Latest Newsletter - Brentwood Cathedral
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Latest Newsletter - Brentwood Cathedral
SERVICE TIMES AND MASS INTENTIONS CATHEDRAL Sunday 11 January THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (B) 8.00 a.m. Cathedral Maidie and Kevin Chandler R.I.P. 9.30 a.m. Cathedral Andrew Porter R.I.P. 11.30 a.m. Cathedral David Finnigan R.I.P. 6.30 p.m. Cathedral Theresa Kane R.I.P. Monday 12 January 9.15 a.m. Cathedral Intentions of Kathleen McDermott Tuesday 13 January 9.15 a.m. Cathedral Service of the Word with Holy Communion Funeral Mass for Sr Agatha Whenlan OSU 9.30 a.m. Grange Wednesday 14 January 9.15 a.m. Cathedral Thursday 15 January 9.15 a.m. Cathedral Friday 16 January Saturday 17 January Sunday 18 January Mary Thompson R.I.P. Intentions of Tony and Florence Kidd 10.30 a.m. Cathedral Funeral Mass for Rita Gladwell 5.30 p.m. Grange Sr Stephen OSU R.I.P. 9.15 a.m. Cathedral Sandra Massey R.I.P. 10.30 a.m. Cathedral Funeral Mass for Denis Filler 9.15 a.m. Cathedral Nigel McGee R.I.P. 11.00 a.m.–12 noon: Sacrament of Reconciliation SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) 8.00 a.m. Cathedral Intentions of Elsie McParland 9.30 a.m. Cathedral People of the Parish 11.30 a.m. Cathedral Kevin McQuillan R.I.P. 6.30 p.m. Cathedral Bert O’Connor R.I.P. The Brentwood Diocesan Trust – Registered Charity No. 234092 CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY AND ST HELEN, BRENTWOOD HOLY CROSS AND ALL SAINTS, WARLEY Father Martin Boland ~ Father Mark Reilly Deacon Paul Conrad ~ Deacon Quentin Hall Email: [email protected] Website: www.cathedral-brentwood.org Clergy House: 01277 265235 Deacon Paul: 01277 810321 ~ Deacon Quentin: 01277 200925 Readings for next Sunday: Isiah 42: 1-4, 6-7, Acts 10: 34-38, Mark 1: 7-11 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (B) 11th January 2015 LORNA HARPER’S FAREWELL The 11.30 a.m. Mass on Sunday 18th January will be a thanksgiving Mass where we will say farewell to Lorna and give thanks for all that she has done for the parish over the last 23 years as the parish secretary. There will be a reception in the Hall following Mass. Everyone is welcome. Lorna’s last working day will be Friday 16th January. PLEASE PRAY for the repose of the souls of the following parishioners who have died in the last few weeks: Denis Filler ~ Peter Moss Rita Gladwell ~ Sr Agatha Whelan OSU Anna Paffett ~ Madge Baker ~ Peter Hulls Funeral details are as follows: ~ Sr Agatha Whelan OSU – Funeral Mass at 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday 13th January at The Grange. ~ Rita Gladwell – Funeral Mass at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday 15th January in the Cathedral. ~ Denis Filler – Funeral Mass at 10.30 a.m. on Friday 16th January in the Cathedral. (Denis’s family have requested no flowers please – donations to Sr Margaret Mary’s Matiri Mission if desired) ~ Peter Moss – Funeral Mass at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday 22nd January in the Cathedral. ~ Anna Paffett – Funeral Service at 10.30 a.m. on Monday 26th January in the Cathedral. Funeral details for Madge Baker will be advised in due course. PLEASE ALSO PRAY for John O’Neill, a former parishioner who died in Yorkshire and Ellen Gormley, wife of Bernie, who died on Tuesday. May they all rest in the peace of Christ and may those who grieve their loss be comforted by the Lord. COFFEE after the 9.30 a.m. Mass today will be hosted by the Communion Group. Why not pop along and join us for a cuppa? (Please note that there will be no coffee morning next week). THANK YOU for the collection on the 4th January: £2,766.14 of which £1,953.30 was gift aided. Holy Cross £287.20 (Gift Aid £192.20). Crib collection for the Brentwood Catholic Children’s Society: £943.33. WE WELCOME INTO OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Poppy and Joshua McCann and Violet Blue Jacqueline Beacon who will be baptised this weekend. Please remember Poppy, Joshua and Violet and their families especially in your prayers. SLEEPY BISCUITS: Thank you to everyone who baked sleepy biscuits for Christmas Eve. Fr Martin hears that every child slept right through the night and that Father Christmas came to them all - the sleepy biscuits worked! It was lovely to have Mums, Dads and children turn up at Clergy House with trays of biscuits that they had baked; a real community event! The sleepy biscuits were a hit! Thank you so much! THE BRENTWOOD CATHEDRAL CHARITY 2015: Last year, Brentwood Cathedral supported Little Haven's Children's Hospice and, through our social events, raised over £4000 for the Hospice. It was a tremendous achievement. Thank you to everyone who nominated a charity that we might support in 2015. After much thought, Fr Martin has chosen The Medaille Trust. Pope Francis has denounced human trafficking as "an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity." Working with the Medaille Trust, let us play our part in healing this wound. The Medaille Trust is a charity founded to help women, young men and children who have been freed from human-trafficking. The work of the Medaille Trust is the empowerment of women, young men and children, who have been freed from the human-trafficking industry here in the UK, enabling them to regain their dignity and self-worth. The Medaille Trust does this by providing safe housing and offering opportunities for physical and psychological healing and rehabilitation. We raise awareness of the plight of those who are enslaved and exploited in the sex-trafficking industry in the UK and campaign on this issue. For more information www.medaille.co.uk THE FLASH MOB returns to the 9.30 a.m. Mass next Sunday (18th). If possible, come early for a rehearsal at 8.50 a.m. (if bringing an instrument) and 9.00 a.m. if singing. Please come along so we can make a joyful noise for God. COVENANT RENEWAL SERVICE will be taking place in the Cathedral next Sunday, 18th January at 4.15 p.m. Bishop Alan will preside at Choral Vespers during which the Ecumenical Covenant with St Thomas’s Church will be renewed. This will be a very special Service and everyone is warmly invited to attend. CAFOD CHALLENGE UPDATE: I would like, once again, to express my huge thanks for the most extraordinary generosity of all our parishioners. I can report that not only did we raise enough money for two CAFOD Healthcare Clinics, we also raised enough to buy other essentials such as a Community Water Supply and even a camel or two to give families a way to transport goods to local markets in desert climates. WELL DONE – YOU ARE AMAZING! WELCOME MASS AND MEAL FOR NEW PARISHIONERS Are you new to the Cathedral parish? Have you or your family joined the parish during the past twelve months? If so, a sincere and warm welcome. We would like to invite you to a Mass beginning at 7.00 p.m., followed by a special meal, on Friday 6th February. If you would like to come to this Welcome Mass and meal, then please write your name(s) with an email/phone contact details on the sheet in the Cathedral narthex. CAN YOU HELP WITH OUR WELCOME MEAL? We are looking for people to help with food, set up, serve, wash up and tidy and, above all, to make our new parishioners feel very welcome. If you can help in any way, please contact Ruth Pye on [email protected] for more information. Thank you. CHORAL VESPERS is celebrated in the Cathedral on Wednesdays at 6.30 p.m. (during term time). Everyone most welcome. 250 CLUB RENEWAL - Renewals are due in January 2015. For those paying by standing order either monthly or annually, no action is required. If you pay in one annual instalment by cash, cheque or direct debit, this will be due by 31st January please. If I already have your email address I will forward a renewal form to you in this way. Alternatively, renewal/new forms are available in the narthex, on the Parish website, by email or, if you are unable to collect one from the church, please contact me and I will arrange to send one to you. New and renewal forms along with payment can be returned to Clergy House for my attention. Should you receive an email in error, please advise me so that I can remove you from the mailing list. Also, please enquire if you are unsure how you make your payment. Thank you for your continued support. Joanna Murphy Tel 230675 / 07734733417 or: [email protected]. SVP REQUEST: An excellent domestic cleaner is seeking work in the Brentwood, Warley and Shenfield areas. The contact number is 07554 845673. Also suitable clothes in sizes 12 or 14 are required for a 14 year old girl. Please drop any donations in to Clergy House. Thank you. IF YOU ARE GOING TO VOLUNTEER for one of our Parish Groups (e.g. Youth Club, Children's Liturgy, Holy Communion) that involve children and/or vulnerable adults then you must obtain a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) form from Clergy House or from our Safeguarding Rep Janet Pollitt on 01708 459128 or email [email protected]. If you are already a volunteer but do not have a Brentwood Diocese CRB or DBS form then please obtain an application pack from Clergy House as soon as possible. SICK AND HOUSEBOUND PARISHIONERS: If you know anyone who is unable to come to Mass but would still like to receive Holy Communion in their home, please contact Clergy House so that we can put them on our list. THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK is available to anyone who is gravely ill or about to have an operation, so if you know someone who should receive this important sacrament then please speak to a member of the clergy or ring the parish office on 265235. THE SICK:- Please pray for all our sick and housebound parishioners and friends, including Jean Allen, Brenda Baigrie, Leslie Black, Eileen Brook, Terry Callaghan, Roisin Cassels, Mary Connaughton, David, Rebecca Florendo, Dennis Furlong, Mary Gilsenan, Mary Hayter, Sky David Harrington-Ellis, Eileen and Tom Horan, Jess, Billy Jones, Veronica Kelleher, Peggy Kerr, Stefan Krafcak, Brenda Luce, Anita McDonald-Liggins, Mary McLeod, Dennis Menezes, Rene Morris, Barnie O’Driscoll, Kathleen O’Harte, Siobhan O’Leary, Tony and Babs Page, Debbie and Brian Perrett, Jacque Quinlan, Pat Richardson, Pat Shaw, Robin Shenton, Daisy Simpson, Sarah Storer, TCT, Louisa Whiteman, and all our sick in the Marillac, Mascalls Park, Brentwood Community, Queens, Nuffield and Hartswood Hospitals and St Francis Hospice. CATHEDRAL ANNIVERSARIES: Please remember the following, whose anniversaries occur at this time: John Herbert Vaughan, Anne Whiting, Michael Pompilii, Denis McNamara, John Berry, Barbara Glancy, Florence O’Brien, Peter Greenwood, Maurice Faulkner, Annie Underhill, Louis Moulding, Elizabeth Lovewell, James Nolan, Patrick Wood, Timothy O’Keefe, Bernard Regan, Thomas Gurhy, Jimmy Reilly, Arthur Speed, Patrick O’Reilly, Sister Gertrude Connolly, Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Margaret O’Riordan, Winifred Hawkins, Patricia Clarke, Heather Wischer, Patrick Murphy, Eileen Murray, Jessie Matthews, George Porter, Dennis Mulcahy, James Rochford, Edna Rose, Mary Eleanor Hazell, Hill Sinclair, Phyllis Partridge, Jane Hoey, Mary Kiely, Edith Clarke, Barbara Taylor, Kevin McQuillan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOLY LAND TRIP: a parishioner going on the parish Holy Land trip would be interested in sharing a room with a fellow female to avoid the single supplement charge. If you would be interested in this, please contact Katy on 224323. HEALING MASS AT ABBOTSWICK HOUSE OF PRAYER to be celebrated by Fr Eamonn Power at 2.30 p.m. Wednesday 21st January. All are welcome. Please call 373959 for further information.' VOCATIONS WEEKEND FOR YOUNG WOMEN (20s and 30s), 23rd - 25th January in Liverpool. The theme will be ‘Discerning God's Call in my Life.’ The weekend is organised by the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ) Sisters. There will be input from the Sisters on different aspects of vowed life, and time for prayer, reflection and discussion with other young women who are also considering a vocation to religious life. It's an opportunity to live community life for a weekend and meet some sisters! For more information contact Sr Lynne FCJ at [email protected] or visit our website www.fcjsisters.org ESSEX RECUSANT SOCIETY: The next meeting (Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society) will be held on Saturday 7th February at 2.30 p.m. at The Grange. There will be a presentation at the meeting on "Mercy in World War One". This is about the work of the Sisters of Mercy in the First World War. For further information please contact Sister Isobel Parks OSU on 07962 138287. CAFOD is looking for volunteers who would like to take the CAFOD message into Catholic schools in this area. You will help to inspire children and young people in how they can act to make the world a fairer place in conjunction with their faith. If you would like to find out more, join us on Saturday 24th January for a day exploring all things CAFOD – from the vision, mission and values that drive us, to where we work overseas and more! The ‘Understanding CAFOD’ Day will be held at CAFOD’s head office at Romero House, SE1. Volunteers will be accepted on successful completion of interview, training days and a DBS check. If you are interested or would like a chat, please call the CAFOD Brentwood office on 020 8502 9722, or email [email protected] BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN’S SOCIETY is holding its annual Valentine’s Gala Dinner at Stockbrook Golf and Country Club, Billericay on Friday 13th February. Tickets for this Black-Tie event are £50 per person to include a drinks reception, 3-course dinner and dancing. Places are limited and we would recommend you book early in order to secure your tickets. Please contact Julie Abbott on 01268 784544 / 07912277413 or [email protected] VACANCY for a temporary secretary (28 hours per week) at Brentwood Religious Education Service. Further details available from Mgr George Stokes or Sr Jude rsm at Cathedral House. Telephone 265285/265284 or you can email [email protected]. Closing date: Friday, 16th January. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARLEY NEWS MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS HOLY CROSS AND MARILLAC Saturday 10 January Sunday 11 January THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (B) 6.30 p.m. Holy Cross Roy Wood R.I.P. 10.00 a.m. Marillac Mary O’Brien R.I.P. 11.00 a.m. Holy Cross NO MASS TODAY Saturday 17 January Sunday 18 January SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (B) 6.30 p.m. Holy Cross Josephine Capps R.I.P. 10.00 a.m. Marillac Eileen Lingard R.I.P. 11.00 a.m. Holy Cross Paddy Hourihan R.I.P. WARLEY ANNIVERSARIES: Please remember the following, whose anniversaries occur at this time: James Doyle, John McCann, Herbert Mantell, Helen Elliot, Mary O’Brien, Roy Wood, Norah Wheelan, Nora Shale, Gerald Leo Brady. HOLY CROSS PARISH As the numbers of priests in active ministry decrease, so the demands on the remaining priests increase and all parish communities are affected. At the same time, the size, age profile and shape of our parishes are changing. Given these realities, we are having to find creative ways to provide for the mission of the Church in rapidly changing circumstances. This is both challenging and a moment of graced renewal for the Church. Pretending that these changes aren't happening or that they won't affect us is no longer a tenable position to hold. Guided by the Holy Spirit and trusting in God's will, all communities are now having to manage these changes and plan for the future. Holy Cross parish has experienced these changes directly and especially in recent months when the Sunday Mass has had to be cancelled on occasions. These issues have already been discussed on the Holy Cross Committee however; Fr Martin now wants to hear your ideas and views about Holy Cross parish. How should Holy Cross respond to the changing circumstances facing the Church and society? How would you describe Holy Cross parish? What kind of community do you envisage Holy Cross becoming in the next five years? Do you think there might need to be changes - if so, what might they be? What would you concentrate on so that the parish develops into a living, vibrant Eucharistic community? Do you think the linking of Holy Cross with the Cathedral parish has been a success? How do you think that the communities who attend the Masses on a Saturday evening and Sunday morning relate to each other? How would you provide for the sacramental needs of the community? How would you provide for the catechetical needs of those who are preparing for baptism, confirmation, First Holy Communion, marriage and reception into the Church? How would the two priests who serve the Cathedral and Holy Cross parish be best used? Please write to Fr Martin with your observations and ideas or alternatively, make an appointment to see him by the end of January.