FATHER JOHN McCOLLOUGH who died peacefully in Southend Hospital on Good Friday morning. Father McCollough was a former Anglican clergyman and was Ordained a Priest on 24 May 1997. He was Assistant Priest at Rayleigh, from 1997 until 2003 and was then appointed Parish Priest of Becontree from 2003 until his retirement to Leigh-on-Sea in 2006. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

MARGARET BARTLE who died on 4th March. Her body will be received into church on Wednesday, 3rd April at 4.30pm and her Requiem Mass will be on Thursday, 4th April at 1.30pm followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.

Requiescant in pace