Sheila West
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

When we gather each week for Holy Mass we do so, according to Saint Augustine, to be fed at the two tables of God’s Word and His Sacrament.

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

We are now well into this Jubilee Year which began on Christmas Eve with the opening of the Holy Door by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome.

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
Baptism of the Lord

Dear friends in Christ

This weekend we celebrate the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan River.

Baptism of the Lord
Kevin Hale
The Epiphany of the Lord

Dear friends in Christ

May I begin this first message of 2025 wishing you all every health, peace and blessing for the New Year!

The Epiphany of the Lord
Kevin Hale
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph

Dear friends in Christ

I wish you all the peace and blessings of this Christmas week in abundance!

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph

We pray for our sick

The Sick List is available on the website main menu, under Worship.

We pray for the sick of our parish

“Father,
by the power of your Spirit
you have filled the hearts of your faithful people
with gifts of love for one another.
Hear the prayers we offer for our relatives and friends.
Give them health of mind and body
that they may do your will with perfect love.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.”
— Roman Missal: For relatives and friends

Please pray for the repose of the souls of

IAN SPACIE, RIP who died on Wednesday, 10th July. His Body will be received into the church on Tuesday, 6th August at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 7th August at 2pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

CARMINA CZOGALIK, RIP who died on Thursday, 25th July. Her Funeral Service will take place on Wednesday, 14th August at 9.45am followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.

TONY DOWNEY, RIP who died on Wednesday, 24th July. His Funeral Service will take place on Monday, 19th August at 11am.

Requiescant in pace

Parish Fundraising

Thank you to everyone who has supported the 200 Club this year. The results of the June draw are as follows:

1st Prize £150 12 Paul Haldenby

2nd Prize £100 172 Theresa Whittaker

3rd Prize £75 66 Lena Young

4th Prize £25 5 Doreen Harley

There has been a significant drop in members over the past few months. Would you consider taking part in the 200 Club? The subscription is £5 per month, either by cash, cheque or direct debit. If you would like to join, please fill in a form which can be found at the back of the church or ring Linda Wall on 01702 558217.

MISSIO Red Box Holders

I have received the Summer 2024 edition of the Missio. If you have not received one personally from me please take one from the back of the Church (on the ledge at the back usual place). If anyone has a box needing emptying please give to me or leave in the Office and I will pick it up. Please don't to forget to take your boxes back from the back of the Church after.

Thank you.

Joan Caunce, Secretary, 01268 757505.

March for Life UK - Saturday 7th September

Morning Events: 10.00am-1.00pm The Emmanuel Centre, SW1P 3DW

In the morning of March for Life we will be hosting a ‘Pro-life Health Summit’ 10.30-12.30 in The Emmanuel Centre where a variety of healthcare specialists will be looking in greater detail at our theme ‘Abortion isn’t Healthcare’.

Mass: 11.00am St George’s Cathedral, Southwark

The March: 1.30pm From The Emmanuel Centre

Ends at Parliament Square 4.30pm.

Contact: Isabel 07773 501721 or Ben 07885 505116 or info@marchforlife.co.uk

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

Saturday 27
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
10am Mass Steve Kim Keogh, RIP (MW)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

5.30pm Vigil Mass Mary (Molly) McGuire, RIP (Anniv) (SW)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

Sunday 28 July
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Kathryn Shepherd, RIP (Anniv) (SW)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Intentions of Lambert Family—anniversary of Ruth (PL)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 29
Ss Martha, Mary and Lazarus
9am Mass Intentions of the Emerson Family (AE)

Tuesday 30
St Peter Chrysologus, Bp, D
9am Mass Edward Trindle, RIP (RO'C)

Wednesday 31
St Ignatius of Loyola, Pr
9am Mass William Braden-Brown, RIP (CF)

Thursday 1 August
St Alphonsus Mary de’ Liguori, Bp, D
9am Mass Holy Souls

Friday 2—First Friday
St Peter Julian Eymard, Pr
12 Noon Mass Winifred Gover, RIP & Violet Gray, RIP
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass until Holy Hour 7—8pm

Saturday 3
Saturday Memorial of the BVM
10am Mass Ian Irwin, RIP (MI)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

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

Sunday 4 August
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Joseph Edwin D'Cruz, RIP (AJ)
9.30am Mass Clare Chadwick, RIP (MI)
11.30am Mass Maureen Mann RIP, (Anniv) (RM)
4pm Mass John Smith, RIP (JC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr John Harding, Fr Michael O’Sullivan, Mirren Button, Dorothy Pogue, Basil Hall, Ruth Lambert, Rory Forge, Richard Wallner, Leo Frances Ring, Paul Swann, Irene (Molly) Kerry, Irene Hall, Caroline Richards, Mary Ellen Fiddes, Eleanor Lawson, Sylvia Gosling, Ethel Warwick, Olive Scott-Hansen, Winifred Bailey, Bernard Martin, Frances Murray, Teresa Fitzgerald, Max Button, Margaret Ring, Noel Auger, Cecelia Newton, Phyllis Fairman & John Higgins.

We pray for our sick

The Sick List is available on the website main menu, under Worship.

We pray for the sick of our parish

“Father,
by the power of your Spirit
you have filled the hearts of your faithful people
with gifts of love for one another.
Hear the prayers we offer for our relatives and friends.
Give them health of mind and body
that they may do your will with perfect love.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.”
— Roman Missal: For relatives and friends

March for Life UK - Saturday 7th September

Morning Events: 10.00am-1.00pm The Emmanuel Centre, SW1P 3DW

In the morning of March for Life we will be hosting a ‘Pro-life Health Summit’ 10.30-12.30 in The Emmanuel Centre where a variety of healthcare specialists will be looking in greater detail at our theme ‘Abortion isn’t Healthcare’.

Mass: 11.00am St George’s Cathedral, Southwark

The March: 1.30pm From The Emmanuel Centre

Ends at Parliament Square 4.30pm.

Contact: Isabel 07773 501721 or Ben 07885 505116 or info@marchforlife.co.uk