Kevin Hale
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

We have just completed, and returned from, our Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today’s Gospel recounts the arrival of Jesus to visit his friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus at Bethany. Jesus would often stop at their house to rest and eat with them. He felt at home there, surrounded by their warmth and affection.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the world's best known and loved stories.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dear friends in Christ

Dear friends in Christ

The words of Our Lord in the Gospel of this Sunday offer us two considerations: firstly He tells us that there is a vast harvest of souls in the world that need to be brought to God

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Kevin Hale
SS PETER & PAUL, App

Dear friends in Christ

This weekend we celebrate the memory and lives of Saints Peter and Paul—the two foundations stones of Holy Church.

SS PETER & PAUL, App

Second Sunday of Lent

Second Sunday of Lent

Dear friends in Christ

Commenting on the Gospel of the Transfiguration on at Mass this Sunday, St Bede says: Our Lord in a loving condescension allowed Peter, James and John to enjoy for a very short time the contemplation of the happiness that lasts forever, so as to enable them to bear adversity with greater fortitude.

Second Sunday of Lent

Sunday 5th March
Second Sunday of Lent

Liturgy:
Readings Year A
The Apostles’ Creed
Preface of 2nd Sunday of Lent


5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Albert Thomas Cook, RIP (MC)
9.30am Mass Intentions of Joseph Murphy (SM)
11.30am Mass Intentions of Tony & Janet Weale (JW)
4pm Mass Peter Griffin, RIP (FM)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

Monday 6
Feria
9am Mass Marie Fitzakerly, RIP (JL)

Tuesday 7
Feria
9am Mass Anthony Hayes, RIP (MR)

Wednesday 8
Feria
 9am Mass Bernard Ward, RIP (Anniv) (MW)

Thursday 9
Feria
9am Mass Alice Hole, RIP (D&RL)

Friday 10
Feria
12noon Mass Tom O'Callaghan, RIP (Anniv) (RO’C)
7pm Way of the Cross & Benediction

Saturday 11
Feria
10am Mass Intentions of Monica Swanton (AS)
10.30-11.30am: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

Sunday 12 March
Third Sunday of Lent

5.30pm Vigil Mass The People of the Parish
6.30-7.30pm: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions

8am Mass Intentions of Rita O'Callaghan (UH)
9.30am Mass Dec'd Parents, Brothers & Sisters of Canon Gilbert, RIP (FM)
11.30am Mass Mervyn Calton, RIP (Anniv) (RC)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction

We Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries

Fr Malachy Kelly, Canon Joseph Whitfield, Fr Thomas Lawton, Fr John Gordon, Fr Edmund Meyer, Fr Maurice Roche, Mgr Canon David Michael Corley, Bernard McCarthy, Ena Bartley, Mary Smith, Doris Conner,Danielle Sutherland, Sandra McGran, Philip Thomas, Anthony Conlon, Hannah Harris, Johnathan Grindley, Granley Rumsey, John Stephen Burke, Miss Sydney Compton, Edward Baigent, Elsie Killman, Janet Harris, Malcolm Cheshire, Teresa Ramsey, Henry Delaney, John Button, Constance Ryan, Joyce Quinn, Pamela Jones, Peggy Chopin, Vincent Ingham, Christopher Tyler, Joe Swann, Tom O’Callaghan, Theresa Ketterer, Joseph Collins, Lionel Clarke, Richard Young & Margaret Houston.

We Pray for our Sick

Paul Watts, Christine Reid, Rose D’Souza, Jimmy & Pauline Martin, Ben Dench, James Fegan, Muriel Matthews, David Lesley, Kenneth Biebuyck, Zach Stokes, Andrew Stokes, Noel Conroy, Marjorie Jay, Paul Sutton, John Murphy, Mary Monaghan, Jennifer Biebuyck, Moira Scott, Jill Yates, Leonora Maguire, Brian Mountier, Renata Butler, Margaret Bartle, Tony Downey, Kristy Monferrari, Fred Ring, Ian Irwin, Russell Short, Marie Kharas, Garry Pearman, Patricia Ann Darroch, Patricia Vanner, Amy Louise Fox, Sarah Savage, Bill O’Connell, Janet Weale, Charlotte O’Neil, Ella Williams, David Kislingbury, Mark Shepherd, Eileen Bines, Breege McCaffrey, Mark Hartley, John Lavery, Paul Keane, Rosemary Bragard, Pat Lynch, Ben Wilson, Christian Ryan, Tina Doveaston, Addi Brady, Patricia Fleming, Nicky Wigmore, Rose Craft, Patricia Spikin, Sandra Fagan, Edna Wallace, Beryl Dixon, Nick Evans, Vicky Jack, Mary Boyce, Kristin Hallenga, Anne O’Neill, Cheryl Shallis, Justin Stark, Sheila Netherton, David Blyth, Janet Woods, Lynne Hilkene, June Moncaster, Laura & Anne Breen, Breda Lynch, Maria Clark, Roy Widdecombe, Johanna Lynch, Anthony King, Norma McCleverty, Belinda Balazsi, Johnny Pool, Edward Martin, Joanna Luciani, Pauline Wilsher, Simon Marshall, Kriston Barnes, Hugh Isaacs, Dawn Deleigh, Lorraine Hart, Linda Dean, Georgina Cornwell, Antonella McConalogue, Sharon Levill, Annie Holland, Ivor & Joanne Knight, Brian Beresford, Rebecca Peake, Connor Bourke, Mattia Mollica, Bernadette Lane, Irena Solecki, Ianto Bellis, Marguerite Harris, Andrew Exley, Elizabeth McConalogue, Kean Smith, Keith Maliff, Bradley & children: Thomas Ball, Liam Davis, Connie Price, Albert Chambers, Fergus Grant, Mary Isherwood, Lucy Price, Frazer Gregory & baby Forest Gallagher.

We Pray for the Repose of the Souls of

CHRISTINE WISE RIP who died on 21st January. Her body will be received into the Church on Thursday, 16th March at 5pm and her Requiem Mass will take place on Friday 17th March at 9.30am followed by burial at Hall Road Cemetery.

MARIA FITZAKERLEY RIP who died recently. Her funeral will take place on Friday, 10th March at 10.15am at Sutton Road Cemetery Church, followed by burial at Sutton Road Cemetery.

ROY BUCK RIP who died on 13th February. His Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday 26th April at 2pm followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

MARTIN COVENEY RIP who died on Friday, 17th February. His Requiem Mass will take place on Thursday, 20th April at 10.30am followed by committal at Southend Crematorium.

Requiescant in pace

St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) 'Awareness Month'

The focus of the St Vincent de Paul Society is visiting and befriending people living in loneliness, isolation, or poverty. The people we visit might be the elderly, homeless, those in hospital or care homes, people with mental health difficulties or offenders. Conference members engage at ground level, face to face with the people they help. The work of the SVP requires resources, with the Society’s greatest resource being its almost 10,000 members. Across the country, the SVP is growing steadily, however we are always on the look-out for new members! Would you consider getting involved? The commitment is to attend, as frequently as you can, a fortnightly Wednesday evening meeting, 7.30 – 9.00pm, held in our Parish Centre and, ideally, making one accompanied visit a week. It is rewarding work, bringing new friendships with both other SVP members as well as those they visit. If you would like to know more about the SVP or consider joining us, please contact Francis O’Brien on 07845874331. You can also support our parish Conference financially via the SVP button on the parish website.

Deanery of Southend Lent Talks 2023

Wednesday evenings at 7pm—Eastwood Parish—St Peter’s

59 Eastwood Road North, Leigh on Sea SS9 4BX

Questions & Answers facilitated by Fr Jeff Woolnough

March 8th DVD Presentation
Dr Scott Hahn—The Eucharist in Scripture
Part One—The Lamb’s Supper

March 15th DVD Presentation
Dr Scott Hahn—The Eucharist in Scripture
Part Two—The Fourth Cup

March 22nd DVD Presentation
Dr Scott Hahn—The Eucharist in Scripture
Part Three—Consuming the Word

Flower & Craft Festival - Saturday 8th July 2023

We have begun the planning for this year’s Flower and Craft Festival. This year the theme is Parables, Miracles, and Proverbs.

We are hoping that more people will be able to take part this year, especially those who can sew or craft! The book of Proverbs and the miracles and parables of Jesus gives you a very wide scope to choose from. We have already had volunteers for flower arrangements for Jesus calms the Storm, The Feeding of the 5,000, The wedding at Cana, and the parable of the Sower.

If you would like to take part or would like more information or ideas contact me on 01702 474062, or email mcronan@btinternet.com

We would love to fill the church with flowers and crafts.

Jo Ronan

Serving the Homeless

The Annual General Meeting of Serving the Homeless will take place on Monday evening, 6th March, at 7.30 pm in St Margaret's Church Hall, Lime Avenue, Leigh on Sea. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Our next event is a Quiz Evening in St Margaret's Church Hall on 11th March, 7pm for 7.30pm. The cost is £5 per person, bring your own drinks and nibbles.

If you wish to book a table (up to 10 people) or a place with another team, please ring any Committee member or Linda Wall on 01702 558217.

Fire Marshals

We need to recruit a Fire Marshal for each Mass, this would include a one hour training once yearly and would only be required in the rare occurrence of a fire.

We need a good mix of people that attend different Masses. For more information please contact Andy Harris on 07742433589.

Repository

The Repository is situated at the rear of the Church in the old Baptistry and will be open following the 5.30pm Vigil Mass and after the 9.30am and 11.30am Masses on Sundays.

We have a small selection of cards this week for St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Easter. Arriving in the next 2 weeks we should have a good selection of cards and gifts for First Holy Communion. If you can’t see what you are looking for, please don’t hesitate to ask.  After Easter, cards and gifts should be available in time for First Holy Communions and Confirmation.     

Repository Volunteers

We are looking for more volunteers to help with the above. With enough people we can then form a Rota  so that individuals need only help out on a 2 or 3 weekly basis. If interested please leave your name and contact details at the Parish Office or speak to Cynthia.