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

Easter Sunday

EASTER SUNDAY - Sunday 1st  April 

8.00am Mass Deceased relatives & loved ones of Braggard & Underwood Families (RB)
9.30am Mass Margaret Sanders, RIP (LKW)
11.30am Mass Marian Payne, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 2 Monday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Intentions of Valerie Jarvis (VJ)

Tuesday 3 Tuesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Mary Braun, RIP (CC)

Wednesday 4 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Bridge Mulvihill, RIP (MC)

Thursday 5 Thursday within the Octave of Easter
9.00am Mass Lilian Hippard, RIP (SH)

Friday 6 Friday within the Octave of Easter
12Noon Mass Intentions of the Parishioners
NO Exposition/Holy Hour

Saturday 7 Saturday within the Octave of Easter
10.00am Mass Will & Vi coveney, RIP (Anniv)(MC)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession 

Second Sunday of Easter - Sunday 8th April - Divine Mercy

Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Eileen Pearson, RIP (SP)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession

8.00am Mass Intentions of Simone Dann (AD)
9.30am Mass Tony Irons, RIP (Anniv) (JV)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
2.30pm Divine Mercy Devotions
NO Vespers & Benediction

We pray for our sick

Anne Currid, David Gurney, Maureen Gooding, Paul Keane, Mabel Addecott, Christian Ryan, Arthur Mills, Mike Rubbert, Teresa O’Brien, 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, 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, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch,  Maria Clark, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Edward Martin, Johnnie Pool, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Josephine Griggs, Noel Kolb,Colleen Worley, Antonella McConalogue, Fr Jean Laurent Marie, Dawn Deleigh, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Lorraine Hart, 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, Hugh Isaacs 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

Fr Ronald Roberts, Canon Charles Loughran, Deacon Geoffrey Piper, Eugene Read, Winifred Maguire, Albert Thorne, Ronald Black, Daisy Spicer, Vera Stuart, Lt Cdr James Scott, Marjorie Bowen, Leslie Poole, Stella Finn, Jean Bethell, Pope John Paul II, Vi Coveney, Christine Fisher, Donald McMahon, Catherine Nelson, Baby Ben Blaker, Catherine Dace, Nora White, Charles Thompson, Elizabeth Tyrell, Bernard Foley, Peggy Cockerell, Robert Lee, Kitty Stanley, Patricia Quinn, Patrick Dunbar, Dr Ronnie Shapiro, Leslie Drayton, Rene Sanctuary, Harry McNally, Rose Brinkley, Donald Cussen, Mary McKenzie, Michael Maloney, Miriam Cunniffe, Marjorie Pollard, James Tully, John Welham, Laurence Westwood & Will Coveney.

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

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Dear Friends in christ

This weekend we begin the Great Week, Holy Week. It is the culmination of the Lenten season and the high point of the Christian year. Today we are going up to Jerusalem, to accompany our Lord in his Passion and Death. We can follow all of His actions and words as He sacrifices Himself for the salvation of the world. We all need to be generous in the amount of time we give to prayer, reflection and worship during this Week. The main liturgical focus, as always, are the ceremonies of the Sacred Triduum: Maundy Thursday evening Mass, followed by watching at the Altar of Repose; the Solemn Liturgical Action on Good Friday afternoon and the Easter Vigil late on Holy Saturday. Please pray for all those who will enter the Communion of the Catholic Church this Easter, especially in our Diocese of Brentwood. This year, those who are preparing for Reception into the Church in our own Parish will be Received later in the Easter Season, so not during the Easter Vigil this year. 

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD - Sunday 25th March 

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

8.00am Mass René Van Montfort (M&JMcC)
9.30am Mass Bill Pearson, RIP (SP)
11.30am Mass Kay Dodd, RIP (CC)
(preceded by Blessing & Procession of Palms)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 26 Monday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Ernest & Phyllis Cheeseman, RIP (CC)
Confessions after Mass

Tuesday 27 Tuesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass Intentions of John & Renata Butler (T&RO’C)
Confessions after Mass

Wednesday 28 Wednesday in Holy Week
9.00am Mass John Mansfield, RIP (PM)
Confessions after Mass

Thursday 29 Maundy Thursday
9.00am Office of Lauds
8.00pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper - Barbara Sheaf, RIP (UO’K)
Watching at Altar of Repose until Midnight; Confessions; Compline 11.45pm

Friday 30 Good Friday
9.00am Office of Readings & Lauds
10.00am Children’s Way of the Cross
3.00pm Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion
8.00pm Way of the Cross
Confessions after all Services

Saturday 31 Holy Saturday
9am Office of Readings & Lauds
Confessions 10-12 Noon
8.30pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter - The People of the Parish

The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week

EASTER SUNDAY - Sunday 1st April 
8.00am Mass Deceased relatives & loved ones of Bragard & Underwood Families (RB)
9.30am Mass Margaret Sanders, RIP (LW)
11.30am Mass Marian Payne, RIP
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

The Sacrament of Penance is available on request

A Day with Mary - Saturday 7 April - Our Lady of Canvey & English Martyrs, Long Road, Canvey Island

A DAY WITH MARY is an open day of prayer held in a Catholic church or shrine. It emphasises worship of the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to Our Lady. You are welcome to join the event for a little while or for the whole day.

It includes the Mass, Scripture, Rosary, Meditations on the Passion, Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction, Processions of the Blessed Sacrament and of Our Lady, Act of Consecration, Theological Instructions, Hymns, a programme on the story of Fatima and periods of rest with refreshments. The Sacrament of Penance is readily available. There is a bookstall and the opportunity to enrol in the Brown Scapular (consecration to Our Lady) and Miraculous Medal if so wished.

Vacancy

Person required for paid position of Admin Manager in the offices of Holy Family Parish, Benfleet. 20 hours p.w. timing of work can be negotiated.  If you – or any of your family/friends – are interested, please first contact
Fr. Eduard Fartan on 01268 792082 or the office on 01268 799649 – or send an email to  priest@holyfamily-church.org for a job description and person specification.  You should then send in your CV, with a covering letter demonstrating how your experience and skills match the essential requirements and attributes of the role. Closing date for CVs/applications is Tuesday 3rd April.

Spring Walk

Why not sign up for HARP’s Prittle Brook Spring Walk?  Taking place on Sunday 22rd April 2018 at 2pm, it’s a 3½ mile Sunday afternoon stroll along the Prittle Brook Greenway from Priory Park to Belfairs Park – raising vital funds for HARP.
Every step you take will show you’re supporting local homeless people.  What’s more, with each entry you will receive a FREE HARP Spring Walk T-shirt and also enjoy a well-earned cup of tea and slice of cake afterwards at the Woodlands Centre at Belfairs Park.  This is a great afternoon out and knowing you are helping Southend’s homeless community rebuild their lives and live independently makes it even better! https://www.harpsouthend.org.uk/spring-walk-2018.

St George’s Country Dance - Saturday 21st April

Organised by Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Social Committee, 7.30pm-10.30pm (doors open 7pm). Tickets £8 or family £25. Raffle. Bring your own nibbles & drinks. Live band ‘The Musicmakers’ with caller.  Tickets will be on sale after 9.30am Mass on Sunday or from Phyllis 07969 465518, Darrell 07825 686249, Irene 07449 471612.  Tickets will also be available from the Parish Office.

Coast to Coast Rosar

After similar events in Poland and Ireland, we plan to pray the rosary around the coast on Great Britain in April this year.  The event, which is scheduled for Sunday, April 29, will pray specifically for our country, for peace and for the upholding of the dignity of human life. This mass-rosary prayer will help combat the present threats to faith, the dignity of the human person and to peace, and encourage a re-flourishing of our Faith.   Our Parish will pray the Rosary on the waters-edge at The Crowstone  bottom of Imperial Avenue at 3pm that Sunday.  Visit the website for more details: www.rosaryonthecoast.co.uk