Repository 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.

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

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

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 8

Saturday 7 October
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

5.30pm Vigil Mass Adrian Ausareny, RIP (AA)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 8
8am Mass Intentions of Mary Christadaul (SM)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Maureen Stevenson, RIP (P&BO’C)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
6.30pm Body in Church Dorothy Rodgers, RIP

Monday 9
St John Henry Newman, Pr
10am Requiem Mass Dorothy Rodgers, RIP

Tuesday 10
St Paulinus of York, Bp
9am Mass Special Intention of Tony Hickey (SM)

Wednesday 11
St John XIII, P
9am Mass Intentions of Mark Shepherd (CH)

Thursday 12
Ss Ethelburga, Hildelithe & Cuthberga, Rel
9am Mass Thomas Cherian, RIP (Anniv) (BC)

Friday 13
St Edward the Confessor, King
12Noon Mass Intentions of Biju Cherian & Cissy Biju (BC)

Saturday 14
St Callistus I, P, M
10am Mass Peter Boardman, RIP (HS)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

5.30pm Vigil Mass Intentions of Tádgh Morgan—new baby (KM)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 15 October
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8am Mass Sir David Amess, RIP (Anniv) (RP)
9.30am Mass John & Anne Young, RIP (LY)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr Alfred Clements, Pope Pius VII, Fr John Dempsey, Fr Patrick Malin, Mgr Matthias Kearney, Mgr Canon Michael McKenna, James Roberton, Joyce Mary Mycroft, Henry Hart, Thomas Gunnel, Ronald Ballard, Mary Chin Ing Sawyer, Julia Shields, Amelia Eaglesfield, Mary Clark, Moira O’Riordan, Francis Gurney, Charles Cutter, Arthur Hooper, Chloe Watts, Valerie Martin, Thomas Patrick Costello, Joan Lucey, Eric Phillips, Irene Earl, Stanley Greaves, Teresa Morton, Winifred Archer, Adele Cumbo, Caroline Cussen, Annie Dunne, George Masi, Kathleen Linnet, Eva Riley & Christopher Adams.

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.

Sanctuary Lamp

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for the intentions of the Hurley & Pinsent Families.

Please pray for the repose of the souls of

DOROTHY RODGERS who died peacefully on Friday 1st September. Her Body will be received into the church on Sunday, 8th October at 6.30pm and her Requiem Mass will take place on Monday, 9th October at 10am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.

JOHN WILLIAMS who died on Saturday 2nd September. His Requiem Mass will take place on Monday, 23rd October at 1pm followed by committal at Basildon Crematorium.

Fr BERNARD O’BRIEN former Parish Priest, who died on Friday, 22nd September. Requiem Mass—Friday, 13th October, 12.45pm, St Paul’s, Cantley, Doncaster.

Requiescant in pace

Responsorial Psalm at 11.30am Mass

Prelude: Andante in E Flat—Friedrich Marburg (1718-1795)

Postlude: Glory and Praise to the Highest—Johann Krebs (1713-1780)

Responsorial Psalm

Dates for your Diary

Monday 9th October—Journey in Faith (RCIA) continues—8pm Newman Room

Thursday 30th November—Saturday 2nd December—Forty Hours’ Prayer

Friday 15th December—Carol Service—Serving the Homeless

Monday 22nd—Saturday 27th July 2024—Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes

JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA

RCIA will meet on Monday, 9th October and is specifically for those who are not Catholics but who are enquiring with a view to finding out more about the Catholic Faith and Reception into the Church. These evenings begin at 8pm, are held in the Newman Room of the Parish Centre (the door is beside the Memorial Garden) and usually last just over an hour. Names may be given in advance to Fr Kevin or the Parish Office.

OLL School Fireworks Night

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School and Nursery in Leigh-on-Sea is hosting a spectacular professional fireworks display on Saturday 28th October.

Tickets are £7pp (children under 3 are free) and can be booked on www.ticketsource.co.uk searching ‘Our Lady of Lourdes Fireworks’. Gates open for food at 5.30pm, with the display starting at 7pm.

We hope to welcome many of you to our school grounds for this fantastic evening, in aid of PTA fundraising.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

Repository 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.

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

Contactless Payments/Offerings

The contactless device is now permanently situated at the back of the church and may be used for Offertory and Second Collection offerings, Repository payments, candles, SVP and other stipends.

Family Fun Walk

Certificate of Catholic Practice for Schools

If you are applying for a place in a Catholic School for your child you may wish to include a Certificate of Catholic Practice. As our local Schools are currently undersubscribed with Catholics, the need for this Certificate is not as pressing as it has been previously. However, if you wish your application to be endorsed then these Certificates may be obtained from the Parish Office either on a Thursday or Friday morning between 10am—1pm.

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