Kevin Hale
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the world's best known and loved stories.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

Dear friends in Christ

The words of Our Lord in the Gospel of this Sunday offer us two considerations: firstly He tells us that there is a vast harvest of souls in the world that need to be brought to God

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
SS PETER & PAUL, App

Dear friends in Christ

This weekend we celebrate the memory and lives of Saints Peter and Paul—the two foundations stones of Holy Church.

SS PETER & PAUL, App
Kevin Hale
The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ-Corpus ...

Dear friends in Christ

This Sunday we celebrate THE Mystery of Faith—the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist—Corpus Christi. It is a feast that really defines us as a Catholic Community, since the Eucharist contains the very heart and soul of the Church.

The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ-Corpus Christi
Kevin Hale
The Most Holy Trinity

Dear friends in Christ

The central dogma and mystery of the Christian Faith is the Blessed Trinity—God is three Persons, equal in divinity, united as God.

The Most Holy Trinity

Serving the Homeless

Sincere thanks to everyone who supported our Jazz Evening last Saturday.  This raised a profit of £545, which will go towards the YMCA's project ‘Mary's House’.

Over the past six months we have continued to spend £200 a month on fresh food for the Day Centre, Night Shelter and houses run by HARP;  paid for temporary overnight accommodation for two clients until they could be housed; bought ten sets of clothing for young clients at HARP as well as additional underwear and jeans; financed the cost of providing bedding for twenty new beds in the women's hostel; provided £500 towards the cost of a shower for LRBC's winter night shelter; supported the suspended meal scheme at the Oasis Cafe and supported the Southend YMCA latest project "Mary's House".

Our next fundraising event is "Songs from the Musicals" featuring Elizabeth Upsher and the Southend YMCA on Saturday 18th November in the Parish Centre. Tickets cost £12 and include an Italian buffet supper. Please bring your own drinks. Tickets are available from Linda 558217, Theresa 335922 or Nina 472536.

School Admission Forms

Parents wishing to apply to Catholic Primary Schools for the next academic year are required to obtain a Letter of Catholic Practise from their Parish Priest.  This must be requested from your Parish Priest in person and only one per child will be issued.  Please come to the Parish Centre for these on Saturday, 28th October between 2pm and 4pm or Sunday 29th October between 4pm and 5pm. 

These are issued only to practising Catholics (i.e. those who attend weekly Mass). Furthermore, this practise of the Faith will be viewed over a period of time and not just the weeks prior to an application. Parish Priests may also look at the date of Baptism, noting those children who have been Baptised soon after birth as compared to those Baptised with proximity to school age. This is a matter of justice to all involved in applying for places in our Schools. Our schools are often oversubscribed and in order to be fair, preference will justly be given to those who live and practise the Faith as well as who contribute to the life of the Church through the various ways in which that support is given. If you are not a practising Catholic this Certificate will not be given; you may still apply to a Catholic School but your application will considered under another category for Admissions.

Please Pray for our sick

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

Please Pray for the Dead on their anniversaries

Canon Roderick Grant, Mgr Canon Christopher Creede, Fr Bernard Clay, Francis Jones, Martha Tanner, Phyllis Koch, John Young, John Murray, Olga Ballard, Mary Aitken, Mary Smith, Florence Cody, Ada Redington, Patricia Kendall, Charles Edwards, William Brooks, Johanna Gromnicka, Mary Kenny, Josephine Platt, Annie Barton, Anthony Isaacs, Joan Erwood, George Gatward, David Thomas, Monica James, Elizabeth Winchester, Veronica McCullough, Dr Brian Quinn & Denis Jordan.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Message from our Bishop

My dear Parishioners of Leigh-on-Sea,

As you begin your week of Parish Mission, I would like to assure you of my particular spiritual closeness during these days.  I ask especially that the Holy spirit will inspire all of you through the preaching and teaching of Fr Hugh Allan & Fr Stephen Morrison.

 

Dear friends in Christ

This weekend we begin our Parish Mission!  Having prepared these last months through prayer, we welcome Fathers Hugh Allan and Stephen Morrison who will guide us through these days of prayer and spiritual renewal.

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 8th October

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

8.00am Mass Teresa Yates, RIP (SVP) (PR)
9.30am Mass Ints of Mike & Marie Rubbert - Thanksgiving-Golden Wedding Ann
11.30am Mass Thomas Patrick Costello, RIP (Anniv) (KC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 9 St Denis, Bp, & his Companions, Mm
6.30am Mass Shirley Corboy, RIP (MD)
9.00am Mass Raymond de Chantilly, RIP, (MF)
8.00pm Mission Service

Tuesday 10 St Paulinus of York, Bp
6.30am Mass Mrs Greiner, Grace & Gwen Greiner, RIP (FM)
9.00am Mass Lawrence de Lobel, RIP (Anniv)(VC)
8.00pm Mission Service

Wednesday 11 St John XXIII, P
6.30am Mass Eleanor Strauss, RIP (ND)
9.00am Mass Eileen & Bill Pearson, RIP (Anniv) (SP)
8.00pm Mission Service    

Thursday 12 Ss Ethelburga, Hildelith & Cuthberga, Rel
6.30am Mass Leonor Fairbanks, RIP (NB)
9.00am Mass Thomas Henry Gunn, RIP (FM)
8.00pm Mission Service

Friday 13 St Edward the Confessor, King
6.30am Mass David Ward, RIP    
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (SVP)
8.00pm Mission Service
11.00pm All night Vigil until 6.30am

Saturday 14 St Callistus I, P, M
10.00am Mass Intentions of Evelyn Mackay (SD)
10.30am Children’s Mission Service                        
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession 

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 15th October

Saturday 5.30pm Vigil John Young, RIP (Anniv) (LY)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession

8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Dennis Jordan, RIP (Anniv) (PJ) 
11.30am Mass Rosellen Armstrong, RIP (JA)    
Close of Mission
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Christmas Bazaar, Sunday 3rd December, 2017

This year we are holding our Parish Bazaar on a SUNDAY!  Everyone is welcome to join us after 8am Mass right through to 1.30pm.

We need your donations of unwanted gifts, bottles, toiletries and good quality raffle prizes.  You can leave these in the old Baptistry.  We really hope that you can join us for delicious refreshments.  Come along and bag a bargain.  If you wish to help on the day please contact Sue Lawford 07816141492 or Angela Clements 07940183452.

Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Leaflets are available at the back of the Church giving instructions how to fill a shoebox with gifts for a child this Christmas, who otherwise would receive nothing.  Filled and ready to collect shoeboxes should be taken to the nearest drop off point, Leigh Road Baptist Church (opposite the Church in Marguerite Drive) tel no: 478698, by the closing date, Friday 17th November 2017.  Please do not leave filled shoeboxes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

Parish Social Events in the Parish Centre

Saturday 28th October    Family Disco - 7.30pm to 10.30pm £5 ticket or family ticket for £20 (2 adults + your children)

Friday 3rd November    Kai McKenzie is Michael Bublé in a tribute evening for adults.  One of the UK’s leading Michael Bublé acts and previously entertained at the Parish Centre in 2014 and in Southend Cliffs in March. 8pm to 10.30pm. Tickets £10. Bring your own drinks.

Friday 24th November    Quiz starts 7.30pm. Tickets £6 each (includes Mulled Wine and mince pie).

Sunday 31st December     New Year’s Eve party with Disco, 8pm to 12.15am Tickets £5 (family ticket £20).

Parish Mission — 7th-15th October 2017

 Theme: The Catholic Faith – Ever Ancient, Ever New

Rediscovering and Renewing our Faith to fit us for the Mission of the New Evangelisation. 

Come and learn more about our Faith! Come and deepen your relationship with God! Come and experience the joy and confidence of the Gospel! 

Discover - Reflect - Pray - Worship 

Sunday 8th Solemn Mass at 11:30am to open the Mission. 
Vespers and Benediction at 5:30pm. 

Monday 9th Faith 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
“Credo” - I believe … in what? 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Faith 8-9pm Talk with devotions.

Tuesday 10th Prayer & Worship 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast
in the Parish Centre.
It’s the Mass that Matters 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Prayer and Worship 8-9pm Talk with devotions.

Wednesday 11th Contrition, Confession, Conversion 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
I confess 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Contrition, Confession, Conversion 8-9pm Talk with devotions.

Thursday 12th    Faith and our eternal deal 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
Destination Heaven 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Faith and our eternal destiny 8-9pm Talk with devotions.

Friday 13th Faith in Marriage and Family Life 6.30am Mass and meditation followed by Breakfast in the Parish Centre.
God Housekeeping 9am Mass followed by Talk.
Faith in Marriage and Family Life 8-9pm Talk with devotions.
All Night Vigil in the Church 11pm to 6.30am for young people to pray for vocations.

Saturday 14th    Mary the Mother of Jesus Our Mother 10am Mass (with Confessions), 10.30-12Noon Special Talk for children/young people, with activities and devotions ending midday at latest.

Sunday 15th Solemn Pontifical Mass to close the Mission 11.30-12.30pm.
Solemn Blessing to gain the Plenary Indulgence. 

Preached by:     Abbot Hugh Allan and Fr Stephen Morrison, Priests from the Norbertine Canonry of Chelmsford

Confessions available after all the Services

Plenary Indulgence for the Parish Mission

One of the gifts the Church offers us is the possibility of obtaining a Plenary Indulgence - either for ourselves or for the Faithful Departed - during a Parish Mission.  A Plenary Indulgence is granted to those who attend the Mission, hear some of the sermons and are present for the solemn close of the Mission.  The three prerequisites apply: Sacramental Confession, Holy Communion and prayers for the Pope.

During the Mission we hope to make the Lourdes Grotto a focus of special devotion to Our Blessed Lady. If you would like to bring flowers to be placed at the Altar then please leave them in the Sacristy so that they can be arranged and placed there.

School Admission Forms

Parents wishing to apply to Catholic Primary Schools for the next academic year are required to obtain a Letter of Catholic Practise from their Parish Priest.  This must be requested from your Parish Priest in person and only one per child will be issued.  Please come to the Parish Centre for these on Saturday, 28th October between 2pm and 4pm or Sunday 29th October between 4pm and 5pm. 

These are issued only to practising Catholics (i.e. those who attend weekly Mass). Furthermore, this practise of the Faith will be viewed over a period of time and not just the weeks prior to an application. Parish Priests may also look at the date of Baptism, noting those children who have been Baptised soon after birth as compared to those Baptised with proximity to school age. This is a matter of justice to all involved in applying for places in our Schools. Our schools are often oversubscribed and in order to be fair, preference will justly be given to those who live and practise the Faith as well as who contribute to the life of the Church through the various ways in which that support is given. If you are not a practising Catholic this Certificate will not be given; you may still apply to a Catholic School but your application will considered under another category for Admissions.