Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 1
Saturday 28
St Laurence Ruiz and his Comps, Mm
5.30pm Vigil Ciaran Fitzgerald, RIP (LB)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 29 September
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass James Overton Summers, RIP (SS)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Peter D’Silva, RIP (MF)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 30
St Jerome, Pr, D
9am Mass Intentions of Kath O'Connor (MI)
Tuesday 1 October
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, V, D
9am Mass Intentions of the Cox Family (LS)
Wednesday 2
The Holy Guardian Angels
9am Mass Intentions of Joan Hurley (K&LW)
Thursday 3
Feria
9am Mass Janet Weale, RIP (TW)
Friday 4—First Friday
St Francis of Assisi (Harvest Fast Day)
12Noon Mass Steve Nortney, RIP (JL)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until Holy Hour 7—8pm
Saturday 5
St Faustina Kowalska
10am Mass Charles & Alice Whitefield, RIP (FM)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil Ciaran Fitzgerald, RIP (MT)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 6 October
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Muriel Matthews, RIP (Anniv) (RK)
11.30am Mass Amy Fox, RIP (LL)
4pm Mass Michael Mapson, RIP (CB)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Bernard Wakeling, Fr Michael Hopkins, Fr Henry Healy, Fr David Logue, Canon William O’Neill, Charles Bartley, Madeleine Beckett, Edith Riley, Vera Osborne, Mark Hillson, Peter Vella, James Gallacher, Ethel Bartley, Annie Thompson, Annie Levay, Lily Bentley, Patrick Michael Quinn, John Martin, Percy Sentinella, William Spedding, Ronnie Olliffe, Margaret Price, Rudolph Banocy, Sarah Duffy, Colleen Worley, Sophie Shapiro, Eileen Pearson, Ursula Turner, John Butler, Kathleen Wetton, Tom Atkinson, Jean-Marie Matthieu, Doris Kelly & Derick Wheeler.
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.”
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
AMY FOX, RIP who died on Tuesday, 3rd September. Her Requiem Mass will take place at 10am on Wednesday, 9th October followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
MICHAEL MAPSON, RIP who died on Tuesday, 10th September. His Memorial Mass will take place on Friday 15th November 9.30am.
Requiescant in pace
Music at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Voluntary XI—John Blow, (1649-1708)
Postlude: Dialogue—Francois Couperin, (1668-1733)
Responsorial Psalm
CAFOD Harvest Fast Day - Friday 4 October
This Harvest Fast Day CAFOD is highlighting the learning provided through CAFOD-funded training centres, for example in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where young people are learning skills and a trade, such as carpentry, and helping them earn a living and provide for their families and futures.
Please remember CAFOD in your prayers, and if you are able to make a donation to help CAFOD with this work, giving envelopes are available at the back of church or you can go on CAFOD's website to donate - at www.cafod.org.uk/envelope
Dates for your Diary
Monday, 30th September—Journey in Faith (RCIA) 8pm Parish Centre
Thursday 14th November—Annual Requiem Mass 7pm
Friday 22nd November—Sung Latin Requiem Mass 7pm
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
Saturdays 10th & 17th May 10.30am—First Holy Communion Masses
Sunday 1st June 2025—Visitation & Confirmation
Sunday 22nd June—Corpus Christi Procession 4pm
Monday 21st—Friday 25th July—Lourdes Pilgrimage
Certificates of Catholic Practice
These Certificates can be collected from the Parish Office 09.00-13.00 each Thursday and Friday over the coming weeks.
JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA
This continues on Monday, 30th 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.
Parish Fundraising
Thank you to everyone who has supported the 200 Club this year. The results of the August draw are as follows:
1st Prize £150 115 Mr G Allard
2nd Prize £100 133 Mrs P Uglietti
3rd Prize £75 20 Mrs C Carlile
4th Prize £25 27 Mr R Calton
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.
Fairtrade
The next Fairtrade sale will be on Sunday 6th October 8.30-11.30am.
We aim to support our brothers and sisters in developing countries giving them a fair price for the goods that they produce. Come and buy your tea, coffee, honey, chocolate and so much more. There are information cards with most of the products telling you how the product is produced. Thank you for the support you have given to date.
Live Simply Group
MISSIO Red Box Holders
I have received the Autumn edition of the Missio magazine. If you have not received one from me personally please take one from the back of the Church (on the ledge). If you have a box needing emptying please give it to me personally or leave it in the Office and I will collect it.
Thank you Joan Caunce (Secretary) 01268 757505
Repository
We are open after Masses every weekend with some new stock including Statues and Rosaries. We have a good selection of cards for various occasions, plus a few books for children.
You are welcome to come and browse and if you do not see what you are looking for please ask one of the Volunteers. NB. The Repository is open at weekends only.
Help with Gardening
Can You Help?
Are you able to help for a couple of hours per week to help keep the gardens and grounds around the church tidy and weeded?
You do not need to be a wonderful gardener, most of the work is dead heading, and removing dead plants and weeds, especially the bindweed which gets everywhere!
If you can give even an hour a week it would help.
Please contact Clare or Steve Fleming, or give your details to the office and we will contact you. Alternatively you can find us in the church gardens on a Friday morning.
Thanks very much,
Jo Ronan
St Bernard's High School
ST BERNARD’S HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 6 OPEN MORNINGS
Monday 30th September to Thursday 3rd October 2024 from 9.30am to 10.30am
Invitation by appointments only, please contact the school reception to book Office@stbernards.southend.sch.uk
Tel: 01702 343583 www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk
Upcoming Baby Loss Support Service - Essex
Saying Goodbye, (part of the Mariposa Trust) are coming to Chelmsford in October with a very special Baby loss remembrance and support service (part of a UK and Ireland chain of events). The Mariposa Trust’s core objective is to support people who have lost babies at any stage of pregnancy, at birth, or in infancy. It was founded in 2012, by Zoe and Andy Clark-Coates, who saw a critical lack of support for people like them, who had gone through baby loss. With over 258,000 babies being lost yearly in the UK alone, the charity needed to be able to offer not only a comprehensive package of befriending and support but also national baby loss remembrance services (called Saying Goodbye Services), for people to join together and remember the children they had lost. 12 years on, over 200 services have taken place at Cathedrals and Minsters across the UK, US, and France, and 2024 will see 25 services across England, Wales, Ireland, France and the US.
On the 13th October at 6pm, in Chelmsford Cathedral, we will be hosting one of our Saying Goodbye Services and as this is the most local service to you this year we wanted to share this information with you.
So who is the service for?
Anyone who has either personally lost a baby at any stage of pregnancy, at birth, or in early years, or who has been affected by family members' or friends' loss. Whether the loss was recent or 80 years ago, everyone is welcome to attend. We have also extended the services, and gladly welcome anyone who is grieving the fact that they haven't had children. This may be due to circumstance, infertility, or for other reasons - but all are welcome. Babies and children are also invited to come with their families, as the Saying Goodbye service is truly a family event for all.
We know that as 1 in 4 women suffer miscarriage and baby loss, you will have contact with a significant number of people who have either personally suffered baby loss, or who have a partner or family member that has, so we wanted to ask if you would help us in promoting the service.
To read more on the charity, please see the Saying Goodbye website, which you can find at: www.sayinggoodbye.org
St. Thomas More High School—SixthForm Open Evening
Thursday, 3rd October 6pm to 8pm
For families who have students—boys and girls—in year 11 of Secondary School who are intending to begin sixth form studies in September 2025. Come and visit the school and meet the staff and current sixth form students. There will be tours of the sixth form building and the rest of the school.
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School
Class Teacher—Upper Key Stage 2—MPR/UPR—Full time—Required January 2025. This could be a fixed (two term) or permanent position
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly-motivated class teacher to join our friendly and dedicated team. (The successful applicant will teach one of our Year 5 classes, until the end of this academic year)
Our Lady of Ransom was judged to be an an OUTSTANDING Catholic school (S48 Inspection, May 2022) and a GOOD school by Ofsted in January 2023.
Our school provides a happy, calm atmosphere with delightful children, a wonderful learning environment and supportive colleagues, governors and parents.
The successful candidate will need to be a strong practitioner committed to achieving high standards of pupils' learning and capable of teaching imaginatively. They will be willing to be involved in all aspects of school life.
The post would suit an experienced teacher who is either a practising Catholic or willing to support the strong Catholic ethos of our school.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The appointment is subject to satisfactory references, medical and enhanced DBS checks.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.
For more details please contact Mr. Parascandolo (Head Teacher) via the school office (01268 785741)
For an application form please visit the school website www.olorcps.net
Closing date: Thursday 17th October 2024 (4pm)
Interview date: w/c 21st October 2024
We reserve the right to call for interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
St Vincent's Centre, Southend
Get ready for an exceptional year ahead! Your calendar is about to be filled with thrilling experiences, making this year one to remember!
September 2024
Garrison Bakery—21st & 22nd September
October 2024
Quiz Night
November 2024
Roslin Black Tie—16th November 2024
December 2024
Christmas Afternoon Tea—2nd December 2024
Please contact Nesper, our Centre Officer to book your slot or if you are a local business who would like to sponsor an event either by email (NesperM@svp.org.uk) or 01702 592980.