These can be had in the Sacristy (£5) and will burn before the Blessed Sacrament with your intention written on the base. The remaining lamps will be used as the Sanctuary Lamp throughout the coming year.
Music at 11.30am Mass
Prelude: Air for a Remembrance—Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-87)
Postlude: O Rest in the Lord...postlude for Remembrance—Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Responsorial Psalm
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, 7th 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 Sallie Pollock on 07450 277956 You will be most welcome!
Holy Souls Box
During November we customarily keep the memories of our Beloved Dead in our prayers. Their names will be placed under the Altar by using one of the envelopes at the back of church (please add your Gift Aid number) and placing it in the box provided, including an offering if you can, for Holy Souls Masses. In this way, we present them to God in the Masses and Offices during this month of the Holy Souls.
JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA
This continues on Monday, 11th November 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.
Baptism Preparation Sessions
Due to unforeseen circumstances the next Baptism Preparation session will now be on Tuesday 26th November instead of Tuesday 12th November. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Repository
The Repository is open after Masses at the weekend and Parishioners are welcome to come and browse.
We have a few of the new weekend Missals left, (softback £12/hardback £22) and we will shortly be having a good supply of Christmas cards and calendars.
St Joseph's Canvey is looking for Foundation Governors
Are you a practising Catholic?
Are you effective at forging links with the local and wider community?
Do you have skills that might be useful in a primary school like strategic leadership? recruitment? using data?
The Governing Body of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Canvey Island is looking for foundation governors. The term of office is usually for 4 years from date of appointment.
The governors work as a team, in close co-operation with the headteacher and staff. The core responsibilities of the governing body are:
Ensure clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction
Hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent
In addition to this, foundation governors are appointed specifically to ensure:
That the religious character of the school is preserved
That the school is conducted in accordance with its trust deed
That the religious education curriculum is in accordance with the Bishop’s policy for this Diocese
Are you able to give some of your time to a local Catholic school? We'd love to have you onboard. If you're interested in applying but you don't feel you have the experience, training will be provided to those that wish to expand and develop their skills.
If you would like to know more about the becoming a governor, please contact Frank McEvoy, the Chair of Governors, by email: fmcevoy@assisicatholictrust.com.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Parish Christmas Bazaar - Sunday 24th November, 8.45am - 1.00pm
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Parish Bazaar is back once again and we need your help and generosity. If you have any unwanted gifts, toiletries, bottles, raffle prizes or bric-a-brac that you would like to donate, please leave them in the Old Baptistry.
If you would like to help on the Saturday to help set up, or on the Sunday, please contact us.
Sue Lawford—07816 141492
Angela Clements—07940 183452—email angelaclements47@gmail.com.
St ~Bernard's High School Sixth Form Open Evening
Thursday 28 November 2024—6.30pm to 8.30pm
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 2025. www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk
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
‘The behaviour of students is exemplary both in lessons and throughout the school as they strive to live out the mission statement, ‘Love one another as I have loved you’. (Diocesan Inspection, 2024)
Behaviour for learning is outstanding, fostered through extremely positive teacher-student relationships’. (Diocesan Inspection, 2024)
www.stbernardswestcliff.org.uk, Milton Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7JS
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time-Month of the Holy Souls
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy:
Readings of Year B
The Nicene Creed
Preface of Sunday 6
Saturday 2
COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS’ DAY)
5.30pm Vigil Maria Keen, RIP (DL)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 3 November
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Month of the Holy Souls
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Deceased Members of the Wall & Rockell Families (K&LW)
11.30am Mass Deceased Members of the Siani Family (RB)
4.00pm Mass Holy Souls
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 4
St Charles Borromeo, Bp
9am Mass Nicholas Flach, RIP (MF)
Tuesday 5
Feria
9am Mass Vivian Payne, RIP (VP)
Wednesday 6
Feria
9am Mass Jim & Lilian Fegan, RIP (JC)
Thursday 7
St Willibrord, Bp
9am Mass Gerald Kelly, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
Friday 8
Feria
12Noon Mass Holy Souls
Saturday 9
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
10am Mass Paul Watts, RIP (K&LW)
10.30-11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
5.30pm Vigil George Wislocki, RIP (Anniv) (PW)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession
Sunday 10 November
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Remembrance Sunday
8am Mass Deceased relatives of the Clancy Family (JL)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Pauline Godfrey, RIP (MI)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, Fr William Philpot, Deacon Norman Wiseman, Fr Michael Hopkins, Fr Henry Healy, Fr David Logue, Canon Edward Heery, Fr Harold Cahill, Fr Alfred Clements, Sophie Shapiro, Eileen Pearson, Ursula Turner, John Butler, Kathleen Wetton, Tom Atkinson, Jean-Marie Mahieu, Doris Kelly, Derik Wheeler, James Wood, Sheelagh Sheridan, Adele Petronius, Ethel Shepherd, Jean Buck, Muriel Matthews, Alex Adamson, Kathleen Lionet, Walter Wood, Daphne Sounes, Dympna Addecott, James Roberton, Joyce May Pycroft, Henry Hart & Thomas Gunsell.
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 the Intentions of Rose D’Souza and Family.
Please pray for the repose of the souls of
PAUL WATTS, RIP who died on Friday, 11th October. His body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 13th November at 4.30pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 14th November at 12.30pm followed by committal at Sutton Road Cemetery.
MICHAEL MAPSON, RIP who died on Tuesday, 10th September. His Memorial Mass will take place on Friday 15th November 9.30am.
MARIE KHARAS, RIP who died on Wednesday, 16th October. Her Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 20th November at 10.45am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.
Requiescant in pace
November—Month of the Holy Souls
How to obtain a Plenary Indulgence for the Souls in Purgatory this November
Every year between 1–8 November the Church grants a plenary indulgence that can be applied only to the souls in purgatory. The faithful can receive this indulgence each of the eight days to apply to a particular soul — a parent, spouse, relative, friend, or anyone even unknown.
1) Pray At a Cemetery or in our Memorial Garden
The Church asks the faithful to visit a cemetery and pray for the deceased, even if only mentally. Some suggested prayers include the Prayer of St. Gertrude or the Eternal Rest prayer.
2) Go to Confession and receive Holy Communion
In order for one to obtain a plenary indulgence, whether it be for the poor souls or for oneself, the person must detach oneself from all sin. If the soul is not detached, a partial indulgence will be applied.
However, for the sick, elderly, homebound, or those who cannot go out due to coronavirus restrictions, they can “unite themselves spiritually to other members of the faithful.”
The Church encourages this prayer “before an image of Jesus or the Blessed Virgin Mary, reciting pious prayers for the deceased, for example, Lauds and Vespers of the Office of the Dead, the Marian Rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, other prayers for the deceased dearest to the faithful, or occupy themselves in considered reading of one of the Gospel passages proposed by the liturgy of the deceased, or perform a work of mercy by offering to God the sorrows and hardships of their own lives.”
The individual must also have “the intention of complying as soon as possible,” to the three conditions (sacramental confession, holy communion, and praying for the Holy Father).
3) Pray for the Pope
The Church suggests that the faithful pray one ‘Our Father’ and one ‘Hail Mary’ for the Holy Father.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let the perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, Rest in peace. Amen.
Holy Souls Box
During November we customarily keep the memories of our Beloved Dead in our prayers. Their names will be placed under the Altar by using one of the envelopes at the back of church (please add your Gift Aid number) and placing it in the box provided, including an offering if you can, for Holy Souls Masses. In this way, we present them to God in the Masses and Offices during this month of the Holy Souls.
Dates for your Diary
Monday, 4th November—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
Saturdays 10th & 17th May 10.30am—First Holy Communion Masses
Sunday 1st June 2025—Visitation & Confirmation
Sunday 22nd June—Corpus Christi Procession 4pm
Monday 21st—Friday 25th July—Lourdes Pilgrimage
Monday 8th September Centenary of the Opening of our Church
Baptism Preparation Sessions
Due to unforeseen circumstances the next Baptism Preparation session will now be on Tuesday 26th November instead of Tuesday 12th November. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
OLOL Ladies Group
Our next Meeting will be be on Thursday 7th November from 10am in the Parish Centre. All ladies welcome for subs of just £1. 00 including refreshments. Please don’t forget donations for our popular Raffle.
Please come prepared for next week with your thinking caps on for another one of our great quizzes devised by our amazing quiz setter, Jan Lewis. The challenge is to have at least one Team that will beat the current Champions !! No pressure to join in just come along and enjoy the good company.