (SW)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Lambert Family—anniversary of Ruth (PL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 29
Ss Martha, Mary and Lazarus
9am Mass Intentions of the Emerson Family (AE)
Tuesday 30
St Peter Chrysologus, Bp, D
9am Mass Edward Trindle, RIP (RO'C)
Wednesday 31
St Ignatius of Loyola, Pr
9am Mass William Braden-Brown, RIP (CF)
Thursday 1 August
St Alphonsus Mary de’ Liguori, Bp, D
9am Mass Holy Souls
Friday 2—First Friday
St Peter Julian Eymard, Pr
12 Noon Mass Winifred Gover, RIP & Violet Gray, RIP
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until Holy Hour 7—8pm
Saturday 3
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
10am Mass Ian Irwin, RIP (MI)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 4 August
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Joseph Edwin D'Cruz, RIP (AJ)
9.30am Mass Clare Chadwick, RIP (MI)
11.30am Mass Maureen Mann RIP, (Anniv) (RM)
4pm Mass John Smith, RIP (JC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Harding, Fr Michael O’Sullivan, Mirren Button, Dorothy Pogue, Basil Hall, Ruth Lambert, Rory Forge, Richard Wallner, Leo Frances Ring, Paul Swann, Irene (Molly) Kerry, Irene Hall, Caroline Richards, Mary Ellen Fiddes, Eleanor Lawson, Sylvia Gosling, Ethel Warwick, Olive Scott-Hansen, Winifred Bailey, Bernard Martin, Frances Murray, Teresa Fitzgerald, Max Button, Margaret Ring, Noel Auger, Cecelia Newton, Phyllis Fairman & John Higgins.
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 living and deceased members of the Emerson Family.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
IAN SPACIE, RIP who died on Wednesday, 10th July. His Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 7th August at 2pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
TONY DOWNEY, RIP who died on Wednesday, 24th July.
Requiescant in pace
Music at 11.30am
Prelude: Voluntary in F—John Stanley (1712-86)
Postlude: Fugue in C minor—Jean Charpentier (1734-1794)
Responsorial Psalm
First Holy Communion 2025
If your child is going into Year 3 or above and you wish for them to make their First Holy Communion in May 2025, please submit the application by Friday 6th September.
This should be done via the parish website, under Sacraments - Communion
(https://lourdesleigh.org/sacraments)
Dates for your Diary
Friday 20th December—Sea of Voices Carol Service 7pm
Saturday 15th—Friday 21st March 2025—Parish Mission led by the Redemptorists
Repository
The Repository is now closed for the summer holiday period and will re-open in September.
March for Life UK - Saturday 7th September
Morning Events: 10.00am-1.00pm The Emmanuel Centre, SW1P 3DW
In the morning of March for Life we will be hosting a ‘Pro-life Health Summit’ 10.30-12.30 in The Emmanuel Centre where a variety of healthcare specialists will be looking in greater detail at our theme ‘Abortion isn’t Healthcare’.
Mass: 11.00am St George’s Cathedral, Southwark
The March: 1.30pm From The Emmanuel Centre
Ends at Parliament Square 4.30pm.
Contact: Isabel 07773 501721 or Ben 07885 505116 or info@marchforlife.co.uk
MISSIO Red Box Holders
I have received the Summer 2024 edition of the Missio. If you have not received one personally from me please take one from the back of the Church (on the ledge at the back usual place). If anyone has a box needing emptying please give to me or leave in the Office and I will pick it up. Please don't to forget to take your boxes back from the back of the Church after.
Thank you.
Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505.
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
The Gospel of the Mass this Sunday shows the solicitude of Jesus for his disciples, tired as they are after their apostolic works in the neighbouring towns and village.
Dear friends in Christ
The Gospel of the Mass this Sunday shows the solicitude of Jesus for his disciples, tired as they are after their apostolic works in the neighbouring towns and villages. Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest awhile, he says to them. And Saint Mark explains that there were so many people coming and going at that time that they had no time to read or even to eat. So they went away to a lonely place where they could be by themselves. Often our lives, like theirs, is one of phrenetic activity: between our responsibilities at work, our family, and to society. For this reason we need times of rest and recreation. As our Schools now begin the Summer break, many of us think about heading-off for a well earned holiday; we remind ourselves that we must always find time to rest in the Lord. Let us never forget our basic spiritual obligations: prayer, constant sense of the presence of God in our lives, and the vital importance of our Sunday celebration of Holy Mass. I do wish all of you who are embarking on a holiday at this time, a blessed rest, and an enjoyable time!
As I prepare to depart for Lourdes with the Diocesan Pilgrimage, together with a group from our Parish, I assure you of our prayers for all of the intentions of the Parish Family. I ask you, in return, to pray for us, that we may enjoy safe travel and receive many graces from being close to Jesus and Mary in that most holy of Sanctuaries!
May God bless you all and keep you in His Sacred Heart!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 7
Saturday 20
St Apollinaris, Bp, M
5.30pm Vigil Mass Fidelis & Lourdes Mary Pallis, RIP (DL)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 21 July
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Lucrecia & Jose Conlu, RIP & Lucille Tarrobel, RIP
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions Fr Kevin—40th Anniversary (PL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 22
St Mary Magdalene
9am Mass Bernadette Bikhit, RIP (AS)
Tuesday 23
St Bridget of Sweden, Rel
9am Mass Winifred Gover, RIP
Wednesday 24
St Charbel Makhlouf, Pr
9am Mass Edward Trindle, RIP (MM)
Thursday 25
St James, Ap
9am Mass Intentions of Julian Tisi Intentions (MT)
Friday 26
Ss Joachim and Anne, Parents of the BVM
12 Noon Mass Intentions of Rebecca Moseby (ES)
Saturday 27
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
10am Mass Steve Kim Keogh, RIP (MW)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil Mass Mary (Molly) McGuire, RIP (Anniv) (SW)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 28 July
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Kathryn Shepherd, RIP (Anniv) (SW)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Lambert Family—anniversary of Ruth (PL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Patrick Taylor, Deacon David Balmer, Fr John Boardman Jones, Fr Michael Hannah, Fr Dermot Moore, Fr James Cooney, Fr Godfrey Anstruther OP, Jane Mawdsley, Alice Collins, Aislinn Lane, Elsie Witty, Irene Huggett, Frank McEvoy, Pamela Johnson, Francis Howard Kenney, Geraldine Hayter, Joan Farmer, Winifred Martin, Marian Bukowski, Leonard Betts, Arthur Koch, William Rhodes, David Hall, Eva Bartley, Sylvester Smolarczyk, Marie Ann Brand, John Maguire, Stefan Nowacki, John O’Brien, Gertrude Mortelman, Daisy Houlihan, Frederick James Hardy, Mrs Pearle, David Bavin, Margaret Hughes, Bertha Dock-Olsen, Emma Alexander & Anne Owen.
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.”