We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Canon Denis Petry, Fr Terence Howes, Fr James Allis, Fr Edwin Sheehan, OFM, Dorothy Stuart, Sydney Hamilton, Thomas Horner, Dr Gerry Leyden, Marie Daniels, Sidney Hempstead, Pearl Scaife, Lucy Tombleson, Joan Lucey, Donald Galvin, Eileen Stanshall, Anne Britt, Isobel Good, Joan Read, Albert Rogers, Jane Conway, John Owen, Rene Solecki, John William Cavanagh, Jack O’Riordan, Vincent Kelly, John O’Neill, Kathleen McIlwee, Richard Sparrow, Louisa Hurst, Sydney Pullen, Myriad Hubbard, Mary Capon, John Cousins, Ethel Dennison, Luciana Garuti, Edna Hutchings & Edith McCouat.

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

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

Dates for your Diary

Monday, 11th 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

Assisted Suicide Bill

On Wednesday between 5.30–6.30pm the Bishops of England and Wales will join in an hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. We will do the same in our Parish so that this Bill will not come into Law.

If you haven’t already written to your MP asking them to vote against the bill being introduced in Parliament proposing a change in the law to permit assisted suicide, but would like to, the Right to Life website [https://righttolife.org.uk/] has a tab marked Take Action and a further tab which says ask your MP to stop assisted suicide being rushed into law. If you click on this, you will be asked for your postcode and a letter is automatically generated to your MP. It takes about 30 seconds.

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.

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

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.