Pray for the Church and Priests

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1 OUR LADY OF CANVEY & ENGLISH MARTYRS 224 Long Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 0JS Parish Priest: Fr Eamonn Power Tel.: Presbytery Tel.: Office Hours: Monday-Friday pm Charity No Pray for the Church and Priests Dear friends in Christ This weekend we reach the 33rd Sunday of year b, which means that the liturgical year is coming to an end and Advent will soon begin. This weekend the author of the Letter to the Hebrews tells us that Christ has been revealed as the one supreme sacrifice that takes away the sins of the world. As the ordained priests of the Church we have the unique privilege of making that sacrifice present again and again in the holy Mass. The Church will always need the ordained priesthood and the Eucharist, so let us always remember to pray for vocations to the priesthood. Parish Christmas Bazaar Things have improved since my last entry on this subject my friends, but we still need a lot more support and volunteers, especially if we are to fulfil my ambition, which I hope you share, that in this, our 80th year, this become the best bazaar ever! Please both support it and promote it my friends. There will be people at the church doors this weekend to help take names and contact details. Diocesan planning for the future My friends, the Diocesan Strategic and Planning Group (DSPG) have, over several months now, been meeting and planning possibilities for the future administration and running of the Diocese of Bentwood, bearing in mind the need to evangelise the world around us with the possible future number of priests. Incidentally, I realised recently, somewhat to my shock, that, of all the non-retired priests in the deanery, I am the eldest! With regard to the future a few things should be noted:- 1. The ratio of priests to laypeople, as affirmed by Monsignor Kevin recently, is amongst the best in the country 2. What has been achieved so far only has the status of proposals and is not by any means, set in stone 3. Bearing both the above in mind, there is no immediate urgency for any change in the status quo The proposal for Southend deanery is a parish partnership arrangement with both Benfleet and Rayleigh, administered by 1 and a half priests (I must admit my friends, I have no idea what that means!). All of this is on the agenda for the next deanery meeting and as Dean I will be presiding the meeting and will, of course, be making my own views very clear! In the immediate future the main objective seems to revolve around social gatherings/meals and representatives and clergy of the affected parishes and more news will come later God Bless you all, Fr Eamonn

2 Our Lady of Canvey Liturgical Timetable Feria Saturday 17th November 5:15pm: Confessions 6:00pm Mass: Pro Populo Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary time Sunday 18th November 9:15am: Confessions 10:00am Mass: Jean Carey (RIP) (Aniv) Feria Monday 19th November Rosary 9:50am Mass: Mrs D Burton (RIP (Aniv) Feria Tuesday 20th November 9:30am St Joseph s School: James O Brien (RIP) The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday 21st November 9:30am: Rosary 9:50am Mass: Timothy Potter (RIP) St Cecilia, V,M Thursday 22nd November 9:30am: Rosary 9:50am Mass: Michael Manning (RIP) Feria Friday 23rd November 9:30am: Rosary 9:50am Mass: Holy Souls (RIP) Followed by Divine Mercy Chaplet & prayers for Healing Ss Andrew Dung Lac, Pr & Comp, Mm Saturday 24th November 5:15pm: Confessions 6:00pm Mass: John Springett (RIP) (Aniv) Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Sunday 25th November 9:15am: Confessions 10:00am Mass: Pro Populo

3 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 21 st October and will remain open until 31 st January These can be made at where you will also find more information about the trip. Likely travel dates will be 20th - 27th July Goodwill Club The Goodwill Club have now started in the Parish hall. They will be in there every Friday from 7-10pm & it is open to anyone who is interested. Entrance fee is 3 & they do different things each week which are bingo, sequence dancing & much more & they even do holidays & day trips out. They currently have around 40 people attending. Your first session to try it is completely FREE so come along & find out more! St Vincent De Paul (SVP) The SVP have space available for new members. Anyone interested in joining the SVP please give your contact details to Fr Eamonn who will pass this on to a member who will then contact you. They meet every two weeks in the Parish meeting room for a maximum of one hour. For more information on what the SVP do please visit Parish Christmas Bazaar Raffle Tickets Raffle tickets are now on sale they are 1 each & the main prize is 100 cash. APF Missio red boxes You are welcome to start bringing in your red APF boxes now. Offertory Collection The Offertory collection for the weekend was of which was Gift Aided. Many thanks for your generous donations. Urgent Donations for Parish Bazaar Please can we ask for donations of bottles of alcohol or non-alcoholic for the bottle stall & booze wheel. Please place the donations in the Hungry Harry box at the back of Church. All other donations welcome. The Brentwood Catholic Children s Society - Will be hosting their very popular Ladies Christmas Luncheon on Friday 7 th December 12 for 12.30pm at the Rayleigh Golf Club, Hullbridge. Ladies will be treated to a delicious two course lunch with tea & coffee in the luxurious surroundings of a private room over-looking the golf course at this exclusive club. Tickets cost per person. To reserve your place, please call Libby on / lphillips@bccs.org.uk Friendship Club The Friendship Club meet the last Friday of each month in the Parish meeting room at the back of the Parish office 1:15-3:00pm & are a group of ladies that come together for a chat with tea/coffee & cakes/sandwiches provided. If you would like to come along they are next meeting on Friday 30 th November. 500 Club Congratulations to 44 Gloria Horton & 20- Anna Corner on winning the October draw.

4 Today is the Second World Day of the Poor; Pope Francis words from this day last year continue to inspire us: Blessed are the open hands that embrace the poor and help them: they are hands that bring hope. Blessed are the hands that reach beyond every barrier of culture, religion and nationality, and pour the balm of consolation over the wounds of humanity. Blessed are the open hands that ask nothing in exchange, with no ifs or buts or maybes : they are hands that call down God s blessing upon their brothers and sisters. In that spirit, Caritas Diocese of Brentwood is launched by Bishop Alan today, to serve Essex and East London. The word caritas means charity, in the fullest sense of Christian love, and our Diocesan Caritas exists to support and encourage everyone who is working to put Christ s love into action by supporting the ill, the poor and the marginalised. There is a new website ( and this is a great tool for people who want to be volunteers. Type in where you live and the kind of project where you would like to offer help, and the website will show you these projects in your area. Our Caritas is part of a national and international network, and once a year will bring together as many people as possible who are volunteering in the Diocese for a day of networking, sharing good practice, training and celebrating success. Bishop Alan says, I am launching Caritas Diocese of Brentwood today full of hope about the difference it will make to all our work for social justice, in the name of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis asks us to go to the edges and Caritas is full of projects which do just that. I encourage every parishioner to look at the website and to get involved in any way that they can. Our Diocese has also been accredited as a Living Wage Employer; the Living Wage lifts families out of poverty, and if you are an employer, or can influence your company, please look into it ( Please keep this new initiative in your prayers.

5 o The Sanctuary lamp burns for All of the Holy Souls RIP Pray Together, Work Together, Play Together St Joseph s Catholic Primary School Vaagen Road, Canvey Island Essex SS8 9DP Telephone: admin@st-josephsrc.essex.sch.uk Head Teacher - Miss Jacqueline Walker.. THE NEXT COFFEE MORNING IS THE MERCY ASSOCIATES COFFEE MORNING ON SUNDAY 18 TH NOVEMBER AFTER MASS. Parish Events Sunday 18 th November Mercy Associates Coffee Morning (After Mass) Saturday 24 th November Little Hawks Pre-School Christmas Bazaar 10-3 (in Parish hall) Sunday 25 th November Parish Coffee Morning (After Mass) Sunday 2 nd December Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner (3pm) Saturday 8 th December Annual Parish Bazaar (1-5) Sunday 16 th December SVP Coffee Morning (After Mass) Monday 31 st December NYE Disco 7:30pm til Late PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOUSEBOUND Carol Tebbitt, Ernie McSweeney, Joan Dettke, Elizabeth Roche, Peter Brand, Peggy Fearne, Kit Kilford, Doreen Hind, Meryl Ponder, Kathy Rose, Shirley Chrichton, Joseph Sullivan, Maureen Pring, June Fen, Elizabeth O Connell, Fr. Jean-Laurent Marie, Clare Ashford, Pat Collins, Joseph Pisani, Edward Horton, Patrick O Brien, Peter Holland, Michael De Cruz, Lorraine Ballin, Matt Bynorth, Marie McDonagh, Winnie Holland, Dorothy Feary, Bridie George, Michael Lamberti, Maureen & Eddie Preshaw

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7 Clubbercise We now have Clubbercise in the hall on Monday evenings pm. Clubbercise classes are taught in the dark with disco lights and our trademark LED glow sticks set to a soundtrack of old and new club hits. A fusion of dance, toning and combat moves with high/low impact options for all fitness levels, one class burns around 600 calories. Sessions are 6 & the glow sticks are battery operated at 5 if you was going to come on a regular basis. Legion of Mary The Legion of Mary meet every Monday morning in the Church at 10:30amfollowing Mass. We are always looking for new members to join us. If you are interested in or would like more information on what is involved please contact Cathy on Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner The Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner is on Sunday 2 nd December at 3pm. If you have an application form please return it to Myra or Lynn or if you would like an application form they are at the back of the Church & need to be in by 28 th of this month. Any questions please call Myra on New Year s Parish Disco Tickets are now on sale & are 5 adult & 3 children up to the age of 15. Please bring your own nibbles & drink & we hope to see you there to celebrate the New Year. Walsingham House at Abbotswick service to commemorate loved ones in the month of November. Those with relatives and friends commemorated at Abbotswick are warmly invited to a service of prayer on Thursday 29 th November at 6.00pm. The names of those remembered here will be read out during the service, which will include hymns and scripture readings and will be followed by tea and cakes. Please frdominic@dioceseofbrentwood.org or call if you have any questions; otherwise, simply turn up on the evening. Job Vacancy - Person required for paid position of Parish Manager in the office of St Helen s, Westcliff-on-Sea, 27 Milton Road, SS0 7JP hours per week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am - 1pm. If you or any of your family/friends are interested, please first contact Fr Alex Poblador for a job description and person specification. You should then send in your CV, with a covering letter demonstrating how your experience and skills match the essential requirements and attributes of the role. Closing date for CVs/ applications by Monday 26th November Interview date: Friday 7th December Contact: westcliff@dioceseofbrentwood.org SVP Coffee Morning The SVP Coffee Morning raised many thanks to those who supported & attended. John Lane RIP The Funeral of John Lane who passed away recently will take place at Basildon Crematorium on Friday 7 th December at 3pm. Please keep he s family & friends in your prayers. Brentwood Youth Service Seeing as it is World Youth Day next weekend we have Stephanie from BCYS speaking at Mass.

8 Questions on the Catholic Faith Why is the Eucharist a "pledge of future glory"? The Eucharist is a pledge of future glory because it fills us with every grace and heavenly blessing. It fortifies us for our pilgrimage in this life and makes us long for eternal life. It unites us already to Christ seated at the right hand of the Father, to the Church in heaven and to the Blessed Virgin and all the saints. In the Eucharist, we "break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death and the food that makes us live forever in Jesus Christ." (Saint Ignatius of Antioch) What is meant by the term "Heaven"? Part 2 By Heaven" is meant the state of supreme and definitive happiness. Those who die in the grace of God and have no need of further purification are gathered around Jesus and Mary, the angels and the saints. They thus form the Church of heaven, where they see God "face to face" (1 Corinthians 13:12). They live in a communion of love with the Most Blessed Trinity and they intercede for us. "True and subsistent life consists in this: the Father, through the Son and in the Holy Spirit, pouring out his heavenly gifts on all things without exception. Thanks to his mercy, we too, men that we are, have received the inalienable promise of eternal life." (Saint Cyril of Jerusalem) Constance, Connie Goller RIP Our departed friend Connie passed away in Southend University Hospital of the 30 th October at the age of 98 years old and her Funeral Mass takes place here in Our Lady of Canvey on Monday the 26 th November at 10.00am, with committal at Woodside. In the meantime we pray for Connie and all those who mourn her passing at this time. Eternal rest grant unto her o Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace Amen.