20th August 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Mass Times

              Monday – Friday 09.30am    /   Saturday 10.00am / 7.00pm

Sunday 09.00am / 11.30am / 1.00pm (Polish) / 6.00pm

Eucharistic Adoration

               Tuesday 7.30pm – 8:30pm and after Friday Morning Mass

Every Friday 8.00pm – 9:30pm (Polish)

Confession Saturday 10:30 am – 11:00 am & 6:15 pm – 6:40 pm

 

 

 

FAITH IN ACTION: Everyone loves a taste of something delicious, so on Sunday 24th September, after the 11.30 Mass, the Faith in Action group is inviting parishioners to share in a food tasting programme called’ THE WORLD ON A PLATE’. It is hoped that the diverse cultures and backgrounds in our parish community will be represented. Please help to make this occasion a success by contributing a small  traditional dish from your country of origin to share with us. If you and your family or friends would like to prepare something for this event, please contact the parish office 02085203647 before 1st September 2017.

 

 

TEA ON THE LAWN.  We need volunteers for tea on the lawn. Please write down your name on the rota in the porch of the Church.

 

† Please pray for the happy repose of the soul of Nellie Walsh. May she rest in peace.

 

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO MASS? The church offers a service called Mass Link.  At 6pm Sunday Mass, via Skype, we call people who want to listen to the Mass and broadcast the Mass to them over their phones. This service is available for anyone who can't make it to Mass if you are ill or housebound.  If you would like this service, please give your number to the Parish Office and we will ring you every Sunday at 6pm to listen in!

 

 

 

RSCM-EEL ANNUAL CHORAL FESTIVAL 2017. This year our Festival will be a very special occasion celebrating the Centenary of the Diocese of Brentwood. It will be held in the beautiful setting of Brentwood Cathedral on Saturday, 21^st October, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with the Festival Thanksgiving Service at 4 p.m. The service will be conducted by Andrew Wright, Master of Music at Brentwood Cathedral.   We invite all singers to join us for a memorable and enjoyable day of singing finishing with our Thanksgiving Service. Individual singers are warmly welcomed, as are members of all choirs, robed or unrobed. The choirs of Chelmsford and Brentwood Cathedrals will be joining us for the Service. The music this year has been specially chosen and is included in a booklet which has been printed for us by the Royal School of Church Music. Copies of the booklet £5 and further information from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

  

STUDY DAY AT CHRIST THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST GIDEA PARK

The next study day at Christ the Eternal High Priest, Gidea Park, will be led by Mgr David Manson, former Vicar General of the Diocese of Brentwood and expert in Liturgy. He will take as his topic ‘The Significance of Sunday’, and will explain the contents of Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter Dies Domini (The Day of the Lord). The study day will take place on Saturday 28^th October, with coffee available from 10.30 and ending at 3 p.m. Please make your booking in the usual way by email to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  There is no charge for the days. You are invited to bring a packed lunch.

 

Lourdes, Summer 2017 – turn your computer on, and enjoy the “virtual pilgrimage.” Video clips of 2-10 minutes capture the flavour of the recent Diocesan pilgrimage, including all the homilies, and interviews with Bishop Alan and Fr Bob Hamill. You can find these via www.bcys.net or search “Virtual Pilgrimage – Lourdes 2017” on YouTube.

WORLD YOUTH DAY, PANAMA, JANUARY 2019. If you will be in year 12, or aged 17-27, in January 2019, then join the BCYS group travelling to Costa Rica and Panama for an encounter with 2 million young people from all over the world, and the Pope. This is truly a “once in a lifetime” experience and an amazing opportunity to discover and celebrate faith in Latin America. For more information, visit www.bcys.net or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  by 15^th September 2017.

 

OUR LADY OF CANVEY & THE ENGLISH MARTYRS PILGRIMAGE to the Holy Land. We are running a Parish Pilgrimage from Thursday 10^th May to Thursday 17^th May 2018 to the Holy Land – In The Footsteps of Christ & the Holy Family. Cost will be £1,415. If you are interested or need further information please contact Cathy on 07885 577 342.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the Church.

 

 

 

 

The Stewards of the Gospel draft working plan for the Diocese of Brentwood was published on 7 August. The working plan can be found on the Diocesan website  www.dioceseof brentwood.net/news.

Mr. Steve Webb, Director of Development for the diocese will attend the 9.00am and 11.30am masses on Sunday 3 September to talk about the Draft Working Plan and to answer any questions you may have.

 

The Opportunity to Make a Difference Our parish is currently looking for someone to help us to revamp our website and make it user friendly. If you have some experience in web design and would like to volunteer your services, please contact the parish office.

 

Reflection: Lord, may I never forget the sacrifice that gives me life.  We are saved by faith, not works, but we live out our faith by loving others and caring for their needs. May we, keep our eyes open for those who might need our help as we walk together in this journey of life.

 

6th August 2017

 

 

REMINDER: We ask you not to send or open emails from the old parish email address as it may leave your own computer vulnerable to attack.

For correspondence please use the following:   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

PETER’S PENCE SECOND COLLECTION TODAY at all Masses.  Each year, a special charitable collection is solicited from Catholics throughout the Church.  Contributions are intended for use by the Pope in his worldwide humanitarian efforts. Victims from natural disasters, wars, diseases and other catastrophic events receive assistance from Peter’s Pence. Economically strapped dioceses and churches, hospitals and Catholic education programs are also among recipients of these funds. 

Collectors: Please note the new collection bags. Please remember the BLUE bags are for the 1^st Collection and RED ones for the

 2^nd Collection.  

 

THE WORLD ON A PLATE. Everyone loves a taste of something delicious, so on Sunday 24th September, after the 11.30 Mass, the Faith in Action group is inviting parishioners to come and share a taste of foods representing the diverse cultures and backgrounds in our community. Please help to make this occasion a success by contributing a traditional dish to share. If you and your family or friends would like to prepare something for this event, please contact the parish office 02085203647 before 1st September 2017.

 

 

 

 

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO MASS? The church offers a service called Mass Link.  At 6pm Sunday Mass, via Skype, we call people who want to listen to the Mass and broadcast the Mass to them over their phones. This service is available for anyone who can't make it to Mass if you are ill or housebound.  If you would like this service, please give your number to the Parish Office and we will ring you every Sunday at 6pm to listen in!

 

 

RSCM-EEL Annual Choral Festival 2017. This year our Festival will be a very special occasion celebrating the Centenary of the Diocese of Brentwood. It will be held in the beautiful setting of Brentwood Cathedral on Saturday, 21^st October, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. with the Festival Thanksgiving Service at 4 p.m. The service will be conducted by Andrew Wright, Master of Music at Brentwood Cathedral.   We invite all singers to join us for a memorable and enjoyable day of singing finishing with our Thanksgiving Service. Individual singers are warmly welcomed, as are members of all choirs, robed or unrobed. The choirs of Chelmsford and Brentwood Cathedrals will be joining us for the Service. The music this year has been specially chosen and is included in a booklet which has been printed for us by the Royal School of Church Music. Copies of the booklet £5 and further information from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .   

 

Lourdes, Summer 2017 – turn your computer on, and enjoy the “virtual pilgrimage.” Video clips of 2-10 minutes capture the flavour of the recent Diocesan pilgrimage, including all the homilies, and interviews with Bishop Alan and Fr Bob Hamill. You can find these via www.bcys.net or search “Virtual Pilgrimage – Lourdes 2017” on YouTube.

 

World Youth Day, Panama, January 2019. If you will be in year 12, or aged 17-27, in January 2019, then join the BCYS group travelling to Costa Rica and Panama for an encounter with 2 million young people from all over the world, and the Pope. This is truly a “once in a lifetime” experience and an amazing opportunity to discover and celebrate faith in Latin America. For more information, visit www.bcys.net or email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  by 15^th September 2017.

 

TEA ON THE LAWN.  We need volunteers for tea on the lawn. Please write down your name on the rota in the porch of the Church.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the Church.

 

 

 

 

“We have to steer a course forward together for our common future.” ~   Bishop Alan Williams

 

Ministries: Those who have expressed an interest to help in the life of our Catholic Parish Community will be contacted shortly e.g.  Ministers of the Word, Eucharistic Ministers, etc.  

 

Evangelisation: The Waltham Forest Faith Fayre will take place in the Walthamstow Town Centre on Saturday 12 August 2017. It will be an event to share faith, friendship and fun with other faiths communities. It will also be an opportunity to showcase our Catholic Faith. All parishioners are welcome. If you would like to assist at this event a briefing session will be organised shortly. Please contact:  Sr. Chris Brown, Marcia Bryan or Christine Dangerfield.

 

The Opportunity to Make a Difference Our parish is currently looking for someone to help us to revamp our website and make it user friendly. If you have some experience in web design and would like to volunteer your services, please contact the parish office.

 

The next important stage of the Stewards of the Gospel discernment process is upon us!  On Monday 7^th August a document setting out in draft a vision and strategy to take our diocese forward will be published at http://www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/news/.  We will also be getting hard copies of the document to share and read so that we can pray about the contents and discuss them before responding to it.

 

Reflection: Lord, may I never forget the sacrifice that gives me life.  We are saved by faith, not works, but we live out our faith by loving others and caring for their needs. May we, keep our eyes open for those who might need our help as we walk together in this journey of life.

18th June 2017

 

 

THANK YOU! The second collection last Sunday for the sick and retired Clergy of our Diocese is £501.08. May God bless you all for your generosity.

 

 

Dear parents / carers the First Holy Communion children.There will be a reunion mass in our church on Sunday 25th June, 9.00am. Can you please bring your child/children in the outfit that they wore on the day, including red sashes. The children will all sit together in the front benches. Parents to sit elsewhere behind.  Refreshments will be provided on the lawn after the mass, and you will also be able to collect your photos if you used the official photographer.  Thank you for your co-operation  ~ FHC2017 coordinators

 

National Day of Prayer and Fasting for life, Wednesday 21^st June 2017. On the vigil of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, please Pray and Fast for the end of abortion in this country. Thousands of babies are saved from abortion each year by Catholic, Pro-Life work, backed up with your Prayer and Fasting. www.goodcounselnetwork.com . There will be a second collection at all masses next weekend to support the great work being done to promote LIFE. 

 

 

PARISH TRIP TO WALSINGHAM FOR THE BRENTWOOD CENTENARY CELEBRATION - Saturday 22nd July 2017. A coach has now been booked for our parish to attend this celebration. The cost per person is £15.50. Could those parishioners who signed up for a seat(s) on the coach (see the list on the notice board) please give your payment to the Parish Office as soon as possible. Details regarding the itinerary for the day will be given out nearer the day of the trip.  If you are unable to go, please ensure you let the Parish Office know as soon as possible, so that your seat may be offered to somebody else. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRIP IS FULLY BOOKED. *If there is a space available, please write your name down on the list in the church notice board as a reserve.

 

 

SUMMER FETE.  St Patrick's School fete is on Sunday 9 July at 12.30 to 3.30.  There will a bouncy castle, BBQ, grand raffle, tombola, cakes, plants and lots of stalls. If you would like to donate a plant for the plant stall, please bring it on the day.  All donations will be very welcome.  Please come and join in the fun and help raise funds for

St Patrick's school! 

 

 

TEA ON THE LAWN.  We need volunteers for tea on the lawn.  Please write down your name on the rota in the porch of the Church.

 

 

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2018: Application forms are now available for children who will be in Year 4 in September who wish to make their First Holy Communion in 2018. Please ensure you have a completed application form, with a copy of your child’s baptismal certificate attached and bring them to the parish office before the end of the month of June. ONLY APPLICATION FORMS WITH A COPY OF BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

 

 

COMING CHURCH FEASTS.  Friday, 23^rd June is Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

 

 

DIOCESAN CENTENARY EXHIBITION, Cathedral House Conference Room Foyer, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT: April-June 2017.

Opening Times: Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 9am-1pm & 3pm-8pm. Other times by arrangement:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    01277 265238.

 

 

 

 

 

WALTHAM FOREST INTERFAITH PILGRIMAGE  is on 2nd July 2017. This year  we are focussing on the Chingford area so we assemble at 9am at St Peter & Paul's, E4  7HW and  end at the Oblates of  the Assumption, E4 9AY. The theme: Unity in Diversity. See the back of the church for the poster and route. Call in at any stop on the route.

 

 

 

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO MASS? The church offers a service called Mass Link.  At 6pm Sunday Mass, via Skype, we call people who want to listen to the Mass and broadcast the Mass to them over their phones. This service is available for anyone who can't make it to Mass, be that due to illness or any other reason.  If you would like this service, please give your number to the Parish Office and we will ring you every Sunday at 6pm to listen in!

 

 

 

 

RED MISSIO BOX Please bring the red boxes to the Presbytery for emptying.

 

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the church.

 

 

ST PATRICK’S NURSERY – Full and part-time places available from September 2017.  Please see church notice board for full details.

 

 

ST PATRICK’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL has the following pupil vacancies: Year 3 – 5 spaces, Year 4 – 2 spaces & Year 5 – 4 spaces.   Please contact the school office on 020 8509 4321 for more information.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE. Due to Fire and Safety Regulations, children and persons of limited mobility are NOT permitted in the gallery.  We also ask that when lighting a candle you first place the candle in one of the cups provided. Please do not walk around with a lighted candle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father’s Day Prayer

“God our father, we give you thanks and praise for fathers young and old. We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; may they find courage and perseverance to balance work, family and faith in joy and sacrifice. We pray for our own fathers around the world whose children are lost or suffering; may they know that the God of compassion walks with them in their sorrow. We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor and guide us with fatherly love and advice. We remember fathers, grandfather, and great grandfathers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love. Amen”

28th May 2017

 

PARISH TRIP TO WALSINGHAM FOR THE BRENTWOOD CENTENARY CELEBRATION - Saturday 22nd July 2017. A coach has now been booked for our parish to attend this celebration. The cost per person is £15.50. Could those parishioners who signed up for a seat(s) on the coach (see the list on the notice board) please give their money to the Parish Office as soon as possible. Details regarding the itinerary for the day will be given out nearer the day of the trip.  If you are unable to go, please ensure you let the Parish Office know as soon as possible, so that your seat may be offered to somebody else. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRIP IS FULLY BOOK. *If there is a space available, please write your name down on the list in the church notice board as a reserve.

 

 

We congratulate the children who made their First Holy Communion.  Please continue to pray for them- they are our future in faith. Well done to their parents and teachers, and especially to the coordinators who took an active part in the preparation of the programme.

 

 

 

FOR YOUR DIARY. 29^th May is Bank Holiday.  Mass starts at 10am.

4^thJune is Pentecost Sunday.Confirmation will take place on this day at 3pm.

 

 

Congratulations to Tendai Precious Marvi and Ulanda Melissa Riley who were received into the Catholic Church and made their First Communion on Sunday, May 28^th.

 

 

Welcome and thanks: We extend a special thanks to Fr. John Brown who join us for masses this weekend. A warm word of thanks to Fr. Kevin Kieran OFM Cap who joined us for the First Communions last weekend.

 

 

† We regret to announce the death of Thomas Edward Ennis who’s Catholic Service of Cremation takes place at the City of London Crematorium on Tuesday 30^th May at 2.45pm. May his soul rest in peace.

 

PRE-BAPTISM MEETING. Tuesday 30^th May at 7pm.  This meeting is for PARENTS ONLY and no children allowed in this meeting.

 

PHILIPPINES 119^th INDEPENDENCE DAY – 11^th June 9am Mass.  The Filipino Community invite all parishioners on 11^th June to celebrate Philippines Independence.  The celebration will include food served on the lawn after the 9am Mass.  Any Filipino parishioners wishing to contribute to the celebration please ring Dolly Relopez on 020 8521 5742.

 

 

 

 

UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO MASS? The church offers a service called Mass Link.  At 6pm Sunday Mass, via Skype, we call people who want to listen to the Mass and broadcast the Mass to them over their phones. This service is available for anyone who can't make it to Mass, be that due to illness or any other reason.  If you would like this service, please give your number to the Parish Office and we will ring you every Sunday at 6pm to listen in!

 

 

 

NEW PUBLICATION: The Diocese of Brentwood – 100 Years in Pictures, a Souvenir Booklet to mark our Diocesan Centenary, 110 pages with more than 300 colour and black & white photographs. Copies may be ordered from: Centenary Booklet, Brentwood Diocesan Archives, Cathedral House, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT. The Suggested Donation is £7 per copy (plus £2 postage & packing). Cheques should be made in favour of BRCDT.

 

DIOCESAN CENTENARY EXHIBITION, Cathedral House Conference Room Foyer, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AT: April-June 2017.

Opening Times: Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 9am-1pm & 3pm-8pm. Other times by arrangement:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    01277 265238.

 

 

 

 

RED MISSIO BOX Please bring the red boxes to the Presbytery for emptying.

 

DIVINE MERCY- every Wednesday at 4pm in the church.

 

 

 

 

The Many Ways We Can Pray There is no wrong way to pray. It’s your personal conversation with God by Pablo Diaz.   People pray in a variety of ways, reaching out beyond themselves to give thanks, ask for help, weep for loved ones, seek God’s presence. No matter what we are praying for or how we pray, there is no wrong way to do so. It’s our personal conversation with God. Mother Teresa said, “Prayer is simply talking to God. He speaks to us, we listen. We speak to him, he listens. A two way process: speaking and listening.” When we pray, it’s not only about telling God our needs but also our deepest yearnings and longing to connect with Him. The psalmist writes, “As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God” (Psalm 42:1-2a). The main purpose of prayer is not to gain the answers to all questions, eliminate the unknown or make life easier but to speak with God and become closer to Him. And through conversations, whether they are communicated with words or actions, we discover the many blessings of God: strength, grace, empowerment, peace, patience, healing, wisdom and much more. Although we might feel helpless at times, we are not, because prayer gives us access to a greater power. Lord, thank you for the gift of prayer and its power in our lives.