We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Canon Thomas Norris, Fr Feargus Saurin, Fr Andrew Dorricott, Canon Patrick Palmer, Canon Basil Booker, Fr John O’Callaghan, Canon Brian Grady, Canon John Duckett, Leslie Porter, Anita Dawson, David McCluskey, Sybil Figueredo, Elizabeth McCarthy, John Brown, Petronella Jennett, Mary Deyong, Arthur Leftley, Bertha Nesnas, Catherine Sanders, Mary Hardie, Marvel Salter, Dorothy Hosmer, Denys Hale, Charles McLaughlin, Fred Parsons, Arthur Chadwick, Anthony Camelo, John Cooper, Patrick Shanahan, Peggy Choppin, Mary Donovan, Michael McDermott, Cestan Szymczak, Margaret Park & May Downey.
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 soul of
MARJORIE JAY who died on 10th April. Her funeral will be held at Southend Crematorium on Wednesday, 14th May at 1.30 pm.
Requiescat in pace
Prayer for the Election of a New Pope
O God, eternal shepherd,
who govern your flock with unfailing care,
grant in your boundless fatherly love
a pastor for your Church
who will please you by his holiness
and to us show watchful care.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Dates for your Diary
Saturdays 10th & 17th May 10.30am—First Holy Communion Masses
Sunday 1st June 2025—Visitation & Confirmation
Sunday 22nd June—Corpus Christi Procession 4pm
Saturday 5th July—Flower Festival
Monday 21st—Friday 25th July—Lourdes Pilgrimage
Monday 8th September Centenary of the Opening of our Church
Sunday 14th September Parish Centenary Celebration 3pm
SVP Awareness Month
Awareness Month is our society's opportunity to highlight the SVP's presence in our parish and community and to promote an understanding of our work. This, in turn, can help people in need of support to know how to contact us, and for those considering joining the Society to make enquiries about joining our local Group/Conference.
Founded in Paris in 1833 by Frederick Ozanam and companions and taking Vincent de Paul as their patron. With Christian values at our core, members of the SVP work in a variety of ways, including visiting and befriending the lonely and housebound, supporting locally (and in strict confidence) individuals and families in financial need.
If you would like to learn more about the SVP, or consider joining us, please contact Sallie Pollock 07450 277956, alternatively, leave a message with the Parish office on 01702 478078.
You can support our parish Conference financially via the SVP button on the parish website.
OLOL Ladies Group
The Ladies Group meet on Thursday, 8th May in the Parish Centre from 9.30am for a prompt start at 10am.
We are pleased to welcome Val and Jo who will be demonstrating some gentle chair exercises which should be a light hearted session. This will be followed by a little celebration for VE Day, so please do all come along and join in the fun. ….as usual subs are kept to £1 with a fun Raffle.
Help with First Holy Communion breakfasts—Saturday 10th & 17th May
If any parents from last year's Communion group are able to help with the breakfasts this year, please contact the Parish office. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Repository
The Repository is open after all Masses at the weekend. With First Holy Communions approaching, we have a lovely selection of gifts and cards, so please take time to come and browse.
We also have Mantillas for sale, plus a large selection of various cards, Rosaries and statues and a few copies left of the new yearly Missal.
Missio Red Boxes
On behalf of Missio I wish to thank you all who contributed either via the Red Boxes or Direct giving - Direct Debits or online donations. Our Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Joseph donated £4875.34 (£2035.25 via the Red Boxes and £2840.09 via Direct giving) in 2024. Please see the Thank you Poster at the back of Church. Joan Caunce, Secretary.
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic School Rayleigh Vacancies
Class Teacher
MPR/UPR ~ Full time ~ Required September 2025
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly-motivated class teacher to join our friendly and dedicated team. 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.
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 8th May 2025 (4pm) Interview date: w/c 12th May 2025
We reserve the right to call for interview and appoint prior to the closing date
Learning Support Assistant - Early Years
34.75hrs per week, term time only, 8:15am-4pm (Mon-Thurs) and 8:15-3:45pm (Fri) with an unpaid 30 min lunch break Scale 3 Point 6 £25,183 f.t.e. - Actual salary £19,959. We are looking for a dedicated, talented and experienced practitioner to work as a Learning Support Assistant in our school and with our fabulous team.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. For more details please contact Mr. Parascandolo (Head Teacher) via the school office (01268 785741). For further details, please visit the vacancies section of our school website: https://www.olorcps.net/school-info/vacancies
Closing date: 4pm on Thursday 8th May 2025. Interviews: w/c 12th May 2025.
We reserve the right to call for interview and appoint prior to the closing date
Vacancies at St Bernard's High School
PREMISES MANAGER
Full-time - 37 hours per week, 52 weeks a year (including additional hours at the weekend when required)
Scale 21 - 28 (£32,115 - £37,938)
June start
Closing date: Thursday 8 May 2025
Calling all team leaders – we are looking to recruit a Premises Manager to manage our Premises Team and Cleaning staff.
I.T. Technician
Full-time, 37 hours per week – 8.00am – 4.00pm, Start May/June 2025, Salary Scale: 9 – 12 (£26,409 - £27,711)
Closing Date: 12 May 2025, 9am. Interviews: w/c 12 May 2025
Looking for all I.T. enthusiasts! We are seeking an I.T. Technician to join our busy I.T. team to support both staff and students within our school community.
Learning Support Assistant
Five Days Per Week, Term Time only. 8.30am – 4.30pm Scale 4-6 (£24,404 - £25,183) / pro rata actual salary £20,922 - £21,589)
Are you an enthusiastic and inspiring LSA with the skills, confidence, creativity and energy to make a positive impact on thelives of our students ? You will be joining a successful, friendly and supportive department within a high performing school, supporting students from Y7 – Y13 with a range of special educational needs.
If you would like to apply for any of these vacancies, please complete the Application Form found on the Vacancies page on our website and email it to recruitment@stbernards.southend.sch.uk.
Second Sunday of Easter
Dear friends in Christ
On this Octave of Easter we renew the joy of our celebration of the Resurrection of The Lord!
Dear friends in Christ
On this Octave of Easter we renew the joy of our celebration of the Resurrection of The Lord!
In the Gospel of the Mass this Sunday we hear of the Easter evening appearance of Jesus to the Apostles in the upper room. Thomas, because of his incredulity, is brought to a simple but profound act of faith when he meets the Risen Jesus: My Lord and my God! These words have been used to express Eucharistic piety, especially at the moment of the consecration at Mass. The Canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, scheduled for this Sunday—feast of Divine Mercy—has been postponed following the death of Pope Francis. Blessed Carlo, however, remains as a modern-day Saint of devotion to the Blessed Eucharist and we look forward to the day, not too distant hopefully, when we will venerate him as a Saint.
On a personal note, thank you so much for all your Easter greetings and gifts. Above all, thank you for your many prayers, cards and kind words on the death of my dear father, William, that occurred on Wednesday of Holy Week. After the celebration of the Chrism Mass in our Cathedral, I was called to the Hospital and was able to speak and pray with him before he peacefully passed away shortly afterwards. In much the same manner as when my Mother died 2009, it was a time of serenity, filled with Christian hope and joy in Resurrection. Thank you all for your kindness and understanding over the last couple of years during his prolonged illness. Requiescat in pace.
We also offer prayers in these days for the eternal repose of the soul of Pope Francis. May God reward him for his generous service as Universal Pastor of the Church these last twelve years. Let us now pray earnestly for a Successor to guide the Church in the Faith of the Apostles!
May God continue to bless you in this Easter season!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Second Sunday of Easter
Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
Preface of Easter 1
Saturday 26
Saturday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Susan Tisi, RIP (MT)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
5.30pm Mass Rosemary Braggard, RIP (RM)
6.30-7.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Second Sunday of Easter—Divine Mercy
27th April
8am Mass William Dennis Hale, RIP (SW)
9.30am Mass Christine Keenan, RIP (Anniv) (FK)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
2.30pm Devotions for the Divine Mercy
No Vespers & Benediction
Monday 28
St George, M
9am Mass Peter & Carol Moon, RIP (SM)
Tuesday 29
St Catherine of Siena, V, D
9am Mass William Dennis Hale, RIP (K&LW)
Wednesday 30
Wednesday after the Second Sunday of Easter
9am Mass Nancy Roach, RIP (PL)
5pm Body in Church John Reynolds
, RIP
Thursday 1 May
Thursday after the Second Sunday of Easter
9am Mass Frances Emmerson, RIP (AE)
3pm Funeral Service John Reynolds, RIP
Friday 2—First Friday
St Athanasius, Bp, D
12Noon Mass Canon Francis Gilbert, RIP (FM)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until Holy Hour 7—8pm
Saturday 3
SS Philip & James, App
10am Mass Susan Tisi, RIP (LB)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
5.30pm Mass William Dennis Hale, RIP (LL)
6.30-7.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Third Sunday of Easter
4th May
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Dec'd Parents, Brothers & Sisters of Canon Gilbert, RIP (FM)
11.30am Mass Cathy Sanders, RIP (Anniv) (RS)
4pm Mass Richard Coleman, RIP (JC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Mgr George Stokes, Fr Brian O’Higgins, Fr John Kennedy, Elsie Doris Robinson, Mary Fitzgerald, Arthur Bartley, Margaret Makey, Christopher Dowdall, Evelyn Thompson, Rose Scott-Frame, Tom Skellon, Patricia Burles, Pauline Kidney, Margaret Ashley, Rose Faulkner, Jeremiah Lucey, Francis Mansfield (Frank), Valerie Tisi, Rodney Moore, Winifred Sentinella, Edith Pey, Margaret Randall, Raymond Simkins, Brigid Behn, Margaret Rose McKay, Lucy Dann, Jo Hopkins, Jennie Asbury, Joseph Chapp, Michael Livermore, Alfred Pavitt, Johanna Holgate, Lilian Currie, Hannah Lee, Peter Burry, Sarah Jane Coyne, Ronald Owen Turner & Wilhelmina Chalk.
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 Fegan & Beech Families.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
JOHN COLIN REYNOLDS who died on Monday, 17th March. His body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 30th April at 5pm and his Funeral Service will take place on Thursday, 1st May at 3pm.
MARJORIE JAY who died on 10th April. Her funeral will be held at Southend Crematorium on Wednesday, 14th May at 1.30 pm.
JOHN LAVERY who died on Friday, 4th April. His Requiem Mass will be held in his home church of St. Mary’s & St. Paul’s, Hamilton on 29th April at 10am and will be live streamed on YouTube through Sancta Familia Media.
Requiescant in pace