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

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 5th November

Saturday 5.30pm    Vigil Mary de Souza, RIP (ZDS)
6.30pm–7.30pm      Exposition & Confession

8.00am         Mass Peter Herzog, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am         Mass The People of the Parish 
11.30am         Mass Michael & Delia McHale, RIP (WMcH)
4.00pm         Mass André Hinbest, RIP (CC) - Extraordinary Form    
5.30pm          Vespers & Benediction 

Monday 6       Feria
9.00am           Mass Lilian & Jim Fegan (JC)
Tuesday 7       St Willibrord, Bp
9.00am           Mass Gerald Kelly, RIP (Anniv)(JA)
Wednesday 8  Feria
9.00am           Mass Raymond de Chantilly, RIP (SG)
Thursday 9     DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA
9.00am           Mass Christopher Vinson, RIP (PV)
Friday10          St Leo the Great, P, D    
12Noon           Mass Fr Giovanni Battistelli, RIP (MC)
Saturday 11     St Martin of Tours, Bp
10.00am         Mass Paula Chandler,  RIP (SR)    
10.30am-11.30am    Exposition & Confession 

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 12th NOVEMBER
Saturday 5.30pm  Vigil Pearl Scaife, RIP (Anniv) (MI)
6.30pm–7.30pm    Exposition & Confession

8.00am        Mass Natalie Slater, RIP (TC)
9.30am        Mass Nobby, Clare & Rebecca Clarke, RIP 
11.30am        Mass The Dead of the Wars
5.30pm        Vespers & Benediction

We pray for our sick

Renata Butler, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, Derek Timothy, Maureen Deekes,  Noel Fagan, Patricia Abram, 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, 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, Breda Lynch, Roy Widdecombe, Lynne Hilkene, Johanna Lynch, Thomas Corrigan, Maria Clark, June Moncaster, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Edward Martin, Johnnie Pool, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Barbara Sheaf, 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

Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, Fr William Philpot, Deacon Norman Wiseman, Canon Denis Petry, Bob O’Toole, Dorothy Bartley, Lily Kenny, Irene Fanning, May Pinsent, Arthur (Rob) Hood, Margaret Scales, Marie Elliott, Olive Potter, Alice West, James McHugh, Alan Gloyne, Bernard Culham, Bridget Curtis, Tom Doran, Robert Drew, Clare Murphy, Emma Harley, Fr James Ethrington, Francis Whelan, Dorothy Stuart, Sydney Hamblion, Thomas Horner, Dr Gerry Leyden, Marie Daniels, Sidney Hempstead & Pearl Scaife .
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.

 

Dates for your Diary

Friday 10th Nov    Sung Requiem Mass in the Extraordinary Form - 8pm
Thurs  30th Nov - Sat 2nd December - The Forty Hours Prayer
Sunday 10th Dec   Advent Organ Recital by James Devor 5.30pm (with Benediction)
Friday 14th Dec     Carols with the Gaudeamus Choir - 7.30pm
Friday 29th Dec    Mass with the Bishop and seminarians of our Diocese - 12Noon

Gaudeamus Christmas Concert, Friday 15th December 2017, 7.30pm

Gaudeamus is a chamber choir of 26 singers based in Leigh-on-Sea. They sing a wide range of music ranging from Renaissance to present day works but are particularly noted for their a capella (unaccompanied) singing.  They will be singing a variety of Christmas carols and also the audience will be invited (and actively encouraged!) to participate in some well-known carols during the concert.
All are welcome.  
Tickets will be available at the door for £8. Tea and coffee with mince pies will be served in the hall during the interval.  If you would like more information please contact Nigel Warwick-Brown (member of 9.30 Mass music group) on 07402324626.

 

Reception Open Afternoon for Prospective Parents

We are holding tours on 15th and 17th November to show parents around our Reception classes and the facilities for children here at Our Lady of Lourdes. This opportunity to visit Reception is open to any parent that has a child who will be starting school in September 2018. 
The visits will begin at 1.30pm on both days, however please make sure you contact the School Office on 01702 475689 to book in, as we would like to spread our visitors over the two days, thank you.  We look forward to welcoming new parents and children to our school.

 

Christmas Bazaar, Sunday 3rd December, 2017

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.

 

Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School - Cleaner Vacancy

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our friendly school, for 10 hours per week, Point 7.  You will be responsible for cleaning within all areas of the school and any other additional areas that may need cleaning. The hours are 2 per day either before or after school. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to support this commitment. For more details please contact the office by phone on 01702 475689 or email finance@ourladyoflourdes.southend.sch.uk. 
Closing date for applications is Thursday 9th November 2017 at 5pm.

 

Wines for Celebrations

Wine tasting - Wines for Celebrations - to be hosted by Steve Jones (late of the Pipe of Port) at St Helen's Church Hall, St Helen's Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 7JP on Friday 17th November at 7.30 p.m. Includes delicious refreshments of paté , cheese, bread and chutney which is served after the Wine Tasting. Tickets cost £15 - all profits go to St Helen's Church Lourdes fund (which gives financial assistance to help people going to Lourdes on the parish pilgrimage) and The Parish Minibus fund (to pay for the annual insurance of over £1,000). To book please ring
Pat 01702 476672 or Elizabeth 01702 347369