Kevin Hale
Third 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!

Third Sunday of Easter
Kevin Hale
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!

Second Sunday of Easter
Kevin Hale
Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday
Kevin Hale
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Holy Week is the most time of the Christian year and the Paschal Triduum—Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday—form the very core of the Christian Mystery, as we celebrate the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Kevin Hale
Fifth Sunday in Lent

Dear friends in Christ

Lent now enters the period that we traditionally call Passiontide.

Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Dear Friends in christ

Well done everyone who braved the cold last Sunday afternoon for the 

Rosary on the Coast which we prayed on Chalkwell beach. There was a really heartening gathering from the local Parishes, and beyond (including one coach-load from NW London!) praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary for Faith, Life and Peace in our Country.  We prayed looking across the water to the Isle of Thanet in Kent, where St Augustine arrived in 597 with monks from Rome, sent by Pope St Gregory, bringing the Gospel to these shores. Thank God for this beautiful act of witness, prayer and evangelisation!

Sixth Sunday of Easter

SIXTH Sunday of Easter - Sunday 6th May

Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession

8.00am Mass Eileen Mishtall, RIP (MB)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Imelda (BH)
11.30am Mass Rose Comey, RIP (MC)
4.00pm Mass Intentions of Anna Wiktorska (AW) - Ex. Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 7 Feria
10.00am Mass Adrian Dann, RIP (C&JO’B)

Tuesday 8 Feria
9.00am Mass Christine Fisher, RIP (TF)

Wednesday 9 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Rosemary & Gerry Dillon (SH)    

Thursday 10 THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD - Holyday of Obligation
9.15am Mass Intentions of David Sullivan (UO’K) (with OLOL School)
12Noon Mass Intentions of Frank & Maureen Maguire (MW)
8.00pm Mass The People of the Parish

Friday 11 Bl John Rochester, Pr, M
12Noon Mass Jim Scott, RIP (MS)
      

Saturday 12 St John Houghton, Pr, M
10.30am Mass First Holy Communion Mass

SEVENTH Sunday of Easter - Sunday 13th May

Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Bernadette Dellar, RIP (J)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession

8.00am Mass Joyce Wilkinson, RIP (Anniv) (PW)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Frank Baynes, RIP (BH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

The Sacrament of Penance is available on request

Flower Festival 16th June 2018

Thank-you to everyone who has volunteered to take on a window display for the Flower Festival, or to help with the refreshments.

Nearer the time, we will be asking people who are not already doing a display to contribute some flowers or garden greenery to help with the displays. 

Thanks for all the encouragement and support.  Jo & Theresa

Kwasnica Quiz Night - Saturday 12th May 2018

It is that time of year when the Kwasnicas start fundraising again. This year three of us are off to Lourdes with the BCYS (Brentwood Catholic Youth Service). It is a week of service (assisting the sick and elderly pilgrims by pushing wheelchairs and engaging in conversations etc.) and spiritual growth. We gain through giving. However, as you may remember from previous years, the young people do need to pay for their own travel and accommodation. So to begin our fundraising, please get your friends and family and join us for a fabulous evening of trivia courtesy of Mr Andy Abel - Quiz Master extraordinaire! Tickets cost £5, please pay at the door. Bring your own drinks and nibbles. 7:30 pm start in the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre. Many thanks, Joseph, Rachel and Jacob.

Gift Aid

Thank you to all those Parishioners who gift-aided their offerings last tax year 2017/18.  In order to save on postage and printing, we will only be providing letters to those Parishioners who require one to complete their tax return for HMRC.  If you require a letter, please email the Parish Office at office@lourdesleigh.org.  

If there are any changes to your circumstances, such as change of address or you are no longer a tax payer, please advise the gift aid organiser via the Parish office.  Thank you.

Requirements for Catholic Marriage; Divorce and Remarriage

Divorce is not in itself a bar to receiving Holy Communion and the Church accepts that in some circumstances Catholics may need to initiate divorce proceedings to protect their rights in civil law.  However the Church presumes that all marriages are valid and bind until death, unless and until nullity is proven, or a dissolution of the bond on the grounds of non-consummation, or in favour of the Faith is granted (where one or both parties was not baptised).  A Catholic who marries outside the Church, without permission from the Bishop (dispensation from the canonical form of marriage), is still free in the eyes of the Church, because the Church’s law has not been observed, but the appropriate documents must be produced to show this.  However, Register Office marriage does bind non-Catholics.  A priest cannot book a marriage when one of the parties has been divorced without proof that he or she is now canonical free.  

Equally the Church cannot bless a marriage which she regards as invalid, and those who are in a marriage the Church considers irregular are not feee to receive Holy Communion or absolution.  A recent letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith states: ‘In fidelity to the words of Jesus Christ, the Church affirms that a new union cannot be recognised as valid if the preceding marriage was valid.  If the divorced are remarried civilly they can find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God’s law.  Consequently, they cannot receive Holy Communion as long as this situation persists.’  The letter also recognises that this is a heavy burden, one that needs the support of the Catholic community.  In addition to the personal contact with one’s parish priest, support may be found in the Association of Separated and Divorced Catholics.  Anyone, Catholic or 

non-Catholic, wishing to enquire about the possibility of a declaration of nullity, or dissolution with regard to a former marriage, should initially contact the Brentwood Diocesan Tribunal Office for further information and help on 01277 265283.

Church Access

Because of recent problems with theft and vandalism, the church is locked at 1pm each day. After that time it is possible to gain access through the door on the north side, using the security keypad, the number for which can be obtained from the Parish Office; please do not disclose the number to third parties.

We Pray for our Sick

Rosemary Bragard, Mark Wilson, Noel Kolby, John Lavery, Anne Currid, David Gurney, Paul Keane,Maureen Gooding, Mabel Addecott, Christian Ryan, Arthur Mills, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, Maureen Deekes,  Noel Fagan, Tina Doveaston, Pat Lynch, Rose Craft, Addi Brady, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Brita Irons, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nan Carrit, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Lyn Gopee, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Dympna Addecott, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Maria Clark,Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch,  Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Chas Taylor, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnnie Pool,Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Josephine Griggs, Hugh Isaacs,Colleen Worley, Dawn Deleigh, Antonella McConalogue, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornw ell, Lorraine Hart, Wyn McCafferty, Linda Dean, Annie Holland, Martin Buckley, Martha Braun, Jane Jowers, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, David Askew, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, David Kislingury, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Rosemary Arscott, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Connie Price, Frazer Gregory, baby Talia Emery and Hattie Seymour.

Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Canon Brian Grady, Fr Augustine Davidson, Mgr John Howell, Fr John Boyle, Fr Stanley Joynes, Petronella Jennett, Mary Deyong, Arthur Leftley, Bertha Nesnas, Mary Hardie, Mabel Salter, Dorothy Hser, Denys Hale, Charles McLaughlin, Fred Parsons, Arthur Chadwick, Patrick Shanahan, Peggy Choppin, Mary Donovan, Michael McDermott, Cestan Szymczak, Margaret Park, May Downey, Mary Jones, Wally Hurst, Philip Wilson, Vera Fogarty, Frederick Freeman, Charlotte Anderson, Robert King, Patrick O’Sullivan, Joyce Wilkinson, Iris Emner & John Lyons.

May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Dear Friends in christ

The image of the vine, which Jesus uses to describe the union of us with Him, is an image that would have been very familiar to anyone who heard Him. We sometimes see vines in this country, and the interweaving of the branches is a clear picture of how it is with those who are living in Christ. As St Paul says: It is not I who live but Christ who lives in me. The intertwining of our two lives gives us the courage and confidence we need as we live the life of Faith.