Kevin Hale
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

Dear friends in Christ

The Kingship of Christ is a strange kingship, by the values of this world.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Sheila West
Parish Christmas Bazaar - Sunday 24th November, ...
Kevin Hale
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary time

Dear friends in Christ

The penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year presents us with a picture of the Second Coming of Christ and the Final Judgment.

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary time
Kevin Hale
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time-Month of ...

Dear friends in Christ

The Readings of the Mass this weekend teach us an important lesson in charity, Christian almsgiving and generosity.

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time-Month of the Holy Souls
Kevin Hale
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time-Month of ...

Dear friends in Christ

The first of all the Commandments is the love of God.

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time-Month of the Holy Souls

Sea of Voices Choir

Our community choir, based at the Parish Centre, have returned from Summer break to start putting our Christmas programme together for a fundraiser charity concert . It’s great that we have 4 new members but would welcome more (especially male basses and male/female tenors).

So budding singers out there, would you like to sing with us? Know anyone locally who would? Young (over 18s) or still young at heart welcome!

We meet Thursday evenings from 7.45pm to 9.30pm and costs just £3 per session. Free first time ‘see if you like it’ session. Contact Darrell 07825686249 or the Parish Office.

BCCS

Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society (BCCS) offers therapeutic support directly to children, young people, families and parents through their Child and Family Counselling Service (CFCS) located in their centre in Billericay. Their CFCS team consists of several experienced and highly qualified therapists working in specially adapted therapy rooms. Families can contact BCCS directly by emailing Donna Booth dbooth@bccs.org.uk who will outline the type of support that will be provided for them or their child. There is a charge for this service, but they urge any families needing support to contact them. More information is available on their website: www.bccs.org.uk

BIN A TIN FOR VIN

The St Vincent Centre is doing wonderful work in Southend helping the poorest amongst us.

You can help the food bank there by bringing a tin of something with you when you come to mass and putting it in VINNIE'S BIN, which will be in the OLD BAPTISTERY.

This will be emptied twice weekly.

St. Vincent de Paul Society(SVP), Our Lady of Lourdes & St. Joseph

Repository Open

After the summer break the Repository is now open. We have a very nice selection of new stock which includes a small selection of Statues. Thinking ahead to “All Souls” in November  we have a selection of Graveside lights, Lanterns and some small Remembrance tokens. These will of course be available each week . You are all welcome to come and browse and if you do not see what you are looking for please ask one of the Volunteers.

If you have a short time to spare before and after a weekend Mass,  please consider volunteering at the Repository. Please leave your name and contact number at the Parish Office.

Primary School Link Adviser Opportunity

The Diocese of Brentwood is seeking to appoint a Primary School Link Adviser who is a practising Catholic, to support the Diocesan Board of Education and its family of schools. This is likely to be a part-time post of either 3 or 4 days a week, however, consideration will also be given to applicants who are seeking a full-time or secondment opportunity. The Primary Link Adviser will report to the Diocesan Director of Education and Deputy Director. It is expected that applicants will have an established and successful track record as a head teacher, a senior leader in a primary school or have recent, relevant advisory/consultancy experience. Applicants must be able to demonstrate school improvement experience and the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Working closely as part of a team, the successful candidate will:
• Support the development of Catholic schools as providers of high quality educational, religious and spiritual standards
• Play a leading role in the effectiveness of organisational services and operations
• Support projects in and across schools on an ad-hoc or commissioned basis
• Deliver training
• Participate in the formulation of local level education policy.

Further details and an application form can be obtained via the following link: Primary Link Adviser – Brentwood Diocesan Education Service or by emailing: victoriabarnes@dioceseofbrentwood.org

Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine

Escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, Ireland, 16th October 2023. £699.00 per person sharing. Price includes flight, all transfers, 4 nights’ in Knock House Hotel with full board. All entertainment and excursions included. Day trips to Westport, Ballintubber Abbey, Croagh Patrick, Fr. Peyton Centre & National Museum. Single supplement £150.00.

Contact Patricia or Natali on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 5

Sunday 17
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Eileen Gurney, RIP (J&CO’B)
9.30am Mass Deceased Members of the Conlu Family (JC)
11.30am Mass Mark Miles, RIP (PO’C)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 18
Feria
9am Mass Samuel & Johanna Beech, RIP (JC)

Tuesday 19
St Januarius, Bp, M
9am Mass Joan Caunce—Special Intentions (LM)

Wednesday 20
St Andrew Kim Tae-Gon, Pr, & Paul Chong
9am Mass Humberto & Rosa Camara, RIP (L&SS)

Thursday 21
St Matthew, Ap, Evangelist
9am Mass Ofelia Amaguin, RIP

Friday 22
Feria
12 Noon Mass Dec'd members of the Moon family & Valerie Griggs, RIP (SM)

Saturday 23
St Pius of Pietreicina, Pr (Padre Pio)
10am Mass Young, Hall & Bush Families, RIP (LY)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 24
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Eileen Gurney RIP
9.30am Mass Edmund Todryk, RIP (K&LW)
11.30am Mass Michael & Peg O'Connell, RIP (PO’C)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr Anthony Mayston, Canon Frederick Gahagan, Fr John Ryan, Queenie Kay, Christopher Hickey, Stella Smith, Bernard Ratcliff, Hing San Lan, Mary Collins, Elizabeth Parsons, James Hale, John Watters, Anna Marie Tynan, John Fazio, Lilian John, Dora Loker, Margaret White, Ann Maureen Walker, Mark Wilson, Moira Costello, George Hobbs, Josh Overton, Winifred Lawson, Frederick Tewkesbury, Lilian Craven, Helen Bainbridge, James Fogarty, Charles Osborne, Marie Hall, Mary Byrne, José Costan, Joyce Mary Wright, James Perry, Henry Bennett, Ethel Babel, Kathleen Young, Mary de Souza & Peter Wilkinson.

We Pray for our Sick

Richard Poole, Pamela Uglietti, Michael Mapson, Deana Ince, Susan Griffin, Eva Paviour, Gy Rampersaud, Mary O’Sullivan, Ian Spacie, Bobby Newman, Paul Watts, Christine Reid, Rose D’Souza, Jimmy & Pauline Martin, James Fegan, Muriel Matthews, David Lesley, Kenneth Biebuyck, Zach Stokes, Andrew Stokes, Noel Conroy, Marjorie Jay, Paul Sutton, John Murphy, Jennifer Biebuyck, Moira Scott, Jill Yates, Leonora Maguire, Brian Mountier, Renata Butler, Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Russell Short, Marie Kharas, Garry Pearman, Patricia Ann Darroch, Patricia Vanner, Amy Louise Fox, Sarah Savage, Bill O’Connell, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Breege McCaffrey, Mark Hartley, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Pat Lynch, Ben Wilson, Christian Ryan, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Rose Craft, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, 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, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnny Poole, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, Dawn Deleigh, Lorraine Hart, Linda Dean, Georgina Cornwell, Antonella McConalogue, Sharon Levill, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Bernadette Lane, Irena Solecki, Ianto Bellis, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Keith Maliff, Bradley, Florence Hownam & children: Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Frazer Gregory & baby Forest Gallagher.