Leaflets are available at the back of the Church giving instructions how to fill a shoebox with gifts for a child this Christmas, who otherwise would receive nothing. Filled and ready to collect shoeboxes should be taken to the nearest drop off point, Shoezone 80 High Street, Southend (opposite Lloyd’s Bank) tel no 01702 462662. Unfortunately Leigh Road Baptist Church is not an Operation Christmas Child drop off point this year. Alternatively, St Peter’s RC Church, 59 Eastwood Road North, Leigh on Sea, SS9 4BX, tel no 01702 522879 is a drop off point from mid October onwards. The shoeboxes will be going to Eastern Europe this year so hats, gloves etc are ideal box fillers. The closing date is Sunday 18th November. Please do not leave filled shoeboxes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church or Leigh Road Baptist Church.
Summer Lourdes 2019
If you are in school year 10 or above, come and join the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service on our hugely popular Summer Lourdes Pilgrimage. We travel alongside the Diocese to assist the elderly and infirm on their annual pilgrimage, particularly those in wheelchairs.
Alongside this we also run a retreat, daily Masses and excursions for the young people, as well as experiencing the Lourdes Torchlight Procession and Blessed Sacrament Procession. Applications will be open from the evening of Sunday 21st October and will remain open until 31st January 2019. These can be made at www.bcys.net/events where you will also find more information about the trip. Likely travel dates will be 20th - 27th July 2019.
Counters and Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Linda Wall
Folders: Bob Hall & Pauline Jordan
Help for the Homeless this Winter
Southend Churches Winter Night Shelters (SCWNS) and Southend Borough Council have been running winter night shelters for the homeless for eight years. This year, the Catholic parishes of Sacred Heart and St John Fisher have agreed to provide a Night Shelter in Sacred Heart parish hall every Wednesday night, from Wednesday 5th December 2018 through to Wednesday 20th March 2019, and are requesting volunteer help and support from other Catholic parishes within our Deanery.
Beds will be supplied for 20 people and a hot meal for another up to 10 'dinner only' guests. The Night Shelter welcomes both men and women although historically only two or three women have been hosted most nights. Sufficient 'overnight volunteers' have already been found but approximately 30 additional volunteers will be needed each week!
There are a variety of tasks to be done commencing Wednesday evenings, 6pm to 10.30pm - setting up beds, greeting guests, serving meals, socialising with guests; and then again Thursday mornings, 7am to 9.00am - preparing breakfast, cleaning the hall, laundering etc., ...as well as tasks yet to be identified!
Potential volunteers are asked to contact Sue Tokley, Parish Secretary, in Sacred Heart/St John Fisher parish office on 01702 465720 or parish@catholicsouthend.org.uk . Francis O'Brien - OLOL Parish SVP Conference.
Rotas
The November Rotas are ready for collection at the back of Church.
Parish Christmas Bazaar - Sunday 2nd December
The Bazaar will start after the 8am Mass and continue until 1.30pm. We are in need of of your unwanted gifts, toiletries, bottles, bric-a-brac, raffle prizes, craft items. Please leave donations at the back of Church. Thanks to everyone who has donated and offered to help so far. If you need us to collect any donations, please call us, Sue 07816141492 or Angela 07940183452.
Grand Prize Draw tickets are available at the back of the Church now, please take and return the stubs and money to the Parish Office.
Sea of Voices Charity Concert
Our Charity concert on Friday 23rd November at 7.30pm will be held upstairs in the Gilbert Room. We are dedicating our concert to the memory of former choir member, Frank Maguire RIP, and according to Mrs Maguire’s wishes, all proceeds will go to the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society. Programmes for admission to the concert will be on sale shortly at £5. There will be a raffle on the night as well as teas and coffees available in the interval. A seasonal glass of wine and refreshments will also be available after the concert. Further details and programmes can be obtained from Darrell Binding on 07825686249, choir members in the parish and through the Church Office in November.
November Dead List
Envelopes for the November dead list are at the back of the church. Please place names and offering in the box provided, also at the back of church. Throughout November, there is a weekly mass for the Holy Souls and those whose names are placed under the Altar are remembered in these Masses and Offices.
Dates for your Diary
Thursday 8th November
Annual Parish Requiem 8pm
Friday 16th November
Sung Requiem in the Extra-ordinary Form 8pm
Sunday 18th November
Blessing of Graves, 3pm (Sutton Road)
Thursday 29th November
Forty Hours Prayer 7pm
Sunday 2nd December
Christmas Bazaar - after 8am Mass
Saturdays 11th & 18th May
First Holy Communions
Sunday 19th May
Visitation and Confirmation
1st Thursday of every month Meeting of Parish Evangelisation Team 8pm
We Pray for our Sick
David Kislingbury, Joshua Hallett, Janet Weale, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Frank Bramley, Mark Hartley, Gillian Oldham, Basil Emmerson, Austin Butler, Christine Robinson, John Lavery, Rosemary Bragard, Paul Keane, Rose Craft, Maureen Gooding, Dympna Addecott, Pat Lynch, Christian Ryan, Mike Rubbert, Maureen Deekes, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Ben Wilson, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Brita Irons, Nan Carrit, Eileen Wilson, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Lyn Gopee, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Anthony McEvoy, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Maria Clark, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Sheila McBrearty, Anthony King, Chas Taylor, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnnie Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, Josephine Griggs, Colleen Worley, Dawn Deleigh, Lorraine Hart, Linda Dean,Antonella McConalogue, Eddie McConalogue, Georgina Cornwell, Martha Braun, Wyn McCafferty, Annie Holland, Jane Jowers, Ivor & Joanne Knight, David Clark, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, David Clark, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Sharon Levill, Bernadette Lane, David Kislingury, Maureen Ward, Irena Solecki, Lanto Bellis, Doreen Troughton, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Rosemary Arscott, Richard Collins, Niqui Denkmayer, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Mick Cordingley and children Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Connie Price & Frazer Gregory.
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Cardinal John Carmel Heenan, Fr William Philpot, Fr James Etherington, Winifred Allen, Elizabeth Spivey, Bob O’Toole, Dorothy Bartby, Lily Kenny, Irene Fanning, May Pinsent, Arthur (Rob) Hood, Margaret Scales, Marie Elliott, Olive Potter, Alice West, James McHugh, Alan Gloyne, Bernard Culham, Tom Doran, Robert Drew, Clare Murphy, Emma Harley, Francis Whelan, Dorothy Stuart, Sydney Hamblon & Thomas Horner.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in christ
As the weather is changing at this time of year, so too is the mood of the Church. The start of November signals the month of the Holy Souls in which we pray more earnestly for the departed who are in Purgatory. Prior to that, on Thursday (1st) we shall celebrate All Saints. This is the common celebration of all those living now with God in heaven. It is the great company of witnesses that is spoken of in the last book of the Bible. We look to them as models, and as friends who will help us along the way of our own pilgrimage to eternal life.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 28th October
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Barbara Adams, RIP (A&CB)
9.30am Mass Mrs Greiner, Grace & Gwen Greiner, RIP (FM)
11.30am Mass Patricia Abram, RIP (Anniv)(AB)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 29 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Vivien Clancy (MF)
Tuesday 30 Feria
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (MF)
Wednesday 31 Feria
9.00am Mass Intentions of Juan Ayerbe (A&CB)
Thursday 1 November ALL SAINTS Holyday of Obligation
9.30am Mass Robert & Ione Waite, RIP (NB) - with children from OLOL School
12Noon Mass Bapcia Slenkier, RIP (G&JA)
8.00pm Mass Teresa Parascandolo, RIP (UO’K)
Friday 2 COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS)
9.00am Mass Marie Hale, RIP
12Noon Mass Intentions of the Holy Father
12.30pm Exposition after Mass until 7.30pm
8.00pm Mass Holy Souls
Saturday 3 St Martin de Porres, Rel
9.00am Mass Margaret Moloney, RIP (KE)
NO Exposition & Confession
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sunday 4th November
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Michael & Margaret Gibbons, RIP (Anniv) (BG)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Fidelis & Lourdes Mary Pallis, RIP (Anniv) (DL)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Jeremiah & Catherine Brennan, RIP (Anniv)(KE)
4.00pm Mass Intentions of the Shpella Family (TS) - Extraordinary Form
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Services from the church are live streamed
Baptisms
We congratulate the parents of Danielius Noreika, Max Mundell-Pentelow, Oliver Vincent, Henry Black, Ottilie Roberts-Watkins, Wilfred Roberts-Watkins and Louie King who were Baptised recently at Our Lady of Lourdes. May God bless them and their families as they grow in His knowledge and love.
Baptism Preparation Evenings
The next Baptism Preparation Sessions will take place on Tuesdays 6th and 13th November. They will take place the Parish Centre at 8pm. For further information, please contact Catherine or Andy Harris on 077333 27295.
Journey of Faith (RCIA)
A series of informal talks, designed to give an insight into the teachings and traditions of the Catholic church, continues on Monday 29th October at 8pm in the Parish Centre with Journey of Faith (The Bible). You are welcome to attend some or all of these talks; if you would like more information please speak to Fr Kevin.
St Thomas More High School - Sixth Form Open Evening Thursday 22nd November 6pm to 9pm
For families who have pupils - boys and girls - in Year 11 of secondary school who are intending to begin sixth form studies in Se;September 2019. 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.
Christmas Shoebox Appeal
Leaflets are available at the back of the Church giving instructions how to fill a shoebox with gifts for a child this Christmas, who otherwise would receive nothing. Filled and ready to collect shoeboxes should be taken to the nearest drop off point, Shoezone 80 High Street, Southend (opposite Lloyd’s Bank) tel no 01702 462662. Unfortunately Leigh Road Baptist Church is not an Operation Christmas Child drop off point this year. Alternatively, St Peter’s RC Church, 59 Eastwood Road North, Leigh on Sea, SS9 4BX, tel no 01702 522879 is a drop off point from mid October onwards. The shoeboxes will be going to Eastern Europe this year so hats, gloves etc are ideal box fillers. The closing date is Sunday 18th November. Please do not leave filled shoeboxes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church or Leigh Road Baptist Church.
Rotas
The November Rotas are ready for collection at the back of Church.
Calling Knitters & Crocheters - Can you help?
Could you make poppies, knitted or crocheted (3.5 to 4cm diameter with a pin on the back) to be included in a poppy wave being created to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War? The wave will be shown in The Royals 3rd-10th November, then moved to the foyer of the Cliffs Pavilion on Armistice Day, 11th November for the Remembrance Concert at 4pm. If you need a pattern, or address to deliver poppies, email jane.windass@googlemail.com Made poppies can be given to Jane after the 11.30am Sunday Mass, or left in her porch. Thank you!