Fifth Sunday of Lent

Liturgy:
Readings of Year C
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of Lent 1

Saturday 5
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
5.30pm Vigil Intentions of Julian Tisi (MT)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

Sunday 6 April
Fifth Sunday of Lent
8am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Fred & Doreen Wall, RIP (Anniv) (K&LW)
11.30am Mass Anne Martin, RIP (MW)
4pm Mass Holy Souls
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 7
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
9am Mass Tadeusz Warchoł, RIP (AW)

Tuesday 8
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
9am Mass Simone Dann Ints (birthday) (MC)
4pm Body in church David Kislingbury, RIP

Wednesday 9
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
10am Requiem Mass David Kislingbury, RIP

Thursday 10
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
9am Mass Ian Irwin, RIP (Anniv) (MI)

Friday 11
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
11am Requiem Mass Timothy McCarthy, RIP
7pm Way of the Cross & Benediction

Saturday 12
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
10am Mass Bobby Newman, RIP (AC)
10.30-11.30 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

5.30pm Vigil Kathleen Young, RIP (Anniv) (LY)
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confession

Sunday 13 April
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
8am Mass Michael Mapson, RIP (Anniv) (LM)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Holy Souls Preceded by Blessing and Procession of Palms
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Deacon Geoffrey Piper, Fr Thomas Adkins, Fr Anthony Lawson, Fr Patrick Donohoe, Canon Owen O’Neill, Rose Mary Brinkley, donald cussen, Mary McKenzie, Michael Maloney, Miriam Cunniffe, Marjorie Pollard,James July, John Welham, Laurence Westwood, will Coveney, robert Ellis, Anthony Irons, Clare Ann Hoolihan, James Poskitt, Mary McKeever, Esther Martin, Frances Phillips, Ian Irwin, Christopher Bennett,Francis Hoey, Patrick Manning, Patricia Logan, Frank Nagle, Winifred Duyffield, Patricia Abram, Jean Connolly & Lilian Larman.

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

DAVID KISLINGBURY, RIP who died on Friday, 7th March. His body will be received into the church on Tuesday, 8th April at 4pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday, 9th April at 10am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

TIMOTHY McCARTHY who died on Sunday, 2nd March. His Requiem Mass will be take place on Friday, 11th April at 11am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

PAULINE SHAW, RIP who died on Monday, 10th February. Her funeral will take place on Wednesday, 23rd April at 3.30pm at Southend Crematorium.

JOHN COLIN REYNOLDS who died on Monday, 17th March. His body will be received into the church on Wednesday, 30th April at 5pm and his Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 1st May at 3pm.

Requiescant in pace

Holy Week Services

Palm Sunday of the Passion: 13th April
Vigil Mass 5:30pm 12th April
8:00am Mass
9:30am Mass
11:30am Mass Preceded by Blessing of Palms and Procession
5:30pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions after all Masses

Monday of Holy Week
9:00am Mass
Confessions after Mass

Tuesday of Holy Week
9:00am Mass
Confessions after Mass

Ash Wednesday
9:00am Mass
Confessions after Mass
11:00am Mass of Chrism in Brentwood Cathedral

Maundy Thursday
9:00am Office of Lauds
7:00pm Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Watching at the Altar of Repose until Midnight
Confessions after Mass; Compline 11:45pm

Good Friday
9:00am Office of Reading and Lauds
10:00am Children’s Way of the Cross
3:00pm Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion
7:00pm Way of the Cross
Confessions after all the Services

Holy Saturday
9:00am Office of Reading and Lauds
Confessions 11:00am-12noon
8:30pm Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter

Easter Sunday 20th April
8:00am Mass
9:30am Mass
11:30am Mass
5:30pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Dates for your Diary

Monday, 14th April—Journey in Faith (RCIA) 8pm Parish Centre

Saturdays 10th & 17th May 10.30am—First Holy Communion Masses

Sunday 1st June 2025—Visitation & Confirmation

Sunday 22nd June—Corpus Christi Procession 4pm

Saturday 5th July—Flower Festival

Monday 21st—Friday 25th July—Lourdes Pilgrimage

Monday 8th September Centenary of the Opening of our Church

Assisted Dying

The important vote for all MPs on the assisted suicide legislation, known as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, is likely to take place on 25th April.

The charity Right to Life UK has a simple online mechanism to allow people to contact their Member of Parliament and it only takes a few moments to submit a message to ask an MP to stop assisted suicide being rushed into law. It can be accessed here:https://righttolife.org.uk/asvote. Right to Life has also distributed postcards for the faithful to send to their MP’s on this subject which can be found at the back of church.

Centenary Celebration Concert Sunday 14th September at 3pm

As you will now be aware our Church building is 100 years old this year. It opened on 8th September 1925.

We are going to celebrate this with a Centenary Concert in the Church on Sunday 14th September at 3pm.

We envisage an uplifting hour of music with community hymns, and songs from the Sea of Voices Choir and from some of the children from our Catholic Schools.

This will be followed by Coffee & Cake in the Parish Centre.

Please keep this date free if you can. It would be wonderful to have a packed church to celebrate our 100th year in this beautiful building. Jo Ronan

OLOL Ladies Group

Come and join us in the Parish Centre at 10am on Thursday, 10th April for our last meeting this term, when we will be having a sociable morning of Easter activities while enjoying coffee, biscuits and conversation. All ladies are very welcome - £1 subs per meeting, plus a Raffle.

JOURNEY OF FAITH—RCIA

This will resume on Monday, 14th April 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.

Gift Aid Envelopes

The Gift Aid boxes containing Offertory and Charity envelopes for the financial year 2025/2026 are available for collection at the back of the Church.

Special collection boxes are also available for donors who contribute by Standing Order. They contain only charities designated by the Diocese, including Christmas and Easter offerings.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham—24th May 2025

Join Bishop Alan and other parishes around the Diocese of Brentwood in Walsingham to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope. We will celebrate Mass at the Basilica before walking the Holy Mile to the grounds of Walsingham Abbey to celebrate Vespers and Benediction on the site of the Holy House.

If you would like transport to and from Walsingham please leave your name and contact details at the Parish office, as Sacred Heart are organising a coach.

Coach leaving Sacred Heart at 7:30am
Pick up at Our Lady of Lourdes at 7:45am
Arrival Walsingham 11am
Depart Walsingham 5pm
Arrival Our Lady of Lourdes 8:15pm
Arrival Sacred Heart 8:30pm
£24 per adult - Children under 16 go free

The Shroud of Turin Exhibition

Join us on Thursday 10th April at Sacred Heart Church Hall from 7pm for a talk on The Turin Shroud. On the following Monday 14th April, at the beginning of Holy Week, we travel with Father Graham by coach to view a full-sized replica of The Turin Shroud and explore the exhibition at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark.

The coach leaves Sacred Heart Church at 10am, St John Fisher Church at 10:10am, London Road opposite Nazareth House 10:20am and Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 10:35am. Adults £20 – Children under 16 travel free.

The Exhibition is free to enter. Please contact Sandy Rand 07470 820994 to book your place.