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

SVP Christmas Party

A Christmas Party! Your parish SVP (Society of St Vincent de Paul) Conference is delighted to announce the date and place of its annual '"Christmas Party" to which all senior members of the parish are most warmly invited!

Our "Christmas Party" is being held in the Parish Centre on Saturday, 9th December, commencing at 2pm and concluding at 4pm! Carols, good company and Christmas fare will pleasantly ease you into the seasonal spirit!

If you—or someone you know—would like to join us on this happy parish occasion please call/text Francis O'Brien on 07845 874331. You will be most welcome!

Sea of Voices Annual Christmas Concert

The Sea of Voices Choirs Christmas Concert will be held on Sunday 26th November at the Parish Centre starting at 3pm. Tickets at £5 are available from the Parish Office (9.00am to 1pm weekdays), choir members or Darrell (contact number below). We will also aim to have tickets available at teas and coffees after Sunday masses.

All proceeds are to be donated to Fairhavens (Havens Hospice), in memory of Alice Hood, the late daughter of one of our former choir members.

Raffle prize donations and offers of help with refreshments, etc are very welcome!

Contact Darrell on 07825686249 for tickets and offers of help.

Our Lady of Lourdes PTA

Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School and Nursery are very excited to announce that we have joined up with ‘Leigh Trees’ in their school fundraising scheme. If you are going to buy a Christmas tree this year buying one from Leigh Trees will raise funds for our school. 

Simply buy a real Christmas tree, online or in person, and YOU get £10 OFF, and the school PTA will also receive £10 commission for each tree sold. 

You can buy online at LeighTrees.co.uk using our personalised Code: olol10 or visit LeighTrees at the A127 Christmas Tree Farm, 579 Prince Avenue, Westcliff on Sea SS0 0JJ, simply mention you are supporting Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School. Trees are available from mid-November with deliveries FREE to all SS postcodes from the end of November.

Many thanks for you support, OLOL School PTA

OLL Ladies Group

Our next Meeting is on Thursday 16th November in the Parish Centre from 10am. We will be hosting a Christmas Crafts morning with plenty to keep us all busy. If you are not a sewing Bee, don’t worry as plenty of hands required to fill fabric bags with Lavender, and that’s just for starters, so don’t be shy about joining in.

You might enjoy coming along and observing all the talent whilst indulging in tea, coffee and cake. Some of our ladies are hoping to have a Christmas Craft stall at the Parish Bazaar, so it will be a case of “many hands make light work”. As usual subs are just £1.00 plus a fun morning.

St Bernard's High School Open Evening

St Bernard’s High School—A Catholic Academy for Arts and Science

Open Evening for Prospective Year 12— Thursday 30 November 2023—7.00pm to 9.00pm

We would be delighted to welcome to our Sixth Form Open Evening prospective students who are interested in joining St Bernard’s High School’s Sixth Form in September 2024

We welcome applications to our mixed Sixth Form from students of all faiths and none, who meet our entrance requirements and are seeking a school with a Christian ethos.

‘St Bernard’s High School is a welcoming, inclusive school’. Ofsted 2023

‘Leaders have high expectations of pupils in terms of learning and behaviour. Pupils live up to these expectations.’ Ofsted 2023

‘St Bernard’s High School is an outstanding Catholic school - attainment and progress of students is outstanding’ (Diocesan Inspection, 2017)

www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk, Milton Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7JS

St Bernard's High School Vacancy

Reprographics and Display Technician Urgently Required, Part-time 25 hours per week 8.00am-1.30pm Monday-Friday (hours negotiable) Term time + 1 week

Scale 7-12 (pro rata)

The school is urgently looking to recruit a Reprographics and Display Technician ideally from 17 November 2023. We are looking for someone organised and adaptable to ensure the smooth running of our Reprographics Department.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.

If you are interested in this position, please fill in the support staff application form found on our website under https://www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk/about-us/vacancies/ and email it to recruitment@stbernards.southend.sch.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

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Quote by Archbishop Vincent Nichols

Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School Vacancies

Class Teacher

We are looking to appoint a Class Teacher in KS2 for September 2024. Please visit Essex Jobscene for further details: https://www.essexschoolsjobs.co.uk/Vacancies/Details.aspx?VacancyId=94018 Closing date: Thursday 23rd November 2023 (4pm) Interview date: tbc

Learning Mentor

We are looking to appoint a Learning Mentor Permanent contract. Salary - Point 5 £21,575 FTE (actual salary £11,686) 23 hours, 45 mins a week (8.30am-1.15pm) Term Time only

Please visit Essex Jobscene for further details: https://www.essexschoolsjobs.co.uk/Vacancies/Details.aspx?VacancyId=94015 Closing date: Thursday 23rd November 2023 (4pm) Interview date: tbc

Supply Teachers

We are also looking to build a team of Supply Teachers. Please Contact Mr Parascandolo via info@olorcps.net for further details.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. These appointments are subject to satisfactory references, medical and enhanced DBS checks.

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Liturgy:
Readings of Year A
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 4

Saturday 4
St Charles Borromeo, Bp

5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 5 November
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

8am Mass Deceased Relatives of the Clancy Family
9.30am Mass Deceased Members of the Wall & Rockell Families
11.30am Mass Vivian Payne, RIP (Anniv) (VP)
4pm Mass Assunta Cotgrove, RIP (AMcC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 6
Feria
9am Mass Jan Andre Solecki, RIP (IS)

Tuesday 7
St Willibrord, Bp
9am Mass Gerry Kelly, RIP (JA)

Wednesday 8
Feria
9am Mass Jim & Lilian Fegan, RIP (JC)
4.30pm Body in Church Muriel Matthews, RIP

Thursday 9
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
9am Mass Holy Souls
2.30pm Requiem Mass Muriel Matthews, RIP

Friday 10
St Leo the Great, P, D
12Noon Mass Pauline Godfrey, RIP (MI)
7pm Sung Latin Requiem Mass

Saturday 11
St Martin of Tours, Bp
10am Mass Fr Bernard O'Brien, RIP (K&LW)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

5.30pm Vigil Mass Jerzy (George) Wislocki, RIP (Anniv) (PW)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 12 November
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8am Mass Intentions of Evelyn McKay (SD)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Brian Mountier-Birthday (SVP) (S&NH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Canon John Carmel Heenan, Fr William Philpot, Canon Denis Petry, Fr James Ethrington, Bob O’Toole, Dorothy Bartley, Lily Kenny, Irene Fanning, May Pinsent, Arthur (Rob) Hood, Margaret Scales, Marie Elliott, Olive Potter, Alice West, James McHugh, Alan Gloyne, Eileen Waskett, Bernard Culham, Bridget Curtis, Tom Doran, Robert Drew, Clare Murphy, Emma Harley, Reginald Johnston, Francis Whelan, Dorothy Stuart, Sydney Hamblon, Thomas Horner, Dr Gerry Leyden, Marie Daniels, Sidney Hempstead & Pearl Scaife.

We Pray for our Sick

Lucy Moreno, Jose Luis Lira, Richard Poole, Pamela Uglietti, Michael Mapson, Deana Ince, Susan Griffin, Gy Rampersaud, Mary O’Sullivan, Ian Spacie, Bobby Newman, Paul Watts, Christine Reid, Rose D’Souza, Jimmy & Pauline Martin, James Fegan, 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.