We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Edmund Tyler, Fr Gerard Butcher, Fr Thomas Crowe, Fr John Gallagher, Fr Robert Mortimer-Anderson, Fr Thomas Carlin, Fr Gerard Hughes, Nora Murphy, Catherine Weston, Kathleen Lee, Ray Parascandolo, Irene Chessher, Caroline Geoghegan, James McCrimmon, Pamela Gafga, Annie Adelia Lawrence, Rose Whitehead, Walter Burrill, Marian Button, Gerad Melhuish, Gwendoline Underwood, George Houston, Theresa Yates, Raymond Morton, Harold Britt, Ken Bailey, Margaret Grenier, James George Fairchild, Janice Mary Turner, Jill Kinsley, Norita Fanning, Christine Pegler & Michelle Disney.
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 Selvini Family.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
ANGELA SANGSTER who died on Wednesday, 4th June. Funeral details to follow.
MUNIM ALANI who died recently. Funeral details to follow.
Requiescant in pace
Corpus Christi Procession
Procession of The Most Blessed Sacrament
Sunday, 22nd June—Solemnity of Corpus Christi—4pm
Accompanied by the Tilbury Brass Band
Followed by a Parish Tea
Confirmation
Our prayers and good wishes go to those young adults, and their Sponsors, who have been Confirmed in our Parish this year:
Amelia Beardsell, Harry Carstairs, Megan Edwards, Seraphim Goodrich, Martha Greer, Grace Heddon, Arianna Kean, Jude Mulhern, Fiacra Neville, Dominic Rice, Erin Sedgwick, Oliver Shields, Krystof Spudis, Aaron Spurgeon, Mary Watts & Daniel Kwasnica.
Mass in Thanksgiving for Marriage & Family Life
Brentwood Cathedral: Saturday, 21st June, 3pm.
If anyone is celebrating a significant anniversary of Marriage this year, or would like to attend this Mass celebrated by the Bishop, please give your name to Fr Kevin.
Dates for your Diary
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
St Thomas More Alumni Memorial Mass—Thursday 19th June at 8pm
The annual Memorial Mass to remember and pray for all deceased pupils, staff and governors of St Thomas More High School will take place in the school at 8pm on Thursday 19th June.
This will be the 45th such celebration organised by the St Thomas More Alumni and it will also, sadly, be the last. All former pupils, staff and governors are warmly invited to attend with their partners and to also enjoy the drinks and buffet which will be served afterwards, providing a wonderful opportunity to catch-up with old friends.
The Mass will include the traditional roll-call of all known deceased former pupils, staff and governors; the reading of the Execution Account of St Thomas More; and the school's two favourite hymns.
SVP Awareness Month
Following our May SVP awareness month, we are still looking for Parishioners to join our parish group.
Might you have a few hours to spare each week? Be available to attend a fortnightly evening meeting, and a weekly visit to assist those within our community who could benefit from our support.
If you would like to discuss, please call either Sallie Pollock on 07450277956 or Gina Marshall 01702 710836.
St Thomas More Open Evening
St. Thomas More High school - open evening, Thursday, 10th July 4.00p.m. to 7.00p.m. - for families who have a son due to transfer to secondary school in September 2025 - come and see the school, meet the staff and pupils.
The Headteachers talk will begin at 5.30pm.
Parents of boys who wish to apply to St. Thomas More School for a place in September 2026 should complete the local education authority single application form (saf) and fill in the supplementary information form (sif) that can be collected at the open evening.
If you are unable to come to the open evening, please contact the school in order to get the supplementary information form. The form can also be downloaded from the school web site:-
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School & Nursery
Our family friendly nursery welcomes children from 2-4 years old. Our experienced team provide opportunities for all children to learn through play, inside and outside the classroom. We are pleased to offer spaces from September. Please contact the school office on 01702 475689 to book your visit.
SVP Strawberry Tea
The Parish SVP (Society of St Vincent de Paul ) is delighted to announce the date of its forthcoming annual 'Strawberry Tea ' to which all senior citizens of the parish are invited.
Our Strawberry Tea is being held in the Parish Centre on Saturday 14th June, commencing at 2pm and concluding at 4pm. If you would like to join us, please call Janet Markham 07786 901488. You will be most welcome.
Flower and Craft Festival 2025
This year’s festival will be on Saturday 5th July from 11.00am to 4.30pm.
It is less than 8 weeks now until our Flower & Craft Festival; thank you to everyone who has already committed to taking part. If you have not taken part before please consider doing so this year. It is part of our mission here in Leigh to give local people an opportunity to experience what our Church is all about, especially in this Jubilee Year of Hope.
We are asking you once again to get creative, in flowers, arts and crafts. None of us are professionals, we are not expecting perfection ! There will be plenty of people on hand to help you if you need it.
The theme this year is the hymn,
‘O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds Thy Hand has made…….’
So the focus is on creation, but this year we are also celebrating the opening of our beautiful church 100 years ago. We are also in a Jubilee Year, the focus of which is ‘Hope.’ We are to be pilgrims of hope in our very troubled and dangerous world. So there are many themes to choose from. Photographers, artists, needleworkers, carpenters and gardeners, we would like as many people as possible to be involved in creating a beautiful and powerful message for our local community of Leigh.
We are not asking for professionalism, although professionals are very welcome indeed ! Just your enthusiasm.
If you would like to be involved in creating something for 5th July please contact me at
mcronan@btinternet.com or speak to me after 9.30 mass on Sundays.
Jo Ronan
St John Bosco Children’s Camp 2025
For children aged 9-12 years old (school years 5-7), a week of great fun, activities including climbing wall and zip wire, fishing, football, archery and much more, all in a beautiful setting. The Camp has a Catholic ethos, and exists to give children a magnificent holiday. 26th July – 2nd August. For more details, and application information: www.boscocamp.co.uk. The Camp is a special work of Caritas Diocese of Brentwood.
If you are supporting a family to apply from within your parish or school, please do apply very soon to be sure of a place. The direct link for a child’s application is:https://Johnbsoco.formstack.com/forms/bosco_child_application_form_2025
Paul Bakers Charity Row
Parishioner Paul Baker is rowing from Grimsby to Ramsgate in July this year to raise money for Children in Need and the SVP Centre in Southend. If you would like to donate please go to the donation page:
https://givewheel.com/fundraising/7721/conquer-the-coast-f0r-children-in-need-row/
Summer Fete Helpers Wanted at OLOL School—Saturday 5th July, 12-3.30pm
We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make our summer fete a fantastic event! Whether you can lend a hand with setup, run a stall, or help throughout the day we’d love to have you on board.
We’re also welcoming outside stall holders who would like to join and have a stall.
If you’re interested in supporting or taking part, please get in touch—we’d love to hear from you! Please email pta@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Dear friends in Christ
This period between the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, which we celebrated on Thursday, and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost next Sunday, is a time of especial and intense prayer in the life of the Church.
Dear friends in Christ
This period between the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, which we celebrated on Thursday, and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost next Sunday, is a time of especial and intense prayer in the life of the Church. We imitate Mary and the Apostles in these nine days, as they prepared in prayer for the outpouring of the gifts of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. It is therefore appropriate that our Bishop visits the Parish this Sunday for the conferral of the Sacrament of Confirmation on sixteen young adults. We thank God for the presence of an Apostle with us, as Bishop Alan comes to confirm us in the Faith of the Apostles, the Faith of the Catholic Church. We pray for our young people, their Sponsors and families, as they receive their third Sacrament of Initiation, empowering them to be full, adult, active members of the Holy Catholic Church.
As we approach the end of the Easter season next weekend, some words in a sermon of Saint Augustine could resonate with us: Because there are these two periods of time – the one that now is, beset with the trials and troubles of this life, and the other yet to come, a life of everlasting serenity and joy – we are given two liturgical seasons, one before Easter and the other after. The season before Easter signifies the troubles in which we live here and now, while the time after Easter which we are celebrating at present signifies the happiness that will be ours in the future. What we commemorate before Easter is what we experience in this life; what we celebrate after Easter points to something we do not yet possess…Therefore, brethren, we urge you to praise God. That is what we are all telling each other when we say Alleluia. You say to your neighbour, “Praise the Lord!” and he says the same to you. We are all urging one another to praise the Lord, and all thereby doing what each of us urges the other to do. But see that your praise comes from your whole being; in other words, see that you praise God not with your lips and voices alone, but with your minds, your lives and all your actions.
May God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
Preface of The Ascension
The Apostles’ Creed
Saturday 31
Dedication of the Cathedral Church of St Mary & St Helen, Brentwood
5.30pm Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Seventh Sunday of Easter
1st June
8am Mass Gilberte Cook, RIP (MC)
9.30am Mass Caroline Geoghegan, RIP (MI)
11.30am Mass MASS OF EPISCOPAL VISITATION & CONFIRMATION—Michael Frentz, RIP (LL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 2
Monday after the Seventh Sunday of Easter
9am Mass James Aquilina, RIP (MA)
Tuesday 3
St Charles Lwanga and Comps, Mm
9am Mass Anna & Glynn's dec'd Family members (AF)
Wednesday 4
Wednesday after the Seventh Sunday of Easter
9am Mass Intentions of Susan Griffin (90th Birthday) (CB)
Thursday 5
St Boniface, Bp, M
9am Mass Michael & Teresa O'Brien, RIP (MI)
Friday 6
Friday after the Seventh Sunday of Easter—First Friday
12Noon Mass Emily Elizabeth March, RIP (FM)
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until Holy Hour 7—8pm
Saturday 7
Saturday after the Seventh Sunday of Easter
10am Mass John Pembroke, RIP (MW)
10.30—11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Mass Intentions of Rory Neal-McKenzie (CJD)
6.30-7.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
PENTECOST
8th June
8am Mass Julie Emerson, RIP (Anniv) (GM)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Marjorie Jay, RIP (JS)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr Martin Nott, Bp John Petit, Canon Eric Goldingay, Canon Jerome Deady, Rev Donald Clover, Stephanie Horwood, Kit Nafziger, Dr Nigel Warburton, Stella May Hale, Jonas Acton, Ida D’Eath, Dorothy Winyard, Catherine Barewish, Terry Wison, Charles Mann, Thomas Connolly, Elsie Hale, Lee Schiller, Joan Holdstock, Gladys Hanger, Anthony Cummins, Dr Jack Hesketh-Beasley, Alice Quinlan, Margaret Gibson, Mrs Anne Hughes, Mollie Cosgrove, Margaret Kenny, Kathleen Owen, Kathleen Denyer, John Mudd, Peter Gerald Sloan, Bridie Satelle, Bertram Barrett, May Lobb, James McKeon, Edith Turner, Richard Charles Neagle, Laura Pauline Groves & Barbara Adams.