Dates for your Diary
Monday, 23rd September—Journey in Faith (RCIA) 8pm Parish Centre
Thursday 28th-Saturday 30th November—Forty Hours’ Prayer
Friday 20th December—Sea of Voices Carol Service 7pm
Saturday 15th—Friday 21st March 2025—Parish Mission led by the Redemptorists
Music at 11.30am
Prelude: Recit—Pierre Du Mage (1674-1751)
Postlude: Concluding Voluntary—John Blow
Responsorial Psalm
JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA
This begins on Monday, 23rd 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 Church. 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.
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
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear friends in Christ
We continue with our reading, and refections, on the sixth chapter of St John’s Gospel at Mass. Jesus recalls the moment when the Chosen People lost patiences with Moses during their forty-year sojourn through the wilderness.
Dear friends in Christ
We continue with our reading, and reflections, on the sixth chapter of St John’s Gospel at Mass. Jesus recalls the moment when the Chosen People lost patience with Moses during their forty-year sojourn through the wilderness. Moses implored God for His help and He sent them manna—bread from Heaven—to feed the hungry agitated people. Jesus tells us that He will give us, not food that will perish, but rather, the food of eternal life which when eaten will satisfy us unto eternal life. Jesus IS the Bread of Life come down from Heaven, so that whoever eats It will never be hungry again and which will bring them to eternal life. In the Homily at Mass we will continue our thoughts on the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice so that our love and devotion to the Mass might be deepened. Last week I spoke about the Introductory Rites as we gather before the Altar; this week some words about the Readings or Liturgy of the Word.
I hope you can manage to enjoy the better weather and the change of pace in life that characterises these Summer weeks! God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 1
Saturday 3
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
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
Monday 5
The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major
9am Mass Ian Spacie, RIP (L&KW)
Tuesday 6
The Transfiguration of the Lord
9am Mass Victor Reyes, RIP (CC)
5pm Body in Church Ian Spacie, RIP
Wednesday 7
St Cajetan, Pr
9am Mass Fr John Warnaby, RIP
2pm Requiem Mass Ian Spacie, RIP
Thursday 8
St Dominic, Pr
9am Mass Frank Maguire (anniv)
2pm Nuptial Mass for Thomas Sammut & Stephanie Burrill
Friday 9
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, V, M
12 Noon Mass Jim Monaghan, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
Saturday 10
St Lawrence, Dc, M
10am Mass Roger & Ann Boyle, RIP (MI)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil Arthur Joseph Mills, RIP (DL)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 11 August
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Vincent Glauda, RIP (Anniv) (KC)
9.30am Mass Denise McDermott, RIP (Anniv) (AC)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Thomas Jordan, Fr Richard Rowe, Deacon Frederick Wall, Fr Henry Tilley, Fr David Coghlan, Fr Hugh Verity, Pope Paul VI, Maureen Mann, Walter Owen, Stella Blackburn, Sister Vincent (St Edith), Catherine Hayes, Timothy O’Shea, Anthony Poulton, Denise McDermott, Jim Collins, John Joseph Sanford, Phyllis Mabel Burke, Arthur Holdstock, Michael Christopher Edwards, Phylis Glazebrook, Peter Matthews, Clarice Gannon, Margaret Taylor, Sheila Mazzog, Teresa Baxter, Lilian Sutton, Andrea Uglietti, Maria Figg, Richard Collins, Ethel Morgan, Patrick Blissett, Daran Persaud, Lily de Lobel, Maria Robinson, Vincent Glauda, Teresa Booty & Doris Lowe.
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 deceased members of the Wall Family.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
IAN SPACIE, RIP who died on Wednesday, 10th July. His Body will be received into the church on Tuesday, 6th August at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 7th August at 2pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
CARMINA CZOGALIK, RIP who died on Thursday, 25th July. Her Funeral Service will take place on Wednesday, 14th August at 9.45am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
TONY DOWNEY, RIP who died on Wednesday, 24th July. His Funeral Service will take place on Monday, 19th August at 11am.
Requiescant in pace
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)
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who has supported the 200 Club this year. The results of the June draw are as follows:
1st Prize £150 12 Paul Haldenby
2nd Prize £100 172 Theresa Whittaker
3rd Prize £75 66 Lena Young
4th Prize £25 5 Doreen Harley
There has been a significant drop in members over the past few months. Would you consider taking part in the 200 Club? 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.
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.”