Fifth Sunday of Easter

Fifth Sunday of Easter - Sunday 29th April

Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Diana Underwood, RIP (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession

8.00am Mass Adrian Dann, RIP (CR)
9.30am Mass Barbara Sheaf, RIP (BH)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 30 St Pius, P
9.00am Mass Intentions of Ian & Maura Irwin (B&MH)

Tuesday 1 May St Joseph the Worker
9.00am Mass Charles & Alice Whitefield, RIP (FM)

Wednesday 2 St Athanasius, Bp, D
9.00am Mass Bernard Harte, RIP (AOB)    

Thursday 3 SS PHILIP & JAMES, App
9.00am Mass Intentions of David Sullivan (UO’K)
5.00pm Body in Church Patricia Abrams, RIP

Friday 4 THE ENGLISH MARTYRS  -  First Friday

11.00am Requiem Mass Patricia Abrams, RIP
1.00pm Exposition until
8.00pm-9.00pm Holy Hour & Benediction
followed by Vigil until midnight (young people) for Vocations        

Saturday 5 Feria
10.00am Mass Daniel Carr, RIP (AH)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confession 

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 Private Intention for I.R. (BH)
11.30am Mass Rose Cobey, RIP (MC)
4.00pm Mass Intentions of Anna Wiktorska (AW) - Ex. Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

The Sacrament of Penance is available on request

Baptisms

We congratulate the parents of Theodore Brooks who was Baptised recently at Our Lady of Lourdes.  May God bless him and his family as he grows in His knowledge and love.

Serving the Homeless

In June we will be holding our annual Grand raffle and we would welcome donations of items that we could offer as top prizes.

Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes Monday 23rd - Saturday 28th July 2018

Five nights (full board) travelling with British Airways via Toulouse and staying at the Grand Moderne Hotel will cost £665 per pilgrim.  There are still a few places available.  Please ask for more details from the Parish Office.

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

OLOL Women’s Group

Following another successful morning, the Women’s Group will next meet on Thursday 10th May from 10.30am.  Enquiries or offers of guest speaker please contact Cynthia Bush on twobushes@talktalk.net

Counters & Folders

Counters: Linda Wall & Brian Mountier
Folders: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward

APF Missio

Next weekend, 5th/6th May,  there will be an appeal at all the Masses on behalf of APF (red boxes).

Tea/Coffee & Homemade Cakes

Every Monday & Thursday after 9am Mass.  Why not pop into the Parish Centre, meet friends and enjoy coffee and cake!

Baptism Preparation Evenings

The next Baptism Preparation Evenings will take place on Tuesday 1st May and Tuesday 8th May, 2018.  Both sessions will begin at 8pm in the Parish Centre. If you would like any further information, please contact the Parish Office.

Rotas

The May Eucharistic Minister & Readers Rotas and the Tea/Coffee Rotas for the Parish Centre are now available at the back of Church.

Church Cleaning

If you are able to help with cleaning the Church for one hour every four weeks please contact the Parish office.  Thank you.

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. Bring your own drinks and nibbles. 7:30 pm start in the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre. Many thanks,Joseph, Rachel and Jacob.

Dates for your Diary

12th & 19th May First Holy Communions
20th May Confirmation
1st July Parish AGM

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.

Evangelisation & Forming Intentional Disciples

On Tuesday we reached the culmination of our Forming Intentional Disciples initiative with a meeting to discuss how the journey had affected us both as individuals and as a group. We acknowledged that learning more about the way we live our faith, how we approach our prayer lives and other people had changed and that we felt inspired to do more to put Christ at the centre of our lives and at the centre of our Parish family. We agreed that we want to share this with all our Parish family as well as with others in our community. In order to begin to achieve this, we are setting up a Parish Evangelisation Team, which will meet on a monthly basis to consider varied ways in which we can pray, learn and grow in faith together in our Parish, but also reach out to lapsed Catholics and those who might be interested in finding out more about our beautiful Catholic faith. This team is open to every single member of our Parish family whether you have been to the Forming Intentional Disciples meetings or not. It will be firmly rooted in sound Catholic teaching and overseen by Fr. Kevin. It will meet on the first Thursday of each month, starting on the 7th of June at 8pm in the Clement Room to discuss and organise different projects in the Parish for faith formation and evangelisation. It will provide a hub for knowledge about all the areas of outreach in our Parish that already exist, as well as a forum for training, building knowledge, support and a springboard for new ideas and projects. We are all very excited as we move forward with this plan and really hope to see you on the 7th June!

Thank You

Thank you to everyone for all your kindness, prayers and Masses for Adrian and myself.  I do so appreciate it and have truly felt the warmth of your love throughout this devastating time.  With love from Simone and Family.

Please Pray for the Repose of the Soul of

Patricia Alexander, RIP who died recently.

Sanctuary Lamp

The lamp burns for the intentions of the Uglietti family and friends.

We pray for our Sick

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, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch,  Maria Clark, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnnie Pool,Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Josephine Griggs, 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, Chas Taylor, 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, 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.