Sacred Heart Southend-on-Sea St John Fisher Prittlewell

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1 Sacred Heart Southend-on-Sea St John Fisher Prittlewell Parish Priest: Fr Lee Bennett The Presbytery 418 Southchurch Road Southend-on-Sea Essex SS1 2QB Parish Secretary: Sue Tokley (usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday - to 3.00pm) PARISH NEWSLETTER 22 nd November Our Lord Jesus Christ the King This is National Youth Sunday The Feast of Christ the King, is the day when the Church across England and Wales particularly celebrates young people. Pope Francis has said to young people: God has given you great gifts. Dare to dream of great things. The Brentwood Catholic Youth Service and Walsingham House are a key part of our support for young people within the Diocese, and there is a second collection this weekend to help their work. We welcome Michael representing BCYS who will speak at all Masses this weekend. Becoming a Catholic - RCIA The next session will be on Thursday 26 th November in Sacred Heart Hall at 8.00pm. All parishioners are welcome. Confirmation 2016 For young people in school year 10 or above. Application forms are now available in the porches. The initial meeting for parents and young people will be on Tuesday 24 th November at 7.30pm in Sacred Heart Hall. Appeal for Unwanted or Unused Spectacles/Glasses If you have any old spectacles or pairs of glasses that you no longer use, please place them in the box in the porch. The Knights of Saint Columba will pass them to the charity 'Vision Aid Overseas'. Thank you. CAFOD Winter Warmer Coffee Morning - Today! Straight after the 11.00am Mass at Sacred Heart. To raise funds for a medical centre in an African village. Bacon baguettes or mushroom soup and a roll for Tea and coffee available as normal plus a great raffle. Please join us thank you Liam & Sandy Rand.

2 Walk with Me Copies of these booklets are available in the porches. They are free of charge, but if you are able to make a donation of 50p to cover the cost to the Parish, please do so. SVP Coffee Morning On Sunday 29 th November straight after the 11.00am Mass at Sacred Heart. Come along, support the SVP and enjoy a bacon butty before going to the Sacred Heart School Christmas Fayre. FOSH Christmas Fayre, Sunday 29 th November From after the Sacred Heart Coffee morning to 3.00pm at Sacred Heart School. Come and grab some gifts for Christmas, and at the same time have an enjoyable afternoon with friends in our new school hall, raising vital funds for new equipment. There will be lots of stalls with various crafts, jewellery, soap, candles, mulled wine and appearance from Santa. Foodbank National Tesco Collection November There will be a collection of food for the Foodbank at Tesco (Princes Avenue) and we will be co-ordinating the collection between and 11.00am on Friday 4 th December. We need general volunteers (to hand out leaflets and answer queries) and drivers to take donations to the Foodbank Warehouse. Help is also needed at the Warehouse (Friendship House, Belle Vue Church) to sort and store the donations during the day on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (3 rd, 4 th and 5 th December). Please see the sign-up sheets in the porches. Applications to Catholic Primary Schools This year the process has been changed, it is now necessary that a Certificate of Catholic Practice be issued to take to the School of your choice. This must be requested from your Parish Priest in person and only one per child will be issued. These Certificates will only be issued to families known to your Parish Priest, who are practising Catholics and the child has been baptised. For the purposes of the Certificate of Catholic Practice, a person is deemed to be a practising Catholic if they observe the Church s precept of attending Mass on all Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation (see Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs ). Please do not request one if you are not a weekly Massgoer or if your practise has only been recent. If you would like Fr Lee to consider issuing you with a Certificate of Catholic Practice, please come to the Sacred Heart Church Sacristy on either Friday 11 th December (between 1.00pm and 5.00pm) or Saturday 12 th December (between 1.00pm and 4.00pm). There are no formal appointment times just come along and wait in turn for Fr Lee to see you individually. Please note, the certificates will not be issued at any

3 other time, either before or after these dates. You will need to bring the child s original baptism certificate. If you do not have it, please contact the parish of baptism and request a duplicate. Sacred Heart Primary School and Nursery Open Days Sally Nutman (head teacher) will lead parents around the school and be available for questions on Thursday 26 th and Friday 27 th November at 9.30am. This tour is for perspective parents for the September 2016 intake - children who will be attending from September have the other opportunities. To book a place, please ring Parish Magazine The next magazine will be published on the weekend 19 th /20 th December. Christmas articles will be very welcome we would especially be interested in wartime Christmas stories. Your deadline is Sunday 29 th November. Liam Rand. (liam.rand@btopenworld.com or ) Shoebox Appeal Today is the Deadline for Donations! Thank you to all of you who have already given in filled boxes or donated items or money to the appeal. For any questions please contact Helen ( / ) or Karen ( / ) at St John Fisher or Steve Banks at Sacred Heart ( ). Thank you. Request for Help Would you be willing to bring a couple to 5.30pm Saturday evening Mass at Sacred Heart? John and Christine Izod (North Avenue) miss coming and can no longer drive. If you can, please contact Many thanks. BCCS (Brentwood Catholic Children's Society) As you are no doubt aware, the Brentwood Catholic Children's Society carries out essential work throughout the diocese for all children in need. Annual Prize Draw Tickets for the Annual Prize Draw (which is one of the major BCCS fundraising events) will be on sale at St John Fisher for the next two weekends (29 th November and 6 th December) and at Sacred Heart on 5 th and 6 th December. Please be as generous as you can. Ladies Luncheon in association with HCPT Friday 11 th December at 12.30pm at the Rayleigh Golf Club, Hullbridge. A two course lunch with tea and coffee in a private room over-looking the golf course. Tickets cost per person. To book, please call Julie on / jabbott@bccs.org.uk

4 What if the Snow comes? Thank you to the people who volunteered in previous years to help clear snow from the Church entrances. We still have your details and will call you if we need you this year. If you are willing to be added to the list of volunteers please hand your details into the Sacred Heart Presbytery. In Other Parishes and around the Diocese Advent Retreat - Prepare the Way for the Lord Led by Sr Gabriela COLW on Saturday 5 th December, 10.30am 4.30pm at the Diocesan House of Prayer, Abbotswick. Bring your own packed lunch. Suggested donation of 15pp. Advance booking is essential. Details and booking on or HARP Christmas Appeal We would like to provide for all the homeless people who turn up on our doorstep at Christmas and throughout the year. A 10 donation will help HARP provide; hot meals from 21 st 31 st December, Christmas gifts, a haircut, a health check, a shower, clothes, an introduction to all of HARP s services. You can donate online at or by cheque to the freepost address: RTHC-LBJS-HKET, HARP, 4th Floor, Dencora Court, Tylers Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex SS1 2BB. Celebration of Consecrated Life 9.15am Mass at Brentwood Cathedral on Saturday 28 th November. Tea and cake will follow in the parish hall with a time of short talks and Q&As. We will conclude by 12noon. All welcome. Tel Thank you from the Friends of Nazareth House Thank you to everyone who supported the recent Christmas Bazaar which raised a fantastic Praise and Worship Evening At the SION Community, Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood, on Sunday 29 th November, from 7.30pm to 9.00pm. Everyone welcome. Christmas Craft and Vintage Fayre - St Thomas More High School Saturday, 28 th November 11.00am to 3.00pm. Stalls with handmade crafts and christmas gifts, traditional tearoom, live music from St Thomas More students. Free entry and parking. Come along and enjoy the fun! Celebrate the Inauguration of the Season of Advent Sunday 29 th November at 4.00pm at Brentwood Cathedral. Incorporating Vespers, traditional Advent hymns and carols and the Lucernarium, the lighting of the first candle on the Advent Wreath.

5 Mass to open Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy Tuesday 8 th December at 7.00pm at Brentwood Cathedral. You are most warmly invited to join us in the Cathedral to celebrate this occasion.

6 Baptism Congratulations Congratulations to the family of Dashil Earey who was baptised last weekend. Sick Parishioners Please pray for our sick parishioners and friends, especially; for Jack Allen, Val Armitage, Charmaine Arnold, Marie Biner, Andrew Bines, George Bliss, David Bunce, Richard Campbell-Carr, Eric Carpenter, Sena Carson, Tony Christmas, Paul Clark, Chris Coath, Ann Cummings, Mary Curtis, Emily Davis, Bernadette Dawson, Gloria and John Dermody, Pam Dobson, Helen Escott, Binella French, Dorothy George, Margaret Gibbons, Clare Giffen, Franco Giudici, Katie Honeyands, Ann Husk, Bartley Igoe Jnr, Alex Jackson, Alex Lawson, Margaret Lee, Tony Lee, Elaine Liddon, Dana Danuta Luniewski, Keith McBrearty, Barbara McHugo, Carol Middleton, James Moloney, Dr Johnson Odufuwa, Margaret Parsad, Vernon Pinto, Mary Rand, Sister Marika Rebicsek, Irene Reynolds, Jane Richardson, Anita Rogers, Francoise Simpson, Jane Smart, Daniel Snelling, Bill Spencer and Patricia Walford. Rest in Peace Please remember and pray for those who have died, especially those whose anniversaries fall about this time: Cyril Hull, Vera Bracken, Jack Milton, Chrissie Healy, Jane Pattison, Doris Stanley, Leslie Francis, Thomas O Sullivan, Kathleen Fearne, Peter Murphy, Stefania Miedzinska, Clarence Godfrey, Thomas Cooper, Mgr Edward Watson, Canon Martin Hancock, Sarah Button, Thomas Maher, George Sexton, Catherine Apperly, Kathleen Jackson, Beryl Jones, Lily Mahoney, Fr Anthony Robson, Sydney Strivens, Fr John Aydon, Charles Taylor, Jean Shephard, Mary O Brien and George Penna. Money 15 th November 2015 Offertory There will be a second collection this weekend for National Youth Sunday Some Futures Dates Feast of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday 8 th December. Vigil Mass (Parish and Ordinariate) at St John Fisher on Monday 7 th December at 7.30pm. Mass at Sacred Heart on Tuesday 8 th December at. Bambinelli (Blessing of the Baby Jesus from our Cribs) Sunday 13 th December - bring your crib s Baby Jesus to Mass for a Blessing Ordinariate Nine lessons and Carols Sunday 20 th December at 7.00pm at St John Fisher

7 Masses and Services Sacred Heart St John Fisher Saturday 21 st November First Mass of Sunday 5.30pm Joseph Clarke RIP Sunday 22 nd November Polish Mass Our Lord Jesus Christ the 11.00am People of the Parish King Don and Florence Fell RIP 11.00am 2.30pm Baptism Ordinariate Mass Amy Louise Cooper Monday 23 rd November Feria Tuesday 24 th November St Andrew Dung Lac Wednesday 25 th November Feria Thursday 26 th November Feria Friday 27 th November Feria Saturday 28 th November Our Lady on Saturday Saturday 28 th November First Mass of Sunday Sunday 29 th November First Sunday of Advent (C) Intentions of Kim and Paul Nicholson 9.15am Stella Dawson Child Friendly Prayer Group in the hall 7.00pm Intentions of Peggy McGurk Eileen Wagstaff RIP 5.30pm Ken Rand RIP Polish Mass 11.00am Mary Blake RIP 7.30pm Ordinariate Mass Bridie Lane RIP 6.30pm Ordinariate Holy Hour Followed by Mass at 7.30pm Bridie Lane RIP People of the Parish 11.00am Ordinariate Mass Confessions on Saturday: Sacred Heart am; St John Fisher immediately after the Saturday Mass. Confessions are available at other times by appointment. The Angelus is recited 5 minutes before Saturday evening and Sunday Masses. Morning Prayer begins 15 minutes before weekday Masses. Collections of Food and Toiletries Dates Priority Items Foodbank 21 st & 22 nd November Packet mash, long life juice, long life 28 th & 29 th November (UHT) milk and fruit squash. HARP 5 th & 6 th December Coffee, teabags, sugar and toiletries.

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