This begins on Monday, 23rd September 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.
Sea of Voices Summer Concert Tickets
Our Autumn concert is being held at the Parish Centre on Sunday 29th September from 3pm. Tickets £5 will be available from the parish office or direct from Darrell on 07825686249 email seaofvoiceschoir@outlook.com.
Refreshments will include servings of home baked cake; cake donations from home bakers are very welcome, delivered at the Centre at teas and coffees after all Sunday masses, along with any raffle donations please. Thank you!
All funds raised are going to @peterbatesjourney, a fundraiser for brain tumour treatment for one of our choir member’s nephew. Peter’s current treatment cannot be funded further by the NHS, hence the need to fundraise for private medical treatment. Details of Peter’s journey can be read on Gofund.me/24a35357
Repository
We are open after Masses every weekend with some new stock including Statues and Rosaries. We have a good selection of cards for various occasions, plus a few books for children.
You are welcome to come and browse and if you do not see what you are looking for please ask one of the Volunteers. NB. The Repository is open at weekends only.
St. Thomas More High School—SixthForm Open Evening
Thursday, 3rd October 6pm to 8pm
For families who have students—boys and girls—in year 11 of Secondary School who are intending to begin sixth form studies in September 2025. Come and visit the school and meet the staff and current sixth form students. There will be tours of the sixth form building and the rest of the school.
Homeless Shelter
At this moment the details are a little sketchy, but we have been asked if we would be able to put a team of volunteers together to run a homeless shelter this coming winter. The shelter is likely to run from December through to the end of March 2025. The shelter will be central and not at the Sacred Heart Church. If you would like to volunteer, please contact the Parish office by email in the first instance to record your interest. southend@brcdt.org
As more information becomes available, we will of course share. Thank you.
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School
Class Teacher—Upper Key Stage 2—MPR/UPR—Full time—Required January 2025. This could be a fixed (two term) or permanent position
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly-motivated class teacher to join our friendly and dedicated team. (The successful applicant will teach one of our Year 5 classes, until the end of this academic year)
Our Lady of Ransom was judged to be an an OUTSTANDING Catholic school (S48 Inspection, May 2022) and a GOOD school by Ofsted in January 2023.
Our school provides a happy, calm atmosphere with delightful children, a wonderful learning environment and supportive colleagues, governors and parents.
The successful candidate will need to be a strong practitioner committed to achieving high standards of pupils' learning and capable of teaching imaginatively. They will be willing to be involved in all aspects of school life.
The post would suit an experienced teacher who is either a practising Catholic or willing to support the strong Catholic ethos of our school.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The appointment is subject to satisfactory references, medical and enhanced DBS checks.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.
For more details please contact Mr. Parascandolo (Head Teacher) via the school office (01268 785741)
For an application form please visit the school website www.olorcps.net
Closing date: Thursday 17th October 2024 (4pm)
Interview date: w/c 21st October 2024
We reserve the right to call for interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Medjugorje Irish Centre Pilgrimages-April to October 2024
7 Nights Apartment B&B from €273 per person sharing. Airport transfer available on request. Contact us for details and book the dates that suit you.
Tel. 020 3239 8662 or website www.med-irishcentre.com
St Vincent's Centre, Southend
Get ready for an exceptional year ahead! Your calendar is about to be filled with thrilling experiences, making this year one to remember!
September 2024
Garrison Bakery—21st & 22nd September
October 2024
Quiz Night
November 2024
Roslin Black Tie—16th November 2024
December 2024
Christmas Afternoon Tea—2nd December 2024
Please contact Nesper, our Centre Officer to book your slot or if you are a local business who would like to sponsor an event either by email (NesperM@svp.org.uk) or 01702 592980.
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 7
Saturday 14
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
5.30pm Vigil Tom & Phyllis Attridge, RIP (AMcN)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 15 September
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Michael Tisi (Thanksgiving) (MT)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Frances Scott (MR)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 16
Ss Cornelius, P and Cyprian, Bp, M
9am Mass Cassie Connolly, RIP (MI)
Tuesday 17
St Robert Bellarmine, B, D
9am Mass Seema Mathew (Thanksgiving)
Wednesday 18
Feria
9am Mass Michael Mapson, RIP (JL)
Thursday 19
St Theodore of Canterbury, Bp,
9am Mass Samuel & Johanna Beech, RIP (JC)
Friday 20
St Andrew Kim Tae-gǒn, Pr, Paul Chǒng Ha-Sang & Comps, Mm
12Noon Mass Ian Spacie, RIP (VS)
Saturday 21
St Matthew, Ap, Ev
10am Mass Eleanor Tierney, RIP (MI)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil Ciaran Fitzgerald, RIP (TT)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 22 September
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8am Mass Intentions of the Kilroy & Kidman Families (EK)
9.30am Mass Carmina Czogalik, RIP (KCL)
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Fr John Bergen, Canon Patrick Sammon, Fr Anthony Mayston, Canon Frederick Gahagan, Fr John Ryan, Bernard Wiltshire, Eileen McCarthy, Percival De’Ath, Bridget Finnegan, Sylvia Mary Jones, Dot Dooley, Anne Kathleen Gibson, Frances Spriggs, Joseph Hayes, Queenie Kay, Christopher Hickey, Stella Smith, Bernard Ratcliff, Hing San Lan, Mary R 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.
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.”
Sanctuary Lamp
This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for World Peace.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
AMY FOX, RIP who died on Tuesday, 3rd September. Funeral details to follow.
JOSEPH SICHERI, RIP who died on Wednesday, 28th August. His Requiem Mass will be held on Friday, 27th September at 10.30am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
MICHAEL MAPSON, RIP who died on Tuesday, 10th September. Details of Memorial Mass to follow.
Requiescant in pace
Music at 11.30am Mass
Prelude—Largo (Voluntary VII)—Samuel Wesley (1805-18)
Postlude: Intrada—Grayson Ives (b. 1948)
Responsorial Psalm
Dates for your Diary
Monday, 23rd September—Journey in Faith (RCIA) 8pm Parish Centre
Thursday 14th November—Annual Requiem Mass 7pm
Friday 22nd November—Sung Latin Requiem Mass 7pm
Thursday 28th-Saturday 30th November—Forty Hours’ Prayer
Friday 20th December—Sea of Voices Carol Service 7pm
Saturday 15th—Friday 21st March 2025—Parish Mission led by the Redemptorists
Sunday 1st June 2025—Visitation & Confirmation
Monday 21st—Friday 25th July—Lourdes Pilgrimage
First Holy Communion 2025
Please note that the Parents’ Meeting for all those who have submitted forms for their children to make their First Holy Communion is being held on Thursday 26th September at 8pm in the Parish Centre.
The children's sessions will be held on a Saturday every month - the first session is on Saturday 28th September, 4-5pm, in the Parish Centre.
Mission Appeal 28th/29th September
The Daughters of Divine Love is an International Congregation founded in Nigeria in 1969 and a member of the Missionary Sisters of England and Wales. They educate, care for, and add value to the lives of the less privileged in society. Their charity home in Nigeria and school for indigent children in Kenya provide care and education for orphans, motherless, abandoned children, street children/teenagers, and children with special needs/HIV. Their aim is always to serve the less privileged and the marginalized in society. In everything that they do, the love of Christ impels them to respond to the cry of the poor and the vulnerable with concrete actions".
Following the guidelines of the Bishops of England and Wales, the appeal includes a short reflection on the liturgy of the day. This is followed by a reference to the work of the Missionary Sisters and also to the vocation of being a missionary that belongs to us all by virtue of our Baptism and the implications of that.
JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA
This begins on Monday, 23rd September 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.
Sea of Voices Summer Concert Tickets
Our Autumn concert is being held at the Parish Centre on Sunday 29th September from 3pm. Tickets £5 will be available from the parish office or direct from Darrell on 07825686249 email seaofvoiceschoir@outlook.com.
Refreshments will include servings of home baked cake; cake donations from home bakers are very welcome, delivered at the Centre at teas and coffees after all Sunday masses, along with any raffle donations please. Thank you!
All funds raised are going to @peterbatesjourney, a fundraiser for brain tumour treatment for one of our choir member’s nephew. Peter’s current treatment cannot be funded further by the NHS, hence the need to fundraise for private medical treatment. Details of Peter’s journey can be read on Gofund.me/24a35357