We Pray For Our Sick

Bill O’Connell, Sheena Evans, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Austin Butler, Christine Robinson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Dympna Addecott, Pat Lynch, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Nan Carrit, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Lyn Gopee, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Maria Clark, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Anthony King, Chas Taylor, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnnie Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, Josephine Griggs, Colleen Worley, Dawn Deleigh, Lorraine Hart, Linda Dean, Wyn McCafferty, Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, David Clark, Georgina Cornwell, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Mick Cordingley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price,Albert Chamber

Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Canon Thomas Clarke, Canon Michael Fitzpatrick, Fr Brendan Sheppard, Mgr Canon William O’Grady VG, Fr Henry Peace, Fr Charles Carless, Fr Austin Thorburn, Richard William Walker, Dorothy Mansell, Anna Perkins, Robert Gammon, Zoe Conroy, Joseph Dray, Gertrude Caden, Henry James Herbert, Christopher Buckingham, Eileen Hart, Murray Grant-Browning, Minnie Rowland, Derrick Amner, Cliff Falkus, Andrzej Sasiadek, Lyonel Winyard, Monica Rose Smith, Kate Parr, Henry Smith, Lawrence Marshall, Mary Lyons, Elizabeth White, Rosa Betts, James Byrne, Jacqueline Cussen, Henriette Bartley, Mary Pearce, Michael Farmer, Eleanora Ruggiero, Francis Bull & David Anthony Ward.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.


Learning Support Assistant vacancy - Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Sacred Heart Primary School and Nursery has been a consistently good school for many years and has a friendly, dedicated team where everyone belongs.  Our children are well behaved and enjoy coming to school.

We are looking for a learning support assistant and we hope to find someone who has experience of working, understanding and supporting children and who knows that teaching and learning is really important.  Because of the demands of the 2014 curriculum, we need someone with excellent English and mathematics skills.  We need someone who will be committed to our school and will be able to work with our team.  We need someone who will thrive when working with children and be ready to do any reasonable task and be prepared to learn a range of new skills.

The position will be from 08.30-15.30, with a half-hour lunch break Monday to Friday, term time only.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to support this commitment.  Please contact the school office to arrange a visit and collect an application pack.

Closing date: 21st June 2019

Contact details: 01702 534546 or email office@sacredheartsouthend.sch.uk

St Helen's Parish, Westcliff-on-Sea is celebrating its 150th Anniversary in May with the following events

On Friday 24th May there will be a mass at 5:30pm followed by a special dinner with Bishop Alan Williams at 7pm in celebration of all the couples who were married at St. Helen’s Church over the years. Tickets are £30.  Please contact the office on 01702 342324 for tickets.  

On Saturday 25th May from 6 to 8.15pm there will be a concert featuring beautiful songs, instrumentals and dance by talented young people from Brentwood Diocesan schools and churches. No tickets required but there will be an opportunity to make a donation. Coffee and cake will be available in the hall during the interval.  

On Saturday 26th May there will be an International Food Festival starting with a cultural show at 12pm. Adult £8/ Children £3 (please contact the office on 01702 342324 for tickets).


APF Boxholders and Direct Donators

On behalf of Missio, I wish to gratefully thank you all for your very generous contributions in 2018.  The total donations came to £3,331.26 (£1,531.26 from the Red Boxes and £1,818 from Direct donations).  Please see the ‘Thank You’ poster at the back of the Church.  You can see Missio’s Website for further details of their work.  If anyone should wish a Red Box do not hesitate to contact me.  

Joan Caunce, Secretary 01268 57505


Sacrament of Confirmation

We offer our prayers and good wishes to those who are Confirmed this Sunday in our Parish:

Angelin Joe Anand, Celiena Joe Anand, Samuel Browne, Joshua Bryan,
Roman Burzotta, Christopher Butler-Cole, Mary Conway, Ruby Craddock, Romaine Craik, Alex Dalley, Tilly Dobson, Stevie Fallon, Yasmin Louise Gentilezo, Catherine James, Madaline Kane, Pablo Kelsey, Isibeal Lynch-Wyatt, Davis Mathew, Joseph Porter, William Rourke, Daniel Sadler, Vinay Soares, Jack Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, Gabriella Symons, Georgia Trower

May the Holy Spirit be their Guide as they become fully initiated, adult members of Holy Church.


Bereavement Group

It has been considered for some while now that a Bereavement Support Group could start-up in the Parish. This would be for any men and women who have experienced loss and bereavement in the past, and will begin in the Parish Centre (Bernadette room) on Wednesday 22nd May at 2pm and thereafter each month.  All are welcome to join us in a supportive, friendly and confidential environment. Enquiries to : elizabethdex@btinternet.com or cynthiabush11@googlemail.com or if you prefer just contact the Parish Office.


Reframe

Three workshops to assist our Parish in its work of evangelisation.  These will be held in the Parish Centre.

Workshop 1 - Saturday 25th May 11am - 3pm

How to defend the Faith without raising your voice!

Workshop 2 - Saturday 8th June 11am - 3pm

Religious Freedom / Love & Sex

Workshop 3 - Saturday 22nd June 11am - 3pm

Defending the Unborn / Assisted Suicide

Put these dates in your diary, more details to follow.


HARP

A very sincere thanks for all your recent donations especially the financial contributions during the Lenten period.

This month's wish list: individually wrapped biscuits, small packets of crisps. UHT milk, men's and ladies' socks, men's boxer shorts (small and medium) also ladies knickers (small and medium). These must be new.


Fourth Sunday of Easter - Sunday 12th May World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Fourth Sunday of Easter - Sunday 12th May World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Dear Friends in Christ 

Next Sunday is the occasion of the Visitation of the Bishop, Alan Williams, to our Parish. This takes place every three years and it is also the occasion when the Bishop will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on twenty-six young adults, during 11.30am Mass. The visit of our Bishop is the same as the visit of one of the Apostles, since he is a direct descendent of one of the Twelve. We shall welcome him with the devotion of his spiritual children and look forward to his words of encouragement to us. The Bishop is the first Teacher of the Faith in our Diocese and has the pastoral care and oversight of Clergy, Religious and Faithful, some 240,000 Catholics in ninety Parishes. Please pray for his intentions daily, as the work of a Bishop is both vital and huge within the Church today. I frequently assure the Bishop of our prayers for his intentions. One of the great consolations of a Shepherd is the knowledge that his flock are supporting him through the prayers and sacrifices of their lives.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - Sunday 12th May

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

8.00am Mass Thanksgiving for the Spacey Family (VS)
9.30am Mass Arthur Mills, RIP (DL)
11.30am Mass Frederick Freeman, RIP (Anniv) (DF)

5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 13   St Erconwald, Bp;  Our Lady of Fatima
9.00am Mass Maureen Murray, RIP (T&RO’C)

Tuesday 14 ST MATTHIAS, Ap
9.00am Mass Private Intention (BH)

Wednesday 15  Feria
9.00am Mass Martha Braun, RIP (GM)

Thursday 16 Feria
9.00am Mass Ernest Cheeseman, RIP (CC)

Friday 17 Feria
12Noon Mass Lilian & Jim Fegan, RIP (JC)

 Saturday 18 St John I, P, M
10.30am Mass First Holy Communion Mass

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - Sunday 19th May

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

8.00am Mass Thanksgiving to all the Priests of the Parish (B&MH)
9.30am Mass Kevin & Theresa Quinn (Golden Wedding - Thanksgiving) (BH)
11.30am Mass Intentions of Carmel O’Leary & Florence Ryan (CH) 

5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

The Sacrament of Penance is available on request

Services from the church are live streamed

We Pray For Our Sick

Jim McEvoy, Bill O’Connell, Sheena Evans, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Austin Butler, Christine Robinson, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Dympna Addecott, Pat Lynch, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Nan Carrit, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Lyn Gopee, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Maria Clark, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Anthony King, Chas Taylor, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnnie Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, Josephine Griggs, Colleen Worley, Dawn Deleigh, Lorraine Hart, Linda Dean, Wyn McCafferty, Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, David Clark, Georgina Cornwell, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Mick Cordingley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price & Frazer Gregory.


Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr James (Jim) McCormack, Fr John William Hayes, Charlotte Anderson, Robert King, Patrick O’Sullivan, Joyce Wilkinson, Iris Amner, John Lyons, Constance Newton, Louis Bussell, Dorothy Kyrie-Smith, Margaret Philp,
Joseph Edwards, John Smith, Eileen Rosina Hood, Winifred Craig, Francis Thomas, Roma Morgan, John Rivens, Arthur Mills, Emma Jane Hobbs, Alfred Warner, Philip Everett, Amy Ehn, Bridget Hamblion, Pauline Cousins, Florence West, Ellen O’Leary, Agnes Theresa Brady, Edward Petronis, Michael Jones,
Charles Cutter, William Ross, Eric Jeffries, Lily Mead, Michael McNamara & John Kelly.

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